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* FountainOfYouth: The intention for Tesla's invention.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Tesla's machine ''does'' provide longevity... [[spoiler:by returning the person inside to childhood]].
* GoneHorriblyRight: Tesla's machine ''does'' provide longevity... [[spoiler:by returning the person inside to childhood]].
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When the Doctor takes Holmes and Watson to Niagra Falls earlier in their own year to visit NikolaTesla, they naturally get more than they'd bargained for. Tesla has built a machine meant to grant longevity or even immortality, and when he tests it ''on himself'', the machine ''does'' [[GoneHorriblyRight Go Horribly Right]]. Now it's up to the time travelers and inventor George Westinghouse to protect Tesla from a resourceful foe...
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When the Doctor takes Holmes and Watson to Niagra Falls earlier in their own year to visit NikolaTesla, UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, they naturally get more than they'd bargained for. Tesla has built a machine meant to grant longevity or even immortality, and when he tests it ''on himself'', the machine ''does'' [[GoneHorriblyRight Go Horribly Right]]. Now it's up to the time travelers and inventor George Westinghouse to protect Tesla from a resourceful foe...
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When the Doctor takes Holmes and Watson to Niagra Falls earlier in their own year to visit NikolaTesla, they naturally get more than they'd bargained for. Tesla has built a machine meant to grant longevity or even immortality, and when he tests it ''on himself'', the machine ''does'' [[GoneHorriblyRight Go Horribly Right]]. Now it's up to the time travelers and inventor George Westinghouse to protect Tesla from a resourceful foe...
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* EvilIsNotWellLit: Justified, as per TheUnreveal below -- the mystery figure cloaks his identity physically with shadows.
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* NothingIsScarier: Who's the figure in shadows at the end? We don't know. ''And neither does Peterson''.
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-->''Have you never looked back over the course of your lives, sirs," he continued earnestly, "and sincerely wondered if you had truly made any difference at all in the grand scheme of things? What if you could find out, could live long enough to see the greater picture?''
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-->''Have you never looked back over the course of your lives, sirs," he continued earnestly, "and sirs, and sincerely wondered if you had truly made any difference at all in the grand scheme of things? What if you could find out, could live long enough to see the greater picture?''
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-->-''Have you never looked back over the course of your lives, sirs," he continued earnestly, "and sincerely wondered if you had truly made any difference at all in the grand scheme of things? What if you could find out, could live long enough to see the greater picture?''
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-->-''Have you never looked back over the course of your lives, sirs," he continued earnestly, "and sincerely wondered if you had truly made any difference at all in the grand scheme of things? What if you could find out, could live long enough to see the greater picture?''
-->--'''Nikola Tesla'''
-->--'''Nikola Tesla'''
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* BavarianFireDrill:
-->"Ah, hello, sorry about that! Detective Inspector Smith, Scotland Yard. Been chasing a couple of anarchists all the way from, well, Scotland, matter of fact! Attempted murder, you see."
-->"Ah, hello, sorry about that! Detective Inspector Smith, Scotland Yard. Been chasing a couple of anarchists all the way from, well, Scotland, matter of fact! Attempted murder, you see."
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* BreakTheHaughty: Tesla experiences this very quickly...
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** This is the second episode to introduce an unresolved mystery to the series -- like Kit's identity in "The Manhattan Conspiracy," the identity of the Torchwood mystery man won't be revealed until the season finale.
* WhatTheHellHero
-->"And what about Nikola, Doctor--doesn't he have a say in this? You haven't even asked him whether he wants to be turned back!"
* WhatTheHellHero
-->"And what about Nikola, Doctor--doesn't he have a say in this? You haven't even asked him whether he wants to be turned back!"
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** Which is toted by the characters themselves as a good thing, until [[spoiler:Jones suggests to his employer that they may be able to use Tesla's friendship with Westinghouse against him in the future]].
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** Plus, Nikola's final telepathic conversation with the Doctor.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, with Westinghouse implied to be the "Watson" in their friendship.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: George Westinghouse.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: George Westinghouse.
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* SequelHook: The last chapter and the epilogue.
* TheUnreveal:Tesla's Peterson's employer.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: George Westinghouse.
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ContinuityNod: To [[Recap/ChildrenOfTimeS1E1SmithAndHolmes "Smith and Holmes"]] once again when the Doctor explains what Rift Matter is.
** And, almost in the same breath, the Cardiff Rift.
** Plus, Torchwood and the events of "Tooth and Claw".
** Also, the Companions have a bit of a flashback upon arriving at Niagra Falls, the first time they've visited a waterfall since May 1891.
*GoneHorriblyWrong{{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Tesla's experiment]] and [[spoiler:the Cardiff Rift]] are going to be ''very'' important later...
* FountainOfYouth: The intention for Tesla's invention.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Tesla's machine ''does'' provide longevity... [[spoiler:by returning the person inside to childhood]].
** And, almost in the same breath, the Cardiff Rift.
** Plus, Torchwood and the events of "Tooth and Claw".
** Also, the Companions have a bit of a flashback upon arriving at Niagra Falls, the first time they've visited a waterfall since May 1891.
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* FountainOfYouth: The intention for Tesla's invention.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Tesla's machine ''does'' provide longevity... [[spoiler:by returning the person inside to childhood]].
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* ProfessorGuineaPigNoOSHACompliance: Lampshaded by the Doctor in analyzing Tesla's machine aloud... "Your control console isn't quite there yet -- you've accounted for time and intensity but not pressure, temperature, radiation... Not even a safety gauge to alert when something malfunctions."
* {{Pride}}: Tesla's biggest failing, best seen in this quote:
-->Doctor, please! This is humanity’s best opportunity to evolve, to transcend our limitations – you can’t take that away from me...
* ProfessorGuineaPig:
-->"Them," sir? How could you think I would ask anyone to be subject to such a process without first carrying it out on myself?
* {{Pride}}: Tesla's biggest failing, best seen in this quote:
-->Doctor, please! This is humanity’s best opportunity to evolve, to transcend our limitations – you can’t take that away from me...
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-->"Them," sir? How could you think I would ask anyone to be subject to such a process without first carrying it out on myself?
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Invoked by the shadowy figure in the epilogue.
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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: The entire trio gets this treatment this time -- well, about as much as Sherlock Holmes will ever "squee"...
* Oireland: Deliberately invoked by the definitely anglicized Bram Stoker.
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* Oireland: Deliberately invoked by the definitely anglicized Bram Stoker.
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*Oireland: Deliberately invoked by MeaningfulName: The operation is named "Icarus" -- the definitely anglicized Bram Stoker.original Icarus, well... things didn't work out so well for him.
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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: The entire trio gets this treatment this time -- well, about as much as Sherlock Holmes will ever "squee"...
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