History Recap / DoctorWhoNSS2E13Doomsday

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->I made my choice a long time ago and I'm never gonna leave you.
-->'''Rose'''

The episode begins with a variant of the final scene of "Army of Ghosts" as the four Daleks leave the void ship, accompanied by something they refer to as the Genesis Ark. These four are a Dalek special forces team known as the Cult of Skaro, designed to think like the Daleks' enemies in order to more efficiently battle them, and, most unusually for Daleks, they all have individual names (Sec, Thay, Jast and Caan). Sec orders Thay, Jast and Caan to extract information from Torchwood scientist Dr Singh, who was trapped in the room with Mickey and Rose and who offers himself. These being Daleks, naturally the extraction process kills him.

Sec sends Thay to investigate their surroundings. Thay soon come upon a group of Cybermen and Sec realizes that Earth is already being invaded. The Cybermen offer to join forces with the Daleks, but Sec refuses and Thay effortlessly kills the Cybermen near it, with the Cybermen's weapons unable to even penetrate the Dalek forcefield. The Cybermen tell Thay that the Daleks have declared war on the Cybermen, but Sec responds that it will not be war but "pest control" and saying that the 5,000,000 Cybermen would not stand a chance against a single Dalek, much less four. Deciding to test those odds against her own experience, Rose mentions one single Time Lord against four Daleks. The Daleks cringe in fear.

While talking with the Doctor, the Cyber Leader is quite suddenly killed by a parallel universe strike-team led by Jake. He takes the Doctor back to his dimension and reunites him with that dimension's Pete Tyler, who found out about their version of Torchwood and used its resources to battle the Cybermen. Knowing they were losing, the Cybermen jumped dimensions when the void ship weakened the barrier between worlds. Pete reveals that his Earth is undergoing the early stages of catastrophic global warming, and the Doctor tells him it's because of the constant crossing of the barrier. The Doctor says he can seal the breach permanently, and that he has a plan to do so.

Rose has realised that as the Daleks haven't killed her or Mickey they must need one of them to open the Genesis Ark. When Mickey questions why the Daleks don't open it themselves, Sec reveals that it's actually Time Lord technology which needs the one thing Daleks can't provide: skin contact. Sec demands that Rose open it; she refuses and recounts to Sec how she used the power of the Time Vortex to kill the Dalek Emperor. The Doctor makes his entrance at this point, but doesn't recognise the Genesis Ark for what it is. He uses his sonic screwdriver to activate detonation charges that blow the doors to the room, allowing their temporary Cybermen allies in to battle the Daleks alongside Torchwood and generally creating one hell of a battlefield.

Mickey stumbles and accidentally touches the Ark while escaping, and the Daleks take it outside. It opens and begins disgorging millions of Daleks, who attack the Cybermen and normal humans indiscriminately. The Doctor finally realizes the Ark was a prison ship and, like the TARDIS, is much larger on the inside.

The Doctor, Rose, Mickey and Pete encounter Jackie, and she and the parallel Pete have an awkward moment before embracing. The Doctor explains his plan by stating that anything which crosses dimensions becomes saturated with the energy of the void, and that by opening the breach between the worlds into the void instead of world-to-world, everything with that energy will be pulled into the void, after which the breach will seal itself forever. This means all the Cybermen and Daleks, but unfortunately also means the Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Jake and Pete. The Doctor says that he can use some purloined Torchwood items to keep himself safe but is unwilling to risk Rose's life.

From this point on, Rose's actions closely mirror the previous series' finale: Pete takes Rose to safety back across the barrier. Rose, however, immediately uses the transportation device Pete put on her to return to the Earth dimension, and tells the Doctor she will never leave him. They activate the ghost shift device, which begins drawing in all the Cybermen and Daleks, with Dalek Sec realising what is happening and using an emergency time travel device to escape. One of the handles that controls the device slides out of position and Rose leaves her anchor to pull it back into place, once again saving the world... only to lose her grip and fall towards the breach. Pete reappears for an instant and grabs Rose before she reaches it, then takes her back to his dimension as the breach seals itself. Rose completely breaks down as she realises she can never see the Doctor again.

Several months later in the parallel dimension, Rose awakens from hearing the Doctor calling to her in a dream. Pete, Jackie and Mickey believe her and they follow the signal to Norway, ironically, a place called [[ArcWords Bad Wolf]] Bay. There Rose sees an image of the Doctor, who tells her that he managed to find one more small breach between the universes, but that he is using the energy from a supernova just to have enough power to talk to her. He tells her that the breach will close permanently in two minutes, and they share a final conversation, with the Doctor telling her that she and Jackie are missing and presumed dead, and Rose surprising the Doctor by telling him that Jackie and Pete have got together and Jackie is three months pregnant. She breaks down in tears and finally tells the Doctor that she ''loves'' him. The Doctor replies that she deserves to know how he feels about her. He takes a deep breath, says her name once more, and gets halfway through "I --" before the connection's gone.

A heartbroken Rose is consoled by Jackie, while in the Earth dimension the Doctor stands motionless in the TARDIS. He slowly begins to regain his composure and somewhat lackadaisically operates the TARDIS, then looks up and sees [[Creator/CatherineTate a woman]] in a wedding dress demanding to know where she is, to the Doctor's complete surprise.

Note: Series 1 of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' (as well as Ianto's flashback in series 2's "[[Recap/TorchwoodS2E12Fragments Fragments]]") begins sometime after this episode.
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!!Tropes
* AndIMustScream: Discussed.
-->"Sealed inside your casing, not feeling anything, ''ever.'' From birth to death, locked inside a cold, metal cage...completely alone. That explains your voice! No wonder you '''scream'''."
* AnywhereButTheirLips: The Doctor kisses Mickey on the forehead (while running, and without slowing down) while explaining the Daleks would've force-opened the Ark anyway.
* ArcWords: "Bad Wolf" from last season has apparently been scattered among the multiverse too; the bay where the Doctor projects his image ends up being in Norway, and its name translates to Bad Wolf Bay.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Rose says to the Daleks, "You want to know what happened to the Emperor?" Dalek Sec is completely shocked. "The-Emperor-SURVIVED?!" For the rest of the conversation... see below.
* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: According to Norwegians, "Bad Wolf Bay" as a translation of Dårlig Ulv Stranden is a stretch. "Dårlig" translates into "Bad," but in the context of "poor in quality", "inferior", or "feeling sick" as opposed to "evil" or "menacing". "Stranden" also is closer to "beach" or "sea-coast" than "bay". The former was clearly used because they wanted something that sounded like "Dalek," and the latter probably because it sounded like "stranded," which Rose was, but why they didn't simply call it "Bad Wolf Beach" is a mystery. A closer translation to "Bad Wolf Bay" the way it was intended would be "Slem Ulv-Bukten."
* BadassBoast:
** What Rose said to the Daleks:
--->'''Rose''': "If these are going to be my last words then you're going to listen. I met the Emperor. Then I took the time vortex and poured it into his head and turned him into dust. Do you get that? God of all Daleks and I destroyed him."
** Daleks boast to Cybermen:
---> '''Cyberman''': We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?
---> '''Dalek Sec''': Four.
---> '''Cyberman''': You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
---> '''Dalek Sec''': We would destroy the Cybermen with ''one'' Dalek! You are superior in only one respect.
---> '''Cyberman''': What is that?
---> '''Dalek Sec''': You are better at ''dying''!
* BiggerOnTheInside: The Genesis Ark is the size of one Dalek but contains millions of them.
* BigNo: Doctor screams Big NOOO! when Rose can't hold any longer and starts getting sucked into the void.
* BlatantLies:
** Jackie proclaiming there has ''never'' been anyone else after Pete died. It's clear no-one believes her either.
** Jackie says that she doesn't care that Pete is (very) rich but she keeps asking how (very) rich.
* BuffySpeak: The stuff from the void is eloquently called ... [[ShapedLikeItself void stuff]].
* CallingYourAttacks: To be expected when it's Daleks vs Cybermen.
-->"EXTERMINATE!" "Delete!" "EXTERMINATE!" "Delete!"
* ChekhovsGunman: Dalek Caan, who plays almost no part in the episode, comes back in a huge way in ''Evolution of the Daleks'' and even more so in ''Journey's End''.
* CoolVsAwesome: After all these years: [[OmnicidalManiac Daleks]] vs [[TheAssimilator Cybermen.]]
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Five million Cybermen vs four Daleks (with a prison ship full of reinforcements) vs one Doctor. Rose smugly notes that the Daleks are more afraid of the latter than the former, but in truth this is a avesion. The Doctor advises against fighting them (indeed, he believes the Cybermen have already won) and instead draws them all into the void.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Daleks vs Cybermen quickly leads to victory for the former.
** Daleks and Cybermen vs Torchwood; the fight was over before the later was already there was a fight at all.
* DeadPanSnarker: Oh boy - for a Dalek, Dalek Sec is one massive snarker!
---> '''Cyberman''': We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?
---> '''Dalek Sec''': Four.
---> '''Cyberman''': You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
---> '''Dalek Sec''': We would destroy the Cybermen with ''one'' Dalek! You are superior in only one respect.
---> '''Cyberman''': What is that?
---> '''Dalek Sec''': You are better at ''dying''!
* DeusExMachina: Reversing the effects of opening a breach to the void that's been pulling Cybermen and Daleks through not only seals the void, but pulls back in any material that passed through it due to them holding background radiation. Also, it can be closed from one end.
* EnemyMine: Jake's team and the Cybermen join forces against the Daleks... for just long enough for the Doctor to get Mickey and Rose out of the sphere chamber. Cybermen and Torchwood soldiers are shown working together (sort of) in the fight in the storage bay. It's less that they're allies and more that they've agreed not to shoot at each other while they're busy shooting at the Daleks.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Cyber Leader is confused by humanity's refusal to accept its offer of surrender. The Doctor informs it that accepting the surrender would destroy everything that makes humanity ''human''.
* EvilPlan: This episodes reveals the details behind the one from the previous episode; Cybermen crossing the void to another world in order to continue "upgrading". Howver, it also reveals that they were piggybacking on the Dalek plan to open the Genesis Arc.
* EvilerThanThou: Cybermen? Bad. Daleks? Worse. In fact, when Daleks start pouring out of the Genesis Ark by the thousands the sight of Cybermen marching through the streets to oppose them looks practically ''heroic''.
* EvilVersusEvil: Cybermen versus Dalek; the later want to kill humanity and the former want to "upgrade" humanity by force, which is the same thing as killing humanity.
* FiveManBand: Rose's mother Jackie accompanied Rose and the Doctor for the trip to Torchwood Tower in the previous episode, and Mickey and Pete later return from Pete's World for the fight against the Daleks and the Cybermen--swelling the main party to five members. They stay like that for the duration of the episode, ultimately staying together after staying in Pete's World.
** TheLeader: The Doctor
** TheLancer: Rose Tyler
** TheSmartGuy: Pete Tyler
** TheBigGuy: Mickey Smith
** TheChick: Jackie Tyler
* FlatWhat: There aren't many other reactions you can have when you have to deal with never saying "I love you" to a woman you can never, ever see again only to discover that a belligerent bride has somehow appeared on your spaceship.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Doctor mocks the Daleks for their inability to touch - something he and Rose get to experience at the end of the episode. It also seemed to hit a nerve with Sec, who's become obsessed with leaving his casing the next time we see him.
* GeekyTurnOn: "I love it when you talk technical."
* HappilyMarried: Pete and Jackie, together again. They have BabiesEverAfter and everything.
* ILikeThoseOdds: Used by the Daleks, and then promptly turned against them.
-->'''Cyberman:''' We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?
-->'''Dalek:''' FOUR.
-->'''Cyberman:''' You would destroy the Cybermen with ''four'' Daleks?
-->'''Dalek:''' WE WOULD DESTROY THE CYBERMEN WITH ONE DALEK!\\
...
-->'''Rose:''' Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? ''Now'' you're scared.
* IronicEcho:
-->'''Pete Tyler''' (to the Doctor): That's your problem.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Rose asks the Doctor if he can come through and he says more travel between the worlds would destroy them both. Her reaction is joking "So?"
* MadnessMantra
-->'''Yvonne Hartman''': I did my duty for Queen and country. I did my duty. I did my duty. Oh God ... I did my duty! ''*scream*''
* MoodWhiplash: The ending. Shot of the Doctor with tears running down his face, he turns around and there's a bride. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHGTppKiLjE See for yourselves.]]
-->'''Doctor:''' *sees woman in a wedding dress* What?\\
'''Woman:''' *turns around, makes sound of shock*\\
'''Doctor:''' What?\\
'''Woman:''' Who are you?\\
'''Doctor:''' But...\\
'''Woman:''' Where am I?\\
'''Doctor:''' What?\\
'''Woman:''' What the hell is this place?!\\
'''Doctor:''' ''...what?''
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Yvonne.
-->'''Jackie:''' This is your fault! You and your Torchwood! You killed us all!\\
'''Yvonne:''' I did my duty -- for Queen and Country! I did my duty...I did my duty...[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone oh, God]]...I did my duty!
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: A Dalek says "The female's heartbeat has increased," when she realises the Daleks have found the Doctor. Mickey jokingly adds, "Tell me about it."
* NeverFoundTheBody: It's the story of how Rose Tyler officially died because they never found her body in the original universe.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mickey accidentally touches the Genesis Ark during a Dalek / Cybermen / human scuffle but this is a subvertion; the Doctor thanks Mickey since otherwise the Daleks would've probably tried to open the Ark by force, which would've resulted in spectacular collateral damage.
* NoExceptYes: "This is not war! THIS IS PEST CONTROL!"
* NotSoDifferent:
** The Cybermen propose an alliance (the two species are both types of cyborgs, after all) but it doesn't happen. Daleks are just too genocidal to play nice. Although, considering the Cybermen's track record, chances are they would have backstabbed the Daleks anyway.
** The Doctor mentions that the Daleks would have blown up the sun to open the Genesis Ark if Mickey hadn't accidentally opened it. In the end, the Doctor burns up a sun to say goodbye to Rose.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Very subtle. After Rose comes back from the parallel universe and asks what she can do to help, the Doctor says she can enter the co-ordinates (the coordinates to Hell) and tells her to "set them all to six".
* OhCrap: The Daleks visibly recoil when Rose tells them the Doctor is in Torchwood Tower.
* PairTheSpares: Specifically, pair the corresponding widowed parallel universe counterparts (Jackie and Pete.)
* PatrioticFervor: Not even assimilation can remove Yvonne's love for Queen and country!
* PrisonShip: The Genesis Ark contains millions of Daleks prisoners.
* QualityOverQuantity:
-->'''Cyber Leader:''' Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen.
-->'''Dalek Sec:''' This is not war -- this is pest control!
-->'''Cyber Leader:''' We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?
-->'''Dalek Sec:''' Four.
-->'''Cyber Leader:''' You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
-->'''Dalek Sec:''' We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek! You are superior in only one respect.
-->'''Cyber Leader:''' What is that?
-->'''Dalek Sec:''' You are better at dying.
* ReactionShot: When the Doctor discusses the Time War and the fall of Arcadia, the camera cuts to Mickey's reaction in particular. Not only is this the first time he's heard the Doctor talk about this, but he's just spent three years fighting Cybermen. Something in common, at last?
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Yvonne Hartman becomes a heroic character after her death, except she doesn't really "die" but [[UnwillingRoboticisation was robotised instead]]...
* RedShirt: Poor Dr Singh.
-->'''Dalek''': WHICH OF YOU IS [[LampshadeHanging LEAST IMPORTANT]]?
* ReplacementGoldfish: All over the place at the end as a continuation of the PairTheSpares theme. Rose, Jackie, Pete, Mickey and Jake all either get a parallel-universe replacement for someone they lost, become a parallel-universe replacement for someone else or both.
* SealedArmyInACan: The contents of the Genesis Ark is an army of daleks.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Genesis Ark: a Time Lord device imprisoning millions of Daleks. "Time Lord science: it's BiggerOnTheInside."
* ShapedLikeItself: Dalek Thay identifies the offending cyborg as "resembling the inferior species known as Cybermen". Key word is ''[[FridgeBrilliance resembling]]''. This race is a ''completely different'' type of Cybermen than the type the Daleks would have encountered before (built by an alternate world's Cybus Industries instead of hailing from the planet Mondas).
* ShoutOut: A method of inter-dimensional travel that slowly destabilises the universe with every use? [[Literature/HisDarkMaterials Does this remind]] [[Literature/HyperionCantos you of anything]]...?
* StockEpisodeTitles: 14 uses.
* TalkingToHimself: Nicholas Briggs voices both Daleks and Cybermen.
* TranshumanTreachery - Averted. Cyberwoman!Yvonne retains her loyalty through conversion. "I DID MY DUTY FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY."
* TrashTalk: Despite being two species of emotionless, genocidal killers, the Daleks and the Cybermen are pretty adept at slinging mud at each other.
* UnreliableNarrator: Rose going on about "dying in battle" isn't what you think it means.
* VillainExitStageLeft: While most of the Dalek army gets sucked back into the Void, Dalek Sec and the cult temporally shift to series three.
* WealthyEverAfter: Rose and Jackie end up living with rich and successful parallel Pete.
* WeCanRuleTogether: As a Cyberman puts it: "Cybermen plus Daleks. Together, we could upgrade the universe". [[ICanRuleAlone Naturally, the Daleks view the Cybermen with the same contempt]] as anyone else who isn't a Dalek, not even bothering to use them as pawns for a while.
* WhiteFlag: The Doctor has to improvise one with a sheet of A4. "Same difference."
* YankTheDogsChain: "Rose Tyler, I..." *transmission ends*
* YouAreWorthHell: Rose doesn't care about being thrown into the void.
-->'''Rose:''' I made my choice a long time ago and I'm never gonna leave you.
* YouJustToldMe: As a Dalek and a Cyberman engage in a verbal pissing contest to get the other to identify first, the Dalek finally says "Daleks do not take orders!", to which the Cyberman responds "You have identified as Daleks".
* YouShallNotPass: Yvonne after her upgrade. Cybermen are climbing up a stairwell, but she appears with a big gun.
-->'''Yvonne''': You will not pass.
-->'''Cybermen''': What is the meaning of this?
-->'''Yvonne''': You will ''not'' pass.
-->''Fires, screams of Cybermen''
-->'''Yvonne''': I did my duty for Queen and Country.[[SurvivalMantra I did my duty for Queen and Country.]]
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: There's only one scene of the parallel universe and, yup, airship.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Doctor mocks the Daleks for their inability to touch - something he and Rose get to experience at the end of the episode. It also seemed to hit a nerve with Sec, who's become obsessed with leaving his casing the next time we see him.

* RedHerring: Perhaps not intentional, but the name 'Genesis Ark' made a lot of fans assume it would have Davros inside.

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: According to Norwegians, "Bad Wolf Bay" as a translation of Dårlig Ulv Stranden is a stretch. "Dårlig" translates into "Bad," but in the context of "poor in quality", "inferior", or "feeling sick" as opposed to "evil" or "menacing". "Stranden" also is closer to "beach" or "sea-coast" than "bay". The former was clearly used because they wanted something that sounded like "Dalek," but why they didn't simply call it "Bad Wolf Beach" is a mystery. A closer translation to "Bad Wolf Bay" the way it was intended would be "Slem Ulv-Bukten."