History Recap / DoctorWhoNSS2E2ToothAndClaw

* ArtisticLicense: The Koh-I-Noor diamond really exists, it really has a reputed curse on it, and it really was recut by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. In real life it's not a fist-sized brilliant, though - it's roughly the size and shape of a flattened plum.

* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a t-shirt and jeans) is said to be "naked".

The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in 1979, but they end up in 1879. In [[BonnieScotland Scotland]]. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]], who commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] AND [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninjas]].

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The werewolf has its moments.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja

* QueenVicky

* WhatAnIdiot: Rose, who keeps trying to win her bet while ''people are dying around her''. Needless to say, Victoria was [[StealthPun not amused]].

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, which Victoria eventually calls him out on. The story makes a strangely big deal out of the Doctor being able to easily change his accent though, considering it's widely accepted that you need to be able to pull off at least half a dozen different regional accents if you want to have any hope of becoming an actor in the UK, and therefore a much more common skill than the story would have us believe.

* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: the Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties. That we know about.

* IfYouKnowWhatIMean:
-->'''Sir Robert:''' I'm sorry, Ma'am. It's all my fault. I should've sent you away. I tried to suggest something was wrong, I... thought you might notice. Did you think there was nothing strange about my household staff?
-->'''Doctor:''' Well, they were bald, athletic, your wife's away...I just thought you were happy.

* AllMonksKnowKungFu

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler: It is heavily implied at the end of the episode that Queen Victoria was actually bitten by the werewolf and that the modern-day English royal family are actually werewolves themselves.]]

** At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor tells Victoria's guard that he studied medicine with a Dr. Bell at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Bell was one of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's teachers, and is likely the inspiration for [[SherlockHolmes]].

** Also, the Doctor tells Victoria's guard at the beginning that he studied with Dr. Bell at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Bell was one of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's teachers, and is likely the inspiration for [[Sherlock Holmes]].

Also, the Doctor tells Victoria's guard at the beginning that he studied with Dr. Bell at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Bell was one of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's teachers, and is likely the inspiration for [[Sherlock Holmes]].

* Main/AllMonksKnowKungFu

* Main/BonnieScotland
* Main/ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a t-shirt and jeans) is said to be "naked".
* Main/ContinuityNod: The Doctor gives his name as "Dr. James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
* Main/EmbarrassingNickname: 'Timorous Beastie', anyone?
* Main/FingertipDrugAnalysis
* Main/FridgeHorror: Played with. The Doctor and Rose realize at the end of the episode that there is at least a decent chance that ''all'' of the current British Royal Family are werewolves. However, the prospect amuses them more than anything else.
* Main/FullyClothedNudity: Rose.

* Main/InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja
* Main/LiteraryAllusionTitle: to Tennyson's poem "In Memoriam A.H.H."
* Main/OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They're aliens, in fact.
* Main/QueenVicky
* Main/RequisiteRoyalRegalia: the Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties. That we know about.
* Main/ShoutOut: a couple of references to RobertBurns' poem ''To A Mouse''.

* Main/VictorianBritain
* Main/WarriorMonk
* Main/YouLookFamiliar: Queen Victoria was last seen on the show [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes sporting a Liverpool accent]] and [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/faceless/six/800/53.html snogging Jamie.]]
* Main/YouShallNotPass
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The Doctor and Rose make a bet on who can get the Queen to say "We are not amused." Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at Torchwood House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely bloodcurdling cry of a werewolf echoes across the moors. Rose is drugged and chained up in the cellar with the rest of the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien!werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... that possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of England, and therefore THE WORLD!!![[hottip:*:[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]]]]

*** She makes a turn through Canada with said accent.