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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Fourth Doctor Era'''\\
'''Season 16:''' '''1''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet 2]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E4TheAndroidsOfTara 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E5ThePowerOfKroll 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor 6]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E1HorrorOfFangRock <<< Season 15]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks Season 17 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!The Ribos Operation




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->Written by Creator/RobertHolmes\\
Directed by George Spenton-Foster\\
'''Production code:''' 5A\\
'''Air dates:''' 2 - 23 September 1978\\
'''Number of episodes:''' 4



'''Production code:''' 5A




Written by Creator/RobertHolmes. This four-episode serial first aired from September 2--23, 1978.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Graff really cares about his friend, and goes on a rampage when he dies.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Graff really cares about his friend, and goes on a rampage when he dies.dies, vowing to level the planet in vengeance.



* {{Seers}}: The Seeker

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* SanitySlippage: The Graff's SAN meter isn't setting records early on, but as the story goes on, he begins to more and more obviously lose it, eventually dying while completely lost in a war flashback brought on by the stress of losing his general.
* {{Seers}}: The SeekerSeeker.



%% * ViolinScam (Zero-Context Example)

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%% * ViolinScam (Zero-Context Example)ViolinScam: Garron's whole routine is a variant where he tricks people into buying entire planets for minerals he's tricked them into believing were there.
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->'''The Doctor''': Ah! You want me to volunteer, is that it? And if I don't?\\
'''The Guardian''': Nothing.\\
'''The Doctor''': What? Nothing? You mean nothing will happen to me?\\
'''The Guardian''': Nothing at all. ''[{{beat}}]'' Ever.

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->'''The Doctor''': Doctor:''' Ah! You want me to volunteer, is that it? And if I don't?\\
'''The Guardian''': Guardian:''' Nothing.\\
'''The Doctor''': Doctor:''' What? Nothing? You mean nothing will happen to me?\\
'''The Guardian''': Guardian:''' Nothing at all. ''[{{beat}}]'' Ever.
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JustForFun/TheOneWith '''GOD HIMSELF'''.

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JustForFun/TheOneWith '''GOD HIMSELF'''.
HIMSELF.'''

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->'''The Doctor''': Ah! You want me to volunteer, is that it? And if I don't?
->'''The Guardian''': Nothing.
->'''The Doctor''': What? Nothing? You mean nothing will happen to me?
->'''The Guardian''': Nothing at all. ''[{{beat}}]'' Ever.

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->'''The Doctor''': Ah! You want me to volunteer, is that it? And if I don't?
->'''The
don't?\\
'''The
Guardian''': Nothing.
->'''The
Nothing.\\
'''The
Doctor''': What? Nothing? You mean nothing will happen to me?
->'''The
me?\\
'''The
Guardian''': Nothing at all. ''[{{beat}}]'' Ever.
Ever.

'''Production code:''' 5A
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* FindingTheBug: Garron and Unstoffe's bug in the Graff's room is well hidden, but the Graff finds it anyway.
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The one with '''GOD HIMSELF'''.

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The one with JustForFun/TheOneWith '''GOD HIMSELF'''.
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Nice Hat is now dewicked


* NiceHat: There are a good deal of them in this story.
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* SoundOnlyDeath: When the Doctor tricks the Graff Vynda-K into blowing himself up with his own bomb, the result is portrayed by the Graff deliriously wandering down a hallway while having a war flashback before the bomb explodes offscreen, accompanied by a burst of smoke and the Graff screaming in pain.
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* BigBad: The Graff Vynda-K.

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* AffectionatePickpocket: Graff and Garron both try this on the Doctor - the first to plant a bomb, the second to swap out the jethrik with a stone. Both times the Doctor returns the favour.

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* AffectionatePickpocket: Graff and Garron both try this on the Doctor - -- the first to plant a bomb, the second to swap out the jethrik with a stone. Both times the Doctor returns the favour.



* BookDumb: The Doctor apparently only barely passed his examinations - on the second try. This in comparison to Romana, who graduated with a triple first.

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* BookDumb: The Doctor apparently only barely passed his examinations - -- on the second try. This in comparison to Romana, who graduated with a triple first.



* CrazyEnoughToWork: The Graff's second-in-command suggests using the seer to find the Doctor, as they could spend months searching BeneathTheEarth for him otherwise. And if it doesn't work, they can always have fun blowing the seer's head off.



* CosmicKeystone

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* CosmicKeystoneCosmicKeystone: The serial kicks off a season-wide search for the pieces of the Key to Time, which will give the wielder control over all of time and space. The first segment disguises itself as a lump of the highly-valuable mineral jethrik.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: The Graff's second-in-command suggests using the seer to find the Doctor, as they could spend months searching BeneathTheEarth for him otherwise. And if it doesn't work, they can always have fun blowing the seer's head off.



* HeroicBystander: Binro the Heretic

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* HeroicBystander: Binro the HereticHeretic doesn't really do much in the way of advancing the plot for the vast majority of it, but sympathizes with the Doctor, Romana, Garron, and Unstoffe thanks to the whole lot of them being looked down upon by the people of Ribos in some way. Eventually, Binro moves out of his bystander status and helps Unstoffe hide from the Graff's forces in a labyrinth of catacombs.



* NoIndoorVoice: {{Lampshaded}} - the Doctor overhears the Graff's plan to execute them due to the fact his henchman has no in-door voice.

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* NoIndoorVoice: {{Lampshaded}} - -- the Doctor overhears the Graff's plan to execute them due to the fact his henchman has no in-door voice.



* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight

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* PropheciesAreAlwaysRightPropheciesAreAlwaysRight: The Seeker is able to perfectly sniff out anyone that the Graff asks her to, eventually managing to corner Garron and Unstoffe in the catacombs by burning and rubbing bones.



* ViolinScam

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%% * ViolinScamViolinScam (Zero-Context Example)
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Written by Creator/RobertHolmes. This serial first aired September 2-23, 1978.

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Written by Creator/RobertHolmes. This four-episode serial first aired from September 2-23, 2--23, 1978.
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Written by Creator/RobertHolmes. This serial first aired September 2-23, 1978.

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* TheCon: Mentioned as part of Garron's back story. Apparently he tried to sell Sydney Harbour when he was still on Earth. He declined to throw in the Opera House and that's when the buyer went to the government.



* LandmarkSale: Mentioned as part of Garron's back story. Apparently he tried to sell Sydney Harbour when he was still on Earth. He declined to throw in the Opera House and that's when the buyer went to the government.

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* NoIndoorVoice: {{Lampshaded}} - the Doctor overhears the Graff's plan to execute them due to the fact his henchman has no in-door voice.



* OneLastJob

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* OneLastJobOOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Fourth Doctor is usually very flippant and rebellious in the face of authority figures, be they humans or Time Lords, but the White Guardian is powerful enough to make him show respect. He even offers a timid "Sorry, sir" when he speaks out of tone.
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* AffectionatePickpocket: Graff and Garron both try this on the Doctor - the first to plant a bomb, the second to swap out the jethrik with a stone. Both times the Doctor returns the favor.

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* AffectionatePickpocket: Graff and Garron both try this on the Doctor - the first to plant a bomb, the second to swap out the jethrik with a stone. Both times the Doctor returns the favor.favour.
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The Shill is being merged into The Con per TRS. ZCE


* TheShill: Unstoffe.
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* MessianicArchetype: By and large, the White Guardian is pretty much God in all but name. This being a script from Creator/RobertHolmes, one of the most blatantly anti-authoritarian ''Who'' writers, his EstablishingCharacterMoment to bully the Doctor into doing an errand for him with threats.

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* MessianicArchetype: By and large, the White Guardian is pretty much God in all but name. This being a script from Creator/RobertHolmes, one of the most blatantly anti-authoritarian ''Who'' writers, his EstablishingCharacterMoment is to bully the Doctor into doing an errand for him with threats.
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* LightIsNotGood: The White Guardian claims to be Good, to balance the Black Guardian's Evil, but we don't know.

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* LightIsNotGood: The White Guardian claims to be Good, to balance the Black Guardian's Evil, but we don't know. Literally the first thing he does is bully the Doctor into doing something he doesn't want to do, though.



* MessianicArchetype: By and large, the White Guardian is pretty much God in all but name.

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* MessianicArchetype: By and large, the White Guardian is pretty much God in all but name. This being a script from Creator/RobertHolmes, one of the most blatantly anti-authoritarian ''Who'' writers, his EstablishingCharacterMoment to bully the Doctor into doing an errand for him with threats.
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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu
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* ManInWhite: The White Guardian.

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