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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Fifth Doctor Era'''\\
'''Season 19:''' '''1''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E2FourToDoomsday 2]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E3Kinda 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E5BlackOrchid 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight 7]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive <<< Season 18]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity Season 20 >>>]]''']]-]]]
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->Written by Creator/ChristopherHBidmead\\
Directed by Fiona Cumming\\
'''Production code:''' 5Z\\
'''Air dates:''' 4 - 12 January 1982\\
'''Number of episodes:''' 4



'''Production code:''' 5Z

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'''Production code:''' 5Z




Written by Creator/ChristopherHBidmead. This four-episode serial first aired from January 4--12, 1982.

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* FakeTown: This trope is in fact its major plotline. Castrovalva looks and feels like a city, except it's a trap set by the Doctor's frenemy, the Master, in order to trap the Doctor, but it ends up turning on the Master.

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* FakeTown: This trope is in fact its major plotline. Castrovalva looks and feels like a city, except it's a trap set by the Doctor's frenemy, enemy, the Master, in order to trap the Doctor, but it ends up turning on the Master.



* IdiotBall: Downplayed: Despite being a scientist, Nyssa has to look up what hydrogen on the TARDIS's console.

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* IdiotBall: Downplayed: Despite being a scientist, Nyssa has to look up what hydrogen on the TARDIS's console.



* MasterOfDisguise: This is probably the only serial in which the Master's disguise is effective and actually intended to fool the audience (rather than build anticipation for the Master announcing himself to the Doctor). Ainley's makeup and performance as the Portreeve is naturalistic and genuinely convincing.

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* MasterOfDisguise: This is probably one of the only serial few serials in which the Master's disguise is effective and actually intended to fool the audience (rather than build anticipation for the Master announcing himself to the Doctor). Ainley's makeup and performance as the Portreeve is naturalistic and genuinely convincing.



* ThePratfall: When the wheelchair supporting the Doctor's sarcophagus tumbles into a creek, Nyssa is sent to fetch it and winds up somersaulting into the drink, losing her mantilla in the process.

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* ThePratfall: When the wheelchair supporting the Doctor's sarcophagus tumbles into a creek, Nyssa is sent to fetch it and winds up somersaulting slipping into the drink, losing her mantilla in the process.



-->'''Tegan:''' (''following string'') Looks like the Doctor's [[{{Pun}} coming unravelled]] in more ways than one.

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-->'''Tegan:''' (''following string'') Looks like the Doctor's old Doc's [[{{Pun}} coming unravelled]] in more ways than one.
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* OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture: It turns out that the fantastically advanced TARDIS computer has a display that is outperformed by a UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum. Justified in that later it turns out that the whole interface was a phony produced by the Master so that Tegan and Nyssa would think they were piloting the TARDIS.

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* OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture: It turns out that the fantastically advanced TARDIS computer has a display that is outperformed by a UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum.Platform/ZXSpectrum. Justified in that later it turns out that the whole interface was a phony produced by the Master so that Tegan and Nyssa would think they were piloting the TARDIS.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: People have often joked about the Doctor's regeneration almost failing, when all that happened to him is falling off a satellite dish, compared with some of his other regenerations. [[http://www.spike.com/video-clips/owmwa1/1000-ways-to-die-habeas-corpse Realistically, though]], it's a surprise he could ''talk'' after that...

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: People have often joked about the Doctor's regeneration almost failing, when all that happened to him is falling off a satellite dish, compared with some of his other regenerations. [[http://www.spike.com/video-clips/owmwa1/1000-ways-to-die-habeas-corpse [[https://allthatsinteresting.com/garry-hoy Realistically, though]], it's a surprise he could ''talk'' after that...
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* AlienGeometries: The city of Castrovalva itself is built like this. It ''appears'' perfectly normal, but if you try to leave the centre of town, no matter what direction you travel, you'll soon end up back there. When the city starts breaking down, it begins to resemble an Escher picture.
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Previously on the big Dee-Dub, the Doctor took a nasty spill from disconnecting the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Pharos Project]]'s power cable, prompting a sudden regeneration. (It's a big one too -- [[SeriesContinuityError even his shoes regenerated!]]) Unfortunately, he doesn't take to it very well, and is in danger of turning senile; that is, unless he can get some rest and healing in the TARDIS' Zero Room, a sensory deprivation suite.

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Previously on the big Dee-Dub, the Doctor [[DeathByFallingOver took a nasty spill spill]] from disconnecting the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Pharos Project]]'s power cable, prompting a sudden regeneration. (It's a big one too -- [[SeriesContinuityError even his shoes regenerated!]]) Unfortunately, he doesn't take to it very well, and is in danger of turning senile; that is, unless he can get some rest and healing in the TARDIS' Zero Room, a sensory deprivation suite.

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