History Recap / DoctorWhoS1E3TheEdgeofDestruction

* BreakTheHaughty: Given that the Doctor was well into the "vicious" side of AntiHero in the first two stories, his behaviour here isn't very surprising. However, he reaches a new low upon threatening to throw Ian and Barbara out the TARDIS, something that could easily kill them. When the woman he threatens to kill not only gives him one hell of a WhatTheHellHero but also figures out the problem and saves the day, the Doctor is understandably humbled. Not only does this lead to his attitude improving but sets his moral compass in a more unambigously good direction, something that determines the show's outlook to this day.

The story can be watched [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty0PHC1xXZ4&list=PL03E123B7AA7FE633&index=21 here.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: The "Fast Return Switch" label on the console foreshadows [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown's]] Dymo-tape labels all over the inside of his time machine.

* NoAntagonist: Unless a faulty spring counts, there is not bad guy here.

* TheAllegedCar: All this arc's problems are caused by a stuck down and a broken spring. As the show reveals later, this module was a museum piece when the Doctor was still a young man.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[SanitySlippage Yep]][[SarcasmMode , clearly Susan's doing well this episode...]]]]

One of ''Doctor Who''[='s=] few {{Bottle Episode}}s, "The Edge of Destruction" (aka "Inside the Spaceship") is a two-part oddity wedged between two longer stories. Originally, the show was confirmed for four episodes (the opening story) to be reviewed up... then it was increased to 13, two more than "The Daleks" allowed for. Worse, there was no money for sets or extras. Although it's a filler episode, the story does trigger some very important CharacterDevelopment for the Doctor and his friendship with Barbara.

* The console's BillionsOfButtons (as iconic to ''Doctor Who'' as the blue police box) caused the actors to start [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fast_return_9567.png labeling them.]]
** Incidentally, on the [=DVDs=] it turns out that nobody is sure who actually wrote it. Carole Ann Ford suggests it may have been her and Hartnell during rehearsal, but she isn't sure.
* BottleEpisode: One of the few in the old series, along with Episode 1 of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]".

* CharacterDevelopment: This episode is a major stepping stone in having the Doctor's personality be more like what we know today rather than the {{Jerkass}}ery seen previously.
** Also, of a sort, begins developing the TARDIS, the first story to even hint at it being autonomous. Before this, it was mostly treated as any other time machine/spaceship; after this, writers and serials would hint more and more at it being alive, before finally being confirmed in "The Doctor's Wife".
* EasyAmnesia: At least, that what it appears to be...
* EldritchLocation: The TARDIS itself becomes one.
* EverybodyLives

* MindScrew
* MinimalistCast

* NoAntagonist: Unless a faulty spring counts.

* SinkingShipScenario

* WhatTheHellHero: A truly awesome and well-deserved one, delivered by Barbara.

-->--'''The Doctor''' begins to warm up to his companions, and vice versa

* HilariousInHindsight: The "Fast Return Switch" label on the console foreshadows [[BackToTheFuture Doc Brown's]] Dymo-tape labels all over the inside of his time machine.

-->--'''The Doctor'''

[[caption-width-right:350: [[SanitySlippage Yep]][[SarcasmMode, clearly Susan's doing well this episode...]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SarcasmMode Yep, clearly Susan's doing well this episode...]]]]

** Also, of a sort, begins developing the TARDIS, the first story to even hint at it being autonomous. Before this, it was mostly treated as any other time machine/spaceship; after this, writers and serials would hint more and more at it being alive, before finally being confirmed in {{Recap/TheDoctorsWife}}

'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''

* TheXOfY: The first[[note]]and second: the second episode is called "The Brink of Disaster", although two episodes of first story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child" were "The Cave of Skulls" and "The Forest of Fear"[[/note]] of a long, Long, LONG line of such titles.

* TheXOfY: The first[[note]]and second: the second episode is called "The Brink of Disaster"[[/note]] of a long, Long, LONG line of such titles.

* TheXOfY: The first of a long, Long, LONG line of such titles.

[[caption-width-right:350[[SarcasmMode Yep, clearly Susan's doing well this episode...]]]]

* CharacterDevelopment: This episode is a major stepping stone in having the Doctor's personality be more like what we know rather than the {{Jerkass}}ery seen previously.

* TheXOfY

One of ''Doctor Who''[='s=] few {{Bottle Episode}}s, "The Edge of Destruction" (aka "Inside the Spaceship") is a two-part oddity wedged between two longer stories. Originally, the show was confirmed for four episodes (the opening story) to be reviewed up... then it was increased to 13, two more than "The Daleks" allowed for. Worse, there was no money for sets or extras. Although it's a FillerEpisode, the story does trigger some very important CharacterDevelopment for the Doctor and his friendship with Barbara.

One of ''Doctor Who''[='s=] few {{Bottle Episode}}s, "The Edge of Destruction" (aka "Inside the Spaceship") is a two-part oddity wedged between two longer stories. Originally, the show was confirmed for four episodes (the opening story) to be reviewed up... then it was increased to 13, two more than "The Daleks" allowed for. Worse, there was no money for sets or extras.