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* BlatantLies: Jackie insists she's not forty years old (since that's what her ''official biography'' says), and insists her party's decorations reflect this. Pete's opening speech, and the guest's reactions, suggest everyone present knows this is bull.
** Pete has "trust me on this".
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* SnakeOilSalesman: What the president accuses Pete of being, in a discussion before meeting Lumic, having tried some of the supposed energy tonic Pete advertises, only to find it's just a soft drink.
-->'''President:''' You're selling a soft drink to a dying world.
-->'''President:''' You're selling a soft drink to a dying world.
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The TARDIS falls into a parallel universe where Rose's dad isn't dead, Rose was never born, Mickey's grandmother never died, everybody wears earpods and there are, for some undetermined reason, zeppelins everywhere.
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The TARDIS falls into a parallel universe where Rose's dad isn't dead, Rose was never born, born[[labelnote:*]]But is, for some reason, a dog.[[/labelnote]], Mickey's grandmother never died, everybody wears earpods and there are, for some undetermined reason, zeppelins everywhere.
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* CrapsackWorld: What little we know for sure about Pete's World paints a dark image. A curfew imposed by armed soldiers, a MegaCorp that beams its approved version of the news directly into peoples' heads, [[ArgentineIsNaziland New Germany]]..
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* CrapsackWorld: What little we know for sure about Pete's World paints a dark image. A curfew imposed by armed soldiers, a MegaCorp that beams its approved version of the news directly into peoples' heads, [[ArgentineIsNaziland [[ArgentinaisNaziland New Germany]]..
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->''"It's happening again. I've seen them before."''
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-->-- '''The Doctor'''
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-->-- '''The Doctor'''
->'''Mickey:'''...OK, cool. Say that again?
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* CrapsackWorld: What little we know for sure about Pete's World paints a dark image. A curfew imposed by armed soldiers, a MegaCorp that beams its approved version of the news directly into peoples' heads..
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* CrapsackWorld: What little we know for sure about Pete's World paints a dark image. A curfew imposed by armed soldiers, a MegaCorp that beams its approved version of the news directly into peoples' heads..heads, [[ArgentineIsNaziland New Germany]]..
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* PreMortemOneLiner: John Lumic to a dissenter.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: John Lumic to a dissenter.scientist with ethical concerns.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The President of Great Britain, who calls the Cyber-conversion process "obscene" and refuses to allow Lumic to continue developing it in Britain. So naturally Lumic has him killed.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The President of Great Britain, who calls the Cyber-conversion process "obscene" and refuses to allow Lumic to continue developing it in Britain. Britain, and by all appearances seems to trying to do good in the crapsack world he runs. So naturally Lumic has him killed.killed first.
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* AssholeVictim: The President denying Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
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* JustTestingYou: The Preachers grab Mickey from his grandmother's doorstep, with Jake angrily reminding "Ricky" that he told them not to put their relatives in danger. A very confused Mickey ad-libs that he was just testing them.
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* JustTestingYou: The Preachers grab Mickey from his grandmother's doorstep, with Jake angrily reminding "Ricky" that he told them not to put their relatives in danger. A very confused Mickey ad-libs that he was just testing them. them.
* KickTheSonOfABitch / PayEvilUntoEvil: The President denying Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
* KickTheSonOfABitch / PayEvilUntoEvil: The President denying Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
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* AssholeVictim: That seemingly reasonable scientist at the beginning? He did help Lumic create that first Cyberman, and only afterwards realised that it was unethical.
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* AssholeVictim: That seemingly reasonable scientist at the beginning? He did help The President denying Lumic create that first Cyberman, and only afterwards realised that it was unethical.the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
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* AssholeVictim: The President denying Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
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* AssholeVictim: The President denying That seemingly reasonable scientist at the beginning? He did help Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.create that first Cyberman, and only afterwards realised that it was unethical.
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* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfToldYou
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* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfToldYouYouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou
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-->'''Pete:''' ''(fleeing the mansion)'' Who are you, and how d'you know so much?\\
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-->'''Pete:''' ''(fleeing the mansion)'' Who are you, and how you? How d'you know so much?\\
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-->'''Pete:''' ''(fleeing the mansion)'' Who are you, and how d'you know so much?\\
'''Doctor:''' You wouldn't believe it in a million years!
-->'''Pete:''' ''(fleeing the mansion)'' Who are you, and how d'you know so much?\\
'''Doctor:''' You wouldn't believe it in a million years!
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* YouDidntAsk: Why the Doctor is only now learning about Mickey's family history. He points out that Rose never said, and she admits that they both tend to take him for granted.
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I don\'t understand why this was deleted...
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* ArcWords: Pete asks a party-goer how things are going at Torchwood.
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* ArcWords: Pete asks a party-goer how things are going at Torchwood. Torchwood.
* AssholeVictim: The President denying Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
* AssholeVictim: The President denying Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
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* BlackComedy: Crane's choice of music doesn't ''quite'' cover up the screams of the converted.
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* CrapsackWorld: What little we know for sure about Pete's World paints a dark image.
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* CrapsackWorld: What little we know for sure about Pete's World paints a dark image. A curfew imposed by armed soldiers, a MegaCorp that beams its approved version of the news directly into peoples' heads..
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* FascistsBedTime: There's a curfew.
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* ChewingTheScenery: John Lumic steals his scenes with his grandoise lines.
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* ChewingTheScenery: John Lumic steals his scenes with his grandoise grandiose lines.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the TARDIS crashes, odd devices descend from the ceiling. Those will be important [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature later]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When the TARDIS crashes, odd devices descend from the ceiling. Those will be important [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNaturelater]].later]].
** The Doctor tells Mickey they'll meet up again in 24 hours. "If I haven't found something better," replies Mickey.
** When the TARDIS crashes, odd devices descend from the ceiling. Those will be important [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature
** The Doctor tells Mickey they'll meet up again in 24 hours. "If I haven't found something better," replies Mickey.
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* JustTestingYou: The Preachers grab Mickey from his grandmother's doorstep, with Jake angrily reminding "Ricky" that he told them not to put their relatives in danger. A very confused Mickey ad-libs that he was just testing them.
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* ArcWords: Pete asks a party-goer how things are going at Torchwood.
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* AssholeVictim: The President denying Lumic the ability to use his technology to save his own life? Harsh. Being electrocuted to death by a Cyberman? Worse.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rose's reaction when the Doctor casually mentions he's been talking to another waitress by the name of Lucy. Naturally, he doesn't notice.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Mr. Crane, Lumic's head of human resources doesn't exactly look happy going on a "recruitment drive".
* EvilBrit: John Lumic is identified in a newscast as British.
* EvilBrit: John Lumic is identified in a newscast as British.
* JoinOrDie: Be Upgraded into a Cyberman, in a horrifically painful surgery that can't be undone and leaves you welded into a metal shell forever, or be "unnecessary". And upgrading is compulsory.
** The Cybermen decide that the Doctor, Rose, Mickey and everyone else don't get the "join" option, even when the Doctor tries to surrender.
** The Cybermen decide that the Doctor, Rose, Mickey and everyone else don't get the "join" option, even when the Doctor tries to surrender.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The President of Great Britain.
* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler chews out her husband for petty details, wears diamond studded accesories, and withholds wages from well meaning employees if they accidentally offend her.
* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler chews out her husband for petty details, wears diamond studded accesories, and withholds wages from well meaning employees if they accidentally offend her.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The President of Great Britain.
Britain, who calls the Cyber-conversion process "obscene" and refuses to allow Lumic to continue developing it in Britain. So naturally Lumic has him killed.
* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler chews out her husband for petty details, wears diamond studded accesories, and withholds wages from well meaning employees if they accidentally offend her. And since this is Jackie, she offends easily.
* SeriousBusiness: Lumic snaps at Mr. Crane for messing about with the mind-controlled hobos.
* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler chews out her husband for petty details, wears diamond studded accesories, and withholds wages from well meaning employees if they accidentally offend her. And since this is Jackie, she offends easily.
* SeriousBusiness: Lumic snaps at Mr. Crane for messing about with the mind-controlled hobos.
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* GenreSavvy: Mickey has no trouble with the concept of parallel worlds because he's seen them in films.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The Doctor has tell Jake and Ricky that bullets won't do squat to a Cyberman.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The Doctor has to tell Jake and Ricky that bullets won't do squat to a Cyberman.
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[[caption-width-right:350:...[[ThereWasADoor there was a door, you know]]...]]
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'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''
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* ShirtlessScene: When Mickey is captured by the Preachers once they figure out he isn't Rickey.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The Doctor actually has tell Jake and Ricky that bullets won't do squat to a Cyberman.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The Doctor actually has tell Jake and Ricky that bullets won't do squat to a Cyberman.
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* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler. Oh [[KickTheDog so]] [[TearJerker much]].
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* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler. Oh [[KickTheDog so]] [[TearJerker much]].Tyler chews out her husband for petty details, wears diamond studded accesories, and withholds wages from well meaning employees if they accidentally offend her.
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* TemptingFate: The Doctor knows exactly what he's doing. Cue StuffBlowingUp.
** And he does it again later. Twenty-four hours in a parallel world, [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong what could go wrong]]?
** And he does it again later. Twenty-four hours in a parallel world, [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong what could go wrong]]?
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* TemptingFate: The Doctor knows exactly what he's doing. Cue StuffBlowingUp.
** And heStuffBlowingUp. He does it again later. Twenty-four hours in a parallel world, [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong what could go wrong]]?
** And he
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* TheDreaded: The minute the Doctor figures out what's happening, he's scared. Actual, proper scared. He doesn't even try to fight the Cyberment, he just tries surrendering.
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* BigEntrance: The new Cybermen make a memorable entrance. John Lumic [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]].
** ThereWasADoor: Apparently Cybermen have no need for doors.
** ThereWasADoor: Apparently Cybermen have no need for doors.
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** And he does it again later. Twenty-four hours in a parallel world, [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong what could go wrong]]?
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* CrapsackWorld: What little we know for sure about Pete's World paints a dark image.
* DeadlyEuphemism: "[[HumanResources Recruitment Drive]]."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the TARDIS crashes, odd devices descend from the ceiling. Those will be important [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature later]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Mrs Moore's suggestion for why Micky and Ricky look the same is that either they're clones, or Ricky's father had a bike.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: They're British for one.
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* LaResistance: Run by Mickey's alternate-universe self.
* LaResistance: The Preachers, run by Rickey, Mickey's alternate-universe self.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The President of Great Britain.
* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler. Oh [[KickTheDog so]] [[TearJerker much]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The President of Great Britain.
* RichBitch: alt-Jackie Tyler. Oh [[KickTheDog so]] [[TearJerker much]].
* TemptingFate: The Doctor knows exactly what he's doing. Cue StuffBlowingUp.
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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: In this dimension, "Rose" is the name of Jackie's Yorkshire terrier. The Doctor valiantly tries not to laugh.
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->''"It's happening again. I've seen them before."''
-->-- '''The Doctor'''
Written by Tom [=MacRae=], this episode was adapted in part from Marc Platt's AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho episode [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho034SpareParts "Spare Parts"]].
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Past, future... where HAVEN'T we been yet, in the new series? How about... [[AlternateUniverse ANOTHER DIMENSION!]]
The TARDIS falls into a parallel universe where Rose's dad isn't dead, Rose was never born, Mickey's grandmother never died, everybody wears earpods and there are, for some undetermined reason, zeppelins everywhere.
And they have a power problem. The TARDIS will only run off power from its home universe, which they are not in. So it's a good thing the Doctor finds a little power crystal that can recharge itself with the right kind of energy ([[HandWave don't ask]]); now all they have to do is relax for 24 hours while it does its thing. Surely they can stay out of trouble for a one day, right?
Like THAT would ever happen. Despite the Doctor warning about not interfering with anything, Mickey and Rose run off to find out what's different about where they are, besides the earpods and the zeppelins and the President of Britain and everything.
Rose and the Doctor crash Rose's mum's birthday party. Mickey runs into Ricky, his parallel self, and Ricky is not very happy about it. Newly-created Cybermen show up at the party and kill several people before surrounding the Doctor and Rose. The Doctor tries to surrender, but the Cybermen will not back down. Cliffhanger ending.
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!!Tropes:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The Doctor kick his precious TARDIS. He promptly sits down in the command chair to massage his foot.
* AlternateUniverse: Somehow the TARDIS fell through a crack in the universe and ended up in another dimension.
* CallBack: During the first half of the episode, the Doctor wants nothing more than to escape from the alternate universe. The [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno last time]] he was in a parallel universe [[EarthShatteringKaboom did not end well at all]].
* CastFromLifespan: The TARDIS needs energy from its home universe to start working again. The Doctor finds a component with some remaining power and breathes on it. "I just gave away ten years of my life. Worth every second!"
* CastingGag: Roger Lloyd-Pack as John Lumic provides an interesting example. He played Barty Crouch Sr. in the film adaptation of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' and David Tennant played Barty Crouch Jr. in the same film.
* CatchPhrase: "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." makes its second appearance, albeit from the president, this time.
* ChewingTheScenery: John Lumic steals his scenes with his grandoise lines.
* CreepyMonotone: "DELETE."
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: How long has it been since Mickey could've let go of that button, Doctor?
* DisposableVagrant: They're lured in with promises of free food and instead they are robotized.
* EvilCounterpart:
** [[BrickJoke Ricky]], Mickey's alternate self is set up to be this but subverted in the next episode as they turn out to be similar.
** Alt!Jackie is a straight version; a snotty, elitist RichBitch.
* EvilCripple: John Lumic, who gives off a whole bunch of Davros vibes.
* FrenchMaidOutfit: Rose poses as a serving girl at Pete Tyler's party.
* GilliganCut: When the Doctor and Rose are trying to find a way into parallel universe Jackie's birthday party:
-->'''Rose:''' February the 1st. Mum's birthday. Even in a parallel universe, she still loves a party.\\
'''The Doctor:''' Well, given Pete Tyler's guest list, I wouldn't mind a look. And there is one guaranteed way of getting inside. (''flips his psychic paper'')\\
'''Rose Tyler:''' Psychic paper!\\
'''The Doctor:''' Who do you want to be?\\
(''cuts to the Doctor and Rose dressed as waiters, and carrying trays out of the kitchen with the rest of the wait staff'')\\
'''Rose:''' (''annoyed'') We could have been anyone.\\
'''The Doctor:''' (''looking at her'') It got us in, didn't it?\\
'''Rose:''' You're in charge of the psychic paper. We could have been guests, celebrities, Sir Doctor, Dame Rose. We end up serving. I had enough of this back home.\\
'''The Doctor:''' If you want to know what's going on, work in the kitchen.
* InSpiteOfANail: The normal-universe Cybermen are alien, from a planet called Mondas. In this Universe they're invented by a guy on Earth, somehow looking and being mostly the same.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: The TARDIS acts as one and this worries the Doctor because this sort of thing doesn't happen anymore.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The Doctor and Rose see cars pulling up to Pete Tyler's estate and Rose realizes it's Jackie's birthday. The Doctor then shows Rose his psychic paper and asks her what she wants to be. [[GilliganCut The scene cuts]] to them dressed as waiters carrying trays out of the kitchen with the rest of the wait staff, with Rose very annoyed that the Doctor couldn't have passed them off as invited socialites like "Sir Doctor and Dame Rose". The Doctor counters, "If you want to know what's going on, work in the kitchen."
* NeverBeHurtAgain: John Lumic, who has some undisclosed and presumably painful terminal illness, decides to enforce {{Unwilling Roboticisation}} upon himself and humanity in order to eradicate death and emotion.
* NewspaperDating: Mickey, when he thinks they've just landed back in London.
* OhCrap: ''"Cyber!"''
* PercussiveMaintenance: The Doctor angrily kicks the dead TARDIS in a fit of rage.
-->'''Mickey:''' Did that help?\\
'''The Doctor:''' (''defensively'') Yes!\\
'''Mickey:''' Did it hurt?\\
'''The Doctor:''' Yes...
* {{Pun}}: "A remark about crashing the party would be appropriate."
* LaResistance: Run by Mickey's alternate-universe self.
* PreMortemOneLiner: John Lumic to a dissenter.
-->'''John Lumic:''' And how do you expect to do that from beyond the grave?
* ShoutOut: Jake mentions "The Child-Catcher", the intensely creepy villain from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[InvokedTrope Deliberate.]] Crane finds the agonised screams of the converted to be an unpleasant sound, so he orders "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Tight Fit to played on the facility's speaker-system to cover it up.
* SpoilerTitle / TrailersAlwaysSpoil: For all that it makes an effort to avoid showing the Cybermen clearly up until TheReveal, the episode preview made it pretty clear who the villains are and the title said it outright.
* ThisIsReality: Mickey mentions how characters can dimension-hop a lot more easily in comic books. The Doctor replies that isn't that simple in the real world, before remarking that it ''was'' easier before the Time War.
* VisibleBoomMic: When Mickey visits his blind grandmother, the entire crew (including the man holding the boom mic) can be seen in the reflection of her sunglasses.
* WasOnceAMan: The Cybermen, who are stripped of their humanity.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: In this dimension, "Rose" is the name of Jackie's Yorkshire terrier.
* TheXOfY: "Rise of the Cybermen"
* YouLookFamiliar: Well, You Sound Familiar -- the President of Great Britain is Don Warrington, who plays Rassilon in AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho.
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: The first clue that this isn't their London comes in the form of London's airspace swarming with airships.
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->''"It's happening again. I've seen them before."''
-->-- '''The Doctor'''
Written by Tom [=MacRae=], this episode was adapted in part from Marc Platt's AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho episode [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho034SpareParts "Spare Parts"]].
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Past, future... where HAVEN'T we been yet, in the new series? How about... [[AlternateUniverse ANOTHER DIMENSION!]]
The TARDIS falls into a parallel universe where Rose's dad isn't dead, Rose was never born, Mickey's grandmother never died, everybody wears earpods and there are, for some undetermined reason, zeppelins everywhere.
And they have a power problem. The TARDIS will only run off power from its home universe, which they are not in. So it's a good thing the Doctor finds a little power crystal that can recharge itself with the right kind of energy ([[HandWave don't ask]]); now all they have to do is relax for 24 hours while it does its thing. Surely they can stay out of trouble for a one day, right?
Like THAT would ever happen. Despite the Doctor warning about not interfering with anything, Mickey and Rose run off to find out what's different about where they are, besides the earpods and the zeppelins and the President of Britain and everything.
Rose and the Doctor crash Rose's mum's birthday party. Mickey runs into Ricky, his parallel self, and Ricky is not very happy about it. Newly-created Cybermen show up at the party and kill several people before surrounding the Doctor and Rose. The Doctor tries to surrender, but the Cybermen will not back down. Cliffhanger ending.
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!!Tropes:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The Doctor kick his precious TARDIS. He promptly sits down in the command chair to massage his foot.
* AlternateUniverse: Somehow the TARDIS fell through a crack in the universe and ended up in another dimension.
* CallBack: During the first half of the episode, the Doctor wants nothing more than to escape from the alternate universe. The [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno last time]] he was in a parallel universe [[EarthShatteringKaboom did not end well at all]].
* CastFromLifespan: The TARDIS needs energy from its home universe to start working again. The Doctor finds a component with some remaining power and breathes on it. "I just gave away ten years of my life. Worth every second!"
* CastingGag: Roger Lloyd-Pack as John Lumic provides an interesting example. He played Barty Crouch Sr. in the film adaptation of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' and David Tennant played Barty Crouch Jr. in the same film.
* CatchPhrase: "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." makes its second appearance, albeit from the president, this time.
* ChewingTheScenery: John Lumic steals his scenes with his grandoise lines.
* CreepyMonotone: "DELETE."
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: How long has it been since Mickey could've let go of that button, Doctor?
* DisposableVagrant: They're lured in with promises of free food and instead they are robotized.
* EvilCounterpart:
** [[BrickJoke Ricky]], Mickey's alternate self is set up to be this but subverted in the next episode as they turn out to be similar.
** Alt!Jackie is a straight version; a snotty, elitist RichBitch.
* EvilCripple: John Lumic, who gives off a whole bunch of Davros vibes.
* FrenchMaidOutfit: Rose poses as a serving girl at Pete Tyler's party.
* GilliganCut: When the Doctor and Rose are trying to find a way into parallel universe Jackie's birthday party:
-->'''Rose:''' February the 1st. Mum's birthday. Even in a parallel universe, she still loves a party.\\
'''The Doctor:''' Well, given Pete Tyler's guest list, I wouldn't mind a look. And there is one guaranteed way of getting inside. (''flips his psychic paper'')\\
'''Rose Tyler:''' Psychic paper!\\
'''The Doctor:''' Who do you want to be?\\
(''cuts to the Doctor and Rose dressed as waiters, and carrying trays out of the kitchen with the rest of the wait staff'')\\
'''Rose:''' (''annoyed'') We could have been anyone.\\
'''The Doctor:''' (''looking at her'') It got us in, didn't it?\\
'''Rose:''' You're in charge of the psychic paper. We could have been guests, celebrities, Sir Doctor, Dame Rose. We end up serving. I had enough of this back home.\\
'''The Doctor:''' If you want to know what's going on, work in the kitchen.
* InSpiteOfANail: The normal-universe Cybermen are alien, from a planet called Mondas. In this Universe they're invented by a guy on Earth, somehow looking and being mostly the same.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: The TARDIS acts as one and this worries the Doctor because this sort of thing doesn't happen anymore.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The Doctor and Rose see cars pulling up to Pete Tyler's estate and Rose realizes it's Jackie's birthday. The Doctor then shows Rose his psychic paper and asks her what she wants to be. [[GilliganCut The scene cuts]] to them dressed as waiters carrying trays out of the kitchen with the rest of the wait staff, with Rose very annoyed that the Doctor couldn't have passed them off as invited socialites like "Sir Doctor and Dame Rose". The Doctor counters, "If you want to know what's going on, work in the kitchen."
* NeverBeHurtAgain: John Lumic, who has some undisclosed and presumably painful terminal illness, decides to enforce {{Unwilling Roboticisation}} upon himself and humanity in order to eradicate death and emotion.
* NewspaperDating: Mickey, when he thinks they've just landed back in London.
* OhCrap: ''"Cyber!"''
* PercussiveMaintenance: The Doctor angrily kicks the dead TARDIS in a fit of rage.
-->'''Mickey:''' Did that help?\\
'''The Doctor:''' (''defensively'') Yes!\\
'''Mickey:''' Did it hurt?\\
'''The Doctor:''' Yes...
* {{Pun}}: "A remark about crashing the party would be appropriate."
* LaResistance: Run by Mickey's alternate-universe self.
* PreMortemOneLiner: John Lumic to a dissenter.
-->'''John Lumic:''' And how do you expect to do that from beyond the grave?
* ShoutOut: Jake mentions "The Child-Catcher", the intensely creepy villain from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[InvokedTrope Deliberate.]] Crane finds the agonised screams of the converted to be an unpleasant sound, so he orders "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Tight Fit to played on the facility's speaker-system to cover it up.
* SpoilerTitle / TrailersAlwaysSpoil: For all that it makes an effort to avoid showing the Cybermen clearly up until TheReveal, the episode preview made it pretty clear who the villains are and the title said it outright.
* ThisIsReality: Mickey mentions how characters can dimension-hop a lot more easily in comic books. The Doctor replies that isn't that simple in the real world, before remarking that it ''was'' easier before the Time War.
* VisibleBoomMic: When Mickey visits his blind grandmother, the entire crew (including the man holding the boom mic) can be seen in the reflection of her sunglasses.
* WasOnceAMan: The Cybermen, who are stripped of their humanity.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: In this dimension, "Rose" is the name of Jackie's Yorkshire terrier.
* TheXOfY: "Rise of the Cybermen"
* YouLookFamiliar: Well, You Sound Familiar -- the President of Great Britain is Don Warrington, who plays Rassilon in AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho.
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: The first clue that this isn't their London comes in the form of London's airspace swarming with airships.
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