History Recap / DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The Doctor, of all people, in the scene at Bad Wolf Bay, as David Tennant lapses into a Scottish accent after three solid years of credible Estuary.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Same as the last episode, with Noel Clarke and Camille Coduri added post-titles.

* ApocalypseHow: The Daleks threaten a ApocalypseHow/ClassX5 using their Reality Bomb. The device essentially dismantles the electrical field holding atoms together, and if it's sucessfully fired at full power in the Medusa Cascade then it will leak through the Cascade's rift into ''every single'' ParallelUniverse and AlternateDimension, so the sheltered Dalek fleet will be the only things left in ''all of reality''. It's revealed that the Reality Bomb's existence has already been causing a TimeyWimeyBall sort of WorlWreckingWave to negatively affect multiple universes and has even wiped out the Daleks and Cybermen inside the Void, although said wave's effects are stopped at the end.

* ApocalypseHow: The Daleks threaten a Class Z omniversal (complete physical destruction of all matter in any form across all possible universes) though it may very well "only" have destroyed a finite number of universes, making the devastation multiversal.

** A nod to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]"; Gwen is a spatial genetic multiplicity (read: [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical relative]]) of Gwyneth.

* GratuitousGerman: "[[AC:Exterminieren!]]"

* TheUnreveal: We never do find out what it was that Ten said to Rose in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]'', but we can guess. Whatever it is, it makes Rose kiss him.

* VillainHasAPoint: Davros's scathing observation about how the Doctor forges his Companions into weapons to do the dirty work for him. Even more scathing and FridgeBrilliance when you remember the last Companion Davros encountered on-screen was Ace, she of "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Dalek meets]] [[BatterUp baseball bat]]" fame.

* ResetButton:
** The Doctor mind-wiping Donna.
** The Doctor blocking Jack's Vortex manipulator again.
** Averting this trope, the Doctor mentions that everyone else in the universe who knows what Donna did will remember.
** ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' has confirmed that there was indeed no "Reset" and that the human race is now fully aware of the existence of aliens.

** The Daleks are using 27=3^3 planets to power their reality bomb.

* OutGambitted: Both Sarah Jane and UNIT have gotten their hands on two devastating superweapons, the Warpstar that will destroy the Dalek mother ship and the Osterhagen Key that will destroy the Earth (thus ruining the Dalek's plans), respectively; Sarah Jane allied with Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler to infiltrate the ship and Martha Jones risked capture and death in Dalek-occupied Germany to be in position to activate the Key. Much of the episode focuses on the efforts of several characters to get in the right position to use them, and when the moment comes many of them contact the Daleks via video link to warn them to back off or die. It seems that the Daleks' EvilPlan is finished... except that Davros just transports everyone to his vault, capturing them and rendering both weapons useless. Then Donna and Doctor Clone show up with their Dalek-destroying weapon... only to get zapped and the weapon destroyed.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Doctor has this after he hears what happens to Harriet Jones (former Prime Minister), given that he deposed her.

'''The Doctor:''' Who invented that?! ''[beat]'' Someone called Ostarhagen, I suppose...

** "Dârlig Ulv Stranden" still doesn't make much sense in Norwegian.

-->'''Jackie:''' I was pregnant, do you remember? Had a baby boy.\\

Meanwhile, Commando Martha says goodbye to her mother and teleports to Germany, where we are treated to [[RuleOfCool Daleks speaking German]], Martha speaking German and an older woman speaking German -- notice the running theme here? She avoids a prophetic woman babbling about nightmares and gets to the Osterhagen station with a mysterious device called the Osterhagen key.

Sarah Jane heads back home to Luke. The Doctor deactivates Jack's vortex manipulator again ("I told you: ''no teleport''."). Martha promises to destroy the Ostenhagen key and walks off with Jack (whose story continues in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', [[Recap/TorchwoodS3E1DayOne "Day One")]]. Mickey realises that he's finally done following Rose around and... starts following Martha around. The TARDIS heads back to alternate dimension Norway to drop off Rose and Jackie.

Rose doesn't want to leave the Doctor, but the Doctor offers her a nice consolation prize of the Doctor Clone, because the Doctor feels that this version of himself is a bit too genocide-happy (much like he himself used to be) and needs a Rose in his life to cure that. The Doctor Clone is also part ''human'', able to age, and willing to spend his life with Rose from now on. This doesn't sit quite right with Rose yet, so she begs the two Doctors to finally tell her [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday what he wanted to say to her last time]], after she said "I love you" to him. The Doctor still CannotSpitItOut. [[note]]Rose: 0. Little shops: 3.[[/note]] The Doctor Clone whispers it into her ear, and although we can't hear it, she's happy enough and responds by snogging him.

In the TARDIS, Doctor-Donna is starting to exhibit some problems, as her behaviour becomes hyperactive and she literally can't stop talking or focus on a single matter. This leads to the most SadisticChoice the Doctor's ever had to make. Donna's Time Lord brain is overloading her human body, which, as the Doctor solemnly explains, is the reason why there never has been a human/Time Lord fusion before. Either [[YourHeadAsplode her head asplode]], or the Doctor wipes her memories of everything she's done with him going back to her first appearance. The Doctor knows there's only one option to save Donna's life. She begs and pleads, but the Doctor takes her into his arms and gently wipes her memories. She can never remember who she was, or anything about the Doctor, or she'll ''burn up.'' She goes back to the way she used to be, and she can never know about how much she saved the universe or how amazing she was. The Doctor takes her home, where she turns into her old self... her ''old'' old self, loud and crass... And [[FridgeHorror someone's going to have to tell her that she's missed two full years, and that her fiancée and her father are dead]], that is, if the memory-wiping was thorough enough to blank out that much. The Doctor tells Donna's mother to be ''nice'' to her for a change, bids Wilf farewell and steps out of their lives. (For now.)

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--> '''The Doctor:''' Put me in her place! You can do anything to me, I don't care, just let her go!
* AirVentPassageway: Captain Jack crawls through miles of ducts tracking three lifeforms, only to discover its Mickey, Sarah Jane and Jackie.

%%* ArcWords: All of them for this season.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: A couple of grammar mistakes on the German, and while "Exterminieren" is a German word, it's rarely used in that language. [[FridgeBrilliance If you consider the in-universe perspective then they're technically not grammar mistakes]]; the Daleks are aliens and have, according to the series at least, never spoken German before. A few errors can be allowed.
** "Darlig Ulv Stranden" still doesn't make much sense in Norwegian.
* BackForTheFinale: The episode sees the return of every former companion from the previous four series and many recurring characters. The opening credits list Creator/DavidTennant, Creator/CatherineTate, Creator/FreemaAgyeman, Creator/JohnBarrowman, Creator/ElisabethSladen ''and'' Creator/BilliePiper -- everyone who has ever been credited in the opening since the revival first began, with the exception of Creator/ChristopherEccleston and the addition of Sladen. Also back are Mickey, Jackie, Wilf and basically every recurring character in the revival, [[CrisisCrossover plus]] Gwen and Ianto from ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and Luke, K9 and Mr. Smith from ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''. Whew!

* CannotSpitItOut: The Doctor can't complete the sentence "Rose Tyler..." from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]" -- but Handy can. It's implied that Ten deliberately didn't spit it out to make sure Rose went with and accepted Handy.
* ChekhovsBoomerang: The show finally gets its last bit of mileage out of the Doctor's lost hand. It's now turned into a full sized copy of himself and so it absolutely cannot turn up again.

** Doctor-Donna remembers how to fix the TARDIS' chameleon circuit, like the Sixth incarnation. Since she has the Doctor's mind it's implied that he '''can''' fix the chameleon circuit, he just doesn't want to as he likes the police-box shape.

** Sarah Jane was given the warp necklace thingy by a "Veran soothsayer"; the same one who gave her the puzzle box in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'''s "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?"

* CouchGag: The previous episode's use of ''multiple'' names in the opening credits, with additional actors receiving credit over the first post-credits scene, is repeated. As of 2017, these two episodes are the only ones to do this.

* DisneyDeath: The Doctor was mortally wounded in the last episode, and not only did he regenerate, he didn't have to change his apperance.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: The Daleks prevent Martha Jones from using the Osterhagen Key doomsday device. Just as well. Martha even emits a BigNo when she realizes they are transporting her to the Crucible the split-second before she could carry out her threat.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Daleks are insane, murderous pepper pots. They do ''not'' have to translate their words into German before they come to kill you - they, at least, have the courtesy to do that.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dalek Caan's declaration of NO MORE!! after having plunged through the Time War would be revisited much later during the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 50th Anniversary Special]].

** Davros has the ''gall'' to use his parting words to call The Doctor [[PunctuatedForEmphasis THE DESTROYER! OF! WORLDS!]] when he was about to wipe out every universe ever just minutes earlier.
** The Doctor sees his clone as a monster for destroying the Dalek, yet the Dalek were a non-negotiable, genocidal race that needed to be stop. Or at least that's his excuse to hand his metacrisis self to Rose so that she never puts the multiverse in danger again - or so his clone, which he might well see as a neo-War Doctor, stays out of trouble.

** Mess with Luke's life at your own peril; Sarah will go to ''any'' length - even killing - to save him.

** Specifically: After the Ninth Doctor's heartfelt goodbye and regeneration, the very first thing the Tenth Doctor does is puzzle over his new teeth. After saying goodbye to Rose for what he believes to be the last time, the Doctor turns around to find a certain angry bride in the TARDIS. And after they defeat the Master but Martha walks away, he sets the TARDIS in flight again -- only to smash into the ''Titanic''.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: Dalek Caan may well be completely crazy (the script never really says one way or the other - but it's notable that as soon as the truth is revealed, the mad giggling stops, and Caan's voice becomes much clearer and more concise), but he is also way, way more functional and in control of events than anyone thinks it's possible for him to be until it's too late for Davros or the Daleks to stop him - which is the only reason the universe gets out alive.

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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "The DESTRUCTION! OF REALITY! ITSEEEELLLLLFFF!!!"

* ShoutOut: Davros is basically [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]] in a hover-chair. The melted face, the constant talk of fulfilling destiny, and he even shoots lightning! (However it should be noted that most of these elements date back to when Davros was introduced in 1975 -- eight years before Palpatine was first seen on screen.)
* ShutUpHannibal:

** And earlier, after Davros tries another lecture:
--->'''The Doctor:''' After all this time, after everything we saw, everything we lost, I have only one thing to say to you... ''BYE''!

* TechnoBabble: Doctor-Donna fires techno terms like a machine gun as she stops the Reality Bomb, frees everyone and then disables the Daleks.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Davros howls one at the Doctor in the moments before the Crucible self-destructs.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Davros! [[TakeMyHand Come with me!]] I promise I can save you!\\
'''Davros:''' ''[[[UnstoppableRage berserk with fury]]]'' Never forget, Doctor... '''''YOU DID THIS!''''' ''[gestures at the destruction around them]'' I name ''you'' forever; '''''YOU''''' are the Destroyer of Worlds!

* TwoKeyedLock: It takes three Osterhagen Stations to activate the Osterhagen Key Fail-safe.

* VillainHasAPoint: Davros's scathing observation about how The Doctor forges his Companions into weapons to do the dirty work for him. Even more scathing and FridgeBrilliance when you remember the last Companion Davros encountered on-screen was Ace, she of "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Dalek meets]] [[BatterUp baseball bat]]" fame.

-->'''Jack''': Just my luck. I crawl through two miles of ventilation shafts, chasing life signs on this thing, and who do I find?! Mickey Mouse!
-->'''Mickey''': You can talk, Captain Cheesecake! ''[they abruptly laugh and hug]''
-->'''Jack''': Good to see you! And that's 'Beefcake'!
-->'''Mickey''': [[AnythingThatMoves And that's enough hugging]].

** Of the Doctor's companions on Earth at this time who have faced the Fell Saltshakers, we know that Sarah Jane, Rose, Jack and Martha survived -- and Donna too (minus her memories). What were the other 20th century Earth companions (many of whom were confirmed to be active as of the fourth series of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'') doing?
** We never exactly find what happened on the other planets the Daleks stole. However a comic-strip later that year, ''The Forgotten'', gives some information about what happened on one of the worlds.

The one with the return of an [[StealthPun overcooked]][[note]]Okay, that was in poor taste...[[/note]] [[LargeHam ham]] among ''Who'' villains and the birth of [[FanNickname Handy.]]

Also the one where Rose finally gets her happy ending. [[DownerEnding But Donna doesn't. And neither does the Doctor. Nor does her family.]]

In the TARDIS, Doctor-Donna is starting to exhibit some problems, as her behaviour becomes hyperactive and she literally can't stop talking or focus on a single matter. Her Time Lord brain is overloading her human body, which, as the Doctor solemnly explains, is the reason why there never has been a human/Time Lord fusion before. There's only one way to save Donna's life. She begs and pleads, but the Doctor takes her into his arms and gently wipes her memories. She can never remember who she was, or anything about the Doctor, or she'll ''burn up.'' She goes back to the way she used to be, and she can never know about how much she saved the universe or how amazing she was. The Doctor takes her home, where she turns into her old self... her ''old'' old self, loud and crass... And [[FridgeHorror someone's going to have to tell her that she's missed two full years, and that her fiancée and her father are dead]], that is, if the memory-wiping was thorough enough to blank out that much. The Doctor tells Donna's mother to be ''nice'' to her for a change, bids Wilf farewell and steps out of their lives. (For now.)

* HeroicSacrifice: Davros savagely critizes the Doctor for turning his companions into people who do this and [[MoreExpendableThanYou kill themselves on his behalf]].

* LeftForDead: Davros and Dalek Caan are last seen in the exploding Crucible. The Doctor offers to save Davros but he refuses.

* MadOracle: Dalek Caan is an oracle and may be mad, but he is much more in control of events than anyone expects.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: Dalek Caan may well be completely crazy (the script never really says one way or the other), but he is also way, way more in control of events than anyone thinks it's possible for him to be until it's too late for Davros or the Daleks to stop him. This is the only reason the universe gets out alive.

** The Dalek Supreme ''does'' know better than to trust the wild prophecies of a madman and initially dismisses Caan. Davros, however, claims that Caan "only speaks the truth", and can't imagine that one of his creations would betray him. [[GenreBlindness Again.]]

* VitriolicBeastBuds: Captain Jack and Mickey give off this vibe.

** Of the Doctor's companions on Earth at this time who have faced the Fell Saltshakers, we know that Sarah Jane, Rose, Jack and Martha survived -- and Donna too (minus her memories). What where the other 20th century Earth companions (many of whom were confirmed to be active as of the fourth series of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'') doing?

** The Doctor sees his clone as a monster for destroying the Dalek, yet the Dalek were a non-negotiable, genocidal race that needed to be stop. Or at least that's his excuse to hand his metacrisis self to Rose so that she never puts the multiverse in danger again.