History Recap / DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood

[[caption-width-right:350:Unintentional foreshadowing, this picture is.[[note]]Note Rory's absence...[[/note]]]]

The second part of a two-parter, following on from "The Hungry Earth".

It is the most important day in the history of Earth: the dawn of a new age of harmony or the start of its final war. For the Doctor, it's a battle in which he cannot take sides and a day when nobody must die...

Hey, now's a pretty good time to look at the thing from the crack... [[OhCrap it appears to be a burned shard of a police box sign]]. The worried Doctor compares it to the TARDIS's own sign, and aside from the damage, they appear to be identical.

** One from the beginning of "The Hungry Earth" goes off, with Amy seeing only Future!Amy and nobody else on the hill at the end.

** The Doctor [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable clamped into the scanner/decontamination booth table... thing.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Restac is obsessed with "protecting" the Silurians from the humansm even if it means exterminating everyone on the Earth's surface... but when she sees Alaya's corpse, her grief is very real.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Rory dying and being pulled into the crack in time -- rather than being "remembered and celebrated", he is simply erased. The Doctor remembers, however, so he feels doubly responsible for his death and the utter obliteration of a large part of Amy's life. Yet despite there allegedly being nothing to remember, the [[{{Sorting Algorithm Of Deadness}} engagement ring survives]] inside the TARDIS...
* GeneralRipper: Restac's mind is overrun by thoughts of violence and hatred. She was about to start a coup on her government and ''murdered'' one of her people in order to supposedly protect her people.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: As in "Flesh and Stone", being a time traveller allows a person to remember the history that has been swallowed by the cracks. Unless it's too much a part of the time traveller's own personal history. So when Rory is vanished, the Doctor still remembers him, but Amy forgets.

* StunGuns: Ambrose hits Alaya with a taser repeatedly, trying to force her to get her son back. [[RealityEnsues Alaya dies from the repeated attacks.]]

The Doctor and Nasreen try to sneak into the apparently empty Silurian city, but are captured and taken to be examined by the Silurian head scientist, Malohkeh. The Doctor is close to once again fall victim to yet another bit of medical malpractice, but this time he manages to explain to the practitioner that he isn't human, so he survives. However this knowledge doesn't do to much to placate the leader of the Silurian warrior caste, Restac, an outspoken advocate for the "kill all the primate vermin" policy, who that insists both the Doctor and Nasreen is be executed and have them escorted them to a Silurian court. Malohkeh, quite the gentle scholar (once one gets past that whole "dissecting people to poke a bit at their insides" business), objects to this, preferring to find a peaceful solution, but unfortunately he has no authority.

The Doctor brokers discussions between Eldane, and Amy and Nasreen. Humanity is on the brink of a new era of peace and love and justice. Things go relatively well, the Doctor rescues Elliot, and there seems to be a peace offer in the works between the two species. But Malohkeh discovers some suspicious activity around the hibernation champers and decides to investigate. To his horror, he discovers that Restac is awaking a large platoon of warriors and is staging a coup against Eldane and have already made plans to move on the surface despite the outcome of the negotiations, before she kills him, as she can see no use for a good scientist in a war. And it all happens just in time for the "hostage exchange".

Then it's revealed to everybody that Ambrose killed her captive reptilian, and that she's set the drill to destroy the colony if she doesn't get her family back. Restac does not react as Ambrose expected, first demanding Ambrose be executed, then all the humans and anyone standing near them.

The TARDIS crew run back to the surface, say their goodbyes and encourage Elliott's parents to make him the best human being to live, and to prepare the next few generations for the reptilians with myths, stories, religion, anything. Amy spots Future Amy across a field alone, and the Doctor rushes her into the TARDIS.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: The Doctor effectively does this to the Mooks' weapons using the sonic-screwdriver. It makes more sense than most applications of this trope, as the device in question is using focused sonic waves to damage the internal workings of the weapons directly, rather than shooting a projectile at them and hoping it hits.

** One from the beginning of "The Hungry Earth" goes off with Amy seeing only Future!Amy and nobody else with her on the hill at the end.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Restac is obsessed with "protecting" the Silurians from the humans even it means exterminating everyone on the Earth's surface... but when she sees Alaya's corpse, her grief is very real.

* FantasticRacism: It's heated up from the previous. Ambrose tortures and kills Alaya and thinks little of it while Restac is planning genocide.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Rory dying and being pulled into the crack in time -- rather than being "remembered and celebrated" -- is simply erased. The Doctor remembers, however, so he feels doubly responsible for his death and the utter obliteration of a large part of Amy's life. Yet despite there allegedly being nothing to remember, his [[{{Sorting Algorithm Of Deadness}} engagement ring survives]] inside the TARDIS...

* KarmaHoudini: It's a downplayed trope. Ambrose isn't punished for torturing and killing Alaya but the Doctor suggests that ThePunishmentIsTheCrime.
* LastBreathBullet: Restac, dying of poison, shoots the Doctor.
* LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt: Alaya appears to enjoy the tasering but it's more likely that she's glad her MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning is working out.

* MamaBear: [[NotSoDifferent Both Ambrose and Restac wish to protect their families.]] Given the circumstances, they nearly cause a war acting on this.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eldane is some sort of authority figure among the Silurians and he is nothing if not accommodating during the negotiations. He acknowledges that his people will put a greater strain on Earth's resources, and to offset this, he offers the abundance of Silurian science and technology.
* ReallyDeadMontage: Rory gets one when Amy flashback to their time together. This is actually her memories erasing themselves one by one.
* ResetButton: At least the reset button has a "snooze" function, although it is usually ten minutes not a thousand years, which is when the Silurians will wake up again.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: As in "Flesh and Stone", being a time traveller allows a person to remember the history that has been swallowed by the cracks. Unless it's too much a part of the time traveller's own personal history. So when Rory is vanished, the Doctor still remembers him but Amy forgets.

** Amy suggests giving them places the humans can't inhabit, like the Austrailian Outback, Sahara Desert and Nevada Plains
* ShownTheirWork: All of the warrior Silurians are female, with the males being more peaceful and willing to debate options. In many reptile species the females are larger, more aggressive ([[MamaBear although often to protect young]]) and more territorial than the males. The reason would be appear to be the same here too, as Alaya taunts Ambrose about being too weak to protect her family. A [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar later episode]] has a Silurian placing emphasis on "a mother's instincts".

* WhamEpisode: Rory's death, followed swiftly by being erased from time and then forgotten by Amy, and the Doctor discovers a shred of the TARDIS in the time crack. Rory's not in the next episode.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eldane is some sort of authority figure among the Silurians and he is nothing if not accommodating during the negioations. He acknowldges that his people will put a greater strain on Earth's resources, and to offset this, he offers the abundance of Silurian science and technology.

** The Doctor [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable clamped into the scanner/decontamination booth table... thing.]] Yeah.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eldane is some sort of authority figure among the Silurians and he is nothing if not accomodating during the negioations. He acknowldges that his people will put a greater strain on Earth's resources, and to offset this, he offers the abundance of Silurian science and technology.

* ShinyNewAustralia: The Doctor suggests that humanity give Australia to the Silurians as a new homeland. This did not go down well with Australian fans.

** The Doctor talks of [[DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians having met a tribe of Silurians under similar circumstances before. This time he come he can create a different outcome]].

* InSpiteOfANail: The Doctor makes a point to explain that their meeting with the Silurians is ''[[SubvertedTrope not]]'' one a Fixed Point, and is quite happy with the idea of seeing what the effects of it will be.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: The Doctor effectively does this to the Mooks' weapons using the sonic-screwdriver. Makes more sense than most applications of this trope, as the device in question is using focused sonic waves to damage the internal workings of the weapons directly, rather than shooting a projectile at them and hoping it hits.

** And later, handcuffed to a pillar. This happens a lot in this episode.

* EvilGloating: How Alaya goads Ambrose into acting.

* FantasticRacism

* GeneralRipper: Restac

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with; considering how previous interactions between humans and Silurians have gone, the humans -- with one notable exception -- come off quite well, all things considering.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: How many shots are fired by the mooks here?
* InSpiteOfANail: The Doctor makes a point to explain that their meeting with the Silurians is ''[[SubvertedTrope not]]'' one of this examples, and is quite happy with the idea of seeing what the effects of it will be.

* LastBreathBullet: Restac at the end.
* LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt: Alaya during her last few breaths.
* MadScientist: Subverted. The Silurian scientist that we first see PlayingWithSyringes was actually quite a nice guy, and reasonably sympathetic to the humans.

* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: The Doctor suggests that this is the case for Ambrose. She has to live with the fact that she tortured and killed someone for nothing and put the whole human race at risk because of her hatred. There's also the guilt of genocide; just ask the Doctor how that feels.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eldane
* ReallyDeadMontage: Rory gets one.

* RetGone: Rory

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Eldane plans to pump the city full of poison gas, killing anyone not in a hibernation pod. As soon as the announcement of this goes out over the city's PA system, Restac's loyal soldiers [[KnowWhenToFoldThem immediately about-face and march off to their pods]], abandoning her.
* SociopathicSoldier: Alaya and Restac.
* SealedEvilInACan: Restac's Army, re-canned at the end.
* SealedGoodInACan: The Silurian elder Eldane, woken up to try and prevent the war, then re-sealed to do the same again in 1,000 years time.

* VillainBall: Alaya and Restac. They're just aching to exterminate humanity, seeking to gain just cause for a genocidal war.
* WhamEpisode: Rory's death, followed swiftly by being erased from time and then forgotten by Amy, and the Doctor discovers a shred of the TARDIS in the time crack.

* ArcWords / ArcSymbol: The cracks in the wall make another appearance.

** And in the more actual gun sense, you can clearly see the Taser with which Ambrose kills Alaya among the pile of weapons she puts in her van in the first episode.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Ambrose Tasers Alaya to death.

* DiabolusExMachina: And suddenly, ''time crack''!

* DownerEnding: The Doctor makes a big point on how no-one can die this time in order for things to work out. Suffice to say... things don't go according to plan. [[{{Retgone}} And then some]]. Admittedly, though, the narration implies that humanity and the Silurians may be able to make peace a thousand years after the events of the episode, which might raise the ending to {{Bittersweet|Ending}} for some people.

* HeroicSacrifice / [[TakingTheBullet Taking The Death Ray]]: Rory.

* KarmaHoudini: Ambrose doesn't get any punishment for torturing and killing Alaya.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ambrose killing Alaya. Which gives Restac just the excuse she needed to declare war on humanity.

* ShownTheirWork: All of the warrior Silurians are female, with the males being more peaceful and willing to debate options. In many reptile species the females are larger, more aggressive ([[MamaBear although often to protect young]]) and more territorial than the males. The reason would be appear to be the same here too, as Alaya taunts Ambrose about being unable to protect her family. A [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar later episode]] has a Silurian placing emphasis on "a mother's instincts".

* ThanatosGambit: Alaya goaded Ambrose into killing her, believing that her death would start the war she so wanted.

The humans can't very well ''tell'' the Silurians this, so Restac orders the execution of Amy -- to be stopped by when Eldane, the gentle Silurian leader, woken by Malohkeh to stop Restac.

* ActingForTwo: Neve [=McIntosh=] plays both Restac and Alaya.

* TortureAlwaysWorks: Haha, no.

->''"Okay. Bringing things to order. The first meeting of representatives of the human race and [[TheReptilians homo reptilia]] is now in session. Ha! [[ARareSentence Never said that before.]] That's fab. Carry on."''

** Also, you get a brief shot in the TARDIS of the engagement ring box as everyone's picking themselves up from the explosion, rather blatantly foreshadowing that Amy will find it and regain her memories at some point.

* AssholeVictim: Alaya and Restac. Given their repeatedly stated intent to wipe the [[FantasticRacism "stinking apes"]] off of their planet, nobody is particularly broken up about it aside from the detrimental effects it had on Human-Silurian relations.

...[[SarcasmMode what a fitting way to end such a happy tale]]...

** It's not the first time [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks somebody's sacrificed their life]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks to save the Doctor's]].

The Doctor brokers discussions between Eldane, and Amy and Nasreen. Humanity is on the brink of a new era of peace and love and justice. Things go relatively well, the Doctor rescues Elliot, and there seems to be a peace offer between the two species, until it comes the time for the "hostage exchange".

Then it's revealed to everybody that Ambrose killed her captive reptilian, and that she's set the drill to destroy the colony if she doesn't get her family back. Restac does not react as Ambrose expected, first demanding Ambrose be executed, then all the humans and anyone standing near them. (In fairness, it should be noted that she'd already started mobilising the troops ''before'' anybody found out what Ambrose had done.)

The Doctor and Nasreen try to sneak into the apparently empty Silurian city, but are captured and taken to be examined by the Silurian head scientist, Malohkeh. The Doctor is close to once again fall victim to yet another bit of medical malpractice, but this time he manages to explain to the practitioner that he isn't human, so he survives. However this knowledge doesn't do to much to placate the leader of the Silurian warrior caste, Restac, an outspoken advocate for the "kill all the primate vermin" policy, who that insists both the Doctor and Nasreen is be executed and have them escorted them to a Silurian court. Malohkeh, quite the gentle scholar (once one gets past that whole "dissecting people to poke a bit at their insides" business), objects to this, preferring a peaceful solution, but unfortunately he has no authority.

The Doctor and Nasreen try to sneak into the apparently empty Silurian city, but are captured. Amy and Mo, on the other hand, manage to escape. They find Elliot inside a pod, and many, ''many'' sleeping Silurian warriors. They sneak a couple of weapons from them, and set out to rescue the Doctor.

They get captured as well, and are about to be executed -- unless the humans give them back their hostage (or so Restac -- military leader, and an advocate for the "kill all the primate vermin" -- says). Problem is, Alaya really wanted her war, so she did her darndest to get a human to kill her -- and succeeded. Ambrose electrocuted her after one taunt too many about how her father as going to die and Alaya would be happy to watch.

The humans can't very well ''tell'' the Silurians this, so Restac orders the execution of Amy -- to be stopped by when Eldane, the gentle Silurian leader, woken by the Silurian doctor to stop Restac.

The Doctor leads the others back to the laboratory, where he and Eldane devise a plan to destroy the drill and force the warriors back into their hibernation units, to wake in a thousand years when humanity might be ready. Tony stays behind because he needs the Silurians to cure his poisoning, and Nasreen stays behind to be with Tony. The Doctor leads all the other humans into the TARDIS.

So. All is well, right? Of course it's all oka-- [[OhCrap oh no.]] The crack in the universe is here. And it's big enough for the Doctor to stick his hand in. He grabs something using a handkerchief, giving Restac just enough time to reach them and shoot at the Doctor.

Rory [[HeroicSacrifice jumps in front of the Doctor]]. He dies. And then, just to Woobie up the Doctor some more, the crack in the universe erases him from existence. Despite the Doctor's best efforts, Amy forgets him.

Hey, now's a pretty good time to look at the thing from the crack... [[OhCrap it's a shard of the TARDIS]].

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

Hey, now's a pretty good time to look at the thing from the crack... [[OhCrap a shard of the TARDIS]].

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