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* GiliganCut: The Doctor drops Amy and Rory off at the Savoy in 1820 for their 10th Wedding Anniversary, promising 'no surprises.' Cut to them sitting in a burned out hotel:

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* GiliganCut: GilliganCut: The Doctor drops Amy and Rory off at the Savoy in 1820 for their 10th Wedding Anniversary, promising 'no surprises.' Cut to them sitting in a burned out hotel:

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* CelebrityGuest: BrianCox appears, talking about the origin of the Cubes.



* TheCastShowoff: MattSmith plays football again.

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* TheCastShowoff: MattSmith plays football again.again.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: UNIT has one underneath the Tower of London.



* SpecialGuest: BrianCox appears, talking about the origin of the Cubes.



* YouFailMedicineForever: Restart someones heart after a period of death, and no oxygen to the brain? Sure, there's be [[SarcasmMode absolutely no side effects.]]

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* YouFailMedicineForever: YouFailYourMedicalBoardsForever: Restart someones heart after a period of death, and no oxygen to the brain? Sure, there's be [[SarcasmMode absolutely no side effects.]]
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* CallBack: The Doctor references what's happened to some of his previous Companions, including the deaths of, presumably, River and Adric.
** Also, to Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - [[spoiler: this time, Rory kisses the Doctor.]]
* CelebrityGuest: BrianCox appears, talking about the origin of the Cubes.



* GiliganCut: The Doctor drops Amy and Rory off at the Savoy in 1820 for their 10th Wedding Anniversary, promising 'no surprises.' Cut to them sitting in a burned out hotel:
--> '''The Doctor:''' A Zygon ship under the hotel! Who would have guessed?



** The Doctor also [[spoiler: restarts a good chunk of humanities hearts after a period of time spent ''dead'' with the Cubes, with no ill effects.]]
* PimpedOutDress: Amy wears one for about two minutes when they visit the Savoy.
* PowerTrio: In every episode, really, but this one it's invoked.



* WorkingTitle: Was originally known to the public as ''Cubed''.

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* WorkingTitle: Was originally known to the public as ''Cubed''.''Cubed''.
* YouFailMedicineForever: Restart someones heart after a period of death, and no oxygen to the brain? Sure, there's be [[SarcasmMode absolutely no side effects.]]
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* MagicalDefibrillator: Amy restarts one of the Doctor's hearts with shock paddles. That is, of course, not what they do.
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Only the cubes don't do anything. The Doctor can't bear the endless waiting, and takes Amy and Rory on more and more adventures just to stave off the boredom. Months pass, then a year. Brian keeps a daily video log of the cubes, but all they do is sit, and be utterly, completely indestructible. Meanwhile, Brian is getting increasingly worried about his son and daughter-in-law when he figures out what kinds of things usually happen to the Doctor's companions in the end.

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Only the cubes don't do anything. The Doctor can't bear the endless waiting, and takes Amy and Rory on more and more adventures just to stave off the boredom. Months pass, then a year. Brian keeps a daily video log of the cubes, but all they do is sit, and be utterly, completely indestructible. Meanwhile, Brian is getting increasingly worried about his son and daughter-in-law when he figures out what kinds of things [[TrappedInAnotherWorld kinds]] [[LaserGuidedAmnesia of]] [[KilledOffForReal things]] usually happen to the Doctor's companions in the end.
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One day, ten years after Amy and Rory started travelling with the Doctor, billions of tiny black cubes fall out of the sky. Brian Cox is on TV talking about it and everything. The Doctor and his Ponds -- including Rory's dad Brian -- investigate, with the help of UNIT's new scientific leader, ExpandedUniverse CanonImmigrant Kate Stewart. The Doctor decides to come live with Amy and Rory for a while and gets to know them as they do their everyday jobs and live their everyday lives. Amy is now a journalist, Rory is considering working fulltime.

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One day, [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture ten years years]] after Amy and Rory started travelling traveling with the Doctor, Doctor (so, 2020-ish), billions of tiny black cubes fall out of the sky. Brian Cox is on TV talking about it and everything. The Doctor and his Ponds -- including Rory's dad Brian -- investigate, with the help of UNIT's new scientific leader, ExpandedUniverse CanonImmigrant Kate Stewart. The Doctor decides to come live with Amy and Rory for a while and gets to know them as they do their everyday jobs and live their everyday lives. Amy is now a journalist, Rory is considering working fulltime.
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British show, therefore, it\'s football, not soccer


* TheCastShowoff: MattSmith plays soccer again.

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* TheCastShowoff: MattSmith plays soccer football again.
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While the Doctor and Amy have a quiet FriendshipMoment, realising that their adventures can't last forever, the cubes start a global countdown and directly attack people's hearts. Unfortunately, this sends a third of humanity into cardiac arrest. Fortunately, the Doctor has two hearts, and has both of them restored to full health after ChewingTheScenery for a bit. Even ''more'' fortunately, Kate Stewart turns out to be Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, the daughter of TheBrigadier, and the Doctor knows he can trust her completely.

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While the Doctor and Amy have a quiet FriendshipMoment, realising that their adventures can't last forever, the cubes start a global countdown and directly attack people's hearts. Unfortunately, this sends a third of humanity Earth's population into cardiac arrest. Fortunately, the Doctor has two hearts, more than one heart, and has both of them restored to full health after ChewingTheScenery for a bit. Even ''more'' fortunately, Kate Stewart turns out to be Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, the daughter of TheBrigadier, and the Doctor knows he can trust her completely.
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One day, ten years after Amy and Rory started travelling with the Doctor, billions of tiny black cubes fall out of the sky. Brian Cox is on TV talking about it and everything. The Doctor and his Ponds -- including Brian -- investigate, with the help of UNIT's new scientific leader, ExpandedUniverse CanonImmigrant Kate Stewart. The Doctor decides to come live with Amy and Rory for a while and gets to know them as they do their everyday jobs and live their everyday lives. Amy is now a journalist, Rory is considering working fulltime.

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One day, ten years after Amy and Rory started travelling with the Doctor, billions of tiny black cubes fall out of the sky. Brian Cox is on TV talking about it and everything. The Doctor and his Ponds -- including Rory's dad Brian -- investigate, with the help of UNIT's new scientific leader, ExpandedUniverse CanonImmigrant Kate Stewart. The Doctor decides to come live with Amy and Rory for a while and gets to know them as they do their everyday jobs and live their everyday lives. Amy is now a journalist, Rory is considering working fulltime.

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One day, ten years after Amy and Rory started travelling with the Doctor, billions of tiny black cubes fall out of the sky. Brian Cox is on TV talking about it and everything. The Doctor and his Ponds -- including Brian -- investigate, with the help of UNIT's new scientific leader, ExpandedUniverse CanonImmigrant Kate Stewart. The Doctor decides to come live with Amy and Rory for a while and gets to know them as they do their everyday jobs and live their everyday lives. Amy is now a journalist, Rory is considering working fulltime.

Only the cubes don't do anything. The Doctor can't bear the endless waiting, and takes Amy and Rory on more and more adventures just to stave off the boredom. Months pass, then a year. Brian keeps a daily video log of the cubes, but all they do is sit, and be utterly, completely indestructible. Meanwhile, Brian is getting increasingly worried about his son and daughter-in-law when he figures out what kinds of things usually happen to the Doctor's companions in the end.

When the cubes do eventually start moving, they light up, spit out fire, experiment on humanity and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking play truly awful music]]. The Doctor rushes over to UNIT with Amy in tow, while Rory and Brian discover a starship portal in Rory's hospital and some rather scary aliens.

While the Doctor and Amy have a quiet FriendshipMoment, realising that their adventures can't last forever, the cubes start a global countdown and directly attack people's hearts. Unfortunately, this sends a third of humanity into cardiac arrest. Fortunately, the Doctor has two hearts, and has both of them restored to full health after ChewingTheScenery for a bit. Even ''more'' fortunately, Kate Stewart turns out to be Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, the daughter of TheBrigadier, and the Doctor knows he can trust her completely.

The MonsterOfTheWeek turns out to be a bogeyman from Gallifreyan bedtime stories (though luckily not Zagreus), the Doctor saves humanity when he realises he can ReverseThePolarity on the cubes (although he doesn't name the trope), Kate gives the Doctor a kiss on the cheek, and Brian gives Amy and Rory his blessing in travelling with the Doctor a while longer.




* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Eleven [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor still]] really, ''really'' hates waiting.



* TheBusCameBack: UNIT returns for the first time in the Steven Moffat era.

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* TheBusCameBack: UNIT returns for the first time in the Steven Moffat StevenMoffat era.



* TheCastShowoff: MattSmith plays soccer again.



* LowerDeckEpisode: It's said that the plot focuses more on Amy and Rory, their time with the Doctor and the impact he's had on their lives.

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* LargeHam: MattSmith gives his grande ode to overacting, and it's ''glorious''.
* LowerDeckEpisode: It's said that the The plot focuses more on Amy and Rory, their time with the Doctor and the impact he's had on their lives.lives.
* ReverseThePolarity


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* ShipSinking: The Doctor says he's never been kissed by a [[spoiler:Lethbridge-Stewart]] before.

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* [[spoiler:LegacyCharacter: Kate Stewart, the current leader of UNIT is revealed to be the daughter of former UNIT leader and Doctor ally [[TheBrigadier Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. (She dropped the name Lethbridge because she "didn't want any favours from UNIT.")]]

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* [[spoiler:LegacyCharacter: Kate CanonImmigrant: [[spoiler:Kate Stewart]] made various appearances in spinoff media before appearing in the show.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:Kate
Stewart, the current leader of UNIT is revealed to be the daughter of former UNIT leader and Doctor ally [[TheBrigadier Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. (She dropped the name Lethbridge because she "didn't want any favours from UNIT.")]]
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* [[spoiler:LegacyCharacter: Kate Stewart, the current leader of UNIT is revealed to be the daughter of former UNIT leader and Doctor ally [[TheBrigadier Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. (She dropped the name Lethbridge because she "didn't want any favours from UNIT.")]]
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* TitleDrop: Amy does this in the final line.

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** Also, [[CatchPhrase "Geronimo"]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Rory''': There are soldiers all over my house, and I'm in my [[GoofyPrintUnderwear pants]].


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-->'''Rory''': There are soldiers all over my house, and I'm in my [[GoofyPrintUnderwear pants]].
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* Also, [[CatchPhrase "Geronimo"]].

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* ** Also, [[CatchPhrase "Geronimo"]].
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*Also, [[CatchPhrase "Geronimo"]].
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* TheBusCameBack: UNIT returns after being absent for a season or two.

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* TheBusCameBack: UNIT returns after being absent for a season or two.the first time in the Steven Moffat era.
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* TheBusCameBack: UNIT returns after being absent for a season or two.

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* AfraidOfNeedles



* LowerDeckEpisode: It's said that the plot focuses more on Amy and Rory, their time with the Doctor and the impact of him on their lives.

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* BodyHorror
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Rory''': There are soldiers all over my house, and I'm in my [[GoofyPrintUnderwear pants]].
* LowerDeckEpisode: It's said that the plot focuses more on Amy and Rory, their time with the Doctor and the impact of him he's had on their lives.lives.
* RuleOfThree
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->''Every time we flew away with the Doctor we'd just become part of his life, but he never stood still long enough to become part of ours. Except once...''
-->'''--Amy Pond'''
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: As seen in the trailer, Mark Williams is back as Rory's dad.

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: As seen in AlienInvasion: The slow invasion by lots of little black cubes falling from the trailer, Mark Williams is back as Rory's dad.sky all around the world.



* SinisterGeometry: The little black cubes fall from the sky all around the world.

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* SinisterGeometry: The little black cubes fall from the sky all around the world.cubes.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: As seen in the trailer, Mark Williams is back as Rory's dad.

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* TheXOfY, no.'''118'''

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* TheXOfY, no.'''118'''SinisterGeometry: The little black cubes fall from the sky all around the world.
* TheXOfY: Number '''118''' in ''Series/DoctorWho'' history.
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* TheXOfY

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* TheXOfYTheXOfY, no.'''118'''
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* TheXOfY
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* LowerDeckEpisode: It's said that the plot focuses more on Amy and Rory, their time with the Doctor and the impact of him on their lives.
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* WorkingTitle: Was originally known to the public as ''Cubed''.

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