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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Eleventh Doctor Era'''\\
'''Series 7:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks 1]] | '''2''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E3ATownCalledMercy 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen CS]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E6TheBellsOfSaintJohn 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E7TheRingsOfAkhaten 7]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E8ColdWar 8]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E9Hide 9]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E10JourneyToTheCentreOfTheTARDIS 10]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror 11]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver 12]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor 13]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut <<< Series 6]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 2013 Specials >>>]]''']]-]]]
!Dinosaurs on a Spaceship




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->Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall\\
Directed by Saul Metzstein\\
'''Air date:''' 8 September 2012




Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Doctor intentionally mixes things up and recruits a whole "gang" for this mission. The result? The Last of the Time Lords, an Egyptian Queen, a big game hunter from the early 1900s, the Girl Who Waited, the Last Centurion... and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Last Centurion's very confused dad]].

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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Doctor intentionally mixes things up and recruits a whole "gang" for this mission. The result? The Last of the Time Lords, an Egyptian Queen, a big game hunter from the early 1900s, the Girl Who Waited, the Last Centurion... and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Last Centurion's very confused dad]].dad.
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* VileVillainLaughableLackey: The dead serious and brutal Solomon versus his LaughablyEvil bumbling robot henchmen.
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* ActorAllusion: [[Creator/DavidBradley Solomon]] is essentially [[Series/GameOfThrones Walder Frey]] InSpace Even his costume is positively medieval.
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JustForFun/TheOneWith ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar more]]'' [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort]] [[FakeShemp TheOtherDarrin]].

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JustForFun/TheOneWith ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar more]]'' [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort]] [[FakeShemp TheOtherDarrin]].
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* BeastInTheBuilding: The Eleventh Doctor finds a seemingly abandoned spaceship about to crash into Earth that's full of dinosaurs. He's ''ecstatic'', though also curious why the dinosaurs are there. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an ancient ark made by the Silurians to save a handful of dinosaurs from extinction, taken from them by the greedy Solomon.]]

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* BeastInTheBuilding: The Eleventh Doctor finds a seemingly abandoned spaceship about to crash into Earth that's full of dinosaurs. He's ''ecstatic'', though also curious why the dinosaurs are there. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an ancient ark made by the Silurians to save a handful of dinosaurs from extinction, taken from them by the greedy Solomon.]]
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* DatedHistory: This story was written before, but aired after evidence emerged that Queen Nefertiti had more than likely died along with her husband, as opposed to having disappeared from history.
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* BeastInTheBuilding, the Eleventh Doctor finds a seemingly abandoned spaceship about to crash into Earth that's full of dinosaurs. He's ''ecstatic'', though also curious why the dinosaurs are there. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an ancient ark made by the Silurians to save a handful of dinosaurs from extinction, taken from them by the greedy Solomon.]]

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* BeastInTheBuilding, the BeastInTheBuilding: The Eleventh Doctor finds a seemingly abandoned spaceship about to crash into Earth that's full of dinosaurs. He's ''ecstatic'', though also curious why the dinosaurs are there. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an ancient ark made by the Silurians to save a handful of dinosaurs from extinction, taken from them by the greedy Solomon.]]
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JustForFun/TheOneWith ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar more]]'' [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort]] [[FakeShemp of]].

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JustForFun/TheOneWith ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar more]]'' [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort]] [[FakeShemp of]].
TheOtherDarrin]].
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JustForFun/TheOneWith ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar more]]'' [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort of]].

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JustForFun/TheOneWith ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar more]]'' [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort sort]] [[FakeShemp of]].
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The one with more [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort of]].

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The one with more JustForFun/TheOneWith ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar more]]'' [[RememberTheNewGuy new characters as the plot demands]] and Rory's dad and his [[InnocentInnuendo balls]] and the Doctor's first face, [[Creator/DavidBradley sort of]].

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* BigBad: Solomon.



%%* ChekhovsGun: The grass-covered golf balls.

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%%* * ChekhovsGun: The grass-covered golf balls.balls. The triceratops is attracted to them early on, and Brian later causes it to run by getting it to chase one.
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* YouGotSpunk: Charming ''and'' sinister versions.
** Riddell comments that the Egyptians sure bred their women ''fiery'', with much admiration.
** Solomon tells Nefertiti he likes his cargo to have spirit, as it makes them more fun to break.
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* BeastInTheBuilding, the Eleventh Doctor finds a seemingly abandoned spaceship about to crash into Earth that's full of dinosaurs. He's ''ecstatic'', though also curious why the dinosaurs are there. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an ancient arc made by the Silurians to save a handful of dinosaurs from extinction, taken from them by the greedy Solomon.]]

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* BeastInTheBuilding, the Eleventh Doctor finds a seemingly abandoned spaceship about to crash into Earth that's full of dinosaurs. He's ''ecstatic'', though also curious why the dinosaurs are there. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an ancient arc ark made by the Silurians to save a handful of dinosaurs from extinction, taken from them by the greedy Solomon.]]
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* BeastInTheBuilding, the Eleventh Doctor finds a seemingly abandoned spaceship about to crash into Earth that's full of dinosaurs. He's ''ecstatic'', though also curious why the dinosaurs are there. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an ancient arc made by the Silurians to save a handful of dinosaurs from extinction, taken from them by the greedy Solomon.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: ''Dinosaurs'' make the space ship much more fun, just as the Doctor says.

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** Solomon's robots singing [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "Daisy Bell"]] after being electrocuted by the Doctor.

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** Solomon's robots singing [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "Daisy Bell"]] Bell" after being electrocuted by the Doctor.Doctor, much as HAL does while shutting down in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
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* FlatWhat: Brian when The Doctor mentions the races living on the Moon.

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* FlatWhat: Brian when The the Doctor mentions the races living on the Moon.
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** When Solomon later detects that there's a unique and valuable entity on the ship, it first seems he may be talking about the Doctor or the TARDIS, but it turns out he means Nefertiti, as the time-displaced Queen of Ancient Egypt.

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** When Solomon later detects that there's a unique and valuable entity on the ship, it first momentarily seems he may be talking about the Doctor or the TARDIS, but it turns out he means Nefertiti, as the time-displaced Queen of Ancient Egypt.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Solomon. The year is 2367, and his robots claim they've been on the ark for ''2,000'' years, since long before humanity acquired space travel. Even given that the robots aren't the most reliable source, this is a universe with a ''lot'' of HumanAlien species.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Solomon. The year is 2367, and his robots claim they've been on the ark for ''2,000'' years, since long before humanity acquired space travel. Even given that the robots aren't the most reliable source, this is a universe with a ''lot'' of HumanAlien species. The website lists his species as unknown.



* BaitAndSwitch: When Solomon is first seen, he's spotted the Doctor, Rory and Brian on the security cameras in the engine room, hears what Rory was shouting, and immediately sends his robots to capture the trio.

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
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When Solomon is first seen, he's spotted the Doctor, Rory and Brian on the security cameras in the engine room, hears what Rory was shouting, and immediately sends his robots to capture the trio.trio. It transpires, however, that Solomon is in need of a ''[[NotThatKindOfDoctor medical]]'' doctor, and he's never actually heard of the Time Lord at all.



** It transpires, however, that Solomon is in need of a ''[[NotThatKindOfDoctor medical]]'' doctor, and he's never actually heard of the Time Lord at all.

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** It transpires, however, that When Solomon is in need of later detects that there's a ''[[NotThatKindOfDoctor medical]]'' doctor, unique and he's never actually heard of valuable entity on the Time Lord at all.ship, it first seems he may be talking about the Doctor or the TARDIS, but it turns out he means Nefertiti, as the time-displaced Queen of Ancient Egypt.
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* AccidentalPassenger: Brian Williams ends up taking an unexpected trip to the future with his son Rory and daughter-in-law Amy when the TARDIS materializes around them to whisk them off on another adventure.
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Stock Dinosaurs is now a redirect to a definition-only page.


* StockDinosaurs: ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Pteranodon'', raptors, and ''T. rex''.

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