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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: As well as removing the memory of the writing, The Doctor cannot guarantee he has left other memories intact, such as people you went to school with, previous addresses or how to drink liquids.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Played with. The Doctor is able to erase the memory of the writing that causes the ghost effect, but cannot guarantee that is the only memory he removed.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Prentiss' business cards say "May the remorse be with you."
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* HannibalLecture: The Fisher King gives The Doctor one, combined with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. The Doctor turns and delivers a beautiful ShutUpHannibal, and his own reason you suck speech right back.
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* FisherKing: The name or title or one of Tivoli's many tyrants, sent to be buried on Earth as an insult. There's no sign that he actually embodies the trope, and why he's called that is never explained.
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* FisherKing: The name or title or of one of Tivoli's many tyrants, sent to be buried on Earth as an insult. There's no sign that he actually embodies the trope, and why he's called that is never explained.
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Rare human example: when Cass touches the floor and feels the vibrations from the ax Mason's ghost is dragging towards her, her tactile impression of her surroundings is depicted as bright outlines tracing out the shapes of the floor, walls and ax-head.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: When the Fisher King sees the incoming flood, he stands and roars at it until it crushes him.
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* FisherKing: The name or title or one of Tivoli's many tyrants, sent to be buried on Earth as an insult. There's no sign that he actually embodies the trope, and why he's called that is never explained.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: After getting shot, [[spoiler: O'Donnell]] lives just long enough to be found and impart some dying words.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: After getting shot, [[spoiler: O'Donnell]] lives just long enough to be found and impart some dying words.
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* BrickJoke: At the end of the previous episode, Clara was telling everyone that the Doctor would save them all, then come back and they'd have to hear him explain how he did it. At the end of this episode, he comes back, quickly saves everyone, then explains how he did it.
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* TrickedOutTime: After worrying about creating a time paradox by changing history, the Doctor finds a way to solve things without actually changing anything.
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People die in Doctor Who. It happens. If Cass had been killed it wouldn\'t have been because \"the disabled character is an easy target, let\'s kill her dead till she dies to death!\". Also, aversions are generally supposed to be saved for when the aversion is particularly notable. Unless \"Disabled character is killed off for being an easier target than the other characters\" happens a lot in Doctor Who (which, you know, it doesn\'t), the aversion isn\'t really notable enough to include. Also I believe \"thankfully\" counts as Word Cruft.
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* BuryYourDisabled: Thankfully averted with Cass.
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* ConspicuousCGI: The dam's destruction and the flood.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The episode opens with the Doctor explaining the Bootstrap Paradox to the viewer, even at one point telling them to use Google.
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* ExploitedImmunity: Lunn never saw the writing in the ship, so the ghosts won't attack him. When Ghost O'Donnell steals Clara's phone, she sends him out to get it back. The ghosts are smart, though, so they seal him in the mess hall to lure out Clara and Cass, who have been affected.
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* ExploitedImmunity: Lunn never saw the writing in the ship, so the ghosts won't attack him. When Ghost O'Donnell steals Clara's phone, she Clara sends him out to get it back. The ghosts are smart, though, so they seal him in the mess hall to lure out Clara and Cass, who have been affected.
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* WhatTheHellHero: After O'Donnell is killed by the Fisher King, Bennet deduces that the Doctor figured out that his ghost self chanting their names in a certain order was actually a list of the order they'd die in, and O'Donnell was up next. Though the Doctor tried to keep her safe, Bennet believes he didn't press the issue because he wanted to test the hypothesis.
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** After O'Donnell is killed by the Fisher King, Bennet deduces that the Doctor figured out that his ghost self chanting their names in a certain order was actually a list of the order they'd die in, and O'Donnell was up next. Though the Doctor tried to keep her safe, Bennet believes he didn't press the issue because he wanted to test the hypothesis.
** After O'Donnell is killed by the Fisher King, Bennet deduces that the Doctor figured out that his ghost self chanting their names in a certain order was actually a list of the order they'd die in, and O'Donnell was up next. Though the Doctor tried to keep her safe, Bennet believes he didn't press the issue because he wanted to test the hypothesis.
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** Cass signs something that Lunn [[TactfulTranslation insists isn't important]] but Clara insists on knowing what it meant. It was a question about whether travelling with the Doctor changes people, or whether Clara was always happy to risk other people's lives.
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* SanDimasTime: Even though O'Donnell is killed in the distant past, her ghost only shows up in the present after the same relative amount of time has passed from the Doctor's last call to Clara.
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* SanDimasTime: Even though O'Donnell is killed in the distant past, her ghost only shows up in the present after the same relative amount of time has passed from the Doctor's last call to Clara. What makes this particularly bizarre is that Prentis was killed during said phone call, yet was the first ghost along with Moran.
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* DeathByIrony: The Fisher King boasts that his species will drain the oceans and enslave the humans. The Doctor kills him by blowing up the dam and flooding the town.
* EvilIsBigger: The Fisher King is a hulking, armored monster that enslaves the souls of his victims as transmitters so the rest of his race can invade.
* PlanetLooters: The Fisher King plans to do this to Earth, specifically its oceans and people.
* SanDimasTime: Even though O'Donnell is killed in the distant past, her ghost only shows up in the present after the same relative amount of time has passed from the Doctor's last call to Clara.
* SanDimasTime: Even though O'Donnell is killed in the distant past, her ghost only shows up in the present after the same relative amount of time has passed from the Doctor's last call to Clara.
* SpikesOfVillainy: The Fisher King's armor is plenty spiky.
* StayInTheKitchen: The Doctor tries to get O'Donnell to stay in the TARDIS while he and Bennet investigate the Fisher King, but she adamantly refuses and tags along. She ends up getting killed, and Bennet realizes that the Doctor knew she'd be killed and was trying to prevent it (though not very hard, as he bitterly accuses him of).
* ThisIsUnforgivable: The Doctor believes that the Fisher King enslaving the souls of humans, converting them into transmitters, is so abhorrent that even breaking the rules of time is the lesser of two evils.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: The Doctor believes that the Fisher King enslaving the souls of humans, converting them into transmitters, is so abhorrent that even breaking the rules of time is the lesser of two evils.
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* YouWillBeBeethoven: The TropeNamer is discussed in length at the beginning - and at the end - of the episode. (According to the Doctor, it "didn't actually happen" -- Beethoven did exist in the Whoniverse).
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* WhatTheHellHero: After O'Donnell is killed by the Fisher King, Bennet deduces that the Doctor figured out that his ghost self chanting their names in a certain order was actually a list of the order they'd die in, and O'Donnell was up next. Though the Doctor tried to keep her safe, Bennet believes he didn't press the issue because he wanted to test the hypothesis.
* YouWillBeBeethoven: The TropeNamer is discussed in length at the beginning - and at the end - of the episode. (According to the Doctor, it "didn't actually happen" -- Beethoven did exist in theWhoniverse).Whoniverse.)
* YouWillBeBeethoven: The TropeNamer is discussed in length at the beginning - and at the end - of the episode. (According to the Doctor, it "didn't actually happen" -- Beethoven did exist in the
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* ExploitedImmunuty: Lunn never saw the writing in the ship, so the ghosts won't attack him. When Ghost O'Donnell steals Clara's phone, she sends him out to get it back. The ghosts are smart, though, so they seal him in the mess hall to lure out Clara and Cass, who have been affected.
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* ExploitedImmunuty: ExploitedImmunity: Lunn never saw the writing in the ship, so the ghosts won't attack him. When Ghost O'Donnell steals Clara's phone, she sends him out to get it back. The ghosts are smart, though, so they seal him in the mess hall to lure out Clara and Cass, who have been affected.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: A realistic variant - although Cass can't hear the ghost with the axe sneaking up behind her, she is able to feel the vibrations of the axe being dragged along the floor, giving her enough warning to flee.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: A realistic variant - -- although Cass can't hear the ghost with the axe sneaking up behind her, she is able to feel the vibrations of the axe being dragged along the floor, giving her enough warning to flee.flee.
* ExploitedImmunuty: Lunn never saw the writing in the ship, so the ghosts won't attack him. When Ghost O'Donnell steals Clara's phone, she sends him out to get it back. The ghosts are smart, though, so they seal him in the mess hall to lure out Clara and Cass, who have been affected.
* ExploitedImmunuty: Lunn never saw the writing in the ship, so the ghosts won't attack him. When Ghost O'Donnell steals Clara's phone, she sends him out to get it back. The ghosts are smart, though, so they seal him in the mess hall to lure out Clara and Cass, who have been affected.
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** The Doctor sends a hologram of himself as a ghost to give himself a message that will inspire the ideas he needs to get in order to save the day. This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the conversation between the Doctor and Clara at the end of the episode - [[TimeyWimeyBall who originated these ideas in the first place]]?.
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** The Doctor sends a hologram of himself as a ghost to give himself a message that will inspire the ideas he needs to get in order to save the day. This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the conversation between the Doctor and Clara at the end of the episode - -- [[TimeyWimeyBall who originated these ideas in the first place]]?.place]]?
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* StableTimeLoop: The Doctor sends a hologram of himself as a ghost to give himself a message that will inspire the ideas he needs to get in order to save the day. This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the conversation between the Doctor and Clara at the end of the episode - [[TimeyWimeyBall who originated these ideas in the first place]]?.
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* StableTimeLoop: StableTimeLoop:
** The Doctor gives a primer to the audience about the Bootstrap Paradox at the beginning of the episode.
** The Doctor sends a hologram of himself as a ghost to give himself a message that will inspire the ideas he needs to get in order to save the day. This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the conversation between the Doctor and Clara at the end of the episode - [[TimeyWimeyBall who originated these ideas in the first place]]?.
** The Doctor gives a primer to the audience about the Bootstrap Paradox at the beginning of the episode.
** The Doctor sends a hologram of himself as a ghost to give himself a message that will inspire the ideas he needs to get in order to save the day. This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the conversation between the Doctor and Clara at the end of the episode - [[TimeyWimeyBall who originated these ideas in the first place]]?.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler: Who really had the idea to hide the Doctor in the suspended animation chamber, if the Doctor got it from his ghost who got it from the Doctor?]]
* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler: Who really had the idea to hide the Doctor in the suspended animation chamber, if the Doctor got it from his ghost who got it from the Doctor?]]
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* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: The Doctor sends a hologram of himself as a ghost to give himself a message that will inspire the ideas he needs to get in order to save the day. This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the conversation between the Doctor and Clara at the end of the episode - [[TimeyWimeyBall who originated these ideas in the first place]]?]].
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* TimeyWimeyBall:[[spoiler: Who really had the idea to hide the Doctor in the suspended animation chamber, if the Doctor got it from his ghost who got it from the Doctor?]]Doctor?
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* TheCastShowoff: Petar Capaldi gets to demonstrate his guitar skills again.
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* AscendedFangirl: O'Donnell has a little {{Squeee}} moment after riding in the TARDIS.
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* AscendedFangirl: O'Donnell has a little {{Squeee}} {{Squee}} moment after riding in the TARDIS.
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* AscendedFangirl: O'Donnell has a little {{Squeee}} moment after riding in the TARDIS.
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** O'Donnell namechecks Rose, Martha and Amy, and mentions [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums Harold Saxon]] and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E7KillTheMoon The Moon exploding and a big bat coming out]]". She also mentions "the Minister of War", whom the Doctor hasn't encountered yet.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong Yet]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan again]], one of the main characters is seen dying, and the Doctor declares that it's an unalterable fixed point. But the dead character is ''the Doctor himself'', so how unalterable is it really?
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong Yet]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan again]], one of the main characters is seen dying, and the Doctor declares that it's an unalterable fixed point. But the dead character is ''the Doctor himself'', so how unalterable is it really?
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong Yet]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan again]], one of the main characters is seen dying, and the Doctor declares that it's an unalterable fixed point. But the dead character is ''the Doctor himself'', so how unalterable is it really?
** O'Donnell mentions [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums Harold Saxon]] and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E7KillTheMoon The Moon exploding and a big bat coming out]]". She also mentions "the Minister of War", whom the Doctor hasn't encountered yet.
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* YouWillBeBeethoven: The TropeNamer is discussed in length at the beginning - and at the end - of the episode.
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* YouWillBeBeethoven: The TropeNamer is discussed in length at the beginning - and at the end - of the episode. (According to the Doctor, it "didn't actually happen" -- Beethoven did exist in the Whoniverse).
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** The dangers of crossing one's own time stream to change the past are highlighted in a scene reminiscent of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay Nine and Rose going back to Pete Tyler's death multiple times]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink A message from himself gives the Doctor the necessary information to save the day and create the message]].
* DisabilitySuperpower: A realistic variant - although Cass can't hear the ghost with the axe sneaking up behind her, she is able to feel the vibrations of the axe being dragged along the floor, giving her enough warning to flee.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink A message from himself gives the Doctor the necessary information to save the day and create the message]].
* DisabilitySuperpower: A realistic variant - although Cass can't hear the ghost with the axe sneaking up behind her, she is able to feel the vibrations of the axe being dragged along the floor, giving her enough warning to flee.
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* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: The Doctor sends a hologram of himself as a ghost to give himself a message that will inspire the ideas he needs to get in order to save the day. This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the conversation between the Doctor and Clara at the end of the episode - [[TimeyWimeyBall who originated these ideas in the first place]]?]].
* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler: Who really had the idea to hide the Doctor in the suspended animation chamber, if the Doctor got it from his ghost who got it from the Doctor?]]
* YouWillBeBeethoven: The TropeNamer is discussed in length at the beginning - and at the end - of the episode.
* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler: Who really had the idea to hide the Doctor in the suspended animation chamber, if the Doctor got it from his ghost who got it from the Doctor?]]
* YouWillBeBeethoven: The TropeNamer is discussed in length at the beginning - and at the end - of the episode.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong Yet]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan again]], one of the main characters is seen dying, and the Doctor declares that it's an unalterable fixed point. But the dead character is ''the Doctor himself'', so how unalterable is it really?
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Doctor is determined to do this, even though he has every reason to believe he'll fail.
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* OurHeroIsDead: The {{Cliffhanger}} of "Under the Lake" revealed that the Doctor, in the process of fighting the Fisher King's plan, became another one of the ghosts haunting the mining base in the future. But he is the show's protagonist -- how can he fulfill this trope and ''not'' actually die without causing a massive paradox?
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* OurHeroIsDead: The {{Cliffhanger}} of "Under the Lake" revealed that the Doctor, in the process of fighting the Fisher King's plan, became another one of the ghosts haunting the mining base in the future. But he is the show's protagonist -- how can he fulfill this trope and ''not'' actually die without causing a massive paradox?paradox?
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Doctor is determined to do this, even though he has every reason to believe he'll fail.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Doctor is determined to do this, even though he has every reason to believe he'll fail.
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On a remote Army outpost, a fearsome alien warlord - the Fisher King - sets in motion a twisted plan to ensure his own survival. The ripples will be felt around the universe. Is this chain of events inevitable? And can the Doctor do the unthinkable?
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The second episode of the two parter a two-parter written by Toby Whithouse.
On ''On a remote Army outpost, a fearsome alien warlord - the Fisher King - sets in motion a twisted plan to ensure his own survival. The ripples will be felt around the universe. Is this chain of events inevitable? And can the Doctor do the unthinkable?unthinkable?''
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* OurHeroIsDead: The {{Cliffhanger}} of "Under the Lake" revealed that the Doctor, in the process of fighting the Fisher King's plan, became another one of the ghosts haunting the mining base in the future. But he is the show's protagonist -- how can he fulfill this trope and ''not'' actually die without causing a massive paradox?
!!Tropes
* OurHeroIsDead: The {{Cliffhanger}} of "Under the Lake" revealed that the Doctor, in the process of fighting the Fisher King's plan, became another one of the ghosts haunting the mining base in the future. But he is the show's protagonist -- how can he fulfill this trope and ''not'' actually die without causing a massive paradox?
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On a remote Army outpost, a fearsome alien warlord - the Fisher King - sets in motion a twisted plan to ensure his own survival. The ripples will be felt around the universe. Is this chain of events inevitable? And can the Doctor do the unthinkable?
On a remote Army outpost, a fearsome alien warlord - the Fisher King - sets in motion a twisted plan to ensure his own survival. The ripples will be felt around the universe. Is this chain of events inevitable? And can the Doctor do the unthinkable?
