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* BriefAccentImitation: The Doctor takes on an American GameShowHost's accent while explaining the actions of the Osgood Boxes as a game rather than war.

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* BriefAccentImitation: The Doctor takes on an American GameShowHost's accent while explaining the actions of the Osgood Boxes as a game rather than war.war, also taking on the LargeHam qualities of one to make a mockery of the Zygons wanting to use the Osgood Boxes.



* FullCircleRevolution: The Doctor asks Bonnie, even if the Zygons succeed what will they do against another revolution?

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* FullCircleRevolution: The Doctor asks Bonnie, even if the Zygons succeed succeed, [[AndThenWhat what will they do against another revolution?revolution]]? When Bonnie replies that they'll win, the Doctor counters that they might, but nobody wins for very long.



* NotAGame: How the Doctor describes war, [[WarIsHell emphatically]]; he even compares the Osgood Boxes to a game show to show them how ridiculous they're being. He has seen war and never wants to see it again.

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* NotAGame: How the Doctor describes war, [[WarIsHell emphatically]]; he even compares the Osgood Boxes to a game show show, all to show them demonstrate to the Zygons how ridiculous they're being. He has seen war and never wants to see it again.

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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Twelfth Doctor Era'''\\
'''Series 9:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice 1]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar 2]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E3UnderTheLake 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E6TheWomanWhoLived 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion 7]] | '''8''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E9SleepNoMore 9]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E10FaceTheRaven 10]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent 11]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent 12]] | [[Recap/DoctorWho2015CSTheHusbandsOfRiverSong CS]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E1DeepBreath <<< Series 8]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio Series 10 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!The Zygon Inversion




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->Written by Peter Harness and Creator/StevenMoffat\\
Directed by Daniel Nettheim\\
'''Air date:''' 7 November 2015\\
'''Part 2 of 2'''




Written by Peter Harness and Creator/StevenMoffat.
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* CulturePolice: Alluded to by the Doctor, when he asks if Bonnie's Zygon Utopia will allow violins.

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* CulturePolice: Alluded to by the Doctor, when he asks if Bonnie's Zygon Utopia will allow things such as holidays, music, and violins.



** In retrospect it could also be applied to the entire ceasefire scenario, as transplanting 20 million aliens amongst the human population was never going to go completely according to plan.

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** In retrospect retrospect, it could also be applied to the entire ceasefire scenario, as transplanting 20 million aliens amongst the human population was never going to go completely according to plan.



'''The Doctor:''' No I'm not.\\

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'''The Doctor:''' No No, I'm not.\\



'''The Doctor:''' No it's not; it's ''your'' fault.\\

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'''The Doctor:''' No No, it's not; it's ''your'' fault.\\



* TimeDissonance: The Doctor claims that when he thought Clara was dead it was the longest month of his life. When Clara says it could only have been five minutes he says "I'll be the judge of time."

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* TimeDissonance: The Doctor claims that when he thought Clara was dead it was the longest month of his life. When Clara says it could only have been five minutes minutes, he says "I'll be the judge of time."



** When Bonnie insists she wants war, as she feels she's crossed a MoralEventHorizon, the Doctor makes it clear the things she's done are nothing compared to the horrors he's committed and seen. Quoted above.
** The Doctor's response when he is confronted by Kate and Bonnie regarding the Osgood boxes.

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** When Bonnie insists she wants war, as she feels she's crossed a the MoralEventHorizon, the Doctor makes it clear the things she's done are nothing compared to the horrors he's committed and seen. Quoted above.
** The Doctor's response when he is he's confronted by Kate and Bonnie regarding the Osgood boxes.



* WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture: Apparently, the Zygon rebels think that no-one is going to question a grainy cell-phone video of a guy looking like [[PeopleInRubberSuits he's wearing a rubber suit]] uploaded on [=YouTube=]. Too bad they didn't show the comments section of the video post. Probably would've been filled with replies like "Lame!" and "Obviously fake!"

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* WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture: Apparently, the Zygon rebels think that no-one no one is going to question a grainy cell-phone video of a guy looking like [[PeopleInRubberSuits he's wearing a rubber suit]] uploaded on [=YouTube=]. Too bad they didn't show the comments section of the video post. Probably would've been filled with replies like "Lame!" and "Obviously fake!"
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''Also'' the one where the Doctor gives a '''blistering''' speech on how WarIsHell, that has to be seen to be believed.

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''Also'' the one where the Doctor gives a '''blistering''' speech on how WarIsHell, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCYobBjA1kk that has to be seen to be believed.
believed]].
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''Also'' the one where the Doctor gives a '''blistering''' speech on how WarIsHell, that has to be seen to be believed.
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Sigh... [[BlatantLies Shall we quote Rule One?]][[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint Don't talk about]] Film/FightClub?[[/note]]

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Sigh... [[BlatantLies Shall we quote Rule One?]][[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint quote]] RuleNumberOne?[[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint Don't talk about]] Film/FightClub?[[/note]]

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Also the one where Kate Stewart shows she is ''definitely'' her father's child... by shooting stuff. With "five rounds rapid". Twice.

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Also the one where Kate Stewart shows she is ''definitely'' her father's child... by shooting stuff. With "five rounds rapid"."FiveRoundsRapid". Twice.


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** The Doctor as well. As he lays out, the whole Zygon-Human clash is a friendly snowball fight compared to some of the things he's seen and done. "And you know what you do with all that pain? Shall I tell you where you put it? You hold it '''tight''', till it burns your hand! And you say this: No one else will '''ever''' have to live like this! No one else will ever have to '''feel''' this pain! Not on my watch!"

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* BigBad: Bonnie. Unusually, she gets [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed]].



* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Osgood, who is a fan of the Doctor, asks him what TARDIS stands for. A few moments later it turns out that there are two Osgoods, and one of them is brand new.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Osgood, who is a fan of the Doctor, asks him what TARDIS stands for. A few moments later it turns out that there are two Osgoods, and one of them is brand new. (It may also be a MythologyGag referring to the fact that the D has stood for both Dimension and Dimensions at various points.)



* TheUnReveal: Osgood is Osgood. Whether there are now two Zygons sharing the original Osgood's body print or one new Zygon replacing [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven a Zygon Osgood that Missy killed]], the nature of the surviving Osgood is up for grabs. (However, at one point, the non-Bonnie Osgood tells the Doctor she never really met Clara... yet Clara and Osgood did meet in "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thAsTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", hinting that the Osgood who died in "Death in Heaven" may well have been the original human Osgood after all, or it could be another red herring like "Zygons don't need to keep the original body alive anymore".)

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* TheUnReveal: Osgood is Osgood. Whether there are now two Zygons sharing the original Osgood's body print or one new Zygon replacing [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven a Zygon Osgood that Missy killed]], the nature of the surviving Osgood is up for grabs. (However, at one point, the non-Bonnie Osgood tells the Doctor she never really met Clara... yet Clara and Osgood did meet in "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thAsTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", hinting that the Osgood who died in "Death in Heaven" may well have been the original human Osgood after all, or it could be another red herring like "Zygons don't need to keep the original body alive anymore". Also, ''both'' Osgoods met Clara in "The Day of the Doctor", so the comment clearly refers to the fact that they only met in passing and never really spoke.)
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The one where we learn the Doctor's true name is... Basil!

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The JustForFun/{{The one where w|ith}}here we learn the Doctor's true name is... Basil!
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** The Doctor's brief imitation of a game show host is a subtle nod to an old American game show titled, aptly enough, ''Truth or Consequences''. (Which the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, deliberately named itself after.)

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** The Doctor's brief imitation of a game show host is a subtle nod to an old American game show titled, aptly enough, ''Truth or Consequences''. (Which the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, deliberately named renamed itself after.after; its previous moniker was the decidedly less melodramatic Hot Springs.)
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* CulturePolice: Alluded to by the Doctor, when he asks if Bonnie's Zygon Utopia will allow violins.

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