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* ShoutOut: A character currently in November of 1955 [[Film/BackToTheFuture uses a newspaper to cite the date]].

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* RealityEnsues: The episode makes ''no'' attempt at sugarcoating the reality of the South in the 1950s. Rosa Parks even cites the unfortunate demise of Emmett Till.



* ThouShaltNotKill: Krasko cannot kill due to a chip in his head

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Ryan notices a woman drop a glove within seconds of stepping around 1955. His reward for his troubles is being slapped.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: The Doctor mentions at the start that this is her ninth attempt to get her friends back to the present. Graham points out it's actually the 14th.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The intro makes it look like the episode's conflict is caused by the bus driver attacking Rosa Parks. In reality, the intro simply takes place twelve years before the actual conflict.
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“Reveals in the number of people he’s killed” is totally accurate grammar.


* {{Foil}}: Krasgo and The Doctor. Both ran away from their people with time travel and their pasts both involve a large amount of bloodshed. They also both use non-lethal methods to achieve their goals. However, The Doctor actively chooses to act non-lethally while Krasgo can’t kill period, and Krasgo reveals in the number of people he’s killed but The Doctor resented it.

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* {{Foil}}: Krasgo and The Doctor. Both ran away from their people with time travel and their pasts both involve a large amount of bloodshed. They also both use non-lethal methods to achieve their goals. However, The Doctor actively chooses to act non-lethally while Krasgo can’t kill period, and Krasgo reveals revels in the number of people he’s killed but The Doctor resented it.
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* {{Foil}}: Krasgo and The Doctor. Both ran away from their people with time travel and their pasts both involve a large amount of bloodshed. They also both use non-lethal methods to achieve their goals. However, The Doctor actively chooses to act non-lethally while Krasgo can’t kill period, and Krasgo reveals in the number of people he’s killed but The Doctor resented it.
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* CallBack: The Doctor still [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia sees the Vortex Manipulator as an inferior form of time travel compared to the TARDIS.]]
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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: ''Someone'' is opting to kill Rosa Parks, which would have potentially catastrophic effects on the timeline because it would undermine the generations-long fight for equality between races. And with two of her current companions being non-white, the Doctor has a personal stake in making sure their futures aren't affected.

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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: ''Someone'' is opting to kill prevent Rosa Parks, Parks giving up her seat, which would have potentially catastrophic effects on the timeline because it would undermine the generations-long fight for equality between races. And with two of her current companions being non-white, the Doctor has a personal stake in making sure their futures aren't affected.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Krasgo is trying to change history so that people of colour, or "[Ryan's] kind" as he calls them, are worse off in the future.
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* YouCanNotKillAnIdea: Krasgo tries to. He's a released criminal from the future and is unable to kill due to a chip in his head. He works around it by rearranging history to prevent Rosa Parks from getting on the bus.

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* YouCanNotKillAnIdea: Krasgo Krasko tries to. He's a released criminal from the future and is unable to kill due to a chip in his head. He works around it by rearranging history to prevent Rosa Parks from getting on the bus.

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* GreaserDelinquents: The main villain is dressed as one and works with cars.

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* GreaserDelinquents: The main villain Krasgo is dressed as one and works with cars.



* HistoricalInJoke: When Ryan is told by a waitress “We don’t serve negros” he responds the same way a Muhammad Ali, saying “I don’t eat them”.

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* HistoricalInJoke: When Ryan is told by a waitress “We don’t serve negros” he responds the same way a as Muhammad Ali, saying “I don’t eat them”.



* NonLethalWarfare: Krasko has to alter history in minor ways so Rosa Parks won't get on the bus or doesn't have to rebel. He can't kill so his primary weapon is a device that can send people to unspecified time periods.



* YouCanNotKillAnIdea: The villain tries to. He's a released criminal from the future and is unable to kill due to a chip in his head. He works around it by rearranging history to prevent Rosa Parks from getting on the bus.

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* ThouShaltNotKill: Krasko cannot kill due to a chip in his head
* YouCanNotKillAnIdea: The villain Krasgo tries to. He's a released criminal from the future and is unable to kill due to a chip in his head. He works around it by rearranging history to prevent Rosa Parks from getting on the bus.

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* GreaserDelinquents: The main villain is dressed as one and works with cars.




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* YouCanNotKillAnIdea: The villain tries to. He's a released criminal from the future and is unable to kill due to a chip in his head. He works around it by rearranging history to prevent Rosa Parks from getting on the bus.
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* HistoricalInJoke: When Ryan is told by a waitress “We don’t serve negros” he responds the same way a Muhammad Ali, saying “I don’t eat them”.
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* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: Graham tells the Montgomery police officer that his name is "Steve Jobs".
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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: ''Someone'' is opting to kill Rosa Parks.
* RecycledTitle: Only ''one letter'' different from Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].

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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: ''Someone'' is opting to kill Rosa Parks.
Parks, which would have potentially catastrophic effects on the timeline because it would undermine the generations-long fight for equality between races. And with two of her current companions being non-white, the Doctor has a personal stake in making sure their futures aren't affected.
* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Ryan is rather worried about this trope applying to him -- but he and the others can't get out of Montgomery immediately because if the timeline is changed by the antagonist, his and Yaz's present could end up very, ''very'' different if it exists at all!
* RecycledTitle: Only ''one letter'' different from Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].
"Rose"]]!
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* RecycledTitle: Only ''one letter'' different from Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].
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* CharacterTitle: The episode is named after Rosa Parks, the central figure of the episode. Not to be confused with Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].

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* CharacterTitle: The episode is named after Rosa Parks, the central figure of the episode. Not to be confused with Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].
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* CharacterTitle: Not to be confused with Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Key UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement figure Rosa Parks.

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* CharacterTitle: The episode is named after Rosa Parks, the central figure of the episode. Not to be confused with Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Key UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement figure [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks Rosa Parks.Parks]].
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* CharacterTitle: Not to be confused with Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].
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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: ''Someone'' is opting to kill Rosa Parks.
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This episode will air on October 21, 2018. Written by former Children's Laureate Creator/MalorieBlackman. The official synopses:

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This episode will air on October 21, 2018. Written by former Children's Laureate Creator/MalorieBlackman.Creator/MalorieBlackman and Creator/ChrisChibnall. The official synopses:
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''“If she can live here her whole life, a couple of hours ain’t gonna kill me. They ain’t gonna kill me, right?”

Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder: is someone attempting to change history?''

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''“If she can live here her whole life, a couple of hours ain’t gonna kill me. They ain’t gonna kill me, right?”

Montgomery,
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This episode will air on October 21, 2018. Written by former Children's Laureate Creator/MalorieBlackman. The official synopsis:

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This episode will air on October 21, 2018. Written by former Children's Laureate Creator/MalorieBlackman. The official synopsis:
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''“If she can live here her whole life, a couple of hours ain’t gonna kill me. They ain’t gonna kill me, right?”

Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder: is someone attempting to change history?''




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This episode will air on October 21, 2018. Written by former Children's Laureate Creator/MalorieBlackman. The official synopsis:

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This episode will air on October 21, 2018. Written by former Children's Laureate Creator/MalorieBlackman. The official synopsis:
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''“If she can live here her whole life, a couple of hours ain’t gonna kill me. They ain’t gonna kill me, right?”

Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder: is someone attempting to change history?''




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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Key CivilRightsMovement figure Rosa Parks.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Key CivilRightsMovement UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement figure Rosa Parks.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Key CivilRightsMovement figure Rosa Parks.
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* CharacterTitle: Not to be confused with Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]].
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This episode will air on October 21, 2018. Written by former Children's Laureate Creator/MalorieBlackman. The official synopsis:

''The Doctor takes her companions on their first journey back in time - to the dangerous, racially segregated world of Alabama in the 1950s. They encounter one of the era's heroes, black civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks, but also discover a plot to change the course of history.''

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