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** Not the first time the Cybermen have been mistaken for Ghosts.
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* NeckLift: The Cyberman gives one to Byron's valet when their paths cross, before breaking his neck.
* NeckSnap: How Elise the nursemaid is killed.
* NeckSnap: How Elise the nursemaid is killed.
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* ShoutOut: [[Series/{{Heroes}} "Save the poet, save the universe."]]
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The fam heads off for the end of the Cyber Wars in an attempt to head off the damage the Lone Cyberman could cause because the Doctor had to give it what it wanted.
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** The Doctor finally encounters the Lone Cyberman that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E5FugitiveOfTheJudoon Captain Jack]] was trying to warn her about. Unfortunately, circumstances conspire to force her to give it what it wants in order to prevent damage to the future of the human race.
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* ForeseeingMyDeath: The Doctor uses an old Time Lord trick to put Shelley into a state of near-death to release the Cyberium from his body, by bringing his mind forward in time to his eventual death.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: Shelley covers a bedroom inside of Villa Diodati with symbols and numbers that he got from the Cyberium, written on the walls and on papers scattered about the room.
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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: The Cyberman initially lets Mary's son William live when he finds the baby and his nurse hiding inside a chest, although he later claims that this is because the child was useless for conversion.
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** Series 12 [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall started]] with the Doctor teaming up with Byron's daughter. Now she and her companions meet the man himself.
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** Series 12 [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall started]] with the Doctor teaming up with Byron's daughter. Now she and her companions meet the man himself. The Doctor actually mentions having met Ada to Byron.
* ContinuityNod:
** The Doctor should remember that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode famous British writers]] tend to be immune to the psychic paper.
** Graham appreciates the ghosts bringing him food because [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa there never seems to be food around on the fam's travels]].
** The Doctor should remember that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode famous British writers]] tend to be immune to the psychic paper.
** Graham appreciates the ghosts bringing him food because [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa there never seems to be food around on the fam's travels]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mary and Byron mention that Shelley was having visions of a figure rising from the lake. It turns out that a powerful Cyber AI has taken up residence inside him, and as a result the figure he saw was the Lone Cyberman.
* HauntedHouse: While most of the unnatural things going on in Villa Diodati are caused by the Cyberium (including the missing Percy Shelley being the apparition Yaz sees, and the twisting hallways), it's implied by the end that there are some ''real'' ghosts inhabiting the house.
* HauntedHouse: While most of the unnatural things going on in Villa Diodati are caused by the Cyberium (including the missing Percy Shelley being the apparition Yaz sees, and the twisting hallways), it's implied by the end that there are some ''real'' ghosts inhabiting the house.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Graham says word-for-word that "I think I'm seeing dead people!" The Doctor brushes him off with "Ghosts don't exist!", but Graham seems less than convinced.
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* HumanShield: Byron ducks behind Claire when Polidori sleepwalks into the room through what they think is a wall. She is ''not'' happy with him for this later.
* InvisibleWall: When the Doctor manages to locate the door leading out of the house, her attempt to leave is blocked by one of these, leading her to realize that the house is shielded.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Graham says word-for-word that "I think I'm seeing dead people!" The Doctor brushes him off with "Ghosts don't exist!", but Graham seems less than convinced. Indeed, the woman and girl that Graham sees are later implied to be real ghosts.
* InvisibleWall: When the Doctor manages to locate the door leading out of the house, her attempt to leave is blocked by one of these, leading her to realize that the house is shielded.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Graham says word-for-word that "I think I'm seeing dead people!" The Doctor brushes him off with "Ghosts don't exist!", but Graham seems less than convinced. Indeed, the woman and girl that Graham sees are later implied to be real ghosts.
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* MythologyGag: In the Big Finish Audio Dramas, Mary Shelly was a companion of the Eighth Doctor for some time, where the two did also encounter Cybermen. This episode ends up taking inspiration and some story beats from two of their stories together; specifically [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho123TheCompanyOfFriends Mary’s Story]] (Another horror-themed story set in Villa Diodati) and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho153TheSilverTurk The Silver Turk]] (Mary encounters two Cybermen who partially inspire [[Literature/FrankenStein Frankenstein]].)
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When choosing between killing Percy and letting the Cyberman get what it wants, The Doctor talks down to her companions and tells them she’s above them all.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When choosing between killing Percy and letting the Cyberman get what it wants, The Doctor talks down to her companions and tells them she’s above them all.
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* MobileMaze: The Cyberium, inside Shelley, twists the hallways of Villa Diodati around each other as a security feature. A PerceptionFilter is part of the defence.
* MythologyGag: In the Big FinishAudio Dramas, audio dramas, Mary Shelly Shelley was a companion of the Eighth Doctor for some time, where the two did also encounter Cybermen. This episode ends up taking inspiration and some story beats from two of their stories together; specifically [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho123TheCompanyOfFriends Mary’s Story]] (Another "Mary’s Story"]] (another horror-themed story set in Villa Diodati) and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho153TheSilverTurk The "The Silver Turk]] Turk"]] (Mary encounters two Cybermen who partially inspire [[Literature/FrankenStein Frankenstein]].)
''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'').
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When choosing between killing Percy and letting the Cyberman get what it wants,The the Doctor talks down to her companions and tells them she’s above them all.all.
* PerceptionFilter: Part of how the house is turned into a MobileMaze. Dr. Polidori's sleepwalking enables him to get past the filter, allowing the Doctor to figure out how it works so everyone can move around.
* MythologyGag: In the Big Finish
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When choosing between killing Percy and letting the Cyberman get what it wants,
* PerceptionFilter: Part of how the house is turned into a MobileMaze. Dr. Polidori's sleepwalking enables him to get past the filter, allowing the Doctor to figure out how it works so everyone can move around.
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* SadisticChoice: Either let the Cyberman get what it wants and cause the death of billions or let Percy die with enormous consequences for the human race in the long run.
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* SadisticChoice: Either let the Cyberman get what it wants and cause the death of billions billions, or let Percy die with enormous consequences for the human race in the long run.run.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Dr. Polidori is prone to this. However, in this state he's immune to the PerceptionFilter creating the MobileMaze keeping everyone trapped, which allows the Doctor to figure it out so everyone can move around.
* WeatherManipulation: The lone Cyberman is implied to be responsible for 1816's status as the Year Without a Summer because it needs the storms to be able to recharge itself.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Dr. Polidori is prone to this. However, in this state he's immune to the PerceptionFilter creating the MobileMaze keeping everyone trapped, which allows the Doctor to figure it out so everyone can move around.
* WeatherManipulation: The lone Cyberman is implied to be responsible for 1816's status as the Year Without a Summer because it needs the storms to be able to recharge itself.
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** The Doctor declares that she won't [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime anyone else be turned into a cyberman]]
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* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Downplayed. While the Lone Cyberman does show more emotion than most Cyberman, it’s limited mostly to rage.
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* MythologyGag: In the Bg Fnish Audio Dramas, Mary Shelly was a companion of the Eigthth Doctor for some time, where the two did also encounter Cybermen.
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* MythologyGag: In the Bg Fnish Big Finish Audio Dramas, Mary Shelly was a companion of the Eigthth Eighth Doctor for some time, where the two did also encounter Cybermen.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: While he's attractive, the Doctor steadily gets more annoyed with Byron hitting on her.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: While he's attractive, the Doctor is immediately uncomfortable being around him, tries to avoid him and steadily gets more annoyed with Byron hitting on her.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: The Cyberman's conflicted feelings and nature are implied to have inspired ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', despite the Doctor's early orders that nobody should mention the novel.
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* RealAfterAll: The ghostly woman and girl that Graham saw are implied to have been genuine ghosts.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: While he's attractive, the Doctor steadily gets more annoyed with Byron hitting on her.
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* BrokenPedestal: At the end, Claire calls Byron out on flirting with the Doctor without any thought for her feelings, and for using her as a human shield against the monster, and tells him "the spell is broken".
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* LightningCanDoAnything: When the Cyberman tries to fire on the Doctor and its weapon fails, the Doctor informs it that travelling though time has drained its weapons. It responds by breaking a nearby window, thrusting its arm outside and drawing a lightning bolt into itself, providing it with a power boost.
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* LightningCanDoAnything: When the Cyberman tries to fire on the Doctor and its weapon fails, the Doctor informs it that travelling though time has drained its weapons.batteries. It responds by breaking a nearby window, thrusting its arm outside and drawing a lightning bolt into itself, providing it with a power boost.
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* LightningCanDoAnything: When the Cyberman tries to fire on the Doctor and its weapon fails, the Doctor informs it that travelling though time has drained its weapons. It responds by breaking a nearby window, thrusting its arm outside and drawing a lightning bolt into itself, providing it with a power boost.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/MaryShelley and Creator/LordByron. They were good friends in real life. Also present are Mary's future husband Creator/PercyByssheShelley, Byron's personal physician Dr. John Polidori, and Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/MaryShelley and Creator/LordByron. They were good friends in real life. Also present are Mary's future husband Creator/PercyByssheShelley, Byron's personal physician [[Literature/TheVampyre Dr. John Polidori, Polidori]], and Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Graham says word-for-word that "I think I'm seeing dead people!" The Doctor brushes him off with "Ghosts don't exist!", but Graham seems less than convinced.
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* CallBack: Series 12 [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall started]] with the Doctor teaming up with Byron's daughter. Now she and her companions meet the man himself.
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** Series 12 [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall started]] with the Doctor teaming up with Byron's daughter. Now she and her companions meet the manhimself.himself.
** The Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E3UnderTheLake still]] does not believe in ghosts.
** Series 12 [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall started]] with the Doctor teaming up with Byron's daughter. Now she and her companions meet the man
** The Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E3UnderTheLake still]] does not believe in ghosts.
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''“Nobody mention Frankenstein. Nobody interfere. Nobody snog Byron.” Should be easy right?\\\
The Doctor and gang arrive at the Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, in 1816 – on a night that inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The plan is to spend the evening soaking up the atmos in the presence of some literary greats – but the ghosts are all too real. And the Doctor is forced into a decision of earth-shattering proportions…''
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/MaryShelley and Creator/LordByron.
* TheXOfY: "The Haunting '''of''' Villa Diodati".
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/MaryShelley and Creator/LordByron.
* TheXOfY: "The Haunting '''of''' Villa Diodati".
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