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12th May '13 10:55:48 AM CantNotLookAtThisSite

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26th Apr '13 9:13:12 PM Jarl

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Merger with the Work Pages In Main version. I'd fix some actor namespaces, but it looks like some of them have pages on main/ so what do I know.

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A 1999 ''Series/DoctorWho'' AffectionateParody, produced by TheBBC for [[UsefulNotes/ComicRelief "Red Nose Day"]] made after the [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie TV movie]], but before the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E1Rose 2005 revival]]. Also written by StevenMoffat before he became an official writer for the revival series, thus explaining why this special is alluded to every now and then in the revival series.

The Ninth Doctor (Creator/RowanAtkinson) fights the Master (JonathanPryce) on an abandoned alien planet. He's engaged to his companion Emma (Julia Sawalha). When the Doctor is captured by Daleks, he's killed a few times over and rapidly cycles through being RichardEGrant, JimBroadbent, Creator/HughGrant and finally JoannaLumley, who decides she'd actually rather shag the Master than fight him.

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* ACupAngst: The Master tries to inspire this in Emma, asserting that his [[GagBoobs "Dalek bumps"]] are "quite firm".
-->'''Emma:''' ''What are you trying to say?!''\\
'''The Master:''' ''[Bitchy]'' Oh. ''Nothing.''
* ActorAllusion: Julia Sawalha and Joanna Lumley both star in ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''.
* {{Adorkable}}: The Ninth and Twelfth Doctors definitely. The Eleventh seems to parody the concept, though.
* AffablyEvil: The Master is surprisingly polite and understanding throughout the episode, perhaps to set up [[DatingCatwoman the ending twist.]]

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The Thirteenth Doctor does.
* AllStarCast: Creator/RowanAtkinson, JonathanPryce, JimBroadbent, Creator/HughGrant and JoannaLumley.
* BBCQuarry: One of the reasons The Doctor is planning retirement from saving the known universe on a weekly basis: he's tired of endlessly running around those rock quarries.
* BestialityIsDepraved: Poor, poor Master.
* BiTheWay: The Thirteenth Doctor. Possibly the Master as well, though that may be SingleTargetSexuality.
* BondVillainStupidity: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]].
* CallBack: The sound and visual effects used for [[TheNthDoctor Regeneration]] most closely resemble those used for the First Doctor's regeneration into the Second Doctor.
* CannotTalkToWomen: The Eleventh Doctor. Humorously, the Master's [[GagBoobs ethereal beam locators]] get the same response out of him.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Obviously, but the Expanded Universe indicates that the Tersurons existed and really did [[ToiletHumor communicate that way]], and also that the Ninth Doctor has three possible versions, making this and ''Scream of the Shalka'' into AlternateContinuities of the revived series.
* CastingGag: All the actors who played the Doctor in this parody had at some point been considered for the role for real. Including JoannaLumley.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Of a sort, the Twelfth Doctor's seemingly final death inspires the Master and the Daleks to turn to the side of good.
* DeathIsCheap: Whenever [[TheNthDoctor Time Lords]] are around, it is.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Any death is, by definition, fatal.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Many instances to Creator/StevenMoffat's future writing on the revived series.
** The Twelfth Doctor tells the Master and his companion to keep an eye on the universe, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E01TheEleventhHour I've put a lot of work into it.]]"
** Both this Tenth Doctor and the canonical Tenth Doctor have a habit of licking things.
** The Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E1Rose falling in love with]] and then [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong marrying]] his companion.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]] confirms that regeneration gender-bending is possible.
* FridgeLogic: InUniverse. Why do Dalek ships have chairs? And why don't they just exterminate the Doctor when they have the chance?
-->'''The Ninth Doctor''': I'll explain later.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''The Tenth Doctor''': [[BlatantLies How could I forget the only time traveling companion I ever had]]?
-->'''Emma''': You've had lots of companions.
-->'''The Tenth Doctor''': The only time traveling companion I ever ''[[DoubleEntendre had.]]''
-->'''Emma''': Oh, right!
* [[spoiler:GirlOnGirlIsHot]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Master's attempts to trap the Doctor backfire horribly on him, though not [[TimeyWimeyBall always]] through his own fault. His deal with the Daleks, however, is as ill conceived [[OmnicidalManiac as it sounds.]]
* InsistentTerminology: They're not breasts, they're Dalek bumps.
* IsThisThingStillOn: The Master has ''serious'' trouble with this early on.
* LargeHam: The Tenth Doctor and Jonathan Pryce's Master, resulting in...
** HamToHamCombat
* LiteralMetaphor: [[GenderBender "You're just not the man I fell in love with."]]
* MrFanservice: InUniverse example with the [[RichardEGrant Tenth]] and [[Creator/HughGrant Twelfth Doctor]].
-->'''Emma''': [[EatingTheEyeCandy Result!]]
* MsFanservice: [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave The]] [[JoannaLumley Thirteenth]] [[GenderBender Doctor]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: TheMaster. Ultimately, [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]:
-->'''The Thirteenth Doctor''': Tell me, why ''do'' they call you "TheMaster"?
-->'''The Seventeenth Master''': [[HappilyEverAfter I'll explain later.]]
* NoodleIncident: We'll never know how the Eighth Doctor regenerated into Creator/RowanAtkinson.
* TheNthDoctor: [[TooDumbToLive Five of them]], in fact. And the Seventeenth Master.
* OffTheShelfFX: The Daleks in the special are made and played by FanFilm producers. You can clearly see the actors inside them in some shots.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Only now after [[TimeAbyss thousands of years]] does the Doctor notice the sonic screwdriver [[ADateWithRosiePalms comes with three settings]].
* {{Retirony}}: The entire episode is set off when the Doctor wants to tell the Master that he's retiring to marry his companion.
* RunningGag: The episode has one, but [[SelfDemonstratingArticle I'll explain later.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: HoYay [[FoeRomanceSubtext Foe Yay]] becomes [[DatingCatwoman straight Foe Yay]] when the Doctor's thirteenth regeneration turns out to be JoannaLumley.
* SissyVillain:
-->'''The Tenth Doctor''': I remember you, don't I?
-->'''The Master''': And you still fear me, Doctor.
-->'''The Tenth Doctor''': You're the camp one.
-->'''The Master''': I am ''not'' camp.
-->'''The Tenth Doctor''': Oh yeah? [[GagBoobs Nice tits.]]
* StarfishLanguage: The Tersurons communicated via carefully modulated flatulence. The Master and the Doctor [[ToiletHumor are both fluent.]]
* SweaterGirl: Julia Sawalha's 'sixties companion look has this.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: It is for the Doctor's female, heterosexual fiancee.
* TimeyWimeyBall: The Master and the Doctor have a duel using this as their weapon, each attempting to bribe the architect of the ancient castle they're currently in.
* ToiletHumor:
** The Tersurons, long dead natives of the planet the action takes place on, communicated through farts. They became extinct when they [[FartsOnFire discovered fire]].
** The castle is built atop an extensive sewer system. When the Master [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow is tricked into]] [[TrapDoor dropping himself down into it]], it takes him three hundred and twelve years of wandering with nothing but [[{{Squick}} Dung Slugs for food]] ([[BestialityIsDepraved and companionship on long, lonely nights]]) to escape. [[UpToEleven He then falls down again]]. [[SerialEscalation Twice.]]
* TooDumbToLive: The [[Creator/RowanAtkinson Ninth]], [[RichardEGrant Tenth]], and [[JimBroadbent Eleventh]] Doctors all die in quick succession "all because I forgot to unplug first."
* WomanInWhite: The Thirteenth Doctor wonders if she and her fiancee will both wear white on their wedding day.

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6th Apr '13 11:58:51 PM Solle

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Until someone actually writes a recap, these tropes just belong on the main page.

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