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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor Or has it]]?
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Various inter-galactic superpowers gather on late 21st century Earth to bid on the universe's greatest and most dangerous weapon: [[spoiler:the body of the Doctor]].
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* [[spoiler: AttendingYourOwnFuneral: At the end the Doctor buries his future body. He is the [[LonelyFuneral only person]] there (literally).]]
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* [[spoiler: AttendingYourOwnFuneral: At [[spoiler:At the end the Doctor buries his future body. He is the [[LonelyFuneral only person]] there (literally).]]
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* [[ViewersAreGeniuses Readers Are Geniuses]]: Trask's identity wasn't really meant to be a mystery. Most of the readers didn't recognize him as the main villain from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]] because they'd never seen the serial.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: Trask's identity wasn't really meant to be a mystery. Most of the readers didn't recognize him as the main villain from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]] because they'd never seen the serial.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Cousin Sanjira (see above).
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* YouHaveFailedMe: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira (see above).Sanjira, is punished with non-existence for letting the [[{{MacGuffin}} Relic]] slip through his fingers.
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* HighTimesFuture: Sam Jones, in the near future and surrounded by aliens, focuses on a cigarette packet as a "normal" thing. Then she notices it says "CLOUD NINE -- The original cannabis cigarette". As smoked by UNISYC troopers. When she mentions the one time she got stoned, the future soldier the cigarettes belong to replies "One time? Are you ''sure'' you're human?"
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* TheMenInBlack: There are a number of men at {{Area 51}} who wear dark suits despite the heat, and dark glasses despite the fashion in the 2060s being for light-reactive contacts.
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: ''Alien Bodies'' makes the Krotons a lot more intimidating than in their one TV appearance. Just for starters, their leader arrives in [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains a Dalek ship he's hijacked]] -- along with the digested corpses of the original owners.
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, FactionParadox, [[YouCannotKillAnIdea the Celestis]], [[EldritchAbomination the enemy]], and the [[BaitAndSwitchBoss Krotons]].
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, FactionParadox, Literature/FactionParadox, [[YouCannotKillAnIdea the Celestis]], [[EldritchAbomination the enemy]], and the [[BaitAndSwitchBoss Krotons]].
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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler:When the Celestis try to mark him, the Doctor causes them to miss and mark the Shift he has trapped in his mind.]]
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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler:When the Celestis try to mark him, the Doctor causes them to miss and mark the Shift he has trapped in his mind. The Celestis are amazed a corporeal being has tricked them.]]
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* IGaveMyWord: The Celestis never go back on a deal.
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* DidYouJustScamCthulu?: [[spoiler:When the Celestis try to mark him, the Doctor causes them to miss and mark the Shift he has trapped in his mind.]]
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* DidYouJustScamCthulu?: DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler:When the Celestis try to mark him, the Doctor causes them to miss and mark the Shift he has trapped in his mind.]]
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* LoppholeAbuse: [[spoiler:The future Doctor agreed the Celestis could have his body if they didn't interfere on Dronid, freed their slaves, and another stipulation. Even though he hasn't made the deal yet, the Celestis try to take the Eighth Doctor's body, saying he wasn't specific on when they could take his body.]]
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* LoppholeAbuse: LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:The future Doctor agreed the Celestis could have his body if they didn't interfere on Dronid, freed their slaves, and another stipulation. Even though he hasn't made the deal yet, the Celestis try to take the Eighth Doctor's body, saying he wasn't specific on when they could take his body.]]
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* DidYouJustScamCthulu: [[spoiler:When the Celestis try to mark him, the Doctor causes them to miss and mark the Shift he has trapped in his mind.]]
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* DidYouJustScamCthulu: DidYouJustScamCthulu?: [[spoiler:When the Celestis try to mark him, the Doctor causes them to miss and mark the Shift he has trapped in his mind.]]
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* LoppholeAbuse: [[spoiler:The future Doctor agreed the Celestis could have his body if they didn't interfere on Dronid, freed their slaves, and another stipulation. Even though he hasn't made the deal yet, the Celestis try to take the Eighth Doctor's body, saying he wasn't specific on when they could take his body.]]
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* [[spoiler: AttendingYourOwnFuneral: At the end the Doctor holds a funeral of the body of his future self.]]
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* [[spoiler: AttendingYourOwnFuneral: At the end the Doctor holds a funeral of the body of buries his future self.body. He is the [[LonelyFuneral only person]] there (literally).]]
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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor Or has it]]?
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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor Or has it]]?
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* TheDreaded:The future Doctor seems to be this to the Celestis.
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* GodsHandsAreTied: The Celestis have rules restricting them from looking at certain parts of space-time, meaning they don't know who will win the war.
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* [[spoiler: AttendingYourOwnFuneral: At the end the Doctor holds a funeral of the body of his future self.]]
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* YouHaveFailedMe: When Cousin Sanjira loses the Doctor's body he is forced to kill his younger self, preventing his existence.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: When Cousin Sanjira loses the Doctor's body he is forced to kill his younger self, preventing his existence.(see above).
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* WaveOfBabies: The security system attacks Sam with a wave of baby versions of herself.
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* WaveOfBabies: The security system attacks Sam with a wave of baby versions of herself.herself.
* YouHaveFailedMe: When Cousin Sanjira loses the Doctor's body he is forced to kill his younger self, preventing his existence.
* YouHaveFailedMe: When Cousin Sanjira loses the Doctor's body he is forced to kill his younger self, preventing his existence.
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* CoolHelmet: Faction Paradox wears helmets that defy causality just by existing. They are the skulls of Time Lords from a timeline where they lost a war against the Vampires and so are half-bat.
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* GrandfatherParadox: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira, is punished for letting the [[{{MacGuffin}} Relic]] slip through his fingers by being forced to murder himself as an eight year old, causing his whole timeline to unravel into a state of perfect paradox.
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* GrandfatherParadox: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira, is punished for letting the [[{{MacGuffin}} Relic]] slip through his fingers by being forced to murder himself as an eight year old, causing his whole timeline to unravel into a state of perfect paradox. paradox.
* HollywoodVoodoo: Some of Faction Paradox's rituals seem based on this.
* HollywoodVoodoo: Some of Faction Paradox's rituals seem based on this.
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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].
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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor Or has it]]?
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* CaptainErsatz: Qixotl is Drax from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor The Armageddon Factor]]. However editor Stephen Cole made Lawrence Miles eliminate any direct reference (probably so they wouldn't have to pay the serial's author).
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* [[ViewersAreGeniuses Readers Are Geniuses]]: Trask's identity wasn't really meant to be a mystery. Most of the readers didn't recognize him as the main villain from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]] because they'd never seen the serial.
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, [[YouCannotKillAnIdea the Celestis]], [[EldritchAbomination the enemy]], and the [[BaitAndSwitchBoss Krotons]].
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, FactionParadox, [[YouCannotKillAnIdea the Celestis]], [[EldritchAbomination the enemy]], and the [[BaitAndSwitchBoss Krotons]].
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It may not be relevant to the New Series but it\'s very relevant to ED As. I\'m voting to keep the example.
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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].
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The fact that the Doctor\'s body was important for the Time War, which was already over by the time of the Nu Series, that is sort of irrelevant. And Doctor Who has an antagonistic relationship with continuity anyway.
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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].
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* {{Jossed}}: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].
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* RetroactiveContinuity: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].
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weapon: [[spoiler:the body of the Doctor]].
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* Jossed: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].
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* Jossed: {{Jossed}}: [[spoiler:The epilogue at the Doctor's grave has been overwritten canonically as of ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor}} The Name of the Doctor]]'']]. [[{{Fanon}} Dammit]].
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, the Celestis, [[EldritchAbomination the enemy]], and the [[BaitAndSwitchBoss Krotons]].
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, [[YouCannotKillAnIdea the Celestis, Celestis]], [[EldritchAbomination the enemy]], and the [[BaitAndSwitchBoss Krotons]].
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* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: How all the other bidders view Earth and humans, and how Bregman comes to see them after being attacked by vault security.
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* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: How all the other bidders view Earth and humans, and how Bregman comes to see them after being attacked by vault security. security.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: The Kroton commander makes his entrance in a Dalek ship, having killed and eaten the original owners.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: The Kroton commander makes his entrance in a Dalek ship, having killed and eaten the original owners.
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* TookALevelInBadass: The Krotons. Far from the Villains they were in ''The Krotons'', here they are a vast intelligence out for multiple-worlds' domination.
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* TookALevelInBadass: The Krotons. Far from the Villains they were in ''The Krotons'', here they are a vast intelligence out for multiple-worlds' domination.domination.
* WaveOfBabies: The security system attacks Sam with a wave of baby versions of herself.
* WaveOfBabies: The security system attacks Sam with a wave of baby versions of herself.
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, the Celestis, the enemy, and the BaitAndSwitchVillians the Krotons.
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* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, the Celestis, [[EldritchAbomination the enemy, enemy]], and the BaitAndSwitchVillians the Krotons.[[BaitAndSwitchBoss Krotons]].
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* GrandfatherParadox: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira, is punished for letting the {{MacGuffin}} Relic slip through his fingers by being forced to murder himself as an eight year old, causing his whole timeline to unravel into a state of perfect paradox.
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* GrandfatherParadox: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira, is punished for letting the {{MacGuffin}} Relic [[{{MacGuffin}} Relic]] slip through his fingers by being forced to murder himself as an eight year old, causing his whole timeline to unravel into a state of perfect paradox.
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* GrandfatherParadox: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira, is punished for letting the {{MaGuffin}} {{MacGuffin}} Relic slip through his fingers by being forced to murder himself as an eight year old, causing his whole timeline to unravel into a state of perfect paradox.
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* TookALevelInBadass: The Krotons. Far from the HarmlessVillains Villains they were in ''The Krotons'', here they are a vast intelligence out for multiple-worlds' domination.
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Various inter-galactic superpowers gather on late 21st century Earth to bid on the universe's greatest and most dangerous weapon.
!! Tropes present in ''Alien Bodies'' include:
* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, the Celestis, the enemy, and the BaitAndSwitchVillians the Krotons.
* FateWorseThanDeath: See GrandfatherParadox.
* GrandfatherParadox: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira, is punished for letting the {{MaGuffin}} Relic slip through his fingers by being forced to murder himself as an eight year old, causing his whole timeline to unravel into a state of perfect paradox.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: How all the other bidders view Earth and humans, and how Bregman comes to see them after being attacked by vault security.
* MindRape: The security protocols guarding the Relic scan Lieutenant Bregman's mind and biodata and use her insecurities and self-hatred to torture her.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Krotons. Far from the HarmlessVillains they were in ''The Krotons'', here they are a vast intelligence out for multiple-worlds' domination.
!! Tropes present in ''Alien Bodies'' include:
* AuctionOfEvil: The premise behind the book. Various powers are represented in the auction, including Gallifrey and the Time Lords, Faction Paradox, the Celestis, the enemy, and the BaitAndSwitchVillians the Krotons.
* FateWorseThanDeath: See GrandfatherParadox.
* GrandfatherParadox: A Faction Paradox agent, Cousin Sanjira, is punished for letting the {{MaGuffin}} Relic slip through his fingers by being forced to murder himself as an eight year old, causing his whole timeline to unravel into a state of perfect paradox.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: How all the other bidders view Earth and humans, and how Bregman comes to see them after being attacked by vault security.
* MindRape: The security protocols guarding the Relic scan Lieutenant Bregman's mind and biodata and use her insecurities and self-hatred to torture her.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Krotons. Far from the HarmlessVillains they were in ''The Krotons'', here they are a vast intelligence out for multiple-worlds' domination.
