Line #89 Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho072TerrorFirma


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The Daleks excel at extermination in every variation thereof. That includes memories.]]
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4	Ever get the feeling you've forgotten someone important? The Doctor did. And this time, it's not his spotty memory to blame...
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6	Back from their extended stay in the Divergent Universe, the Eighth Doctor and Charley plan to show C'rizz everything the regular universe has to offer. They're interrupted by Davros and a whole army of Daleks, who have taken over future Earth and turned the majority of its eight billion people into Daleks.
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8	Although Eight is incredibly bouncy and happy at having [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho052Scherzo regained his time senses]], he goes into TranquilFury once he realises just what Davros has done. But Davros has some problems of his own: after the Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destroyed Skaro]], Davros escaped, but his body is once more decaying. And he's fused himself to the Dalek Emperor and prepared a clone body in a bid to stay alive. The Dalek part of his new consciousness is slowly taking over (making him a rare case of a ''double'' LargeHam), and he needs to transfer to his clone body as soon as possible. The Doctor is to help him, and witness the destruction of Earth, as punishment for his deeds. If the Doctor instead murders Davros (which he very, ''very'' seriously considers), Davros' death will set off a virus that would kill ''everything'' on Earth.
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10	Charley and C'rizz, meanwhile, get seperated and meet with LaResistance members Gemma Griffin and her suicidal brother Samson. Samson has forgotten that he ever had a sister, and his mother Harriet explains that Gemma vanished long before the Daleks arrived. As it turns out, the two siblings travelled with Eight for a long time -- until they were captured by Davros one day, implanted with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth Robomen]] technology, and released back on Earth. Samson unknowingly lived as a Dalek spy while Gemma travelled the Earth to spread TheVirus. Neither of them remember the Doctor. What's more, Davros operated on the TARDIS long ago, fitting her with a tracking device that allowed him to view the Doctor's adventures even in the Divergent Universe. The Doctor was made to forget that Gemma and Samson ever existed, but noticed that there was something wrong with the TARDIS when he woke up, and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho016StormWarning went looking for her manual just minutes before accidentally meeting one Charley Pollard aboard the R101]].
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12	Meanwhile, the Daleks are rebelling against Davros (as per usual) and pick C'rizz as their next Emperor. After all, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho064TheNextLife he's a natural killer]].
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14	The Doctor eventually meets up with LaResistance, defeats (and seemingly kills) Davros, and gets the Daleks to leave Earth. The world will rebuild itself. C'rizz is rescued, Samson's Dalek parts are removed from his skull, and all's well that ends well...
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16	... until we find out that C'rizz carries with him the spirital remnants of everyone he's ever [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho064TheNextLife "saved"]]. And since he [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho062TheLast can hear all of the dead with perfect clarity]], their confusion at no longer being in the Divergent Universe keeps him wide awake at night. He knows he'll probably end up "saving" the Doctor and Charley as well, someday.
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18	!!Tropes:
19	* AGodAmI: Davros.
20	* AlienInvasion
21	* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] The Doctor asks Davros if he ''really'' thinks he (The Doctor) should be angsting about destroying [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Skaro]]. He's not.
22	* AnswerCut
23	--> '''Davros:''' But who are you... Who are you, really?\
24	'''Nigel:''' Nigel!
25	* AmnesiacHero: It's revealed that Eight has been amnesiac since moments before ''Storm Warning''.
26	* ArcWords: Darkness, destiny, silence and being alone.
27	* BodyBackupDrive: Davros has got one. Slightly hypocritical considering his words in ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros Davros]]''. Of course, considering what he's gone through it makes more sense.
28	* BodyHorror: The Daleks are made from HumanResources.
29	* BreakTheCutie[=/=]BreakThemByTalking: Eight gets a bit broken.
30	* BriefAccentImitation:
31	-->'''The Doctor:''' [[RoboSpeak OR YOU WILL BE EX-TERRRRR-MINATED!!!]]
32	* CallForward: The Doctor visits the ice caves of Shababadon. Due to the AnachronicOrder Creator/BigFinish puts out adventures, he'll mention in his [[Creator/PeterDavison Fifth]] and [[Creator/ColinBaker Sixth]] incarnations he'll want to go see them some day, in ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho087TheGathering The Gathering]]'' and ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho086TheReaping The Reaping]]'' respectively.
33	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Davros is absolutely convinced that this time around, ''these'' new Daleks won't betray him. Being Daleks... take a guess as to what happens?
34	* ContinuityNod[=/=]CallBack:
35	** Davros quotes the last sentences of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]", and says the Doctor [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun destroyed Skaro]].
36	** Charley recaps the events that happened to C'rizz in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho064TheNextLife The Next Life]]". He later on gets flashbacks of ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho053TheCreedOfTheKromon The Creed of the Kromon]]".
37	** Davros created the virus discussed in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]".
38	** The Doctor quotes the ''Do I have the right?'' speech of his fourth incarnation from ''Genesis Of The Daleks'' when Davros calls him out on the destruction of Skaro, and the Doctor decided that, yes, he had the right after seeing what the Daleks are capable of.
39	** Later Davros harkens back to "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho016StormWarning Storm Warning]]" and Charley's first meeting with the Doctor, while the Doctor mentions [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros working with Davros]].
40	** Among the planets the Doctor visted with his companions is mentioned Valuesis, a planet that appeared in the ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' novel ''The Tomorrow Windows''.
41	** Davros is saved from certain death by a [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho011TheApocalypseElement Nekistani]] ship.
42	* CoolUncle: When Gemma calls him Dad, the Doctor says he'd prefer to be this.
43	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Harriet Griffin.
44	* CrowdSong: Harriet encourages people to join her in several.
45	* CreepyMonotone: Eight gets ''very, very, very'' serious when he realises what Davros has done.
46	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Davros.
47	* DeadpanSnarker: Eight in ''spades'', [[CreepyMonotone at first]].
48	* DeathSeeker: Davros partially. It's complicated.
49	* DevelopmentGag: [[invoked]] A CallBack to the infamous "I'm taking you to--" "Blackpool!" at the end of ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation of the Daleks]]''.
50	* DoNotGoGentle: {{Invoked\|Trope}} by Davros.
51	* DyingAsYourself
52	* EarthAllAlong
53	* TheEmperor: Davros, or at least one side of his personality.
54	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Daleks do not understand that C'rizz would rather [[DyingAsYourself die as himself]] than follow through with their [[BodyHorror plans]].
55	* FateWorseThanDeath: As punishment for everything Davros puts him through, the Doctor hands him back to the Daleks for full conversion.
56	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Davros after ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. Even ''more so''.
57	* HamToHamCombat: Creator/NicholasBriggs vs. Creator/TerryMolloy, fighting for dominance over Davros' consciousness.
58	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/AgathaChristie apparently travelled with the Doctor.
59	* HopeCrusher: Davros' scheme in a nutshell. He unleashed a deadly virus on Earth, created billions of new Daleks out of humans, turned Gemma and Samson into his puppets, and erased the Doctor's memory of them, just because he wanted emotionally hurt the Doctor as much as possible.
60	-->'''Davros:''' Oh, Doctor... I toyed with the idea of ''destroying'' you then! ''(chuckles)'' You are helpless! But I knew I wanted more than ''just'' your death. I wanted to ''break'' you! I wanted to take everything you held precious and ''smash'' it in front of your eyes!
61	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The Doctor invokes this.
62	* IronicEcho: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
63	* ISeeDeadPeople: C'rizz.
64	* LaughingMad: The adventure starts off with Davros mercilessly electrocuting the first person that finds him, whilst cackling and shouting he ''is Daaavrooos''!!
65	* LadyDrunk: Harriet.
66	* LampshadeHanging: When Harriet enters the TARDIS, she asks who lights [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie all those candles]].
67	* MercyKill: Gemma asks C'rizz for this while under the control of Davros.
68	* MindControl
69	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Davros is losing himself because CyberneticsEatYourSoul.
70	* MythologyGag: The Doctor promises Charley that he'll take her to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Blackpool]]. But because he's not [[Creator/ColinBaker Six]] he can say the entire word.
71	* NoodleIncident: ''Loads''.
72	* ParentalSubstitute: Gemma's and Samson's father has been dead for years, so they latch on to the Doctor as a father figure. Gemma even sarcastically calls the Doctor "dad", when he fusses over her and Samson's safety as they venture into the Time Vortex in spacesuits. The Doctor mumbles in response that he'd "rather be the {{cool uncle}}."
73	* PayEvilUntoEvil: After all the pain Davros has put him through in this story, having violated his friends and his own mind and used them against him, and having destroyed much of what he held dear, the Doctor has no regrets about subjecting Davros to some of the same.
74	-->'''The Doctor:''' I said I wouldn't kill you Davros, but I will ''certainly'' destroy your dreams.
75	* ThePlague: Two of them. One Davros created to put people into such pain they begged to be Daleks.
76	* RememberTheNewGuy: {{Played with}} when Gemma and Samson are introduced.
77	* LaResistance
78	* {{Retcon}}: The opening scene of ''Storm Warning'' is made much more significant with the addition of Samson and Gemma having travelled with the Doctor before he ever meets Charley.
79	* TheReveal: Several BIG ONES. Davros is becoming the Dalek Emperor. They are on Earth. The Doctor got mindwiped of adventures with Samson and Gemma. And LaResistance consists out of Daleks.
80	* {{Revenge}}: Davros attacks Earth out of vengeance for the Doctor's acts in the past, claiming Earth is his world.
81	* RoboSpeak: Davros is still [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Emperor of the Daleks]], and he speaks a lot more like them for it.
82	* RunningGag: Eight. [[EasyAmnesia Amnesia]]. Corridors get another LampshadeHanging as per Creator/BigFinish tradition.
83	* SequelEpisode: For Davros the events of this adventure follow directly from ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.
84	* SequelHook: C'rizz can hear all of the people that he "saved" (ie. killed). Among the voices is now Gemma. And he says that he'll probably end up "saving" the Doctor and Charley as well.
85	* SharingABody: Davros and the Dalek Empreror, with a dose of SplitPersonalityTakeover.
86	* SmallGirlBigGun:
87	-->'''Charley:''' Who are you?!\
88	'''LaResistance:''' A GIRL WITH A BIG GUN.
89	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Charley picks up on Samson mentioning [[ItMakesSenseInContext everlasting matches]].
90	* StepfordSmiler: C'rizz says Charley is one of these.
91	* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Humanity has been decimated, there are billions of new Daleks roaming the galaxy, Eight has a whole new trauma to work through -- and instead of moping, the whole gang decides to go eat cotton candy in Blackpool. Because some days, you just need a vacation.
92	* TalkingToThemself
93	* TranquilFury: Eight towards Davros, complete with CreepyMonotone.
94	* UngratefulBastard: Davros killed the Nekistani who saved him, even telling the Doctor they didn't deserve to die.
95	* VaderBreath
96	* WhamEpisode
97	* WhamLine: When Davros operated the TARDIS... Davros operated ''on'' the TARDIS.

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