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1[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\
2'''Fifth Doctor Era'''\
3'''Season 21:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep 1]] | '''2''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetOfFire 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma 7]]\
4'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity <<< Season 20]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen Season 22 >>>]]''']]-]]]
5!The Awakening
6[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/awakening_8758.jpg]]
7[[caption-width-right:345: Hey. Hey you, c'mere and gimme a hug.]]
8->Written by Eric Pringle[[note]]No relation to Percy Pringle, better known as Wrestling/PaulBearer[[/note]]\
9Directed by Michael Owen Morris\
10'''Production code:''' 6M\
11'''Air dates:''' 19 - 20 January 1984\
12'''Number of episodes:''' 2
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14->'''Turlough:''' ''We're running out of places to run.''\
15'''Tegan:''' ''It's the story of our lives.''
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17JustForFun/{{The one|With}} written by a potato crisp.
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20After their traumatic encounter with [[PeopleInRubberSuits the Silurians and Sea Devils]], the TARDIS crew aim to spend a restful time visiting Tegan's grandfather in his little English village. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong (Stop sniggering at the back.)
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22Well, something's gone very wrong with the local historical reenactment event. Little Hodcombe's local squirearchy, Sir George Hutchinson and his friends, have come under some malign influence. The reenactment suddenly involves real violence, people staggering about with MindControlEyes, and projections from the 17th Century (including muddy urchin Will). And on top of all that, Tegan's grandfather has gone missing.
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24After initially leading Tegan and Turlough into the village in the manner of a worn-down parent with two squabbling kids, the Doctor gets the picture, and sends the companions back to the TARDIS so that he can conduct a "scientific investigation" while they stay safe. [[OnceAnEpisode Instead, they find that the Malus is already inside the TARDIS, so they go to tell the Doctor and get in trouble]]. Tegan finds herself unwillingly crowned as Queen of the May, while Turlough gets locked in with Tegan's grandfather after being snuck up on by a man in a suit of armour whose resemblance to the knight with the rubber chicken out of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' is bound to be totally accidental.
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26Meanwhile, the Doctor, Will and local plucky schoolteacher Jane Hampden discover the source of the trouble inside the local church: it is, of course, all caused by [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Malus]], an evil time-travelling alien war machine feeding on psychic energy. Can the Doctor, the schoolteacher, the urchin, and the companions, plus Tegan's granddad, save the day? Will Tegan go quietly? Will there be tea? Yes.
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28!! Tropes:
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30* AlienBlood: The psychic projection of the Malus inside the Tardis has what look like green blood oozing out of its eyes and mouth. (Whether it the Malus actual blood is unknown)
31* BigBad: The Malus
32* BigNo: The Malus, through Sir George.
33* BlackComedy: At one point the Doctor tries to lighten the mood by saying that Tegan as the Queen of the May will be [[ManOnFire "the toast of Little Hodcombe"]]. Having witnessed what happened to the Queen in his own time, Will [[DudeNotFunny doesn't appreciate his humour]].
34* BurnTheWitch: Tegan is nearly burnt at the stake as a sacrifice.
35* ChangedMyJumper: The Doctor trades out his peach-coloured coat and trousers from the previous serials to a French Grey coat, creamy-pink trousers, and a sweater vest with an extra stripe on it. This outfit would stick all the way up to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma The Twin Dilemma]]".
36* ContinuityNod: References to the tinclavic mines on Raaga, from Creator/EricSaward's story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation The Visitation]]"[[note]] Saward planned to write another story featuring the Terileptils, and wanted to make sure the audience remembered who they were. But as events worked out, Saward never wrote their planned return[[/note]].
37* DeadpanSnarker: Turlough, even more than usual.
38* TheEighties: Tegan's outfit, when not being kitted out as Queen of the May.
39* EmotionEater: The Malus, which also does a sideline in MindRape.
40* EvilIsNotAToy: Hutchinson tried to exploit the Malus for his own end, but instead, the creature began to use him by organizing the war games
41* AFeteWorseThanDeath: Little Hodcombe's celebrations of an historic anniversary incorporate ritual prompted by the evil being sleeping beneath the village church. Tegan is offered the Guest of Honour's place--on top of a pile of kindling, tied to a stake.
42* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Will is not, as the Doctor thought, a psychic projection, but was actually brought forward in time from the English Civil War. Fortunately the Doctor will bring him back.
43* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The Malus has glowing green eyes.
44* GoryDiscretionShot: Used when the trooper [[OffWithHisHead is decapitated]] by the Malus' psychic projections.
45* HatePlague: A sentient alien WMD that is both the cause of and empowered by Hate Plagues is awakened in a British village.
46* HumanSacrifice: "I know what happens to the Queen of the May at the end of her day!"
47* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: ''Don't'' try this on Tegan.
48* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Colonel Woolsey and the Doctor try this on Sir George near the end. It doesn't quite work.
49* MedievalMorons: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Will is a farmboy from the 17th century, and while illiterate and barely aware of what year it is, he turns out to be quite a bright lad.
50* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Malus, which is Latin for "evil" and sounds like "malice".
51* OnlySaneMan: Jane is somehow immune to the Malus' influence, but her pleas to stop the insane war games fall on deaf ears.
52* PluckyGirl: Tegan.
53* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Sir George Hutchinson has it pointed out to him that he is detaining people illegally. His response? "As the local magistrate, I will find myself quite innocent."
54* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight:
55-->'''Hutchinson:''' Are you mad? You speak treason.\
56'''Doctor:''' [[InsultBackfire Fluently!]]
57* SealedEvilInACan: The can in this case being a church.
58* ShoutOut:
59** The Civil War-era apparitions are similar to those in the first story on ''Series/SapphireAndSteel''.
60** The treason exchange is taken from ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood''.
61* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Kamelion, again. Though he does appear in a scene that didn't make it to broadcast. Hurray!
62* WarReenactors: A reenactment of the English Civil War coincides with the awakening of the Malus. Its baleful influence turns the reenactors more violent than it otherwise would have been (and Tegan is almost burnt at the stake).
63* WhatYearIsThis: The Doctor asks Will this question. Will is quite excited, as he's pretty sure he knows the answer to this one.
64* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Surprisingly little, considering.

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