-->''First a time machine, then a time machine that is alive and female, and now a living, female time machine that is [[BiggerOnTheInside bigger on the inside]]?!''
-->--'''Watson''' being introduced to the TARDIS

Picking up where "Smith and Holmes" left off, the Doctor has just landed in VictorianLondon, right outside 221B. Holmes is delighted to see the Doctor again, although somewhat less than enthusiastic at the thought of explaining the Time Lord & etc. to Watson. The Doctor makes one last appeal to Holmes, having been recently rejected by both Donna ''[[AlternateUniverse and]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones Martha]]. Holmes understands only too well the Doctor's desperate need for companionship and rather reluctantly agrees to one adventure ([[PapaWolf being hesitant to risk Watson's safety]]).

Once things are explained to a rather overwhelmed Watson, the threesome settles on going to visit Creator/WilliamShakespeare at the Globe in the late sixteenth century. The basic adventure of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "The Shakespeare Code"]] ensues, with variations such as Watson fanboying over Shakespeare and Shakespeare being even more AwesomeByAnalysis. In the end, Holmes decides (noting the wistfulness of both Doctors) to stick with the Time Lord for one more adventure...

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!!Tropes:

* ArcWords: Fixed Points in Time, courtesy of Holmes:
-->"Watson, there ''are'' certain Points in Time which are fixed, events which must always happen in order for Time to continue moving--"
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Shakespeare, even more so than originally as he deduces quite a lot about Holmes and Watson.
** "What most concerns me is that I actually seem to understand something of what just passed amongst you three."
* BiggerOnTheInside: All the fantastic things Watson is being introduced to culminates in the revelation of the TARDIS's ''very'' relative dimensions.
* BlatantLies[=/=]ExactWords:
-->'''Watson:''' "Do you not sleep, Doctor?"\\
'''Doctor:''' "Nope"\\
'''Holmes:''' (gives him The Eyebrow)\\
'''Doctor:''' "I ''don't''."
* CallBack:
** The TARDIS flirts a little with Holmes once again just to tease the Doctor.
** Holmes quotes something the Doctor told him in the previous episode, astonishing Watson: "[[AllMythsAreTrue Unless one has proof that a legend is not real, it is best to assume that it is]]."
%%* CallToAdventure
%%* CharacterTitle
* ClarkesThirdLaw: Invoked by the Doctor when explaining to Watson how "witchcraft" can exist.
* ContinuityNod:
** "And I was Merlin, all right, Watson?"
** "Nope--you can ask the hordes of Genghis Khan about that, if you like."
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The Doctor & Co. visiting Bedlam. Watson doesn't like what he sees but the reality of his own time is not much better; Holmes is openly shocked.
%%* {{Foreshadowing}}
%%* HistoricalHeroUpgrade
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: The two Doctors fanboying unashamedly over [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]].
%%* LetsGetDangerous
* LighterAndSofter: Than the first episode (and the majority of the series). Ten is doing his characteristic angst, but Holmes and Watson are doing well.
* MythologyGag:
-->'''Shakespeare:''' "Oh, you and your friend have obviously known each other for years. Mr. Holmes is a genius--you are a writer. It's elementary, my dear Watson."
* NaiveNewcomer: Watson, naturally -- especially some remarks regarding the TARDIS.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: "Excuse me? [[CallForward Who are you, sir,]] [[HarsherInHindsight and what have you done with Sherlock Holmes?]]"
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Averted for Watson, whom Shakespeare holds to be pretty awesome in his own right.
* PapaWolf: Holmes is quite protective of his Watson.
* RoyalBlood: Shakespeare suggests that Holmes has this, due to his overall... [[BuffySpeak regal-ness]].
* RunningGag: The small paradoxes created by the Doctor feeding Shakespeare his own lines as in the original story, eventually lampshaped by Watson:
-->"Plagiarism is infectious, it seems..."
* ShoutOut: The word with which Shakespeare defeats the Carrionites is [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland a bit different this time]]...
* TheWatson: The Doctor makes a slip with Rose's name, then quietly explains that she was "kind of his own Watson".
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