History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho087TheGathering

[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho058TheHarvest To Be Continued.]]

** The TV episode "''[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]''" outright contradicts this story by having Tegan still alive in 2022 with no memory of this adventure. Funnily enough, in that episode she likewise encounters the Cybermen again and starts off miffed with the Thirteenth Doctor.

** The TV episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor "The Power of the Doctor"]]'' outright contradicts this story by having Tegan still alive in 2022 with no memory of this adventure. But she still encounters the Cybermen again and starts off miffed with the Thirteenth Doctor.

** The TV episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]'' outright contradicts this story by having Tegan still alive in 2022.

* BrickJoke: A reverse one with the book from the previous episode.

* TheScream

* UnwillingRoboticisation: Poor, poor [[spoiler:Nate]].

* ContinuitySnarl: The Doctor's infamous Time with UNIT is brought up, and the Doctor mentions Alan shouldn't ask ''when'' he worked with them.

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* DragonWithAnAgenda
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Tegan]].

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: The Doctor warns against this.

* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Several with Jodi.

** Jodi Boyd, Tegan's employee, has a young son called Damien. In The Harvest, Hex's former flatmate called Damien Boyd.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Tegan is implied to have died of cancer in the story, because Janet Fielding was insistent at the time that she would perform in ''only'' one ''Series/DoctorWho'' story, and this was their way of sending the character off with closure. Thank Rassilon for the TimeyWimeyBall, because she changed her mind later on. Also became a bit HarsherInHindsight when, right around the time she decided to come back the second time, Janet Fielding revealed she was fighting cancer. Luckily she recovered.

* RealityEnsues: Much like in the previous episode.

* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Tegan cheerfully admits to the Doctor that she loves him, but she bursts out laughing when he thinks she might be ''in'' love with him.

* TheTheTitle

** The adventure starts off with an advert for the new ''Film/MiamiVice'' movie starring Collin Farell, the TV series gets a mention in the second part of this trilogy, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho086TheReaping the Reaping]]. He also forgets [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour his book]].

* ContinuitySnarl: The Doctor's infamous Time with UNIT is brought up, and the Doctor mentions Alan shouldn't ask ''when'' he worked wit them.

* CallForward: The adventure starts off with an advert for the new ''Film/MiamiVice'' movie starring Collin Farell, the TV series gets a mention in the second part of this trilogy, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho086TheReaping the Reaping]]. He also forgets [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour his book]].
** Alan says the [[Creator/SylvesterMcCoy Seventh]] incarnation would know exactly what was going on, seeing as he knew ''[[ChessMaster everything]]''. Five, who's a bit of a GeniusDitz is quite offended by this.

* ContinuityPorn: "The Visitation" and "Earthshock" are referenced. The Cybermen plot from "Spare Parts", "The Harvest" and "The Reaping" is all neatly tied together in a very TimeyWimeyBall way. Alan, who's a stand-in for the audience, references ''a lot'' of Doctor Who trivia, ranging from direct references to the great fire of London and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase the Mary Celeste]] to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the invention of fire]]. And, for the entirety of the episode, Peri and Erimem are [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheVeiledLeopard on a mission in 1966 Monte Carlo]].
** Alan asks about the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen Yeti]] as well.

* ContinuitySnarl: The Doctor's infamous Time with UNIT is brought up, and the Doctor mentions Alan shouldn't ask ''when'' he did.

* RunningGag: The Doctor has a hard time getting Dr. Chambers to speak to him.

* TimeyWimeyBall: This is the last episode of a trilogy, in reverse order for the Doctor, who then manages to resolve the ends of the previous episodes retroactively, with a trigger phrase. Despite the fact this is the last part of the timeline for the Cybermen / Cybertechnology, but the first one for the Doctor.
** However, the story ends with something of a plot hole; Five still remembering the entirety of this adventure, and in The Reaping, 8687 didn't cause Six to recover anything past a vague feeling that Kathy is important. As of yet, there has been no continuation of this theme.

The Doctor realises that Kathy is ''completely mental'', and that's it'll be his fault in the future. He causes a distraction by [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments karate-chopping James' van]] and the group infiltrates into the building. Sadly, Jodi dies in the process, and Mike realises just why Tegan never mentioned the Doctor during their relationship -- if this is the sort of thing that usually happens around him, Tegan would of course do anything to avoid him for the rest of her life. And Mike has another epiphany: he realises that Tegan was in love with the Doctor all along.

The Doctor talks Nate, who's barely conscious, into committing suicide and ends up blowing up the entire doctor's office. Kathy is given a second chance at a new life, since she's assumed to have died in the explosion. Tegan and Mike decide to spend the rest of her short life together -- although she admits she did love TARDIS travel after all, she'd rather lead a short, normal life than take all the risks that come with finding a cure for whatever alien affliction she has. She also laughs right in Five's face when he bashfully brings up the idea that she might have been in love with him. After a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments very sweet hug]], they say their final goodbyes.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Tegan is implied to have died of cancer in the story, because Janet Fielding was insistent at the time that she would perform in ''only'' one ''Series/DoctorWho'' story, and this was their way of sending the character off with closure. Thank Rassilon for the TimeyWimeyBall, because she changed her mind later on. Also became HarsherInHindsight: in September of 2012, [[spoiler: Janet Fielding revealed that she's currently fighting cancer]].

The Doctor realises that Kathy is ''completely mental'', and that's it'll be his fault in the future. He causes a distraction by [[CrowningMomentOfFunny karate-chopping James' van]] and the group infiltrates into the building. Sadly, Jodi dies in the process, and Mike realises just why Tegan never mentioned the Doctor during their relationship -- if this is the sort of thing that usually happens around him, Tegan would of course do anything to avoid him for the rest of her life. And Mike has another epiphany: he realises that Tegan was in love with the Doctor all along.

The Doctor talks Nate, who's barely conscious, into committing suicide and ends up blowing up the entire doctor's office. Kathy is given a second chance at a new life, since she's assumed to have died in the explosion. Tegan and Mike decide to spend the rest of her short life together -- although she admits she did love TARDIS travel after all, she'd rather lead a short, normal life than take all the risks that come with finding a cure for whatever alien affliction she has. She also laughs right in Five's face when he bashfully brings up the idea that she might have been in love with him. After a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming very sweet hug]], they say their final goodbyes.

* HaveWeMetYet: For the Doctor, this adventure happens in reverse. Seven started it off, Six had the middle part and Five, the earliest of the three incarnations finishes it up.

* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: The Doctor wants to go to [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho086TheReaping Baltimore]] first but hears a newscast from that time period how he's already on the lamb, so he decides against it.