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->''"Lupus magnus est, lupus fortis est, lupus deus est..."''
-->'''Father Angelo''' ("The wolf is great, the wolf is strong, the wolf is a god")
The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in Sheffield, 1979, but they end up in 1879. In UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a mini-dress, but Creator/DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
The Doctor and Rose make a bet whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of a wolf echoes across the moors. Rose is chained up in the cellar with the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... which possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of Great Britain, and therefore THE WORLD!!! [[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]][[/note]]
The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter (did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.
Queen Victoria knights both the Doctor and Rose, and then immediately banishes them for their knowledge of the stars (then being considered heresy) and tells them to "leave [her] world". After they leave, she announces the foundation of the [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Torchwood Institute]]. The Doctor will rue ''this'' day.
----
!Tropes
* AdmiringTheAbomination: The Queen tells the Doctor off for doing this to the werewolf.
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Inverted; British monks generally aren't known for their martial arts skill, and the household staff are completely taken aback when the monks turn on the kung fu.
--> "We will take the house."
--> "By what power? The hand of God?"
--> "No. The fist of man."
* ArtisticLicense: The Koh-I-Noor diamond really exists, it really has a reputed curse on it and it really was re-cut by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. In real life it's not a fist-sized brilliant, though -- it's roughly the size and shape of a flattened plum. (For reference the diamond in {{Snatch}} is 80% as big and shaped similarly.)
** Queen Victoria in reality had very little power, so the Empire of the Wolf plan was rather futile.
*** FridgeBrilliance: Her Prime Minister in 1879, BenjaminDisraeli, had plenty of power. Now, if the queen were a werewolf and bit him, or any other influential members of Parliament, the majority of whom certainly would NOT turn down a summons from Buckingham Palace...
%% BadassGramma is already here as 'never mess with granny'
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Played with at the end. Queen Victoria is injured by what she claims to be a splinter, but the Doctor is concerned it might be a bite from the werewolf. On the way back to the TARDIS, the Doctor and Rose joke about the modern-day Royal Family being werewolves -- given the Doctor's flippancy to what he earlier claimed would be a catastrophe, obviously he doesn't really believe it to be true (and if you watch the werewolf's demise, it doesn't actually get near enough to the Queen to scratch her before getting killed).
** The reference book ''Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons'' makes the suggestion that "Pete's World" split off from the regular universe when Queen Victoria was "killed" (not scratched) by the werewolf.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment. It's justified because the wolf intends to ''possess'' instead of killing her. And instead of allowing itself to be imprisoned, the wolf (or its host, it's not clarified) asks that the Doctor increase the moonlight so it's fully vaporized.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The werewolf's human form. This is why Rose knows that he's not really human.
* CatchPhrase: Throughout the whole episode Rose [[InvokedTrope tries to get Queen Victoria to say "We are not amused"]]. She succeeds.
* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a t-shirt and mini-skirt) is said to be "naked". She'd actually dressed quite appropriately -- if not stylishly -- for the ''intended'' destination. The TARDIS just had other plans that day...
* ContinuityNod:
** The Doctor gives his name as "Dr James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has a "bit of the wolf" and a "bit of the sun" in her; both referencing the end of the previous series where she was 'the bad wolf'.
* EvilPlan: The alien wolf parasite thing wants to create 'the empire of the wolf' on Earth and the monks want to help him/it accomplish it because they worship it instead of {{God}}.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: When Sir Robert is staring down the werewolf armed with nothing but an ornamental sword, he says this line.
-->''I committed treason for you. Now my wife will remember me with HONOR!''
* FingertipDrugAnalysis: The Doctor confirms that the library's walls have been soaked in mistletoe by licking them.
* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of that time era, is said to be naked because she's not wearing a full dress. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this.
* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his Estuary accent into Creator/DavidTennant's own natural Scottish accent in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
** Rose attempts this, and is so bad at it the Doctor's expression is literally pained.
--->'''The Doctor:''' Don't. No, really, ''don't''.
* HappilyMarried: If Sir Roberts was not this trope then he would not have committed treason to keep his wife safe. They kiss several times in this episode and his last thoughts are of her.
* HeroicSacrifice: Both Captain Reynolds and Sir Robert attempt to hold off the Wolf, knowing full well that they don't stand a chance, but doing it anyway to buy the Queen time to escape.
* IHaveYourWife: Why Sir Robert goes along with the monks' EvilPlan.
* LifeWillKillYou: When Victoria mentions the legend that whoever possesses the Koh-i-Noor must surely die, the Doctor points out that the same is true of anything if you wait long enough.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: to Tennyson's poem "In Memoriam A.H.H."
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Lots of people are eaten by the werewolf and all of them are male. It passes over the lady of the house and her servants. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, which was only too happy to punish traitors by death.
* MistakenForGay
-->'''Sir Robert:''' I'm sorry, Ma'am. It's all my fault. I should've sent you away. I tried to suggest something was wrong, I... thought you might notice. Did you think there was nothing strange about my household staff?
-->'''Doctor:''' Well, they were bald, athletic, your wife's away... I just thought you were happy.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Queen Victoria, having already had several attempts on her life, carries a gun.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, on which Victoria pulls him up. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr James McCrimmon=]", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.
* OminousLatinChanting: In-universe. ''Lupus deus est...''
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They're aliens, in fact.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Angelo doesn't think Victoria has it in her to kill him, and derisively calls her "woman".
--> The correct form of address is "your majesty". ''(Bang!)''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When all is said and done (and knighted), Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose for life from Great Britain, chewing them out for thinking that playing with forces that terrify and kill regular people is "fun".
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: The Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties (that we know about).
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: The story takes place here. Why else would The Doctor put on a Scottish accent?
* ShakyPOVCam: This is used for the werewolf chases to give its POV and for the thrills.
* ShoutOut: A couple of references to Creator/RobertBurns' poem ''To A Mouse''.
** At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor tells Victoria's guard that he studied medicine with a Dr Bell at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Bell was one of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's teachers, and is likely the inspiration for Literature/SherlockHolmes.
** He calls Rose a wee timorous beastie: "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!" - Robert Burns "To a Mouse" .
** The Doctor claims to be "from the township of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balamory Balamory]]".
* SkewedPriorities: When people are getting torn apart by a Werewolf Rose's main concern seems to be more concerned in trying to get Victoria to say she is not amused.
* SilkHidingSteel: Sir Robert's wife is a ProperLady in fashion and gentle demeanor. She also boils up a batch of anti-werewolf brew and personally splashes it on the thing, thereby doing more damage than the guys with their guns.
* ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting: The Doctor asks Rose to help him with a giant telescope as they're being chased by a werewolf. Rose comments that it's hardly the time for stargazing. The Doctor replies, "Yes it is!" and uses the telescope to defeat the werewolf.
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: The Doctor and Rose land in 1879 at a house Queen Victoria will be staying at. Rose is wearing a denim miniskirt and a tight-fitting, low-cut shirt. Throughout the episode, she is described by the others as being naked.
* VerticalKidnapping: "[[TemptingFate And I'm telling you, I'll sleep well tonight with that thing's hide upon my wall.]]" *walks over, looks around* "Must have crawled away to [[KilledMidSentence diAAAARRRRGGGGHHH]]!!!"
* VictorianBritain: With Victoria herself.
* WarriorMonk: A cult of them take over Sir Robert's house with moves out of a {{wuxia}} film.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Directly addressed; when Rose wonders how a creature made up of moonlight can be destroyed by... too much moonlight, the Doctor quickly reminds her that she's made up mostly of water, but can still drown.
* WhoYouGonnaCall:Queen Victoria establishes the Torchwood Institute at the end of this episode because she learned that her empire has enemies beyond other earthly countries.
* YouLookFamiliar: Queen Victoria was last seen on the show [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes sporting a Liverpool accent]] and [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/faceless/six/800/53.html snogging Jamie.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Twice
** Captain Reynold uses a gun to keep the wolf occupied long enough for the queen to take shelter.
** Sir Robert brings out a sword to buy time for The Doctor to set up the Werewolf melter.
----
->''"Lupus magnus est, lupus fortis est, lupus deus est..."''
-->'''Father Angelo''' ("The wolf is great, the wolf is strong, the wolf is a god")
The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in Sheffield, 1979, but they end up in 1879. In UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a mini-dress, but Creator/DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
The Doctor and Rose make a bet whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of a wolf echoes across the moors. Rose is chained up in the cellar with the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... which possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of Great Britain, and therefore THE WORLD!!! [[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]][[/note]]
The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter (did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.
Queen Victoria knights both the Doctor and Rose, and then immediately banishes them for their knowledge of the stars (then being considered heresy) and tells them to "leave [her] world". After they leave, she announces the foundation of the [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Torchwood Institute]]. The Doctor will rue ''this'' day.
----
!Tropes
* AdmiringTheAbomination: The Queen tells the Doctor off for doing this to the werewolf.
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Inverted; British monks generally aren't known for their martial arts skill, and the household staff are completely taken aback when the monks turn on the kung fu.
--> "We will take the house."
--> "By what power? The hand of God?"
--> "No. The fist of man."
* ArtisticLicense: The Koh-I-Noor diamond really exists, it really has a reputed curse on it and it really was re-cut by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. In real life it's not a fist-sized brilliant, though -- it's roughly the size and shape of a flattened plum. (For reference the diamond in {{Snatch}} is 80% as big and shaped similarly.)
** Queen Victoria in reality had very little power, so the Empire of the Wolf plan was rather futile.
*** FridgeBrilliance: Her Prime Minister in 1879, BenjaminDisraeli, had plenty of power. Now, if the queen were a werewolf and bit him, or any other influential members of Parliament, the majority of whom certainly would NOT turn down a summons from Buckingham Palace...
%% BadassGramma is already here as 'never mess with granny'
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Played with at the end. Queen Victoria is injured by what she claims to be a splinter, but the Doctor is concerned it might be a bite from the werewolf. On the way back to the TARDIS, the Doctor and Rose joke about the modern-day Royal Family being werewolves -- given the Doctor's flippancy to what he earlier claimed would be a catastrophe, obviously he doesn't really believe it to be true (and if you watch the werewolf's demise, it doesn't actually get near enough to the Queen to scratch her before getting killed).
** The reference book ''Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons'' makes the suggestion that "Pete's World" split off from the regular universe when Queen Victoria was "killed" (not scratched) by the werewolf.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment. It's justified because the wolf intends to ''possess'' instead of killing her. And instead of allowing itself to be imprisoned, the wolf (or its host, it's not clarified) asks that the Doctor increase the moonlight so it's fully vaporized.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The werewolf's human form. This is why Rose knows that he's not really human.
* CatchPhrase: Throughout the whole episode Rose [[InvokedTrope tries to get Queen Victoria to say "We are not amused"]]. She succeeds.
* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a t-shirt and mini-skirt) is said to be "naked". She'd actually dressed quite appropriately -- if not stylishly -- for the ''intended'' destination. The TARDIS just had other plans that day...
* ContinuityNod:
** The Doctor gives his name as "Dr James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has a "bit of the wolf" and a "bit of the sun" in her; both referencing the end of the previous series where she was 'the bad wolf'.
* EvilPlan: The alien wolf parasite thing wants to create 'the empire of the wolf' on Earth and the monks want to help him/it accomplish it because they worship it instead of {{God}}.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: When Sir Robert is staring down the werewolf armed with nothing but an ornamental sword, he says this line.
-->''I committed treason for you. Now my wife will remember me with HONOR!''
* FingertipDrugAnalysis: The Doctor confirms that the library's walls have been soaked in mistletoe by licking them.
* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of that time era, is said to be naked because she's not wearing a full dress. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this.
* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his Estuary accent into Creator/DavidTennant's own natural Scottish accent in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
** Rose attempts this, and is so bad at it the Doctor's expression is literally pained.
--->'''The Doctor:''' Don't. No, really, ''don't''.
* HappilyMarried: If Sir Roberts was not this trope then he would not have committed treason to keep his wife safe. They kiss several times in this episode and his last thoughts are of her.
* HeroicSacrifice: Both Captain Reynolds and Sir Robert attempt to hold off the Wolf, knowing full well that they don't stand a chance, but doing it anyway to buy the Queen time to escape.
* IHaveYourWife: Why Sir Robert goes along with the monks' EvilPlan.
* LifeWillKillYou: When Victoria mentions the legend that whoever possesses the Koh-i-Noor must surely die, the Doctor points out that the same is true of anything if you wait long enough.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: to Tennyson's poem "In Memoriam A.H.H."
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Lots of people are eaten by the werewolf and all of them are male. It passes over the lady of the house and her servants. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, which was only too happy to punish traitors by death.
* MistakenForGay
-->'''Sir Robert:''' I'm sorry, Ma'am. It's all my fault. I should've sent you away. I tried to suggest something was wrong, I... thought you might notice. Did you think there was nothing strange about my household staff?
-->'''Doctor:''' Well, they were bald, athletic, your wife's away... I just thought you were happy.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Queen Victoria, having already had several attempts on her life, carries a gun.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, on which Victoria pulls him up. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr James McCrimmon=]", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.
* OminousLatinChanting: In-universe. ''Lupus deus est...''
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They're aliens, in fact.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Angelo doesn't think Victoria has it in her to kill him, and derisively calls her "woman".
--> The correct form of address is "your majesty". ''(Bang!)''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When all is said and done (and knighted), Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose for life from Great Britain, chewing them out for thinking that playing with forces that terrify and kill regular people is "fun".
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: The Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties (that we know about).
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: The story takes place here. Why else would The Doctor put on a Scottish accent?
* ShakyPOVCam: This is used for the werewolf chases to give its POV and for the thrills.
* ShoutOut: A couple of references to Creator/RobertBurns' poem ''To A Mouse''.
** At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor tells Victoria's guard that he studied medicine with a Dr Bell at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Bell was one of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's teachers, and is likely the inspiration for Literature/SherlockHolmes.
** He calls Rose a wee timorous beastie: "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!" - Robert Burns "To a Mouse" .
** The Doctor claims to be "from the township of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balamory Balamory]]".
* SkewedPriorities: When people are getting torn apart by a Werewolf Rose's main concern seems to be more concerned in trying to get Victoria to say she is not amused.
* SilkHidingSteel: Sir Robert's wife is a ProperLady in fashion and gentle demeanor. She also boils up a batch of anti-werewolf brew and personally splashes it on the thing, thereby doing more damage than the guys with their guns.
* ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting: The Doctor asks Rose to help him with a giant telescope as they're being chased by a werewolf. Rose comments that it's hardly the time for stargazing. The Doctor replies, "Yes it is!" and uses the telescope to defeat the werewolf.
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: The Doctor and Rose land in 1879 at a house Queen Victoria will be staying at. Rose is wearing a denim miniskirt and a tight-fitting, low-cut shirt. Throughout the episode, she is described by the others as being naked.
* VerticalKidnapping: "[[TemptingFate And I'm telling you, I'll sleep well tonight with that thing's hide upon my wall.]]" *walks over, looks around* "Must have crawled away to [[KilledMidSentence diAAAARRRRGGGGHHH]]!!!"
* VictorianBritain: With Victoria herself.
* WarriorMonk: A cult of them take over Sir Robert's house with moves out of a {{wuxia}} film.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Directly addressed; when Rose wonders how a creature made up of moonlight can be destroyed by... too much moonlight, the Doctor quickly reminds her that she's made up mostly of water, but can still drown.
* WhoYouGonnaCall:Queen Victoria establishes the Torchwood Institute at the end of this episode because she learned that her empire has enemies beyond other earthly countries.
* YouLookFamiliar: Queen Victoria was last seen on the show [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes sporting a Liverpool accent]] and [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/faceless/six/800/53.html snogging Jamie.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Twice
** Captain Reynold uses a gun to keep the wolf occupied long enough for the queen to take shelter.
** Sir Robert brings out a sword to buy time for The Doctor to set up the Werewolf melter.
----
to:
->''"Lupus magnus est, lupus fortis est, lupus deus est..."''
-->'''Father Angelo''' ("The wolf is great, the wolf is strong, the wolf is a god")
The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in Sheffield, 1979, but they end up in 1879. In UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a mini-dress, but Creator/DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
The Doctor and Rose make a bet whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of a wolf echoes across the moors. Rose is chained up in the cellar with the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... which possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of Great Britain, and therefore THE WORLD!!! [[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]][[/note]]
The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter (did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.
Queen Victoria knights both the Doctor and Rose, and then immediately banishes them for their knowledge of the stars (then being considered heresy) and tells them to "leave [her] world". After they leave, she announces the foundation of the [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Torchwood Institute]]. The Doctor will rue ''this'' day.
----
!Tropes
* AdmiringTheAbomination: The Queen tells the Doctor off for doing this to the werewolf.
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Inverted; British monks generally aren't known for their martial arts skill, and the household staff are completely taken aback when the monks turn on the kung fu.
--> "We will take the house."
--> "By what power? The hand of God?"
--> "No. The fist of man."
* ArtisticLicense: The Koh-I-Noor diamond really exists, it really has a reputed curse on it and it really was re-cut by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. In real life it's not a fist-sized brilliant, though -- it's roughly the size and shape of a flattened plum. (For reference the diamond in {{Snatch}} is 80% as big and shaped similarly.)
** Queen Victoria in reality had very little power, so the Empire of the Wolf plan was rather futile.
*** FridgeBrilliance: Her Prime Minister in 1879, BenjaminDisraeli, had plenty of power. Now, if the queen were a werewolf and bit him, or any other influential members of Parliament, the majority of whom certainly would NOT turn down a summons from Buckingham Palace...
%% BadassGramma is already here as 'never mess with granny'
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Played with at the end. Queen Victoria is injured by what she claims to be a splinter, but the Doctor is concerned it might be a bite from the werewolf. On the way back to the TARDIS, the Doctor and Rose joke about the modern-day Royal Family being werewolves -- given the Doctor's flippancy to what he earlier claimed would be a catastrophe, obviously he doesn't really believe it to be true (and if you watch the werewolf's demise, it doesn't actually get near enough to the Queen to scratch her before getting killed).
** The reference book ''Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons'' makes the suggestion that "Pete's World" split off from the regular universe when Queen Victoria was "killed" (not scratched) by the werewolf.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment. It's justified because the wolf intends to ''possess'' instead of killing her. And instead of allowing itself to be imprisoned, the wolf (or its host, it's not clarified) asks that the Doctor increase the moonlight so it's fully vaporized.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The werewolf's human form. This is why Rose knows that he's not really human.
* CatchPhrase: Throughout the whole episode Rose [[InvokedTrope tries to get Queen Victoria to say "We are not amused"]]. She succeeds.
* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a t-shirt and mini-skirt) is said to be "naked". She'd actually dressed quite appropriately -- if not stylishly -- for the ''intended'' destination. The TARDIS just had other plans that day...
* ContinuityNod:
** The Doctor gives his name as "Dr James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has a "bit of the wolf" and a "bit of the sun" in her; both referencing the end of the previous series where she was 'the bad wolf'.
* EvilPlan: The alien wolf parasite thing wants to create 'the empire of the wolf' on Earth and the monks want to help him/it accomplish it because they worship it instead of {{God}}.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: When Sir Robert is staring down the werewolf armed with nothing but an ornamental sword, he says this line.
-->''I committed treason for you. Now my wife will remember me with HONOR!''
* FingertipDrugAnalysis: The Doctor confirms that the library's walls have been soaked in mistletoe by licking them.
* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of that time era, is said to be naked because she's not wearing a full dress. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this.
* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his Estuary accent into Creator/DavidTennant's own natural Scottish accent in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
** Rose attempts this, and is so bad at it the Doctor's expression is literally pained.
--->'''The Doctor:''' Don't. No, really, ''don't''.
* HappilyMarried: If Sir Roberts was not this trope then he would not have committed treason to keep his wife safe. They kiss several times in this episode and his last thoughts are of her.
* HeroicSacrifice: Both Captain Reynolds and Sir Robert attempt to hold off the Wolf, knowing full well that they don't stand a chance, but doing it anyway to buy the Queen time to escape.
* IHaveYourWife: Why Sir Robert goes along with the monks' EvilPlan.
* LifeWillKillYou: When Victoria mentions the legend that whoever possesses the Koh-i-Noor must surely die, the Doctor points out that the same is true of anything if you wait long enough.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: to Tennyson's poem "In Memoriam A.H.H."
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Lots of people are eaten by the werewolf and all of them are male. It passes over the lady of the house and her servants. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, which was only too happy to punish traitors by death.
* MistakenForGay
-->'''Sir Robert:''' I'm sorry, Ma'am. It's all my fault. I should've sent you away. I tried to suggest something was wrong, I... thought you might notice. Did you think there was nothing strange about my household staff?
-->'''Doctor:''' Well, they were bald, athletic, your wife's away... I just thought you were happy.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Queen Victoria, having already had several attempts on her life, carries a gun.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, on which Victoria pulls him up. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr James McCrimmon=]", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.
* OminousLatinChanting: In-universe. ''Lupus deus est...''
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They're aliens, in fact.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Angelo doesn't think Victoria has it in her to kill him, and derisively calls her "woman".
--> The correct form of address is "your majesty". ''(Bang!)''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When all is said and done (and knighted), Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose for life from Great Britain, chewing them out for thinking that playing with forces that terrify and kill regular people is "fun".
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: The Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties (that we know about).
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: The story takes place here. Why else would The Doctor put on a Scottish accent?
* ShakyPOVCam: This is used for the werewolf chases to give its POV and for the thrills.
* ShoutOut: A couple of references to Creator/RobertBurns' poem ''To A Mouse''.
** At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor tells Victoria's guard that he studied medicine with a Dr Bell at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Bell was one of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's teachers, and is likely the inspiration for Literature/SherlockHolmes.
** He calls Rose a wee timorous beastie: "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!" - Robert Burns "To a Mouse" .
** The Doctor claims to be "from the township of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balamory Balamory]]".
* SkewedPriorities: When people are getting torn apart by a Werewolf Rose's main concern seems to be more concerned in trying to get Victoria to say she is not amused.
* SilkHidingSteel: Sir Robert's wife is a ProperLady in fashion and gentle demeanor. She also boils up a batch of anti-werewolf brew and personally splashes it on the thing, thereby doing more damage than the guys with their guns.
* ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting: The Doctor asks Rose to help him with a giant telescope as they're being chased by a werewolf. Rose comments that it's hardly the time for stargazing. The Doctor replies, "Yes it is!" and uses the telescope to defeat the werewolf.
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: The Doctor and Rose land in 1879 at a house Queen Victoria will be staying at. Rose is wearing a denim miniskirt and a tight-fitting, low-cut shirt. Throughout the episode, she is described by the others as being naked.
* VerticalKidnapping: "[[TemptingFate And I'm telling you, I'll sleep well tonight with that thing's hide upon my wall.]]" *walks over, looks around* "Must have crawled away to [[KilledMidSentence diAAAARRRRGGGGHHH]]!!!"
* VictorianBritain: With Victoria herself.
* WarriorMonk: A cult of them take over Sir Robert's house with moves out of a {{wuxia}} film.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Directly addressed; when Rose wonders how a creature made up of moonlight can be destroyed by... too much moonlight, the Doctor quickly reminds her that she's made up mostly of water, but can still drown.
* WhoYouGonnaCall:Queen Victoria establishes the Torchwood Institute at the end of this episode because she learned that her empire has enemies beyond other earthly countries.
* YouLookFamiliar: Queen Victoria was last seen on the show [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes sporting a Liverpool accent]] and [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/faceless/six/800/53.html snogging Jamie.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Twice
** Captain Reynold uses a gun to keep the wolf occupied long enough for the queen to take shelter.
** Sir Robert brings out a sword to buy time for The Doctor to set up the Werewolf melter.
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*** FridgeBrilliance: Her Prime Minister in 1876, BenjaminDisraeli, had plenty of power. Now, if the queen were a werewolf and bit him, or any other influential members of Parliament, the majority of whom certainly would NOT turn down a summons from Buckingham Palace...
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*** FridgeBrilliance: Her Prime Minister in 1876, 1879, BenjaminDisraeli, had plenty of power. Now, if the queen were a werewolf and bit him, or any other influential members of Parliament, the majority of whom certainly would NOT turn down a summons from Buckingham Palace...
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*** FridgeBrilliance: Her Prime Minister in 1876, BenjaminDisraeli, had plenty of power. Now, if the queen were a werewolf and bit him...him, or any other influential members of Parliament...Parliament, the majority of whom certainly NOT turn down a summons from Buckingham Palace...
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** Queen Victoria in reality had very little power, so the Empire of the Wolf plan was rather futile.
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** At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor tells Victoria's guard that he studied medicine with a Dr Bell at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Bell was one of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's teachers, and is likely the inspiration for [[SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]].Literature/SherlockHolmes.
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The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter (Did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.
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The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter (Did (did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment. It's justified because the wolf intends to ''possess'' instead of killing her.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment. It's justified because the wolf intends to ''possess'' instead of killing her. And instead of allowing itself to be imprisoned, the wolf (or its host, it's not clarified) asks that the Doctor increase the moonlight so it's fully vaporized.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When all is said and done (and knighted), Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose for life from Great Britain, chewing them out for cavorting with "magic" beyond anyone's comprehension as a means of "fun".
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When all is said and done (and knighted), Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose for life from Great Britain, chewing them out for cavorting thinking that playing with "magic" beyond anyone's comprehension as a means of forces that terrify and kill regular people is "fun".
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The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that -- again with the good fortune -- is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter. Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.
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The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that -- again with the good fortune -- is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter.werewolf-melter (Did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.
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** A common bit of {{Fanon}} is that the alternative history as seen in the Cybermen two-parter later in the season came about because Victoria ''was'' scratched. The reference book ''Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons'' makes the suggestion that "Pete's World" split off from the regular universe when Queen Victoria was "killed" (not scratched) by the werewolf.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The werewolf's human form.
* CatchPhrase: Throughout the whole episode Rose tries to get Queen Victoria to say "We are not amused". She succeeds.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The werewolf's human form.
* CatchPhrase: Throughout the whole episode Rose tries to get Queen Victoria to say "We are not amused". She succeeds.
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** A common bit of {{Fanon}} is that the alternative history as seen in the Cybermen two-parter later in the season came about because Victoria ''was'' scratched. The reference book ''Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons'' makes the suggestion that "Pete's World" split off from the regular universe when Queen Victoria was "killed" (not scratched) by the werewolf.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses thissentiment.
sentiment. It's justified because the wolf intends to ''possess'' instead of killing her.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The werewolf's humanform.
form. This is why Rose knows that he's not really human.
* CatchPhrase: Throughout the whole episode Rose [[InvokedTrope tries to get Queen Victoria to say "We are notamused".amused"]]. She succeeds.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this
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* ContinuityNod: The Doctor gives his name as "Dr James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has a "bit of the wolf" and a "bit of the sun" in her; both referencing the end of the previous series.
* FingertipDrugAnalysis
* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of that time era. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this.
** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has a "bit of the wolf" and a "bit of the sun" in her; both referencing the end of the previous series.
* FingertipDrugAnalysis
* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of that time era. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this.
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* ContinuityNod: The ContinuityNod:
**The Doctor gives his name as "Dr James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has a "bit of the wolf" and a "bit of the sun" in her; both referencing the end of the previousseries.
series where she was 'the bad wolf'.
*EvilPlan: The alien wolf parasite thing wants to create 'the empire of the wolf' on Earth and the monks want to help him/it accomplish it because they worship it instead of {{God}}.
*FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: When Sir Robert is staring down the werewolf armed with nothing but an ornamental sword, he says this line.
-->''I committed treason for you. Now my wife will remember me with HONOR!''
*FingertipDrugAnalysis
FingertipDrugAnalysis: The Doctor confirms that the library's walls have been soaked in mistletoe by licking them.
* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of that timeera.era, is said to be naked because she's not wearing a full dress. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this.
**The Doctor gives his name as "Dr James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has a "bit of the wolf" and a "bit of the sun" in her; both referencing the end of the previous
*EvilPlan: The alien wolf parasite thing wants to create 'the empire of the wolf' on Earth and the monks want to help him/it accomplish it because they worship it instead of {{God}}.
*FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: When Sir Robert is staring down the werewolf armed with nothing but an ornamental sword, he says this line.
-->''I committed treason for you. Now my wife will remember me with HONOR!''
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* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of that time
*HappilyMarried: If Sir Roberts was not this trope then he would not have committed treason to keep his wife safe. They kiss several times in this episode and his last thoughts are of her.
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* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Every male character except for the Doctor is killed in this episode. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, which was only too happy to punish traitors by death.
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* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Every male character except for Lots of people are eaten by the Doctor is killed in this episode.werewolf and all of them are male. It passes over the lady of the house and her servants. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, which was only too happy to punish traitors by death.
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* ShoutOut: a couple of references to Creator/RobertBurns' poem ''To A Mouse''.
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UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: The story takes place here. Why else would The Doctor put on a Scottish accent?
*ShakyPOVCam
ShakyPOVCam: This is used for the werewolf chases to give its POV and for the thrills.
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VictorianBritain: With Victoria herself.
*WarriorMonkWarriorMonk: A cult of them take over Sir Robert's house with moves out of a {{wuxia}} film.
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* YouShallNotPass
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**Captain Reynold uses a gun to keep the wolf occupied long enough for the queen to take shelter.
**Sir Robert brings out a sword to buy time for The Doctor to set up the Werewolf melter.
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**Sir Robert brings out a sword to buy time for The Doctor to set up the Werewolf melter.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To the Doctor and Rose, delivered by no less than Queen Victoria!
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Directly addressed; when Rose wonders how a creature made up of moonlight can be destroyed by... too much moonlight, the Doctor quickly reminds her that she's made up mostly of water, but can still drown.
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The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in Sheffield, 1979, but they end up in 1879. In UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a mini-dress, but DavidTennant Creator/DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
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* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: The Doctor and Rose landing in 1879 at a house Queen Victoria will be staying at. Rose is wearing a denim miniskirt and a tight-fitting, low-cut shirt. Throughout the episode, she is described by the others as being naked.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Features not one, not two but THREE GameOfThrones actors: Pyat Pree, Ser Rodrik and Jory.
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The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in 1979, but they end up in 1879. In UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a minidress, but DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
The Doctor and Rose make a bet whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of a werewolf echoes across the moors. Rose is drugged and chained up in the cellar with the rest of the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... which possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of Great Britain, and therefore THE WORLD!!! [[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]][[/note]]
The Doctor and Rose make a bet whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of a werewolf echoes across the moors. Rose is drugged and chained up in the cellar with the rest of the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... which possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of Great Britain, and therefore THE WORLD!!! [[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]][[/note]]
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The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in Sheffield, 1979, but they end up in 1879. In UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a minidress, mini-dress, but DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
The Doctor and Rose make a bet whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of awerewolf wolf echoes across the moors. Rose is drugged and chained up in the cellar with the rest of the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... which possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of Great Britain, and therefore THE WORLD!!! [[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]][[/note]]
The Doctor and Rose make a bet whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of a
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: Victoria calls the Doctor out for doing this.
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* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Inverted; British monks generally aren't known for their martial arts skill, and the household staff are completely taken aback when the monks turn on the Kung Fu.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: Victoria calls The Queen tells the Doctor out off for doing this.
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* ArtisticLicense: The Koh-I-Noor diamond really exists, it really has a reputed curse on it and it really was re-cut by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. In real life it's not a fist-sized brilliant, though - -- it's roughly the size and shape of a flattened plum. (For reference the diamond in {{Snatch}} is 80% as big and shaped similarly.)
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* ContinuityNod: The Doctor gives his name as "Dr. "Dr James [=McCrimmon=]", the full name of Jamie, companion to the Second Doctor.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: "Timorous Beastie", anyone?
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Features not one, not two, but THREE GameOfThrones actors: Pyat Pree, Ser Rodrik and Jory.
* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his Estuarian accent into DavidTennant's own natural Scottish accent in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his Estuarian accent into DavidTennant's own natural Scottish accent in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Features not one, not two, two but THREE GameOfThrones actors: Pyat Pree, Ser Rodrik and Jory.
* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from hisEstuarian Estuary accent into DavidTennant's own natural Scottish accent in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, on which Victoria pulls him up. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. James McCrimmon=]", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, on which Victoria pulls him up. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. "[=Dr James McCrimmon=]", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To The Doctor and Rose, delivered by no less than Queen Victoria!
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To The the Doctor and Rose, delivered by no less than Queen Victoria!
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** He calls Rose a wee timorous beastie
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*** "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,O, what a panic's in thy breastie!" - Robert Burns "to a mouse."
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** He calls Rose a wee timorous beastie
***beastie: "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,O, beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!" - Robert Burns "to "To a mouse."
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* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] The Doctor briefly affects a Scottish accent (actor DavidTennant's own) in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
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* [[Main/HowsYourBritishAccent How's Your Scottish Accent?]] The When the Doctor briefly affects a Scottish and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his Estuarian accent (actor into DavidTennant's own) own natural Scottish accent in an attempt to pose as a Scot.
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--->'''Doctor:''' Don't. No, really, ''don't''.
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* CatchPhrase: Throughout the whole episode Rose tries to get Queen Victoria to say, "We are not amused." [[spoiler:She succeeds.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To The Doctor and Rose, delivered by no less than Queen Victoria!
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The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in 1979, but they end up in 1879. In [[BonnieScotland Scotland]]. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a minidress, but DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
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The Doctor and Rose were planning on finding themselves in 1979, but they end up in 1879. In [[BonnieScotland Scotland]].UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a minidress, but DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].
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** He calls Rose a wee timorous beastie
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*** "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,O, what a panic's in thy breastie!" - Robert Burns "to a mouse."
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*** She takes a turn through Canada with said accent.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, which Victoria calls him out on. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. James McCrimmon=]", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, on which Victoria calls pulls him out on.up. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. James McCrimmon=]", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.
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** A common bit of {{Fanon}} is that the alternative history as seen in the Cybermen two-parter later in the season came about because Victoria ''was'' scratched.
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** A common bit of {{Fanon}} is that the alternative history as seen in the Cybermen two-parter later in the season came about because Victoria ''was'' scratched. The reference book ''Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons'' makes the suggestion that "Pete's World" split off from the regular universe when Queen Victoria was "killed" (not scratched) by the werewolf.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: 'Timorous Beastie', anyone?
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* EmbarrassingNickname: 'Timorous Beastie', "Timorous Beastie", anyone?
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, which Victoria eventually calls him out on. The story makes a strangely big deal out of the Doctor being able to easily change his accent though, considering it's widely accepted that you need to be able to pull off at least half a dozen different regional accents if you want to have any hope of becoming an actor in the UK, and therefore a much more common skill than the story would have us believe (although it may not have been that common during this particular time period).
** Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. James McCrimmon=]", at least part of Victoria's discomfort is the realization that the Doctor, in letting his accent slip, is ''obviously not who he claimed to be''. Actors usually have to pull off a number of regional accents; doctors generally ''don't''.
** Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. James McCrimmon=]", at least part of Victoria's discomfort is the realization that the Doctor, in letting his accent slip, is ''obviously not who he claimed to be''. Actors usually have to pull off a number of regional accents; doctors generally ''don't''.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, which Victoria eventually calls him out on. The story makes a strangely big deal out of the Doctor being able to easily change his accent though, considering it's widely accepted that you need to be able to pull off at least half a dozen different regional accents if you want to have any hope of becoming an actor in the UK, and therefore a much more common skill than the story would have us believe (although it may not have been that common during this particular time period).
**Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. James McCrimmon=]", at least part of Victoria's discomfort is the realization that the Doctor, in letting his accent slip, is ''obviously he's obviously not who he claimed to be''. Actors usually have to pull off a number of regional accents; doctors generally ''don't''.be.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: Angelo doesn't think Victoria has it in her to kill him, and derisively calls her 'woman'.
--> "The correct form of address is "your majesty"." ''(Bang!)''
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: the Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties (that we know about).
--> "The correct form of address is "your majesty"." ''(Bang!)''
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: the Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties (that we know about).
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* PreMortemOneLiner: Angelo doesn't think Victoria has it in her to kill him, and derisively calls her 'woman'.
"woman".
-->"The The correct form of address is "your majesty"." majesty". ''(Bang!)''
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia:the The Koh-i-Noor diamond is an actual Crown Jewel of Britain, though without any werewolf-melting properties (that we know about).
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