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** Captain [=McDonnell=] kills the sun-possessed Ashton by shoving him in the stasis pod and setting it to -273°C -- otherwise known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/en/wiki/Absolute_zero absolute zero]], the coldest temperature it's possible to physically reach.

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** Captain [=McDonnell=] kills the sun-possessed Ashton by shoving him in the stasis pod and setting it to -273°C -- otherwise known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/en/wiki/Absolute_zero org/wiki/Absolute_zero absolute zero]], the coldest temperature it's possible to physically reach.

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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Tenth Doctor Era'''\\
'''Series 3:''' [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride CS]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones 1]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode 2]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E4DaleksInManhattan 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment 6]] | '''7''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature 8]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood 9]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink 10]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia 11]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums 12]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords 13]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion <<< Series 2]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned Series 4 >>>]]''']]-]]]
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->Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall\\
Directed by Creator/GraemeHarper\\
'''Production code:''' 3.7\\
'''Air date:''' 19 May 2007



'''Original air date:''' May 19, 2007

'''Production code:''' 3.7




Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.
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* GirlOfTheWeek: Martha gets a male version in Riley, and gives him a kiss before [[ButNowIMustGo she leaves.]]


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* SpaceIsNoisy: Averted; when Martha and Riley are ejected in the escape pod, the soundtrack goes deadly silent.
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* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics. A living sun probably falls under AcceptableBreaksFromReality due to RuleOfCool. However the body-mass of those possessed by it are stated to convert to blazing hydrogen to match it, and that's exactly the ''opposite'' of what a sun does. Stars are mass in fusion, not fission. So they're decaying into a lighter element in order to... fuse into higher elements?

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* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics. A living sun probably falls under AcceptableBreaksFromReality due to RuleOfCool. However the body-mass of those when characters get possessed by it are said living sun, their body-mass is stated to convert to blazing hydrogen to match it, and that's exactly the ''opposite'' of what a sun does. Stars are mass in fusion, not fission. So they're decaying into a lighter element in order to... fuse into higher elements? mimic a process of creating heavier elements?
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* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics. A living sun probably falls under AcceptableBreaksFromReality due to RuleOfCool. However the body-mass of those possessed by it are stated to convert to blazing hydrogen to match it, and that's exactly the ''opposite'' of what a sun does. Stars are mass in fusion, not fission. So they're decaying into a lighter element in order to... fuse into higher elements?
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->''"Burn with me."''

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->''"Burn ->''[[AC:"Burn with me."''
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[[caption-width-right:350:A.k.a. "[[Music/TheBeatles Here Comes the Sun]]"]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:A.k.a. "[[Music/TheBeatles [[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/TheBeatles Here Comes comes the Sun]]"]]
sun.]]]]


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'''Production code:''' 3.7
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The one that is self-aware of the episode runtime.

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The one JustForFun/{{The one|With}} that is self-aware of the episode runtime.
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* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Inverted. Only male crew members survive the episode.

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* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Inverted. Only male The two crew members who survive the episode.episode are both male.
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'''Original air date:''' May 19, 2007
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* BigBad: The Torajii sun, although it's rather BlueAndOrangeMorality: It isn't killing the crew out of malice, it's trying to force them to return the part of it they stole.
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** "''Burn with me...''" triggers this in everyone and it's dialled UpToEleven near the end with ''"Burn with me, Martha..."''

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** "''Burn with me...''" triggers this in everyone and it's dialled UpToEleven up to eleven near the end with ''"Burn with me, Martha..."''
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** Mr. Saxon sent people to listen to Martha's mother's phone.

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** Mr. Saxon sent people to listen to Martha's mother's phone. The woman's computer used for said surveillance has an Archangel Network symbol on its back.
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dewicking Famous Last Words per TRS


* FamousLastWords: "Please, kill me now." (courtesy of Erina)
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* RamScoop: The ''Pentallian'' uses these for propulsion but the technology is outdated and, according to the Doctor, outlawed by the time the episode is set.
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* GettingHotInHere: At the start of the episode, Martha is wearing a black cardigan which she immediately takes off upon arriving in the Pentallian's stiflingly hot vent chamber.
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* AllThereInTheManual: On 12 May 2007, Creator/TheBBC website published a text-based "exclusive prologue" to the episode. Written by Joseph Lidster, it details the reactions of one of the characters, Erina Lissak, a recent addition to the crew of the Pentallian, as the ship's engines stop, a countdown to impact begins, and she unexpectedly meets the Doctor and Martha.
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%%* TheHeartless: The sun

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%%* * TheHeartless: The sunsun was essentially turned into this by the humans who used part of it for fuel, driving it insane.
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the puzzle doesn't need to be fair because in theory only the person who set it needs to know the answer


* WritersCannotDoMath: Averted with the "What's the next number in the sequence?" puzzle — happy primes are a thing, as mentioned in ShownTheirWork above. But also invoked, as there are simpler solutions to this puzzle (421 if the differences between the numbers go up by 18 each time and 439 if the differences double each time), and with this kind of puzzle, the right solution should always be the simplest one, or else the puzzle is no longer fair.

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* WritersCannotDoMath: Averted with the "What's the next number in the sequence?" puzzle — happy primes are a thing, as mentioned in ShownTheirWork above. But also invoked, as there are simpler solutions to this puzzle (421 if the differences between the numbers go up by 18 each time and 439 if the differences double each time), and with this kind of puzzle, the right solution should always be the simplest one, or else the puzzle is no longer fair.
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--> '''The Doctor:''' It's alive...it's ''alive''. ''It's alive!''
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* FireballEyeballs: Those possessed by the sun appear to have literal stars for eyes, bright enough to kill.
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** Captain [=McDonnell=] kills the sun-possessed Ashton by shoving him in the stasis pod and setting it to -273°C, otherwise known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/en/wiki/Absolute_zero absolute zero]], the coldest temperature it's possible to physically reach.

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** Captain [=McDonnell=] kills the sun-possessed Ashton by shoving him in the stasis pod and setting it to -273°C, -273°C — otherwise known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/en/wiki/Absolute_zero absolute zero]], the coldest temperature it's possible to physically reach.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: 42 minutes until they crash into the sun.
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-->"Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating it until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin both happy and prime]]. Now ''type it in!''"
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* LastNameBasis: [=McDonnell=], Korwin and Scannell are primarily referred to by their surnames. Their respective first names are Kath, Hal and Orin.

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* LastNameBasis: [=McDonnell=], Korwin Korwin, Ashton and Scannell are primarily referred to by their surnames. Their respective first names are Kath, Hal Hal, Dev and Orin.

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* {{Homage}}: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil A sentient celestial body has its substance stolen for use as fuel. In revenge, it possesses the thieves, giving them Glowing Eyes of Doom, and makes them kill others. It also starts drawing the ship towards it. The only way to avoid a collision is to jettison all the stolen material.]]


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* InternalHomage: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil A sentient celestial body has its substance stolen for use as fuel. In revenge, it possesses the thieves, giving them Glowing Eyes of Doom, and makes them kill others. It also starts drawing the ship towards it. The only way to avoid a collision is to jettison all the stolen material.]]
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* LightIsNotGood: A vengeful sentient star trying to kill everyone on the ship.
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* FamousLastWords: "Kill me now." (courtesy of Erina)

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* FamousLastWords: "Kill "Please, kill me now." (courtesy of Erina)

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