History Recap / DoctorWhoS33E03ATownCalledMercy

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-> ''Today, I honour the victims first. His, [[CallBack the Master's, the Daleks',]] all the people who have died because of '''''MY''''' '''MERCY!'''''
-->-- '''The Doctor'''

-> Written by Toby Whithouse

The Doctor, Amy and Rory [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E8TheGunfighters walk into the middle of a Western town and say they've come from outer space]]. As soon as the Doctor introduces himself, the townsfolk grab him, drag him to the outskirts of the town and offer him to a {{Steampunk}} {{Cyborg}} named the Gunslinger. Isaac, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure the marshal]], intervenes and scolds the townsfolk for going against what they already know: the alien doctor that the Gunslinger is most likely looking for is a wholly different man, safely locked up in the marshal's cell.

This (equally {{Steampunk}}) crash-landed alien, a gentleman scientist named Kahler-Jex, arrived in the town a while ago and had [[GoingNative already settled in quite well]]. Isaac happily acts as his friend and protector. Mercy is a town of second chances, where people have renounced hatred, xenophobia and mob mentality. Jex befriended the townsfolk and even provided the town with electricity -- albeit 10 years before its invention on Earth -- from his crashed ship. But with the Gunslinger now preventing people from entering and leaving the town, it'll only be a short matter of time before everyone starves.

The Doctor thinks this is going to be a pretty straightforward adventure: distract the Gunslinger, evacuate the townsfolk into the TARDIS, fix the crashed ship and celebrate afterwards. He befriends a horse named Susan and goes off to investigate. However, the Gunslinger turns out to be a very GentleGiant whose programming blocks him from killing innocents unless it's absolutely necessary. Meaning that Kahler-Jex is not exactly innocent at all. In fact, Jex is a war criminal, a scientist who turned innocents into Cyborgs against their will and used them to commit genocide in an interstellar war. The Doctor rushes back to town and goes into a violent rage against Jex, knowing full well that he's NotSoDifferent himself. They both have commited genocide in the name of ending a war ([[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor though in the Doctor's case, he only thinks he did]]), and they've both killed people directly to save the lives of others. All the Gunslinger wants is revenge for having his life taken away from him. The Doctor, furious, literally throws Jex in front of the Gunslinger and, when that isn't quick enough, [[BatmanGrabsAGun pulls a gun]] and debates whether or not to put a bullet through Jex's head on the spot. [[MoralityChain Amy brings him back to reality]]. As the Doctor has a little bit of a HeroicBSOD, the Gunslinger fires and Isaac makes a HeroicSacrifice to catch the blast. He dies in the Doctor's arms and hands him the marshal's star.

Back in his cell, Jex bitterly calls the Doctor out on his frustration at Jex not being a clear-cut villain. Jex is a genuinely nice person who just wanted to save his people and end the war, and his religious beliefs are that he'll have to carry the full burden of his actions after death (quite literally). Meanwhile, the townsfolk have formed a frightened mob and have gathered outside the sheriff's office to get Jex... using force, if they have to. They just want to protect the town's children and stop living in fear. The Doctor brings ''them'' back to reality with much the same arguments Amy used on him earlier that day, and tells them that he'll do everything he can to prevent them from having to live as murderers.

In the end, the Doctor stages a distraction and allows Jex to escape into the desert. Jex knows that the Gunslinger will follow him no matter where he goes, and since he doesn't want the lives of more innocent townspeople on ''any'' planet on his conscience, he commits HeroicSuicide. The Gunslinger, realising that he's still an immortal monster and that he can never go back home to his normal life again, heads off to do much the same. However, the Doctor convinces him to stay in the desert as the town's marshal and protector.

Once again, Amy and Rory decide to take a break from the Doctor for a while, and they head back home.
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!!This episode provides examples of:

* AlasPoorVillain: InUniverse, the Gunslinger acknowledges that Kahler-Jex behaved very honourably at the end of his life.
* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: Oddly not mentioned by name but likely the war referred to in the episode.
* AmericanDream: The land of second chances.
* AnachronismStew: The Doctor finds the electric lights anachronistically advanced.
** Rory apparently left his phone charger in Henry VIII's en suite.
* AntiVillain: The Gunslinger and Jex, in their own ways. The Gunslinger just wants revenge on the people who made him a monster. Jex, meanwhile, only committed such horrific acts [[NecessarilyEvil to save his people from an even more horrific war]].
** TheGunslinger in particular implies a concern that Jex may return to form.
* ArmCannon: The Gunslinger.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Averted; when inexperienced shooter Amy waves around the revolver she's holding, it discharges twice within ten seconds. Also played straight, as the gun Amy uses is a single action revolver, so she would have had to re-cock the hammer every time she fired. You'd have thought she'd catch on...
* AsYouKnow: Isaac tells Rory the details of their plan to distract the Gunslinger so the Doctor can get the TARDIS and save the day.
--> '''Isaac''': We wait here until the Doctor comes to pick us up in your ship.
--> '''Rory''': Yes. I know. I was there when we agreed it.
--> '''Isaac''': Yeah. I said that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall more for my benefit than yours]].
* TheAtoner: Jex is helping the people of the town as a way to atone for creating the Gunslinger. The Gunslinger himself decides to become Mercy's protector, once his purpose is fulfilled.
** The Kahler religion actually has this as a core belief, where before they can enter the afterlife, they have to climb a mountain, carrying the souls of those they have wronged in their life.
-->'''Kahler-Jex:''' Do you think I am unaffected by what I did? That I don't hear them screaming every time I close my eyes? It would be so much simpler if I was just one thing, wouldn't it? The mad scientist who made that killing machine or the physician who dedicated his life to serving this town. The fact that I am both bewilders you. \\
'''The Doctor:''' Oh I know exactly what you are. And I see this reformation for what it truly is. You committed an atrocity and chose this as your punishment. Don't get me wrong, good choice —- civilised hours, lots of adulation, nice weather but, ''but'' it doesn't work like that! You don't get to decide when and how your debt is paid!
* BaitAndSwitch: This is the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E02DinosaursOnASpaceship second episode in series 7]] where it looks like the villain has been looking for the Doctor, only for it to turn out that they don't know him at all.
** The episode also opens with a monologue about a "guardian angel who fell from the stars". It turns out to be the Gunslinger, not the Doctor.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: What made it even more surprising is that the Doctor was ''quick'' to resort to threatening with a revolver ''much sooner'' than expected.
* BerserkButton: Kahler-Jex pushes the Doctor's, by playing up how he was forced to maim and kill hundreds to end his war, much like the Doctor, who eradicated his entire civilisation and countless others to end the [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Time War]].
** And just to twist the knife even further, it's extremely likely Jex did this ''unintentionally''.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Played with; Jex chooses to commit suicide because he doesn't want the Gunslinger to have any more deaths on his conscience.
* BlackComedy: This episode has a couple of examples, the JugglingLoadedGuns gag coming mere seconds after The Doctor threatened to murder a man in cold blood being the most obvious. The undertaker who can't help but measure The Doctor up for his wares even after giving him a motivational speech also qualifies.
* BlackVikings: Set just after the American Civil War, the local preacher being black is possible, but unlikely.
** Though it may be a shout-out to 'This town was named Mercy for a reason'.
* CallBack: The Doctor references a number of reoccurring enemies during his mid-episode rant.
-->'''Doctor''': Today, I honour the victims first. His, the Master's, the Daleks', all the people who have died because of '''MY MERCY!'''
** Also quite a few similarities to the First Doctor episode "The Gunfighters", including the Doctor being mistaken for ''another'' Doctor and immediately arrested because of it.
* ChekhovsGun: The self-destruct program on Jex's ship.
* ChewingTheScenery: Creator/MattSmith takes a few very large bites.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Doctor''': He shoots people's hats!?!
-->'''Amy''': [[DeadpanSnarker I think it was a warning shot.]]
* ContinuityNod:
** The Doctor once again mentions his [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E02DinosaursOnASpaceship Christmas List]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut "Yes. I wear a Stetson now."]]
** The [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E13ThePartingOfTheWays "five billion languages"]] the Doctor can speak includes not [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar only]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E12ClosingTime baby]], but also horse.
** The Doctor once again [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E6TheDoctorsDaughter wields]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E17E18TheEndOfTime a revolver]].
** The Doctor prefers Daleks to [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E10Midnight a group of scared humans]].
* CoolHat: The Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut once]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong again]] sports a Stetson in this episode.
* CouchGag: The Doctor Who logo in the opening sequence is textured with bullet-riddled wood panels.
* CowboyEpisode
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of westerns themselves. The local townsfolk are perfectly normal people instead of Western stereotypes. The barmaid isn't glamorous or raunchy, she's just a woman. The local minister isn't a Bible-thumper, just a sweet man. The marshal wants to help his friends, the town's young hotshot just wants to protect the town's kids. Even the angry mob turns out to be a group of frightened people who are willing to listen to reason.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kahler-Jex.
* {{Eagleland}}: America is the land of second chances, where people [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety actually know how to handle guns.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Gunslinger, to the people of Mercy. Subverted when Jex recognizes him as Kahler-Tek.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The Gunslinger. Subverted, as he isn't actually evil.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Kahler-Jex's justification for his crimes is that he saved millions at the cost of a few. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath At the end he simply realises he's one of those few]].
* FlashStep: One of the Gunslinger's powers. He uses it to quickly cover distance without breaking his slow, menacing stride.
* {{Foil}}: Kahler Jex for the Doctor. Especially since both committed horrific acts to finally end a bloody and increasingly pointless war.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "[[PreMortemOneLiner Make peace with your gods.]]" It's Jex's perceived inability to do this and fear of the afterlife that keeps him running from the Gunslinger.
* FramingDevice: The episode starts and ends with a woman narrating how her great-grandmother (the little girl seen at certain points in the episode) witnessed the events of the story, and how the Gunslinger came to be the town's sheriff, often thought by outsiders to be a tall tale.
* FromACertainPointOfView: The Kahler scientists recruited volunteers by claiming that they would make them into the ''perfect'' soldiers. They just didn't specify the ''[[{{Cyborg}} type]]'' of soldiers the volunteers ''[[SuperSoldier thought]]'' they meant.
* FunnyAneurysm: The Gunslinger, Kahler-Tek is a cyborg of the same species, the Kahler, as Jex, and so is literally ''Kahler'' ''tech''nology.
* GenderBlenderName: The horse isn't called Joshua, he's called Susan and [[{{Transsexual}} he wants you to respect his life choices]].
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Invoked by Jex himself, accusing the Doctor of not being able to handle the fact that he is not just a CardCarryingVillain.
-->'''Kahler Jex:''' It would be so much simpler if I was just one thing, wouldn't it? The mad scientist who made that killing machine, or the physician who has dedicated his life to serving this town. The fact that I'm ''both'' bewilders you!
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Isaac, who takes a shot meant for Jex.
** Jex activates the self-destruct on his spacecraft, and allows himself to be blown up so that no-one else dies in the crossfire of his conflict with the Gunslinger.
* HollywoodCyborg: The Gunslinger, who actually looks half-man and half-machine, with an ArmCannon and a robotic EyepatchOfPower balanced out by a more human hand and eye.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The Doctor seems to think this after one of the town's attempts to throw Kahler-Jex out. He may just be having a nasty reminder of being stuck with a similar [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E10Midnight group of frightened humans.]]
-->'''The Doctor:''' Frightened people. Give me a Dalek any day.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo / WellIntentionedExtremist: Kahler-Jex created the Gunslinger as part of a legion of cyborgs to save his people from a war.
* ImStandingRightHere:
-->'''Amy''': Look, Jex may be a criminal, and yeah, kinda creepy --
-->'''Kahler-Jex''': And still in the room.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: In-universe. The thought of Amy deliberately hurting the Doctor is so ridiculous that when she points a gun at him, he starts laughing. He's right, of course.
* MadDoctor: Subverted. Jex turned many people into cyborgs and killed several others in the process, but he feels guilt about it and has been trying to atone ever since.
* MeaningfulName: The town of Mercy. The morality question that drives the episode is how much mercy Kahler-Jex deserves, and the town provided it to him. It also ties into the page-quote.
* MoralityChain: Amy notes that the Doctor tends to slip in his morals without companions to help ground him, which isn't the first time that notion has been brought up.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The first hint of the Gunslinger's real personality is his refusal to endanger an innocent person. He still sticks to this -- or, at least, WouldntHurtAChild -- after Isaac takes the shot he meant for Jex.
** The DOCTOR HIMSELF, of all people, nearly subverts this when he actually points the gun at the other people in the city once the Sheriff tries to stop him from pointing said gun at Jex.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Gunslinging Cowboy Cyborg.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: The Gunslinger believes he had no place in the world once his war was over. The Doctor convinces him otherwise.
-->'''Gunslinger''': I'm a creature of war. I have no role to play during peace.\\
'''The Doctor''': Except maybe to protect it.
* NoodleIncident:
** Apparently, Rory once left his phone charger in Henry VIII's en suite.
** The Doctor promises to show Rory and Amy what ''really'' happened to all the dogs and monkeys that were sent into space.
* NotSoDifferent:
** Jex comments he and the Doctor are quite similar, as he can see the same rage and guilt that haunts him in the Time Lord.
** Later he also compares himself to the Gunslinger, another ordinary man who became a monster in order to save a world ravaged by war. This is how he justifies his HeroicSacrifice.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After getting one too many whacks to the BerserkButton the Doctor ends up dragging Kahler-Jex out of Mercy and leaving him for the Gunslinger. When Jex tries to get back, [[BatmanGrabsAGun the Doctor pulls a gun and threatens to shoot him.]]
* PlanetOfHats: The Kahler are apparently known for being excellent engineers.
* RecklessGunUsage: Amy waves her revolver around and accidentally fires it twice, causing everyone to duck.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Kahler-Jex pretty much HAS to die in order to save the town, since otherwise the Gunslinger will kill all the citizens of Mercy. But even before he dies, after Isaac saved his life, his last conversation with the Doctor shows he recognises the depth of his atrocities against the rest of the Kahler race.
* RubberForeheadAliens: The only obvious difference between Kahler and humans is the markings on the left side of a Kahler's face. The Doctor exploits this by painting Kahler Jex's marking onto the face of several townspeople, confusing the Gunslinger's auto-targetting program.
* SenselessSacrifice: Isaac sacrifices himself to save Jex... who commits suicide anyway. All it achieves is letting him go on his own terms.
* ShoutOut
** The cyborg Gunslinger is a cross between the Franchise/{{Terminator}} and Creator/YulBrynner's Gunslinger from ''Film/{{Westworld}}''. His StatOVision even says "TERMINATE".
** In the end, he's also a Franchise/RoboCop.
** When the Doctor and Susan gallop out of town, the incidental music is [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Suspiciously Similar]] to the main theme from ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''.
** Jex came to Earth in [[Series/MorkAndMindy an egg-shaped spaceship]].
*** A cyborg alien assassin made for war chasing after a shifty doctor who's using advanced alien technology to help people without knowing about the harm he causes because the cyborg kills people in its way? Either the plot of this episode or the Doctor Who Book Peacemaker.
* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Played just about as straight as the show's concept will allow.
* ShurFineGuns: A gun from the Wild West would be a single action revolver, meaning its hammer has to be pulled back manually before it can fire. In the real world, there's no way a gun like that could accidentally discharge ''twice.''
* TheSiege: Another variation on the ''Series/DoctorWho'' siege plot.
* SpeciesSurname: The Kahlers seem to have a species ''forename'', with them all being known as Kahler-Something.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: The Doctor speaks Horse.
* StealthPun: The Gunslinger's actual name is Kahler-Tek. He ''is'' Kahler tech (or at least half of him is).
** There's also the [[{{Pun}} Kahler-alarm]].
** The cyborg can identify the doctor by his distinctive facial markings. Which means he's equipped with...[[HurricaneOfPuns Kahler-ID]].
* SteamPunk: The first proper SteamPunk episode in ''Series/DoctorWho''. And it's ''gorgeous''.
* TakingTheBullet: Isaac takes a laser blast for Kahler-Jex.
* TimeSkip: The Doctor and his Ponds are spending less and less time with each other, and the Doctor now lists his age as 1200.
* TownWithADarkSecret
* TrailersAlwaysLie: Promos would have you convinced the Gunslinger was a straight-up villain. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge It's a bit more]] [[AntiVillain complicated than that]].
* {{Transsexual}}: The male horse apparently calls himself Susan, and wants his owner to respect his life choices.
* {{Undertaker}}: Mercy's undertaker fits the trope down to the tape measure, which he uses on the Doctor both times they meet.
* WasOnceAMan: The Gunslinger.
--> '''Gunslinger''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Make peace with your Gods]].
--> '''Kahler Scientist''': They used to be your Gods ''too''.
--> '''Gunslinger''': Not any more.
* WeirdWest: Aliens and killer cyborgs in the old west.
* TheWestern / SpaghettiWestern: The first Western in ''Series/DoctorWho'' since ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E8TheGunfighters The Gunfighters]]''. Filmed in Spain like most Spaghetti Westerns.
* WhatHaveIBecome: Implied to be the reason why the Gunslinger went rogue, after battle-damage led him to remember who he ''was'' and what Jex and the other scientists had done to him.
* WhatTheHellHero: Amy calls the Doctor out for throwing Jex to the Gunslinger.
** This continues the theme from the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E02DinosaursOnASpaceship previous episode]], where the Doctor refuses to spare another murderous villain. The difference being the evils committed by Jex were for what he believed to be the greater good, he still felt guilty for doing it and he is trying to repent. Solomon, on the other hand, continued to only be motivated by his own selfish and greedy desires, willing to happily do whatever terrible thing he felt would get him what he wanted.
** Not to mention the Doctor's treatment of Jex, throwing him out of the Sheriff's office and shoving him down the street, before sticking a gun in his face. It's like having a more action-orientated Time Lord Victorious.
** Oddly enough, Rory, who is usually the first to call out the Doctor in these matters, seems to take his side on this one.
--->'''Amy''': Are you gonna let him do this?
--->'''Rory''': You mean save us all? Yeah, I am.
* WhereDoYouThinkYouAre: "Anyone who isn't an American, drop your gun!"
* WhiteAndGrayMorality: Exploring this is really the point of the episode. Isaac sums it up as he dies.
-->'''Isaac''': "You're both good men. You just forget it sometimes...."
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: In a roundabout way: the Gunslinger killed Sheriff Isaac, and by the end of the story he ends up as the town's ''eternal'' sheriff.
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* AnachronicOrder: Thanks to the next episode, it can be inferred that ''this'' episode, for the TARDIS crew, takes place at the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E04ThePowerOfThree Amy and Rory's seven-week anniversary trip]].

* FlashStep: One of the Gunslinger's powers. [[AwesomeButPractical He uses it to quickly cover distance without breaking his slow, menacing stride.]]

* SteamPunk: The first proper SteamPunk episode in ''DoctorWho''. And it's ''gorgeous''.

The Doctor thinks this is going to be a pretty straightforward adventure: distract the Gunslinger, evacuate the townsfolk into the TARDIS, fix the crashed ship and celebrate afterwards. He befriends a horse named Susan and goes off to investigate. However, the Gunslinger turns out to be a very GentleGiant whose programming blocks him from killing innocents unless it's absolutely necessary. Meaning that Kahler-Jex is not exactly innocent at all. In fact, Jex is a war criminal, a scientist who turned innocents into Cyborgs against their will and used them to commit genocide in an interstellar war. The Doctor rushes back to town and goes into a violent rage against Jex, knowing full well that he's NotSoDifferent himself. They both have commited genocide in the name of ending a war ([[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor]] though in the Doctor's case, he only thinks he did), and they've both killed people directly to save the lives of others. All the Gunslinger wants is revenge for having his life taken away from him. The Doctor, furious, literally throws Jex in front of the Gunslinger and, when that isn't quick enough, [[BatmanGrabsAGun pulls a gun]] and debates whether or not to put a bullet through Jex's head on the spot. [[MoralityChain Amy brings him back to reality]]. As the Doctor has a little bit of a HeroicBSOD, the Gunslinger fires and Isaac makes a HeroicSacrifice to catch the blast. He dies in the Doctor's arms and hands him the marshal's star.

The Doctor thinks this is going to be a pretty straightforward adventure: distract the Gunslinger, evacuate the townsfolk into the TARDIS, fix the crashed ship and celebrate afterwards. He befriends a horse named Susan and goes off to investigate. However, the Gunslinger turns out to be a very GentleGiant whose programming blocks him from killing innocents unless it's absolutely necessary. Meaning that Kahler-Jex is not exactly innocent at all. In fact, Jex is a war criminal, a scientist who turned innocents into Cyborgs against their will and used them to commit genocide in an interstellar war. The Doctor rushes back to town and goes into a violent rage against Jex, knowing full well that he's NotSoDifferent himself. They both have commited genocide in the name of ending a war (Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor though in the Doctor's case, he only thinks he did), and they've both killed people directly to save the lives of others. All the Gunslinger wants is revenge for having his life taken away from him. The Doctor, furious, literally throws Jex in front of the Gunslinger and, when that isn't quick enough, [[BatmanGrabsAGun pulls a gun]] and debates whether or not to put a bullet through Jex's head on the spot. [[MoralityChain Amy brings him back to reality]]. As the Doctor has a little bit of a HeroicBSOD, the Gunslinger fires and Isaac makes a HeroicSacrifice to catch the blast. He dies in the Doctor's arms and hands him the marshal's star.

The Doctor thinks this is going to be a pretty straightforward adventure: distract the Gunslinger, evacuate the townsfolk into the TARDIS, fix the crashed ship and celebrate afterwards. He befriends a horse named Susan and goes off to investigate. However, the Gunslinger turns out to be a very GentleGiant whose programming blocks him from killing innocents unless it's absolutely necessary. Meaning that Kahler-Jex is not exactly innocent at all. In fact, Jex is a war criminal, a scientist who turned innocents into Cyborgs against their will and used them to commit genocide in an interstellar war. The Doctor rushes back to town and goes into a violent rage against Jex, knowing full well that he's NotSoDifferent himself. They both have commited genocide in the name of ending a war, and they've both killed people directly to save the lives of others. All the Gunslinger wants is revenge for having his life taken away from him. The Doctor, furious, literally throws Jex in front of the Gunslinger and, when that isn't quick enough, [[BatmanGrabsAGun pulls a gun]] and debates whether or not to put a bullet through Jex's head on the spot. [[MoralityChain Amy brings him back to reality]]. As the Doctor has a little bit of a HeroicBSOD, the Gunslinger fires and Isaac makes a HeroicSacrifice to catch the blast. He dies in the Doctor's arms and hands him the marshal's star.

*** We do get to see a bit of what happened in the next episode.

* BlackComedy: This episode has a couple of examples, the JugglingLoadedFirearms gag coming mere seconds after The Doctor threatened to murder a man in cold blood being the most obvious. The undertaker who can't help but measure The Doctor up for his wares even after giving him a motivational speech also qualifies.