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** The episode contains contemporary background music, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinITz0Av1w a late-80s hit record]] by a Lancashire-born pop singer. The song? Music/RickAstley's [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]].

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** The episode contains contemporary background music, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinITz0Av1w a late-80s hit record]] by a Lancashire-born pop singer. The song? Music/RickAstley's [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]]. Up", which would eventually become [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} a massive internet meme]]. Nowadays, it's impossible to watch this episode without thinking "Hey, the Doctor just Rickrolled me!"
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** We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]]" illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]]

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** We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]]" illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]]profound]] [[RealityIsOutToLunch silliness]].
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Depending on how you view this episode, some fans pretend that it never existed because [[EarlyInstalmentWeirdness none of the established rules on the space-time continuum that involves Reapers ever came back afterwards]].

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* FanonDiscontinuity: Depending on how you view this episode, some fans pretend that it never existed because [[EarlyInstalmentWeirdness [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness none of the established rules on the space-time continuum that involves Reapers ever came back afterwards]].
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Before being cast as Rose Tyler, Creator/BilliePiper was best known as a flash-in-the-pan teen pop star. This episode in particular showed that she had real acting chops.
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* FanNickname:
** The Reapers were known as "Flying Killer Time Monkeys".
** "Time monkeys!" briefly became a popular way to answer questions of the form "Why can't the Doctor just go back in time and..."
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Let's just say that the effects on [[ClockRoaches the Reapers]] have...''not'' held up well.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: Let's just say that the effects on [[ClockRoaches the Reapers]] have... ''not'' held up well.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Depending on how you view this episode, some fans pretend that it never existed because none of the established rules on the space-time continuum that involves Reapers ever came back afterwards.

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* FanonDiscontinuity: Depending on how you view this episode, some fans pretend that it never existed because [[EarlyInstalmentWeirdness none of the established rules on the space-time continuum that involves Reapers ever came back afterwards.afterwards]].



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* MemeticMutation: "GET IN THE CHURCH!" has been used frequently in edits, with the Doctor running onscreen whenever a church is mentioned.



* TearJerker: It is guaranteed you will be dripping tears and longing for your daddy by the time the final credits come up.

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* TearJerker: It is guaranteed you will be dripping tears and longing for your daddy by the time the final credits come up.
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* TearJerker: It is guaranteed you will be dripping tears and longing for your daddy by the time the final credits come up.

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* TearJerker: It is guaranteed you will be dripping tears and longing for your daddy by the time the final credits come up.up.

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** The episode contains contemporary background music, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinITz0Av1w a late-80s hit record]] by a Lancashire-born pop singer. The song? Music/RickAstley's [[RickRoll "Never Gonna Give You Up"]].

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** The episode contains contemporary background music, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinITz0Av1w a late-80s hit record]] by a Lancashire-born pop singer. The song? Music/RickAstley's [[RickRoll [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]].
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Let's just say that the effects on [[ClockRoaches the Reapers]] have...''not'' held up well.

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* HilariousInHindsight: We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]]" illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]]

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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** The episode contains contemporary background music, including [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinITz0Av1w a late-80s hit record]] by a Lancashire-born pop singer. The song? Music/RickAstley's [[RickRoll "Never Gonna Give You Up"]].
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We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]]" illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]]

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* HilariousInHindsight: We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". [[DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]] illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]]

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* FanonDiscontinuity: Depending on how you view this episode, some fans pretend that it never existed because none of the established rules on the space-time continuum that involves Reapers ever came back afterwards.
* HilariousInHindsight: We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". [[DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]] Song]]" illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". [[DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]] illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]] Or, for a less charitable interpretation favored by {{Steven Moffat}}'s {{Hatedom}}, [[TakeThat The horrible outcome of time being destroyed is that the Wedding of River Song will air.]]

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* HilariousInHindsight: We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". [[DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]] illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]] Or, for a less charitable interpretation favored by {{Steven Moffat}}'s {{Hatedom}}, [[TakeThat The horrible outcome of time being destroyed is that the Wedding of River Song will air.]]
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I think I misunderstood that scene. I got rickrolled though


** Rose's dad talks about someone offering him the copyright to a song. [[RickRoll That particular song]] gained a lot of popularity a few years after broadcast (for unrelated reasons)
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** Rose's dad talks about someone offering him the copyright to a song. [[RickRoll That particular song]] gained a lot of popularity a few years after broadcast (for unrelated reasons)
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* TearJerker: I guarantee you will be dripping tears and longing for your daddy by the time the final credits come up.

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* TearJerker: I guarantee It is guaranteed you will be dripping tears and longing for your daddy by the time the final credits come up.
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* HilariousInHindsight: We're informed that the Reapers are here to "sterilize the wound". [[DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]] illustrates what will happen if they don't sterilize the wound: [[TimeCrash profound silliness.]] Or, for a less charitable interpretation favored by {{Steven Moffat}}'s {{Hatedom}}, [[TakeThat The horrible outcome of time being destroyed is that the Wedding of River Song will air.]]
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* TearJerker: I guarantee you will be dripping tears and longing for your daddy by the time the final credits come up.

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