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* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this. Their crude and scary appearence was enforced by Creator/MarkGatiss.
* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/build-high-for-happiness-night-terrors/ El Sandifer]] noted that story had the misfortune of airing during the London Riots of 2011 and so it's portrayal of a council estate (where said riots originated) is unfortunate (as is the Doctor swanning off after saving the day and ignoring the systemic poverty on display).
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* ShockingMoments: The doll's were already established to be pretty scary looking, but no one expected them to be able to turn people into them! But Doctor Who has done that kind of story before.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Admit it, you were relieved when Amy turned into a doll. It had nothing to do with how you feel about Amy. It's just that once Amy turned into a doll, you knew she and all the other dolls would turn back to normal by episode's end and this would be an episode where EverybodyLives.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Admit it, you were relieved when Amy turned into a doll. It had nothing to do with how you feel about Amy. It's just that once Amy turned into a doll, you knew she and all the other dolls would turn back to normal by episode's end and this would be an episode where EverybodyLives. However, you wouldn't be sure how many others would turn into dolls before that would happen if you never saw the episode before. So there is some fright factor left in that.
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* UnfortunteImplications: [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/build-high-for-happiness-night-terrors/ El Sandifer]] noted that story had the misfortune of airing during the London Riots of 2011 and so it's portrayal of a council estate (where said riots originated) is unfortunate (as is the Doctor swanning off after saving the day and ignoring the systemic poverty on display).

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* UnfortunteImplications: UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/build-high-for-happiness-night-terrors/ El Sandifer]] noted that story had the misfortune of airing during the London Riots of 2011 and so it's portrayal of a council estate (where said riots originated) is unfortunate (as is the Doctor swanning off after saving the day and ignoring the systemic poverty on display).

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* NightmareFuel: This one starts off unnerving and descends steadily into absolutely terrifying.
** Everything--''everything''--about the dolls, particularly the doll transformations. Amy's in particular is ''incredibly'' creepy.
** The shadows of them stalking Amy and Rory through the halls of the doll's house are very unnerving.
** Finding out that you never actually had a child but instead your memories were altered by ''something'', and that something is creating monsters.
** The floor eating the landlord was pretty scary especially if that was one of your nightmares as a kid.
** The bags of trash ate an little old lady! It was only temporary, but still it's a candidate for Paranoia fuel.
** The IronicNurseryTune that the dolls keep singing, especially the [[YourDaysAreNumbered reference to the Doctor himself at the end.]]


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* UnfortunteImplications: [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/build-high-for-happiness-night-terrors/ El Sandifer]] noted that story had the misfortune of airing during the London Riots of 2011 and so it's portrayal of a council estate (where said riots originated) is unfortunate (as is the Doctor swanning off after saving the day and ignoring the systemic poverty on display).
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** The bags of trash ate an little old lady! It was only temporary, but still it's a canddiate for Paranoia fuel.

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** The bags of trash ate an little old lady! It was only temporary, but still it's a canddiate candidate for Paranoia fuel.
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not all powerful.


* AngstWhatAngst: Amy and Rory don't mention at all the fact that their baby is still missing, or that she will grow up to be a brainwashed psychopathic murderer.
** Before filming started on this series, this episode was originally intended to be the fourth episode, hence this trope (unintentionally) coming into play, and which would have made the Doctor's "in the flesh" line some lovely {{Foreshadowing}}. It was switched with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot The Curse Of The Black Spot]]" for being too scary.

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* AngstWhatAngst: Amy and Rory don't mention at all the fact that their baby is still missing, or that she will grow up to be a brainwashed psychopathic murderer.
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murderer. This one is due to out-of-universe reasons. Before filming started on this series, this episode was originally intended to be the fourth episode, hence this trope (unintentionally) coming into play, and which would have made the Doctor's "in the flesh" line some lovely {{Foreshadowing}}. It was switched with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot The Curse Of The Black Spot]]" for being too scary.



* JerkassWoobie: The landlord. He may have been a complete ass towards his tenants, but nobody deserves [[BodyHorror that.]]
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Admit it, you were relieved when Amy turned into a doll. Nothing to do with how you feel about Amy. It's just that once Amy turned into a doll, you knew she and all the other dolls would turn back to normal by episode's end and this would be an episode where EverybodyLives.
* NightmareFuel: ''Jesus Christ'', Creator/MarkGatiss. This one starts off unnerving and descends steadily into absolutely terrifying.

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* JerkassWoobie: The landlord. He landlord may have been a complete ass towards his tenants, but nobody deserves [[BodyHorror that.]]
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Admit it, you were relieved when Amy turned into a doll. Nothing It had nothing to do with how you feel about Amy. It's just that once Amy turned into a doll, you knew she and all the other dolls would turn back to normal by episode's end and this would be an episode where EverybodyLives.
* NightmareFuel: ''Jesus Christ'', Creator/MarkGatiss. This one starts off unnerving and descends steadily into absolutely terrifying.



** The shadows of them stalking Amy and Rory through the halls of the doll's house are also very unnerving.
** Never mind the Dolls... How about finding out that you never actually had a child but were instead tricked in a LotusEaterMachine-ish way by ''something''? Of course, it all ends with the cute little alien kid (or the parents?)

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** The shadows of them stalking Amy and Rory through the halls of the doll's house are also very unnerving.
** Never mind the Dolls... How about finding Finding out that you never actually had a child but were instead tricked in a LotusEaterMachine-ish way your memories were altered by ''something''? Of course, it all ends with the cute little alien kid (or the parents?)''something'', and that something is creating monsters.



** The bags of trash ate a little old lady! It was only temporary, but still!

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** The bags of trash ate a an little old lady! It was only temporary, but still!still it's a canddiate for Paranoia fuel.



* ParanoiaFuel: So... how many ''other'' parents are unknowingly raising all-powerful RealityWarper children exactly?! And that's just counting the ones potentially on ''Earth''?!
* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this.

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* ParanoiaFuel: So... how many ''other'' parents are unknowingly raising all-powerful RealityWarper children exactly?! children? And that's just counting the ones potentially on ''Earth''?!
''Earth''! YOU could be one of them, and you wouldn't know it.
* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this. Their crude and scary appearence was enforced by Creator/MarkGatiss.
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** The IronicNurseryTune that the dolls keep singing, especially the [[YourDaysAreNumbered reference to the Doctor himself at the end.

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** The IronicNurseryTune that the dolls keep singing, especially the [[YourDaysAreNumbered reference to the Doctor himself at the end.]]
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* ParanoiaFuel: So... how many ''other'' parents are unknowingly raising all-powerful RealityWarper children exactly?! And that's just counting the ones potentially on ''Earth''?!]]

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* ParanoiaFuel: So... how many ''other'' parents are unknowingly raising all-powerful RealityWarper children exactly?! And that's just counting the ones potentially on ''Earth''?!]]''Earth''?!
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* AngstWhatAngst: [[spoiler: Amy and Rory don't mention at all the fact that their baby is still missing, or that she will grow up to be a brainwashed psychopathic murderer]].
** Before filming started on this series, this episode was originally intended to be the fourth episode, hence this trope (unintentionally) coming into play, and which would have made the Doctor's "in the flesh" line [[spoiler:some lovely {{Foreshadowing}}]]. It was switched with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot The Curse Of The Black Spot]]" for being too scary.

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* AngstWhatAngst: [[spoiler: Amy and Rory don't mention at all the fact that their baby is still missing, or that she will grow up to be a brainwashed psychopathic murderer]].
murderer.
** Before filming started on this series, this episode was originally intended to be the fourth episode, hence this trope (unintentionally) coming into play, and which would have made the Doctor's "in the flesh" line [[spoiler:some some lovely {{Foreshadowing}}]].{{Foreshadowing}}. It was switched with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot The Curse Of The Black Spot]]" for being too scary.



* JerkassWoobie: The landlord. He may have been a complete ass towards his tenants, but nobody deserves [[BodyHorror that. ]]
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Admit it, you were relieved when Amy [[spoiler:turned into a doll.]] Nothing to do with how you feel about Amy. It's just that once Amy [[spoiler:turned into a doll, you knew she and all the other dolls would turn back to normal by episode's end and this would be an episode where EverybodyLives.]]

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* JerkassWoobie: The landlord. He may have been a complete ass towards his tenants, but nobody deserves [[BodyHorror that. ]]
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Admit it, you were relieved when Amy [[spoiler:turned turned into a doll.]] doll. Nothing to do with how you feel about Amy. It's just that once Amy [[spoiler:turned turned into a doll, you knew she and all the other dolls would turn back to normal by episode's end and this would be an episode where EverybodyLives.]]



** Everything--''everything''--about the dolls, particularly the [[spoiler: doll transformations. Amy's in particular is ''incredibly'' creepy.]]

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** Everything--''everything''--about the dolls, particularly the [[spoiler: doll transformations. Amy's in particular is ''incredibly'' creepy.]]



** Never mind the Dolls... How about finding out [[spoiler: that you never actually had a child but were instead tricked in a LotusEaterMachine-ish way by ''something''? Of course, it all ends with the cute little alien kid (or the parents?)]]

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** Never mind the Dolls... How about finding out [[spoiler: that you never actually had a child but were instead tricked in a LotusEaterMachine-ish way by ''something''? Of course, it all ends with the cute little alien kid (or the parents?)]]parents?)



** The IronicNurseryTune that the dolls keep singing, especially the [[spoiler:[[YourDaysAreNumbered reference to the Doctor himself at the end]]]].
* ParanoiaFuel: [[spoiler: So... how many ''other'' parents are unknowingly raising all-powerful RealityWarper children exactly?! And that's just counting the ones potentially on ''Earth''?!]]

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** The IronicNurseryTune that the dolls keep singing, especially the [[spoiler:[[YourDaysAreNumbered [[YourDaysAreNumbered reference to the Doctor himself at the end]]]].
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* ParanoiaFuel: [[spoiler: So... how many ''other'' parents are unknowingly raising all-powerful RealityWarper children exactly?! And that's just counting the ones potentially on ''Earth''?!]]
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* HellIsThatNoise: The dolls' EvilLaugh.
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* JerkassWoobie: The landlord. He may have been a complete ass towards his tenants, but nobody deserves [[ BodyHorror that. ]]

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* JerkassWoobie: The landlord. He may have been a complete ass towards his tenants, but nobody deserves [[ BodyHorror [[BodyHorror that. ]]
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* JerkassWoobie: The landlord. He may have been a complete ass towards his tenants, but nobody deserves [[ BodyHorror that. ]]
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Line thingie. :U


* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this.

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* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this.this.
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* NightmareFuel: ''Jesus Christ'', MarkGatiss. This one starts off unnerving and descends steadily into absolutely terrifying.

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* NightmareFuel: ''Jesus Christ'', MarkGatiss.Creator/MarkGatiss. This one starts off unnerving and descends steadily into absolutely terrifying.



* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this.

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* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this.
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Uhhh....copypasting this stuff back in, since I don\'t see any reason why it shouldn\'t be here....

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* AngstWhatAngst: [[spoiler: Amy and Rory don't mention at all the fact that their baby is still missing, or that she will grow up to be a brainwashed psychopathic murderer]].
** Before filming started on this series, this episode was originally intended to be the fourth episode, hence this trope (unintentionally) coming into play, and which would have made the Doctor's "in the flesh" line [[spoiler:some lovely {{Foreshadowing}}]]. It was switched with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot The Curse Of The Black Spot]]" for being too scary.


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* HilariousInHindsight: A French parody of ''Doctor Who'' already had [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhMC2-TaDKs the Doctor dealing badly with a Rubik's Cube]].


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* NightmareFuel: ''Jesus Christ'', MarkGatiss. This one starts off unnerving and descends steadily into absolutely terrifying.
** Everything--''everything''--about the dolls, particularly the [[spoiler: doll transformations. Amy's in particular is ''incredibly'' creepy.]]
** The shadows of them stalking Amy and Rory through the halls of the doll's house are also very unnerving.
** Never mind the Dolls... How about finding out [[spoiler: that you never actually had a child but were instead tricked in a LotusEaterMachine-ish way by ''something''? Of course, it all ends with the cute little alien kid (or the parents?)]]
** The floor eating the landlord was pretty scary especially if that was one of your nightmares as a kid.
** The bags of trash ate a little old lady! It was only temporary, but still!
** The IronicNurseryTune that the dolls keep singing, especially the [[spoiler:[[YourDaysAreNumbered reference to the Doctor himself at the end]]]].


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* UncannyValley: The dolls are most certainly this.
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Movin\' from main page. :U

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* HellIsThatNoise: The dolls' EvilLaugh.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Admit it, you were relieved when Amy [[spoiler:turned into a doll.]] Nothing to do with how you feel about Amy. It's just that once Amy [[spoiler:turned into a doll, you knew she and all the other dolls would turn back to normal by episode's end and this would be an episode where EverybodyLives.]]
* ParanoiaFuel: [[spoiler: So... how many ''other'' parents are unknowingly raising all-powerful RealityWarper children exactly?! And that's just counting the ones potentially on ''Earth''?!]]

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