History YMMV / DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the opening sequence, the Doctor and Clara are arguing about trying to meet Myth/RobinHood when, out of nowhere, the Doctor produces a large spoon covered with an unidentified food substance (ice cream? custard? icing?), licks the spoon and then apparently puts the spoon away in his pocket. No explanation is ever given for why he's carrying a spoon around - long shots in the same sequence reveal no food in evidence, and it really does seem as if the Doctor puts the ice cream/custard/icing-covered spoon back in his pocket. Clara doesn't appear to notice (in fact the Doctor appears to lick the spoon with his back turned to her so she can't see). It is a truly puzzling moment. A few minutes later we do see the Doctor use a spoon in his comedic duel with Robin Hood, but the spoon is not only completely clean but it looks like a different colored spoon than the one from earlier!

* HilariousInHindsight: The Doctor tries to dissuade Clara from going to Sherwood Forest by offering to take her to see the Ice Warriors, whom he does end up encountering two seasons later.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An unused script idea for Season 16 of the classic show (aka "The Key to Time") saw the Doctor meeting Robin Hood, only to discover that the alleged hero was actually a blackhearted villain, and dealt with the notion that legendary heroes might, in reality, have been the antithesis of the way history would ultimately portray them. Now doesn't that sound more interesting than the Doctor and Robin Hood having a pissing contest?

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An unused script idea for series sixteen (aka "The Key to Time") saw the Doctor meeting Robin Hood, only to discover that the alleged hero was actually a blackhearted villain, and dealt with the notion that legendary heroes might, in reality, have been the antithesis of the way history would ultimately portray them. Now doesn't that sound more interesting than the Doctor and Robin Hood having a pissing contest?

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An unused script idea for series sixteen (aka "The Key to Time") saw the Doctor meeting Robin Hood, only to discover that the alleged hero was actually a blackhearted villain, and dealt with the notion that legendary heroes might, in reality, have been the antithesis of the way history would ultimately portray them.

* TheUntwist: "Robin Hood" actually is the real deal. Only in a TropeOverdosed show like ''Series/DoctorWho'' can this count as a plot twist.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An unused script idea for series sixteen (aka "The Key to Time") saw the Doctor meeting Robin Hood, only to discover that the alleged hero was actually a blackhearted villain, and dealt with the notion that legendary heroes might, in reality, have been the antithesis of the way history would ultimately portray them. Now doesn't that sound more interesting than the Doctor and Robin Hood having a pissing contest?

** Due to the fact that an earlier moment in the final battle that would have revealed that the Sheriff was a robot having to be removed from the broadcast, his line about being "half man, half engine" becomes this.

* TheUntwist: "Robin Hood" actually is the real deal. Only in a TropeOverdosed show like ''Series/DoctorWho'' can this count as a plot twist.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the opening sequence, the Doctor and Clara are arguing about trying to meet Mythology/RobinHood when, out of nowhere, the Doctor produces a large spoon covered with an unidentified food substance (ice cream? custard? icing?), licks the spoon and then apparently puts the spoon away in his pocket. No explanation is ever given for why he's carrying a spoon around - long shots in the same sequence reveal no food in evidence, and it really does seem as if the Doctor puts the ice cream/custard/icing-covered spoon back in his pocket. Clara doesn't appear to notice (in fact the Doctor appears to lick the spoon with his back turned to her so she can't see). It is a truly puzzling moment. A few minutes later we do see the Doctor use a spoon in his comedic duel with Robin Hood, but the spoon is not only completely clean but it looks like a different colored spoon than the one from earlier!
* BizarroEpisode: While comedic episodes are nothing unusual, this episode, in which the Doctor and Clara somehow manage to locate Robin Hood (even though the Doctor is certain he's a fictional character) and engage in comedic goings-on, feels out of place given its placement early in the Twelfth Doctor's first season. It doesn't help that Creator/PeterCapaldi plays the Doctor almost completely differently than he plays the character the rest of the season and the episode as a whole takes on the feeling of something that could easily be explained away as AllJustADream, though it isn't.

* AssPull: Clara's sudden and previously unrevealed knowledge of TaeKwonDo.
** Although the spoon has relevance to the swordfight, it does seem to appear out of nowhere in the TARDIS. The Doctor is discussing Robin Hood, he's flipping through a book, he turns away from Clara, we hear a "CHING" sound effect and suddenly there's a big spoon in his hand and he licks some white substance off of it (probably yogurt, but it's not identified). Clara doesn't even seem to notice. And the spoon appears to ''vanish'' when the Doctor starts hunting for the polaroid. If the Doctor hadn't later needed the spoon for the swordfight, this would have qualified most criteria for a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.
*** Actually, it does because the spoon used later appears to be ''a different spoon''. The color of the spoon is different and, unless the Doctor carries a dishwasher in his pocket, the spoon he uses against Robin is squeaky clean.
* HarsherInHindsight: When examining the Merry Men, The Doctor takes a sample of Alan A-Dale's blood, and says that if he were real, he'd have 6 months to live. Considering the end of the episode has no twist about their origins, confirming they are actually real...

* TheUntwist: "Robin Hood" actually is the real deal. Only in a TropeOverdosed show like ''DoctorWho'' can this count as a plot twist.

* TooSoon: The Sherrif's RoboticReveal via decapatation was considered too insensitive to air in light of the Islamic State beheading two American journalists, but is still intact in the pre-air Marcelo Camargo cut and various other transmissions.

* ActorSharedBackground: Clara mentions that she’s from Blackpool, the same as Creator/JennaColeman.

* HarsherInHindsight: When examining the Merry Men, The Doctor takes a sample of Alan A-Dale's blood, and says that if he were real, he'd have 6 months to live. Considering the end of the episode has no twist about their origins, confirming they are actually real....

* ActorSharedBackground: Clara mentions once again that she’s from Blackpool, the same as Creator/JennaColeman.