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** Sacha Dhawan especially deserves credit for his acting here during the reveal. With just one line, his whole personality shifts and he just ''becomes'' The Master, even channeling each of his predecessors in quick succession.
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Dewicking Kick The Son Of A Bitch
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* The Daleks spent ages trying to annihilate the Time Lords over the course of the Time War. [[AwfulTruth After finding out the truth of the Timeless Child]], ''the Master just went and did it''. And considering the Master once obliterated a quarter of the universe ''by accident'', you know that they're the only Time Lord who's capable of wiping them out in one fell swoop. And considering how terribly the Time Lords have treated the Master and the Doctor [[UngratefulBastard even after they've been saved by the both of them a bunch of times]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch it's not undeserved]].
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* The Daleks spent ages trying to annihilate the Time Lords over the course of the Time War. [[AwfulTruth After finding out the truth of the Timeless Child]], ''the Master just went and did it''. And considering the Master once obliterated a quarter of the universe ''by accident'', you know that they're the only Time Lord who's capable of wiping them out in one fell swoop. And considering how terribly the Time Lords have treated the Master and the Doctor [[UngratefulBastard even after they've been saved by the both of them a bunch of times]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch it's not undeserved]].
undeserved.
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* [=MI6=] Agent O manages to keep several of the beings of light at bay with a forcefield he's cribbed together for his shack in the Australian Outback.
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* [=MI6=] Agent O manages to keep several of the beings of light at bay with a forcefield he's cribbed together for his shack in the Australian Outback. Of course, somewhat subverted after the reveal at the end of the episode.
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* The return of Captain Jack Harkness after ''9 years''.[[labelnote:*]]Or 10, depending on whether you count from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] or ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay''.[[/labelnote]] The build-up to the reveal plus the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] moments had the majority of the fandom screaming with excitement
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* The return of Captain Jack Harkness after ''9 years''.[[labelnote:*]]Or 10, depending on whether you count from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] or ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay''.[[/labelnote]] The build-up to the reveal plus the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] moments had the majority of the fandom screaming with excitementexcitement:
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** And a further one in tricking the Death Squad into the spare TARDIS the fam acquired earlier in the series and compressing it around them.
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** And a further one in tricking the Death Squad into the spare TARDIS the fam acquired earlier in the series and compressing it around them.them, while constantly insulting them.
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No meta example, see this query
. Also fix a bad Example Indentation In Trope Lists, single two or three bullets entry is always wrong.
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** A meta moment of awesome for the production team, who — despite the series' reputation for leaking major plot twists months in advance[[note]]This very same series suffered leaks that the Judoon and Cybermen would be returning.[[/note]] — managed to keep the surprise of the Master's return completely secret, leading to an absolutely ''jaw-dropping'' twist come the episode's debut.
** It is a small moment, but it is really delicious. The Doctor manages to catch "O" in a statement that contradicts his background story, and points this out to him. "O" freezes for a couple of seconds, and you can see the gears turning in his head as he considers whether he should try to keep up the charade with a quick lie or just drop it altogether. He settles on telling the Doctor what is going on, [[EvilGloating clearly because he thinks it is the funniest and most satisfying option]].
** Even the way he reveals it, detailing how he was hidden in plain sight the entire time.
** It is a small moment, but it is really delicious. The Doctor manages to catch "O" in a statement that contradicts his background story, and points this out to him. "O" freezes for a couple of seconds, and you can see the gears turning in his head as he considers whether he should try to keep up the charade with a quick lie or just drop it altogether. He settles on telling the Doctor what is going on, [[EvilGloating clearly because he thinks it is the funniest and most satisfying option]].
** Even the way he reveals it, detailing how he was hidden in plain sight the entire time.
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** It is a small moment, but it is really delicious.
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* And to add on to the meta awesome from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]], Jack's return and a ''new incarnation of the Doctor'' remained two reveals that went completely unspoiled or leaked!
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* Jake, an off duty police officer, flies a whole spaceship with no experience, to show his astronaut husband that he's not scared of living. In doing so, he deposits the cure to the eponymous virus throughout the jetstreams, all the while knowing the ship is about to blow.
** Which is followed up immediately by the Doctor materializing the TARDIS around the exploding ship, saving Jake at the last possible moment. The BigDamnKiss Adam gives Jake just seals the deal.
** Which is followed up immediately by the Doctor materializing the TARDIS around the exploding ship, saving Jake at the last possible moment. The BigDamnKiss Adam gives Jake just seals the deal.
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* Jake, an off duty police officer, flies a whole spaceship with no experience, to show his astronaut husband that he's not scared of living. In doing so, he deposits the cure to the eponymous virus throughout the jetstreams, all the while knowing the ship is about to blow.
**blow. Which is followed up immediately by the Doctor materializing the TARDIS around the exploding ship, saving Jake at the last possible moment. The BigDamnKiss Adam gives Jake just seals the deal.
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* O turns out to be none other than the most recent incarnation of the Master, a fact he kept from the Doctor for the vast majority of the episode. Upon revealing this, he proceeds to have one of his goons trap the Doctor in the alien dimension and strand the companions on a crashing plane that's just had its cockpit blown away by a bomb he planted.
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* O turns out to be none other than the most recent incarnation of the Master, Master who has, ''once again'', given the middle finger to death, a fact he kept from the Doctor for the vast majority of the episode. Upon revealing this, he proceeds to have one of his goons trap the Doctor in the alien dimension and strand the companions on a crashing plane that's just had its cockpit blown away by a bomb he planted.
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* The Doctor pulling one ''hell'' of a BatmanGambit (as much as Jack rightly points out it's a stupid plan). She beacons a fleet of Death Squad Daleks to Earth, knowing they will attack even the other daleks who they see as impure
** And a further one in tricking them into the spare TARDIS the fam acquired earlier in the series and compressing it around them.
** And a further one in tricking them into the spare TARDIS the fam acquired earlier in the series and compressing it around them.
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* The Doctor pulling one ''hell'' of a BatmanGambit (as much as Jack rightly points out it's a stupid plan). She beacons a fleet of Death Squad Daleks to Earth, knowing they will attack even the other daleks Daleks who they see as impure
** And a further one in trickingthem the Death Squad into the spare TARDIS the fam acquired earlier in the series and compressing it around them.them.
*As much as she is a CorruptPolitician, the Prime Minister in the episode ''point blank'' refuses to work with the Daleks. (And gets exterminated on the spot)
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*As much as she is a CorruptPolitician, the Prime Minister in the episode ''point blank'' refuses to work with the Daleks. (And gets exterminated on the spot)
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*Whatever prison the Doctor has been put in, it ''thoroughly'' subverts the CardboardPrison trope. The Doctor is able to waltz past a ''Weeping Angel'' and a Pting (which very well may be the same one fought earlier) tries and fails to eat the cell.
**Jack rescuing her from there is no small feat either, as he admits it took 19 years in-universe for him to get a cell next to the Doctor, and they escape using a matter-phasing device.
*The Doctor pulling one ''hell'' of a BatmanGambit (as much as Jack rightly points out it's a stupid plan). She beacons a fleet of Death Squad Daleks to Earth, knowing they will attack even the other daleks who they see as impure
**And a further one in tricking them into the spare TARDIS the fam acquired earlier in the series and compressing it around them.
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-->'''The Doctor:''' You think you've broken me? You'll have to try harder than that. You've given me a gift. Of ''myself.'' You think that could destroy me? You think that makes me lesser? It makes me more. I contain multitudes more than I ever thought or knew. You want me to be scared of it because you're scared of everything. But I am so much ''more'' than you.
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* The Doctor giving the Master a ShutUpHannibal speech about how the new knowledge of being the Timeless Child has not broken her, but it was a gift, and that she isn't scared of having more history than she knew like he would be. The way his face just falls only adds to the scene.
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* When confronted with choosing between sacrificing Percy Shelley, thus seriously screwing up Earth's timeline post-19th century, and letting the Lone Cyberman have what it wants, thus causing the rise of the Cyberman empire and the destruction of humanity billions of years into the future, the Doctor ends up [[TakeAThirdOption Taking a Third Option]] by using an old Time Lord trick to bring Shelley's mind to the time of his death to trick his body into momentarily thinking it is dying, thus forcing the Cyberium out. Doubles as NightmareFuel since said "Time Lord trick" is pretty horrifying.
* When confronted with choosing between sacrificing Percy Shelley, thus seriously screwing up Earth's timeline post-19th century, and letting the Lone Cyberman have what it wants, thus causing the rise of the Cyberman empire and the destruction of humanity billions of years into the future, the Doctor ends up [[TakeAThirdOption Taking a Third Option]] by using an old Time Lord trick to bring Shelley's mind to the time of his death to trick his body into momentarily thinking it is dying, thus forcing the Cyberium out. Doubles as NightmareFuel since said "Time Lord trick" is pretty horrifying.
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* The companions all escape from danger completely without the Doctor's help, and go to her rescue to boot.
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* After a few lifetimes worth of TraumaCongaLine, and admitting she's ''so tired'', the Doctor using all her memories, including the painful ones, to overload the Matrix and rescue herself. The theme tune just adds to the awesome.
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* After a few lifetimes worth of TraumaCongaLine, and admitting she's ''so tired'', the Doctor using all her memories, memories (with footage spanning from Capaldi to Hartnell), including the painful ones, to overload the Matrix and rescue herself. The remixed theme tune playing all the while just adds to the awesome.
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* After a few lifetimes worth of TraumaCongaLine, and admitting she's ''so tired'', the Doctor using all her memories, including the painful ones, to overload the Matrix and rescue herself. The theme tune just adds to the awesome.
* After a few lifetimes worth of TraumaCongaLine, and admitting she's ''so tired'', the Doctor using all her memories, including the painful ones, to overload the Matrix and rescue herself. The theme tune just adds to the awesome.
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* At one point, the Doctor shows O the inside of the TARDIS. He, in apparent shock, declares it to be "ridiculous". With the reveal that he is the Master, the "ridiculous" is actually the Master, once again, ''insulting the Doctor's interior design skills.''
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