History FanFic / TimeLordsAndTerror

* ContinuityNod: When the Doctor wakes up in chapter two, he comments that his situation (he tastes embalming fluid, he's in a random, unknown hospital, and has no idea where he is) is just like his eighth regeneration. When he regenerated into his eighth form, he had just died from a botched operation to save his life and was presumed dead, and was placed in the hospital Morgue.

** The main villains are Carrionites (as seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E2TheShakespeareCode The Shakespeare Code]]), and they're named for the witches from the G1 MyLittlePony [[TheMovie movie]].
*** The Hervoken are an even more obscure reference. They and their war with the Carrionites originate in the Tenth Doctor novel ''Forever Autumn''.

* BrickJoke: That book of Twilight's the Doctor accidentally teleported into the sun; it's spoken of in chapter 2 and [[spoiler: The Doctor returns it in the finale. Twilight makes it explode so it won't embarras her any where.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Hydia is the first victim of The S'Müz. Also, [[spoiler: the S'Müz is defeated when the ponies use their Elements of Harmony to absorb both the PKE it stole and the PKE that makes up its body and disperse it into Equestria.]]

* UltimateEvil: Again, The S'Müz. It has no reason to destroy the multiverse beyond spite, it's simply ''offended'' by the rest of reality.

* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: Parental sacrifice of the most good-hearted of a damned species, that is to say, Hydia's slaying of Draggle, brings forth resurrection for both the world at hand and the sacrificed child. This is, in fact, an aversion of the MessiancArchetype trope, as Hydia had evil intentions and resurrection was not at all part of ThePlan.]]

* FlatWhat: There's the requisite 'What? What?! ...What.' from the Doctor when he finds out he's a pony.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Zecora. [[BackFromTheDead She gets better]].]]
** Also, [[spoiler:the Hervoken Commander. [[KilledOffForReal He doesn't get better]].]]

* HopeSpot: The Doctor [[EurekaMoment suddenly realizes]] how to defeat the S'Müz! All they need to do is— [[spoiler: and down goes the Doctor]]. To elaborate, in mid-sentence, [[spoiler: the S'Müz impales the Doctor with a tentacle, and kills him instantly.]]

* NervesOfSteel: Rarity takes being thrust into a life-or-death adventure surprisingly well.
** Fitting, Rarity has displayed grace under pressure in the show, being a fashion designer and all.
** Arguably all the Ponies take being pitted against a Lovecraftian Horror quite well.

* NoodleIncident: Sometime in the past The Doctor had some adventure with Princesses Celestia and Luna. By the end of it, the latter had developed a crush on him. Because of the TimeyWimeyBall involved, The Doctor himself doesn't know what happened and is rather looking forward to it.
* OhCrap: An oh-so-very satisfying one from [[spoiler: The S'Müz.]]
** Also one from Reeka [[spoiler: when the Hervoken Commander destabilizes her singularity attack and causes a small thermonuclear explosion that kills them both.]]
** Safe to assume that every reader experiences this [[spoiler:when the '''Doctor''' is KilledMidSentence.]]
** A smaller one when learning (through here or the fanfic itself) that [[spoiler: the S'Müz is in simplest terms a [[EldritchAbomination Cthulu-Smooze]].]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: Parental sacrifice of the most good-hearted of a damned species, that is to say, Hydia's slaying of Draggle, brings forth resurrection for both the world at hand and the sacrificed child. This is, in fact, an aversion of the [[TheMessiah messianic]] trope, as Hydia had evil intentions and resurrection was not at all part of the plan.]]

* SummoningArtifact: The Hervoken charm cube.
** [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} 'This thing reads like stereo instructions...']]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: The S'Müz pretty much ''freaks'' when the ponies start stealing its PKE.]]

* VillainsWantMercy: Hydia pretends to do this as a distraction so [[spoiler: she can summon the S'Müz.]]

*** Draggle frantically pleads with Twilight to stop [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown pummeling her to near death]]. When The Doctor steps in and saves her, Twilight is ''horrified'' at [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what she almost did.]]

** WordOfGod states that this incarnation of the S'Müz is based off [[MassEffect Sovereign]]. Compare the speech pattern of the S'Müz to Sovereign [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvrIFIjTGt0 here]].

** A ''bizarre'' one in the penultimate chapter, when Twilight is working out how to defeat the S'Müz, one of her thought processes is... ''[[spoiler: [[InsaneClownPosse "F***in' magnets/how do they work?"]]]]''

* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: Parental sacrifice of the most good-hearted of a damned species, that is to say, Hydia's slaying of Draggle, brings forth resurrection for both the world at hand and the sacrificed child. This is, in fact, a hard aversion of the [[TheMessiah messianic]] trope, as Hydia had evil intentions and resurrection was not at all part of the plan.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The S’Müz is referred to directly as such and its effect on {{muggles}} described in horrific detail.

* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives: Name dropped by The Doctor after his, Zecora, Draggle and Cherry Swirl revive at the end. The only premanent casualities are the TooDumbToLive and a DeathSeeker.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Draggle, the only Carrionite to see the S’Müz for the [[OmnicidalManiac indiscriminate]] UltimateEvil that it is.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Hydia is the first victim of The S’Müz. Also, [[spoiler: the S’Müz is defeated when the ponies use their Elements of Harmony to absorb both the PKE it stole and the PKE that makes up its body and disperse it into Equestria.]]
* HopeSpot: The Doctor [[EurekaMoment suddenly realizes]] how to defeat the S'Müz! All they need to do is-[[spoiler: and down goes the Doctor]]. To elaborate, in mid-sentence, [[spoiler: the S'Müz impales the Doctor with a tentacle, and kills him]].

** Fitting, Rarity has displayed grace under pressure in the show being a fashion designer and all.
** Arguably all the ponies take being pitched against a Lovecraftian Horror quite well.

** A second time When [[spoiler: Draggle]] reincarnates as a foal and is held by Twilight, everyone assumes The Doctor is the father.

* NoodleIncident: Sometime in the past The Doctor had some adventure with Princesses Celestia and Luna. By the end of it, the latter developed a crush on him. Because of a Timey Whimey thing, The Doctor himself doesn't know what happened and is looking forward to it.
* OhCrap: An oh-so-very satisfying one from [[spoiler: The S’Müz.]]

** Safe to assume that every reader [[spoiler:when the '''Doctor''' was KilledMidSentence.]]
** A a smaller one when learning (through here or the fan fic itself) that [[spoiler: the S’Müz is in simplest terms a [[EldritchAbomination Cthulu-Smooze]].]]

* PsychicNosebleed: Twilight [[spoiler: while defeating the S’Müz]].

* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Nine Hundred And Five...ish Years Old]]: The Doctor naturally, much to Twilight's surprise.
* ReversePolarity: Name-dropped, [[ContinuityNod natch]]. [[spoiler:Later used to destroy the LifeEnergy-gobbling S’Müz by pulling the energy ''back out'' through the Elements of Harmony]].
* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: Parental sacrifice of the most goodhearted of a damned species, that is to say, Hydia's slaying of Draggle, brings forth resurrection for both the world at hand and the sacrificed child. This is in fact a hard aversion of the [[TheMessiah messianic]] trope, as Hydia had evil intentions and resurrection was not at all part of the plan.]]
* SequelHook[=/=]AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: After the S’Müz is vanquished and everything's back to something approaching normal, the Doctor offers to take the girls on further adventures in the TARDIS... which they gladly accept once they realize the implications of having access to a time machine.]]

** The main villains are Carrionites (as seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E2TheShakespeareCode The Shakespeare Code]]), and they're named for the witches from the G1 MyLittlePony movie.

** The S’Müz is a DarkerAndEdgier take on the Smooze.

** WordOfGod states that this incarnation of the S’Müz is based off [[MassEffect Sovereign]]. Compare the speech pattern of the S’Müz to Sovereign [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvrIFIjTGt0 here]].

** A ''bizarre'' one in the penultimate chapter, when Twilight is working out how to defeat the S'Müz, one of her thought processes is... ''[[spoiler: [[InsaneClownPosse "F***in’ magnets/how do they work?"]]]]''
** And a MythologyGag when Zeitgeist Stardust first hears the Tardis: 'It's kind of like ... scraping one's front door keys on piano wire ... '

* UltimateEvil: Again, The S’Müz. It has no reason to destroy the multiverse beyond spite, it's simply ''offended'' by the rest of reality.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: The S’Müz pretty much ''freaks'' when the ponies start stealing its PKE.]]
** [[spoiler: Hydia has a minor one when Draggle confronts her about how summoning the S’Müz is a blindingly stupid idea.]]
* VillainsWantMercy: Hydia pretends to do this as a distraction so [[spoiler: she can summon the S’Müz.]]
** [[spoiler: The S’Müz begs and pleads with the Mane Cast to stop destroying it. They don't.]]

* WalkingWasteland: The S’Müz consumes passive life like bacteria and plants just by being there and kills higher lifeforms with a touch.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Draggle is about a century old, but is practically a newborn by Carrionite standards. [[spoiler: This is only relevant when she is transformed into a unicorn foal after having her body and mind destroyed by The S’Müz possessing her.]]

* EvilPlan: The Carrionites wish to extend the empire into Esquaria by using the S'Müz.

* EldritchAbomination: The S’Müz is referred to directly as such and its effect on {{muggles}} descriped in horrific detail.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Pinkie Pie is the first to catch onto the Doctor's train of thought, much to his surprise.

** [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!!]]

Followed by two sequels, ''Fanfic/MinesOfDragonMountain'' and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8863551/1/The-Nightmare-Engine The Nightmare Engine]] (latter of which is on hiatus).

* HopeSpot: The Doctor [[EurekaMoment suddenly realizes]] how to defeat the S'Müz! All they need to do is-[[spoiler: and down goes the Doctor]].
** To elaborate, in mid-sentence, [[spoiler: the S'Müz impales the Doctor with a tentacle, and kills him]].

** The Doctor himself is already serious when colts are attacked but when the Hervoken says the destruction of his own race was necessary to destroy another and end a long war, [[NotSoDifferent he becomes very serious.]]

* BrickJoke: That book of Twilight's the Doctor accidentally teleported into the sun.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Twilight and the Doctor get into this situation due to a mishap involving Twilight's Element of Harmony.

** Pretty safe to assume that every reader pretty much went OhCrap [[spoiler:when the '''Doctor''' was KilledMidSentence. [[UnexplainedRecovery He gets better]], though.]]
*** Not to mention a smaller one when learning (through here or the fan fic itself) that [[spoiler: the S’Müz is in simplest terms a [[EldritchAbomination Cthulu-Smooze]].]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: Parental sacrifice of the most goodhearted of a damned species, that is to say, Hydia's slaying of Draggle, brings forth resurrection for both the world at hand and the sacrificed child. This is in fact a hard subversion of the [[TheMessiah messianic]] trope, as Hydia had evil intentions and resurrection was not at all part of the plan.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The S’Müz is referred to directly as such.
* EurekaMoment: In the penultimate chapter, both the Doctor and Twilight (albeit at separate times) realize how to defeat the S'Müz (using the Sonic Screwdriver to reverse the polarity of the Elements of Harmony). With the Doctor, it's when Rainbow mentions how life is being ''pulled'' out of everything around them. For Twilight, it's when the same pony mentions how the current situation ''sucks''.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Draggle, the only Carrionite to actually see the S’Müz for the [[OmnicidalManiac indiscriminate]] UltimateEvil that it is.]]

* [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?]]: [[spoiler: Parental sacrifice of the most goodhearted of a damned species, that is to say, Hydia's slaying of Draggle, brings forth resurrection for both the world at hand and the sacrificed child. This is in fact a hard subversion of the [[TheMessiah messianic]] trope, as Hydia had evil intentions and resurrection was not at all part of the plan.]]

--> "I'm The Doctor, and these (''MLP Mane Cast...[[MyFirendsAndZoidberg and Zecora]]'') Are my friends. And we are going to stop you. Understood?"

--> "I'm The Doctor, and these (''MLP Mane Cast...[[AndZoidberg and Zecora]]'') Are my friends. And we are going to stop you. Understood?"

It can be found in its entirety [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/03/story-timelords-and-terror.html here.]]

Followed by two sequels, ''Fanfic/MinesOfDragonMountain'' and [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/05/story-atmos-fear.html Atmos-Fear]] (latter of which is on hiatus).

* BerserkButton: Twilight has a couple of these throughout the story.
** Typically called 'The Doctor'.

* BiggerOnInside: Initially Twilight tries to rationalize it but when she steps inside the TARDIS she's amazed.

* BadassBookworm: Twilight Sparkle, oh so much.

* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Nine Hundred And Five...ish Years Old]]: The Doctor naturally, much to Twilight's [[FlatWhat surprise]].

* BeyondTheImpossible: The Doctor's entry to Ponyville in the first chapter created a storm that was "outright contradictory to all known magical laws." Trying to quantify the impossible event that happened over her head makes Twilight shout “AAAAAARRRGH!!!!”

* CasualDangerDialogue: Twilight Sparkle has this memorable exchange with [[EldritchAbomination The]] [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm S'Müz.]]

* ChickMagnet: Ten has a reputation for it, but it's taken up a level here when almost everypony has a ShipTease with him.

* CuteBruiser: Zecora especially gets this during her first encounter with the Carrionites. Applejack and Rainbow Dash also qualify.

** Typically involving a BerserkButton called 'The Doctor'.