History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho078PierPressure

* TalkingToHimself: Literally.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Invoked by the Doctor.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Max Miller.

** The Doctor tries to IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight Evelyn and mentions their adventure with [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho022Bloodtide the Silurians]].

* HistoricalInJoke: The energy that corrodes the pier would turn it's metal to dust, some odd 60 years later. Late 1990's, the Brighton pier did indeed collapse.

** A slew of UniversalHorror movie stars are mentioned, like Creator/BorisKarloff, Creator/LionelAtwill, Creator/ColinClive, and Creator/BelaLugosi.

** The Doctor mentions several literature writers as well, such as ArthurConanDoyle and the works of TheDivineComedy.

While the Doctor and Billy investigate, Max quickly guesses where and ''when'' Evelyn is from, and doesn't take long to get used to the idea. As it turns out, the pier is home to an EldritchAbomination EmotionEater who's happily feasting on the joy of the interbellum and looks forward to feasting even more on all the fear in WorldWarII and the Cold War. Max Miller starts TalkingTheMonsterToDeath with bad jokes, and the Doctor neutralizes it.

* ShoutOut: To Lugosi's ''Film/{{Dracula}}''.

** A slew of UniversalHorror movie stars are mentioned, like BorisKarloff, LionelAtwill, ColinClive, and BelaLugosi.

* MythologyGag: With a bit of BitingTheHandHumor: [[Creator/ColinBaker Six]] mentions that the BBC doesn't treat it's finest assets very well, harking back to him being fired from the role in DoctorWho.

** He does one to {{Shakespeare}} as well, but combines it with a {{Pun}}.

** [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes The Doctor]] gets called "[[JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat Joseph, with the coat of many colours]]!"

The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn try to take the TARDIS to Blackpool in the 1980's. Due to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks a lot of bad memories]], the TARDIS adamantly refuses and vworps to 1930's Brighton instead. They run into Max Miller and [[WilliamHartnell a young actor named Billy]] and proceed to get caught up in a local mystery involving the pier.

* CelebrityParadox: It's never explicitly stated, but young Billy is... WilliamHartnell. If you know his filmography, you can work it out from the titles he mentions having acted in.

** With a dash of CelebrityParadox: The young boy is called Billy, who said he's starred in ''While Parents Sleep'' and ''I'm An Explosive''. The surname of a certain Billy in those movies? [[WilliamHartnell Hartnell]].