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By TRS decision Whip It Good is now a disambiguation page. Moving entries to appropriate tropes when possible.


* WhipItGood: The Ringmaster is quite vicious with her whip.

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* WhipItGood: WhipOfDominance: The Ringmaster RepulsiveRingmaster is quite vicious with her whip.whip, using it to intimidate her crew.
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* AndThenWhat: Basically the Doctor and Marc's reaction when [[spoiler:Kalu]] explains the nature of her change, as they question what exactly she will ''do'' with herself in her new state apart from [[spoiler:glowing and being made of energy]].
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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Only by an hour, but Nyssa writes a letter to The Doctor separated from her by the timelines to explain to him what is going on.

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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Only by an hour, but Nyssa writes a letter to The the Doctor separated from her by the timelines to explain to him what is going on.



* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Due to the chronon seed experiment going wrong, Tegan and Nyssa end up separated from The Doctor and Marc by an hour despite leaving the TARDIS only seconds after them.

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* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Due to the chronon seed experiment going wrong, Tegan and Nyssa end up separated from The the Doctor and Marc by an hour despite leaving the TARDIS only seconds after them.



* TechnoBabble: Tegan tells Marc that any time something goes wrong with the TARDIS, The Doctor gives it a fancy name and puts the word "time" in front of it.

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* TechnoBabble: Tegan tells Marc that any time something goes wrong with the TARDIS, The the Doctor gives it a fancy name and puts the word "time" in front of it.



* InMediasRes: Nyssa has already been taken over and The Doctor captured when the story begins. We only learn how this came to be about halfway through.

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* InMediasRes: Nyssa has already been taken over and The the Doctor captured when the story begins. We only learn how this came to be about halfway through.



* MythologyGag: Marc describes The Doctor as having a "pleasant, open face", one of many [[AuthorCatchphrase Author Catchphrases]] used by Creator/TerranceDicks to describe the Fifth Doctor in his novels.

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* MythologyGag: Marc describes The the Doctor as having a "pleasant, open face", one of many [[AuthorCatchphrase Author Catchphrases]] used by Creator/TerranceDicks to describe the Fifth Doctor in his novels.

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Go Out With A Smile is in TRS. ZCE examples are being removed or commented out. Some examples might be moved to Die Laughing or Dying Smirk.


* DieLaughing: An extremely sinister version. The Spae Wife feeds off humans' joy, forcing them to laugh until the life is drained out of them, and their desiccated corpses have unsettling smiles on their faces.



* GoOutWithASmile: An extremely sinister version. The Spae Wife feeds off humans' joy, forcing them to laugh until the life is drained out of them, and their desiccated corpses have smiles on their faces.
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* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Due the the chronon seed, Tegan and Nyssa end up separated from The Doctor and Marc by an hour despite leaving the TARDIS only seconds after them.

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* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Due the to the chronon seed, seed experiment going wrong, Tegan and Nyssa end up separated from The Doctor and Marc by an hour despite leaving the TARDIS only seconds after them.
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Two dual-part stories featuring The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and new companion Mar, who joined the TARDIS crew in the previous story, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho256Tartarus "Tartarus"]].

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Two dual-part stories featuring The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and new companion Mar, Marc, who joined the TARDIS crew in the previous story, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho256Tartarus "Tartarus"]].

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* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Brianna kisses Rosheen, finally breaking the Spae Wife's control over her.]]
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: A milder version than usual, but Tegan pretending not to care about her friendship with Nyssa is enough to help the other girl break out of the Spae Wife's control.



* CircusOfFear: On the surface, the carnival is fairly normal, but once the show is over, this trope definitely kicks in.



* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Everyone that get's possessed has a loved one try to do this to them. The Doctor has attempted it on Nyssa multiple times but could never break through the Spae Wife's control. [[spoiler:In the end, Tegan manages it.]]

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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Everyone that get's gets possessed has a loved one try to do this to them.them at various points. The Doctor has attempted it on Nyssa multiple times but could never break through the Spae Wife's control. [[spoiler:In the end, Tegan manages it.]]



* TheNicknamer: Marc and Tegan are close enough by now that she has taken to calling him "Roman Boy".

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* MythologyGag: Marc describes The Doctor as having a "pleasant, open face", one of many [[AuthorCatchphrase Author Catchphrases]] used by Creator/TerranceDicks to describe the Fifth Doctor in his novels.
* TheNicknamer: Marc and Tegan are close enough by now that she has taken to calling him "Roman Boy".Boy".
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Brianna's love for her wife ultimately destroys the Spae Wife.]]
* TentacledTerror: The Spae Wife's natural form.
* WhipItGood: The Ringmaster is quite vicious with her whip.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Doctor is able to use the chronon seed to undo its own creation.



At the height of the Irish famine, a carnival travels the country bringing cheer to all they encounter. But it also brings something else along with them… and it already has the Doctor.

!!''Feast of Fear'' contains examples of:

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At the height of [[UsefulNotes/IrishPotatoFamine the Irish famine, famine]], a carnival travels the country bringing cheer to all they encounter. But it also brings something else along with them… and it already has the Doctor.

!!''Feast of Fear'' contains examples of:of:

* ContinuityNod: Tegan refuses to blame Nyssa for what she did while being controlled by the Spae Wife, knowing [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E3Kinda all too well]] what it's like to have something else take over your body.
* ColdHam: The Ringmaster takes Nyssa's trademark calm demeanor and uses it for arch, villainous dialogue.
* DemonicPossession: The Spae Wife takes control of Rosheen as its primary host, but is able to manipulate other people as well, namely Nyssa.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It's the 19th century, so the church naturally takes a very dim view of Brianna and Rosheen's marriage.
* DistressedDude: The Doctor is caged and shackled in the carnival and forced to act as a soothsayer because he refuses to let the Spae Wife possess him. He is also blindfolded, but he did that to himself.
* EmotionEater: The Spae Wife feeds off joy and fear, draining people to husks to do so.
* EvilLaugh: As the Ringmaster, Nyssa's cackle is chilling.
* GoOutWithASmile: An extremely sinister version. The Spae Wife feeds off humans' joy, forcing them to laugh until the life is drained out of them, and their desiccated corpses have smiles on their faces.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Everyone that get's possessed has a loved one try to do this to them. The Doctor has attempted it on Nyssa multiple times but could never break through the Spae Wife's control. [[spoiler:In the end, Tegan manages it.]]
* InMediasRes: Nyssa has already been taken over and The Doctor captured when the story begins. We only learn how this came to be about halfway through.
* InstantExpert: Averted by Marc. TheAce he may be, but learning to juggle for a carnival act with only an hour's training is beyond his abilities.
* MotorMouth: The Doctor keeps the Spae Wife out of his head by maintaining a near-constant stream of consciousness, even when he's alone.
* TheNicknamer: Marc and Tegan are close enough by now that she has taken to calling him "Roman Boy".
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Two dual-part stories featuring The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and new companion Mar, who joined the TARDIS crew in the previous story, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho256Tartarus "Tartarus"]].

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''Interstitial'' by '''Carl Rowens'''

When the TARDIS is drawn off-course by temporal disruption, the Doctor and his companions discover a research facility conducting dangerous experiments. But how do you fight the future when time itself is being used as a weapon?

!!''Interstitial'' contains examples of:

* TheAce: Carrying on from the previous story. Despite a serious case of FishOutOfTemporalWater, Marc picks up on the finer points of time distortion very quickly.
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Marc sleeps on the floor in his new TARDIS bedroom, unable to get used to the bed which is so unlike anything he's used to as a slave in Rome.
* BizarreAlienSenses: The Doctor is physically affected by [[spoiler:Kalu and Jennings]] moving around using chronon waves.
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:Jennings telling Tegan that she couldn't be harmed by touching the seed.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Jennings had a bit of hero worship going on for Kalu, until everything went wrong with the chronon seed.
* CallBack:
** The Doctor asks Marc, a recently freed slave, not to refer to him as Master for [[TheMaster "so many reasons"]].
** Nyssa tells Marc that she came from a place that was "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken all dust and peace]]".
** Marc worries that the TARDIS is reacting badly to his presence, thinking that he might make the crew one too many. Tegan pauses for a moment before reassuring him that it's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva taken four of them before]].
** The Doctor tells Marc that the Minotaur they are facing off against is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber not his first]].
** In the Time Vortex, Chris lists [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster chronovores]] and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho016StormWarning vortisaurs]] among the species he can see there.
* ContemporaryCaveman: Jennings can only physically manifest as one of these, complete with HulkSpeak.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Par for the course with new companions, but Marc, being from 63BC, really takes the cake. He is completely fascinated by sliding doors, and has never so much as heard of energy before.
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Only by an hour, but Nyssa writes a letter to The Doctor separated from her by the timelines to explain to him what is going on.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Kalu]] certainly believes the power of the chronon seed makes her this.
* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Due the the chronon seed, Tegan and Nyssa end up separated from The Doctor and Marc by an hour despite leaving the TARDIS only seconds after them.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Kalu]] becomes a shining being of pure light, and is the biggest threat in this story.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman:
-->'''[[AGodAmI Kalu]]''': Go back to the solar stacks.
-->'''The Doctor''': Not today, thank you. Heading back to my ship, in the laboratory, but thank you anyway.
-->'''Kalu''': I COMMAND YOU!
-->'''The Doctor''': ...Well, that's terribly interesting, but my friend and I are still going the other way.
* RidiculousFutureInflation: By the 30th century, paper has become phenomenally rare and expensive. Unauthorized use of it can even lead to a prison sentence.
* TechnoBabble: Tegan tells Marc that any time something goes wrong with the TARDIS, The Doctor gives it a fancy name and puts the word "time" in front of it.
* TheWatson:
-->'''Tegan''': What was that?
-->'''The Doctor''': One thing about Tegan you need to remember, Marc, she really likes asking questions [[LampshadeHanging knowing I don't know the answer.]]
-->'''Marc''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint But what was that?]]

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''Feast of Fear'' by '''Martyn Waites'''

At the height of the Irish famine, a carnival travels the country bringing cheer to all they encounter. But it also brings something else along with them… and it already has the Doctor.

!!''Feast of Fear'' contains examples of:

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