History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS2E6TheZygonWhoFellToEarth

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* HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler:The original Trevor.]]

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: As we find out in later episodes, [[spoiler: Lucie considers the Doctor's decision to lie to her JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, and it leads her to break off their friendship. She ''eventually'' forgives him when much worse things happen to both of them, but their friendship is never the same again.]]

* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:After meeting Zygon!Lucie, Pat asks the Doctor if her niece Lucie ever really existed, although she of course does.]]

* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: The Doctor only remembers that you don't call people by family-related titles just 'cos your friends are related to them when [[spoiler:Pat is dying]].

* ShoutOut: The title and cover art reference the 1976 film ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', another story of an alien masquerading as a human. (Trevor taking on the form of a human musician likely references the fact that the title role was played by DavidBowie.)

Lucie is woken up by a very franctic Doctor. She's missed the whole adventure, and is absolutely horrified to learn that her aunt is dead. The Doctor explains to her that since auntie Pat was pretty much a nobody in the future, time can adjust itself to just sort of... skip around her. That doesn't make Lucie any happier, and she wants to stay at the hotel for the remainder of the night to mourn Pat and make sure the customers are taken care of.

* [[MyNameIsNotDurwood My Name Is Not Aunty Pat]]: The Doctor keeps calling Pat "Aunty Pat", even though of course she's not his aunty. He only gets it right once, and when he doesn't, she only lets him get away with it once.

The Doctor wants to visit his [[HoYay old poetry buddy]] Creator/WilliamWordsworth, but the TARDIS instead takes them to [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS1E3HorrorOfGlamRock Lucie's auntie Pat]] in the 1980's. They're a bit confused. Pat isn't exactly happy to see them, because last time they visited, people got eaten and stuff. Also, she wishes that the Doctor would stop calling her "auntie".

* ScreamingAtSquick: The Zygons interlopers discuss how normally, humans scream and sometimes faint upon seeing their true forms.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Almost literally said by the Zygons.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Zygons can permanently change form just by thinking really hard.

The Doctor quickly figures out that Trevor is, in fact, a body-snatching [[DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Zygon]], with the lake monster being their pet Skarasen. The original human Trevor is stuck in a body-copying machine in the hotel basement. He and Lucie (who's acting a bit strange) go tell Pat. But Pat already knows, and doesn't even care that her husband is an alien. They're in love, they're having a grand time being eco-hippies and running a hotel, and they'd like to just be left alone now.

The Doctor quickly figures out that Trevor is, in fact, a body-snatching [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Zygon]], with the lake monster being their pet Skarasen. The original human Trevor is stuck in a body-copying machine in the hotel basement. He and Lucie (who's acting a bit strange) go tell Pat. But Pat already knows, and doesn't even care that her husband is an alien. They're in love, they're having a grand time being eco-hippies and running a hotel, and they'd like to just be left alone now.

The Doctor goes outside to look at the pretty sky and recite poetry for a bit. And to call Trevor out of the bushes where he's rather obviously hiding. Trevor is devastated to have lost his wife, but he can honour her... by concentrating ''really'' hard, transforming himself into her forever, and taking on her form for the rest of a natural human lifespan without needing his Zygon body-copying machine. The Doctor eventually agrees to always lie to Lucie about it. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS4E1DeathInBlackpool Well]]... and with that, they head back to the hotel.

The Doctor wants to visit his [[HoYay old poetry buddy]] Creator/WilliamWordsworth, but the TARDIS instead takes them to [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS1E3HorrorOfGlamRock Lucie's auntie Pat]] in the 1980's again. They're a bit confused. Pat isn't exactly happy to see them, because last time they visited, people got eaten and stuff. Also, she wishes that the Doctor would stop calling her "auntie".

The Doctor goes outside to look at the pretty sky and recite poetry for a bit. And to call Trevor out of the bushes where he's rather obviously hiding. Trevor is devastated to have lost his wife, but he can honour her... by concentrating ''really'' hard, transforming himself into her forever, and taking on her form for the rest of a natural human lifespan without needing his Zygon body-copying machine. The Doctor eventually agrees to always lie to Lucie about it, and with that, they head back to the hotel.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Almost literally said by the Zygons.

* ShoutOut: The title and cover art reference the 1976 film ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', another story of an alien masquerading as a human.

* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to DavidBowie.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Almost literally said by the Zygons.

The Zygon businessmen conclude that "Trevor" is insane, and that he's deluded himself into believing he can feel a weird human emotion like "love". Trevor and Pat, however, really are happily in love, and when the Zygons come to take her organically-fused Zygon necklace, she resists as best as she can. In fact, the human body in the basement isn't even alive anymore; it was dead when Trevor the Zygon found it, and the Trevor that Pat came to know and love was always just him. The Doctor apologises for having assumed the worst. However, he also realises that Lucie is NotHerself, and is in fact the female Zygon in disguise. Lucie's been kidnapped and is stuck in a body-copying machine somewhere.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Almost literally said by the Zygons.

Also, there's a giant lake monster. Lucie goes to investigate and sees the businessmen (and one woman) suckling on the monster's teats. She's ''very'' squicked out by it, and gets noticed by the Zygons.

Lucie is woken up by a very franctic Doctor. She's missed the whole adventure, and is absolutely horrified to learn that her aunt is dead. The Doctor explains to her that since auntie Pat was pretty much a nobody in the future, the timeline could be altered to just sort of... skip around her. That doesn't make Lucie any happier, and she wants to stay at the hotel for the remainder of the night to mourn Pat and make sure the customers are taken care of.

The Doctor figures out the Zygon plan: using global warming, they want to make Earth suitable as a new home planet. They engineered the rock music craze of the 1980's (hair spray, CDs with invisible greenhouse gasses, etc. etc.) to hurry up that process. Which also explains Trevor's passionate love for the environment: he wanted to save the Earth instead. And so, Trevor makes a HeroicSacrifice and destroys the ship. But he's too late to save Pat: blood was still gushing out of the wound from her ripped-off necklace, and the destruction of the ship cost her her life.

The Zygon businessmen conclude that "Trevor" is insane, and that he's deluded himself into believing he can feel a weird human emotion like "love". Trevor and Pat, however, really are happily in love, and when the Zygons come to take her organically-fused necklace, she resists as best as she can. In fact, the human body in the basement isn't even alive anymore; it was dead when Trevor the Zygon found it, and the Trevor that Pat came to know and love was always just him. The Doctor apologises for having assumed the worst. However, he also realises that Lucie is NotHerself, and is in fact the female Zygon in disguise. Lucie's been kidnapped and is stuck in a body-copying machine somewhere.

The Doctor quickly figures out that Trevor is, in fact, a body-snatching [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Zygon]], with the lake monster being their pet Skarasen. The original Trevor is stuck in a body-copying machine in the hotel basement. He and Lucie (who's acting a bit strange) go tell Pat. But Pat already knows, and doesn't even care that her husband is an alien. They're in love, they're having a grand time being eco-hippies and running a hotel, and they'd like to just be left alone now.

Meanwhile, two businessmen also arrive at the hotel that Pat runs together with her husband Trevor. They're in the music industry, and they're hoping that Trevor is up for PuttingTheBandBackTogether one last time. He's not. In fact, he's horrified to see them. Lucie notes that Pat never mentioned a Trevor, and that her life right now seems to be significantly more interesting than that of the future Pat she's known all her life.

Meanwhile, two businessmen also arrive at the hotel that Pat runs together with her husband Trevor. They're in the music industry, and they're hoping that Trevor is up PuttingTheBandBackTogether one last time. He's not. In fact, he's horrified to see them. Lucie notes that Pat never mentioned a Trevor, and that her life right now seems to be significantly more interesting than that of the future Pat she's known all her life.