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* HappilyMarried: Madge and her husband.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Even before Madge takes over the HumongousMecha to save her children, she pulls a gun on her three interrogators.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Even before Madge takes over the HumongousMecha to save her children, she pulls a gun on her three interrogators. "Crying's so useful, isn't it?"
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld To the Forest of Cheem]].

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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld To the Forest of Cheem]].Cheem]], as well as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]. At the end, [[spoiler: Amy informs the Doctor that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong River already told her he was alive]].]]
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* MythologyGag / ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld Androzani Trees, anyone?]]

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* MythologyGag / ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld Androzani Trees, anyone?]]To the Forest of Cheem]].
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* MamaBear: Madge. (And to an extent, Lily)

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* MythologyGag / ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld Androzani Trees, anyone?]]
** Also, River's admission to [[spoiler:Amy and Rory that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong the Doctor is NOT dead.]] ]]

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* MythologyGag / ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld Androzani Trees, anyone?]]
** Also, River's admission to [[spoiler:Amy and Rory that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong the Doctor is NOT dead.]] ]]
anyone?]]

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* LittleMissSnarker: Lily.



* PhlebotinumBreakdown: The Doctor's sonic screwdriver [[RunningGag still doesn't do wood]]. WhenTreesAttack, this is a bit of a problem.



* TearsofJoy: [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Very humany-wumany of you, Doctor.]] ]]

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* TearsofJoy: TearsOfJoy: [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Very humany-wumany of you, Doctor.]] ]]

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* ActionPrologue: The episode begins with the Doctor escaping an exploding spaceship. While this does lead to him meeting Madge, it's otherwise unconnected with the plot of the episode.



* FridgeHorror / HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Sentient, talking trees are being melted down to create battery fluid. ''On a regular basis.''



* OutrunTheFireball / OutOfTheInferno

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* NeverFoundTheBody: Madge's telegram notes that Reg is lost at sea rather than being confirmed dead. [[spoiler:Naturally, this means he's actually still alive.]]
* OutrunTheFireball / OutOfTheInfernoOutOfTheInferno: The Doctor, when escaping the spaceship in the opening.



* [[TearsofJoy Tears of Joy]]: [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Very humany-wumany of you, Doctor.]] ]]

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* [[TearsofJoy Tears of Joy]]: TearsofJoy: [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Very humany-wumany of you, Doctor.]] ]]



* WorldWarTwo
** IE, We're back in the London Blitz...''again''...

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* WorldWarTwo
** IE,
WorldWarTwo: We're back in the London Blitz...''again''...Blitz again.

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* FridgeHorror / HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Sentient, talking trees are being melted down to create battery fluid. ''On a regular basis.''
* HerHeartWillGoOn: Madge. [[TimeyWimeyBall At]] [[BackFromTheDead first]].



* MythologyGag / ContinuityNod: Androzani Trees, anyone?
** Also, River's admission to [[spoiler:Amy and Rory that the Doctor is NOT dead.]]

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* MythologyGag / ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld Androzani Trees, anyone?
anyone?]]
** Also, River's admission to [[spoiler:Amy and Rory that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong the Doctor is NOT dead.]] ]]



* SoulJar: The tree people's escape plan.



* [[TearsofJoy Tears of Joy]]: [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Very humany-wumany of you, Doctor.]] ]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Even before Madge takes over the HumongousMecha to save her children, she pulls a gun on her three interrogators.



** May double as a ShoutOut

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** May double as a ShoutOut ShoutOut.

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Oh, and BillBailey [[TheFastShow Arabella Weir]] and [[TheSarahJaneAdventures Alexander Armstrong]] have guest roles.

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Oh, and BillBailey BillBailey, [[TheFastShow Arabella Weir]] and [[TheSarahJaneAdventures Alexander Armstrong]] have guest roles.


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* JustPlaneWrong: Avro Lancasters did not see active service until 194''2'', while the special is set in 1941.
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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas special, penned by Steven Moffat.

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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas Christmas special, penned by Steven Moffat.
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** Also, River's admission to [[Spoiler:Amy and Rory that the Doctor is NOT dead.]]

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** Also, River's admission to [[Spoiler:Amy [[spoiler:Amy and Rory that the Doctor is NOT dead.]]
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** Also, River's admission to [Spoiler Amy and Rory that the Doctor is NOT dead.]

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** Also, River's admission to [Spoiler Amy [[Spoiler:Amy and Rory that the Doctor is NOT dead.]]]

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* MythologyGag: Androzani Trees, anyone?

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag / ContinuityNod: Androzani Trees, anyone? anyone?
** Also, River's admission to [Spoiler Amy and Rory that the Doctor is NOT dead.]
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* StalkingIsLove: Reg kept following Madge home until she agreed to marry him. She didn't want to cause a scene.

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* MythologyGag: Androzani Trees, anyone?



* ShoutOut: Androzani Trees, anyone?
** Also, the below mentioned WholePlotReference
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* ShoutOut: Androzani Trees, anyone?
** Also, the below mentioned WholePlotReference
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** IE, We're back in the London Blitz...''again''...
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* BigRedButton: In the prequel, the Doctor has his finger on one. When he takes it off, the ship will explode.
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* WhenTreesAttack: The Wooden King and Queen who live in the forest.
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[[http://youtu.be/ieR9QumN-UE Has a prequel]].
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** May double as a ShoutOut
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Oh, and BillBailey [[TheFastShow Arabella Weir]] and [[TheSarahJaneAdventures Alexander]] [[ArmstrongAndMiller Armstrong]] have guest roles.

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Oh, and BillBailey [[TheFastShow Arabella Weir]] and [[TheSarahJaneAdventures Alexander]] [[ArmstrongAndMiller Alexander Armstrong]] have guest roles.
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Oh, and BillBailey and [[TheFastShow Arabella Weir]] have guest roles.

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Oh, and BillBailey and [[TheFastShow Arabella Weir]] and [[TheSarahJaneAdventures Alexander]] [[ArmstrongAndMiller Armstrong]] have guest roles.
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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas special, penned by Steven Moffat. Information on plot so far is sketchy, but here's what we do know; it's Christmas in war-torn Britain, and a mother and her two children (a son and daughter) have been [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to the country]]. They're placed in an old mansion, where lives a caretaker- a strange man in a [[BowTiesAreCool bow-tie]], also known as the Doctor. And he has a strange blue box in his room that he claims is just a wardrobe, but seems to open out onto a winter forest...

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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas special, penned by Steven Moffat. Information on plot so far is sketchy, but here's what we do know; it's

Official BBC promotional synopsis: It’s
Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home, in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, starring Matt Smith as the Doctor. He promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish. Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn Britain, and a mother and London with her two children (a son and daughter) have for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to lost over the country]]. They're placed in an old mansion, where lives a caretaker- a strange man in a [[BowTiesAreCool bow-tie]], also known as channel, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the Doctor. best Christmas ever. The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And he has a strange blue box in his room that he claims wishes can come true.... Madge Arwell is just a wardrobe, but seems to open out onto a winter forest...
played by Claire Skinner, Lily Arwell by Holly Earl and Cyril Arwell by Maurice Cole.



* WholePlotReference: Pretty clearly to the ChroniclesOfNarnia.

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* WholePlotReference: Pretty clearly to the ChroniclesOfNarnia.''TheChroniclesOfNarnia: TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''.

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* ShoutOut: Pretty clearly to the ChroniclesOfNarnia.


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* WholePlotReference: Pretty clearly to the ChroniclesOfNarnia.
**MegaphoneHanging: The Doctor directly quotes Professor Kirke: "What ''do'' they teach in schools these days?"
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* OutrunTheFlames

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* OutrunTheFlamesOutrunTheFireball / OutOfTheInferno

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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas special, penned by Steven Moffat. Information on plot so far is sketchy, but here's what we do know; its Christmas in war-torn Britain, and a mother and her two children (a son and daughter) have been [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to the country]]. They're placed in an old mansion, where lives a caretaker- a strange man in a [[BowTiesAreCool bow-tie]], also known as the Doctor. And he has a strange blue box in his room that he claims is just a wardrobe, but seems to open out onto a winter forest...

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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas special, penned by Steven Moffat. Information on plot so far is sketchy, but here's what we do know; its it's Christmas in war-torn Britain, and a mother and her two children (a son and daughter) have been [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to the country]]. They're placed in an old mansion, where lives a caretaker- a strange man in a [[BowTiesAreCool bow-tie]], also known as the Doctor. And he has a strange blue box in his room that he claims is just a wardrobe, but seems to open out onto a winter forest...



* ShoutOut: Pretty clearly to the ChroniclesOfNarnia.

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* BlitzEvacuees
* OutrunTheFlames
* ShoutOut: Pretty clearly to the ChroniclesOfNarnia.ChroniclesOfNarnia.
* VaderBreath: The "stormtroopers" that appear in the forest.
* WorldWarTwo
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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas special, penned by Steven Moffat. Information on plot so far is sketchy, but here's what we do know; its Christmas in war-torn Britain, and a mother and her two children (a son and daughter) have been evacuated to the country. They're placed in an old mansion, where lives a caretaker- a strange man in a [[BowTiesAreCool bow-tie]], also known as the Doctor. And he has a strange blue box in his room that he claims is just a wardrobe, but seems to open out onto a winter forest...

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The 2011 DoctorWho Chritmas special, penned by Steven Moffat. Information on plot so far is sketchy, but here's what we do know; its Christmas in war-torn Britain, and a mother and her two children (a son and daughter) have been [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to the country.country]]. They're placed in an old mansion, where lives a caretaker- a strange man in a [[BowTiesAreCool bow-tie]], also known as the Doctor. And he has a strange blue box in his room that he claims is just a wardrobe, but seems to open out onto a winter forest...

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