History Recap / DoctorWhoMissingAdventures20TheEnglishWayOfDeath

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] by Zodaal, who ''deliberately plans to schedule his next genocide on a Tuesday''. Immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] (as always) by the Doctor.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The Doctor notes that when Julia shot him, it hit nearby jam instead, and that Julia also shot at and hit Woodrow, who is ImmuneToBullets.
--> '''The Doctor''': Have you ever managed to kill ''anyone'' when you at shoot them?

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] by Zodaal, then immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] (as always) by the Doctor.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] (as always) by the Doctor.

* ImmuneToBullets: Zombie!Woodrow is pointed out to be this, with the usual [[LampshadedTrope lampshading]] from The Doctor.

--> '''The Doctor''': Have you ever managed to kill ''anyone'' when you shoot them?

-->'''The Doctor''': Oh yes, [[DeadpanSnarker they'll see]], and as their front gardens are swallowed up by molten lava, the first thing they'll say is "Oh, old Porteous was right!" Rather a PhyrricVictory, wouldn't you say?

* BigDamnHeroes: Romana, K-9 and [[spoiler:"Good"!Zodaal]] pull one to rescue the Doctor from Zodaal and [[spoiler:reunite the "nice" part of him with the "evil" part. The result only turned him AffiablyEvil]].

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: Half the characters express surprise that the CEO of a biscuit company was behind the plot to destroy the Earth.]]

* UpperClassTwit: Percy seems to have settled into the period nicely.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Half the characters express surprise that the CEO of a biscuit company was behind the plot to destroy the Earth.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The Doctor notes that Julia hasn't been able to kill ''any'' of her targets.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During an meeting between Woodrow, Julia, The Doctor and Percy, Julia gives up trying to reason with Woodrow, grabs Percy's flying box, then ''flies out of the window''.

--> ''The Doctor''': HELLO, ZOMBIES!

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Well, "authority figure" may be a bit of a stretch, but Julia's far more reasonable than any assassin has any right to be. Though she starts off as a lackie of Stackhouse, and very much shoots to kill at the chance, she never holds the VillainBall or gives into ArbitrarySkepticism despite the strange things she sees and is told. She's downright an AntiHero by the second half, working to stop Zodaal's plan to blow up the world without being told to or offered anything in turn (albeit with the potential prize of the seismic stimulator to work for).

* LighterAndSofter: WordOfGod stated in 2015 that despite most of the Missing Adventure authors attempting to write stories for an adult/ young adult audience (many stories feature topics of drugs, death, and sex), he wanted to do something more of the 4th Doctor period, because it's the kind of story ''he'' would want to watch (or read). So this story when compared to other darker stories in the same series like [[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventures55DamagedGoods Damaged Goods]], the characters in this story are nicer, there's a bigger focus on comedy and the zombies themselves are OutOfFocus.

* LighterAndSofter: WordOfGod stated in 2015 that despite most of the Missing Adventure authors attempting to write stories for an adult/ young adult audience (many stories feature topics of drugs, death, and sex), he wanted to do something more of the 4th Doctor period, because it's the kind of story ''he'' would want to watch (or read). Hence the characters are nicer, there's a bit more comedy and the zombies themselves are OutOfFocus.

* LighterAndSofter: WordOfGod stated in 2015 that despite most of the Missing Adventure authors attempting to write stories for an adult/ young adult audience (many stories feature topics of drugs, death, and sex), he wanted to do something more of the 4th Doctor period, because it's the kind of story ''he'' would want to watch (or read). Hence the characters have more warmth, there's a bit more wit and the zombies tend to mind their own business rather than immediately cause an apocalypse.

* JumpedAtTheCall: The Colonel is more than happy to assist Romana, even when he's aware of the danger that would ensue.

* NotUsingTheZWord: Averted, several characters happily call the lumbering, drooling figures a zombie.

* DoctorWhoMissingAdventures/ BigFinishDoctorWho: This story holds a rare distinction in being part of ''two'' series of Doctor Who expanded universe material.

It was released in 1996 by author (and future episode writer) Gareth Roberts, and with his blessing, was adapted into a full-cast radio drama by Creator/BigFinish starring [[Creator/TomBaker Tom Baker]], Lalla Ward & John Leeson in 2015. It can be purchased [[http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-english-way-of-death-standard-edition-1003 here]]. It was re-released in 2015, to celebrate its release as an audio, and Gareth Roberts upcoming 2015 episode.

* AnachronismStew: The Circle, a group of time travellers using the period as a retirement home, bring some equipment with them and ensure people of the time don't get their hands on it. There's a portal in a seaside resort, and then there's K-9.

* InTheStyleOf: The whole book plays out like it was a novelization of a TV story between seasons 17 & 18. There's even 4 parts, complete with end-of-episode cliffhangers, instead of a normal layout of a bunch of chapters. Unsurprisingly, the audio adaptation stayed within this format for its release.
* JumpedAtTheCall: The Colonel is more than happy to assist Romana, even when he's aware that zombies are after him.
* LighterAndSofter: WordOfGod stated in 2015 that despite most of the Missing Adventure authors attempting to write stories for an adult/ young adult audience (and hence have stories featuring topics of drugs, death, and sex), he wanted to do something more of the 4th Doctor period, because it's the kind of story ''he'' would want to watch (or read). Hence the characters have more warmth, there's a bit more wit and the zombies tend to mind their own business rather than immediately cause an apocalypse.

* OffTheShelfFX: The [[spoiler: time vortex in the Episode 2 cliffhanger uses the same SFX as the Time Vortex in several episodes of the TV series, starting from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead.]] ]]
* RetiredBadass: The Colonel, who still longs for adventures, jumps at the opportunity of helping Romana reach a seaside town, then defending her from zombies.
* StiffUpperLip: The period-specific characters don't seem particularly fazed when faced with K-9, zombies and weird machines. They end up being a bit more confused by it.

** AnachronismStew: The Circle, a group of time travellers using the period as a retirement home, bring some equipment with them and ensure people of the time don't get their hands on it. There's a portal in a seaside resort, and then there's K-9.
** TheBusCameBack: Lalla Ward and Tom Baker finally appear together in a performed piece of Doctor Who, for the first time in ''34 years''!
** ContinuityNod/ RightForTheWrongReasons: In the novel, Mrs Chater assumes The Doctor is an artist due to his bohemian clothing style. Her next logical conclusion is that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he spends his time in Paris, having misadventures with paintings]].
** DoctorWhoMissingAdventures/ BigFinishDoctorWho: This story holds a rare distinction in being part of ''two'' series of Doctor Who expanded universe material.
** GenteelInterbellumSetting: And characters of the period try not to despair when up to their eyeballs in zombies, zany gadgets and killer clouds.
** JumpedAtTheCall: The Colonel is more than happy to assist Romana, even when he's aware that zombies are after him.
** LighterAndSofter: WordOfGod stated in 2015 that despite most of the Missing Adventure authors attempting to write stories for an adult/ young adult audience (and hence have stories featuring topics of drugs, death, and sex), he wanted to do something more of the 4th Doctor period, because it's the kind of story ''he'' would want to watch (or read). Hence the characters have more warmth, there's a bit more wit and the zombies tend to mind their own business rather than immediately cause an apocalypse.
** NotUsingTheZWord: Averted, several characters happily call the lumbering, drooling figures a zombie.
** RetiredBadass: The Colonel, who still longs for adventures, jumps at the opportunity of helping Romana reach a seaside town, then defending her from zombies.
** StiffUpperLip: The period-specific characters don't seem particularly fazed when faced with K-9, zombies and weird machines. They end up being a bit more confused by it.

It was released in 1996 by author (and future episode writer) Gareth Roberts, and with his blessing, was adapted into a full-cast radio drama by BigFinishProductions starring [[Creator/TomBaker Tom Baker]], Lalla Ward & John Leeson in 2015. It can be purchased [[http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-english-way-of-death-standard-edition-1003 here]]. It was re-released in 2015, to celebrate its release as an audio, and Gareth Roberts upcoming 2015 episode.

It was released in 1996 by author (and future episode writer) Gareth Roberts, and with his blessing, was adapted into a full-cast radio drama by BigFinishProductions starring [[Creator/TomBaker Tom Baker]], Lalla Ward & John Leeson in 2015. It can be purchased here. It was re-released in 2015, to celebrate its release as an audio, and Gareth Roberts upcoming 2015 episode.

** GenteelInterbellumSetting
** NotUsingTheZWord: Averted, several characters happily call the lumbering, drooling figures a zombie.
** RetiredBadass: The Colonel, who still longs for adventures, jumps at the opportunity of helping Romana reach a seaside town, then defending her from zombies.
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