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* AssholeVictim: Scorby ultimately ends up getting drowned by the Krynoid while trying to escape Chase Mansion. Considering Scroby was something of a [[JerkAss jerkass]] throughout the episode (even his alliance with the Doctor was more out of a selfish need to survive as opposed to a genuine [[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turn]]), it's unlikely anyone felt especially sorry for him.
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* AssholeVictim: Scorby ultimately ends up getting drowned by the Krynoid while trying to escape Chase Mansion. Considering Scroby Scorby was something of a [[JerkAss jerkass]] throughout the episode (even his alliance with the Doctor was more out of a selfish need to survive as opposed to a genuine [[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turn]]), it's unlikely anyone felt especially sorry for him.
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* AssholeVictim: Scorby ultimately ends up getting drowned by the Krynoid while trying to escape Chase Mansion. Considering Scroby was something of a [[JerkAss jerkass]] throughout the episode (even his alliance with the Doctor was more out of a selfish need to survive as opposed to a genuine [[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turn]]), it's unlikely anyone felt especially sorry for him.
** Inverted in Keeler's case. Despite being one of Chase's henchmen, he was one of the more sympathetic characters and it's hard not to pity him when he eventually ends up getting transformed into a Krynoid. See MinionWithAnFInEvil, below.
** Inverted in Keeler's case. Despite being one of Chase's henchmen, he was one of the more sympathetic characters and it's hard not to pity him when he eventually ends up getting transformed into a Krynoid. See MinionWithAnFInEvil, below.
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* ChromosomeCasting: Apart from Sarah, Amelia is the only female character in the story.
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* BigBad: Harrison Chase.
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* BigBad: Harrison Chase.Chase, although by the last episode he's basically become TheDragon for the Krynoid.
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* FashionDissonance: Harrison Chase's clothes, which at the time were being worn by an actor known for his excellent and trendsetting fashion sense and indicated to viewers that Chase was WickedCultured and the height of chic. Nowadays the costume's good for little else other than being mocked relentlessly in the DVD commentaries by Creator/TomBaker ("his tie is as big as the whole of the rest of his suit!"). (To be fair, it is pretty good-looking other than the flares and the tie.)
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* WhatTheHellHero: Keeler gives one of these speeches to Sarah Jane after she refuses to help him, knowing full well that Keeler's transformation is near the end of its initial stage, and his personality will soon be eliminated. Sadly her decision is proven right, as the next time we see "Keeler", there's nothing left of the man he once was.
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* BodyHorror: There's no other way to describe the Krynoid transformation.
* BondVillainStupidity: Scorby, '''all the time'''.
* BondVillainStupidity: Scorby, '''all the time'''.
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* BodyHorror: There's no other way to describe the Krynoid transformation.
* BondVillainStupidity: Scorby, '''alltransformation. It starts with the time'''.skin turning green and mottled, then thick vegetable growths covering the whole body, with the victim remaining conscious during this whole part of the process. It then progresses to what the Doctor describes as "a grotesque parody of the human form" and the complete elimination of the victim's original personality, before losing all vestiges of humanity.
* BondVillainStupidity:
** Committed by Scorby early on, who just leaves the people at the Antarctic base to be blown up by a bomb rather than actually bothering to make sure they're dead.
** Turned UpToEleven by Chase later on, when he not only doesn't stick around to make sure the Doctor is mulched by his machine, he even ''sends out'' a guard who could have made sure the Doctor was actually killed. Ironically, Chase actually seems to become smarter after the Krynoid starts mind controlling him, and this time makes sure that a UNIT RedShirt is finished off.
* BondVillainStupidity: Scorby, '''all
* BondVillainStupidity:
** Committed by Scorby early on, who just leaves the people at the Antarctic base to be blown up by a bomb rather than actually bothering to make sure they're dead.
** Turned UpToEleven by Chase later on, when he not only doesn't stick around to make sure the Doctor is mulched by his machine, he even ''sends out'' a guard who could have made sure the Doctor was actually killed. Ironically, Chase actually seems to become smarter after the Krynoid starts mind controlling him, and this time makes sure that a UNIT RedShirt is finished off.
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* ClippedWingAngel: The Winlett Krynoid, between being in a frozen climate and not having any access to any food apart from the nutrients in Winlett's own body, transforms very slowly and doesn't progress beyond its initial stage. The Keeler Krynoid, on the other hand, being created in a much more temperate climate and being given food by Chase, ends up fully transformed and towering over Chase's mansion within the space of a day, if even that.
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* CrazyPrepared: Scorby just ''happens'' to have the highly specific type of bomb he needs to cause the Antarctic base's experimental fuel cell system to explode catastrophically, even though he didn't know the base had such a system until Stevenson told him.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: The Doctor snaps Scorby's neck, threatens people with a gun and makes a Molotov cocktail.
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* BreakTheBadass: The Doctor is genuinely afraid of the Krynoid. This was not part of the original script - Creator/TomBaker insisted upon playing the Doctor in this way because the serial was unusually violent and he felt it was required as justification.
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* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The Doctor disguises himself as a chauffeur to sneak into a mansion, an odd moment since his usual bluffing tactic is being commanding and having charisma for miles. It convinces no-one - perhaps because of this, or perhaps because he was clearly still wearing his scarf under his coat.
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* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The Doctor disguises himself as a chauffeur to sneak into a mansion, an odd moment since his usual bluffing tactic is [[BavarianFireDrill being commanding and having charisma for miles.miles]]. It convinces no-one - perhaps because of this, or perhaps because he was clearly still wearing his scarf under his coat.
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* AmputationStopsSpread: After Winlett is infected by the Kyrnoid, the team plans to amputate his arm in the hope that it would maybe slow the infection while they think of something else to try. However, the Kyrnoid takes him over and he escapes before they can do so.
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* AmputationStopsSpread: After Winlett is infected by the Kyrnoid, Krynoid, the team plans to amputate his arm in the hope that it would maybe slow the infection while they think of something else to try. However, the Kyrnoid Krynoid takes him over and he escapes before they can do so.
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* {{Transflormation}}: Anyone infected by the Kyrnoid will be transformed into a murderous plant mosnter.
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* {{Transflormation}}: Anyone infected by the Kyrnoid Krynoid will be transformed into a murderous plant mosnter.monster.
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* ConspicuousGloves: Chase almost always wears black leather gloves, except when meditating in his greenhouse. According to the {{Novelization}} and the DVD commentary, this is because Chase DoesntLikeBeingTouched, at least not by his fellow humans.
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* ConspicuousGloves: Chase almost always wears black leather gloves, except when meditating in his greenhouse. According to the {{Novelization}} and the DVD commentary, this is because Chase DoesntLikeBeingTouched, at least not by his fellow humans.
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** The novelization by Phillip Hinchcliffe (who produced this story) has the Doctor knock out Scorby with a "Venusian Neck Lock".
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* GenreSavvy: The Doctor, overlapping with DangerDeadpan as usual. When Chase says he's going to kill him, Sarah protests, but the Doctor simply points out that, as the villain, Chase ''has'' to kill them; "We keep interfering!" he observes. The Doctor's insight and honesty suitably impress Chase.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: The Fourth Doctor is noticeably more TuxedoAndMartini-like than he is normally, even in his episodes which were originally written with the very SpyFiction-influenced Third Doctor [[CharacterizationMarchesOn still in the writer's minds]] (like "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]"). For instance, he is very much an ActionHero in it, and willing to use fists at first opportunity, the same thing the Leela era (when he has a warrior as a companion) makes a very big thing out of him ''not'' doing. He also uses WigDressAccent to infiltrate a mansion, even though the Fourth Doctor had very little skill at disguises and tended to prefer force of personality and charm (one of the things that separated him from Three, who used secret identities, and Two, who was [[MasterActor a chameleon]]). This is all because the script was adapted from a script for ''Series/TheAvengers'' by an ''Avengers'' writer.
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One of the scientists, Winlett, is infected by the pod and begins to turn into a Krynoid himself. But he's destroyed by a bomb set by a mercenary, Scorby, and a rather confused botanist, Keeler, who steal the other pod on behalf of their employer, plant collector (and nutjob) Harrison Chase. Chase takes Sarah hostage and plans to open the pod in her presence, which will infect her. The Doctor rescues Sarah, and Keeler, who genuinely never wanted to get caught up in a murder case, ends up infected. This doesn't bother Chase much, and he begins to feed Keeler raw meat to accelerate the transformation. At this point, people start calling UNIT, but the Brig is in Geneva and his replacement isn't really the quick type.
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One of the scientists, Winlett, is infected by the pod and begins to turn into a Krynoid himself. But he's destroyed by a bomb set by a mercenary, Scorby, and a rather confused botanist, Keeler, who steal the other pod on behalf of their employer, plant collector (and nutjob) Harrison Chase. Chase takes Sarah hostage and plans to open the pod in her presence, which will infect her. The Doctor Doctor, who we should mention is more pissed off than we've ever seen him to this point, rescues Sarah, and Keeler, who genuinely never wanted to get caught up in a murder case, ends up infected. This doesn't bother Chase much, and he begins to feed Keeler raw meat to accelerate the transformation. At this point, people start calling UNIT, but the Brig is in Geneva and his replacement isn't really the quick type.
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* JanitorImpersonationIfiltration: The Doctor disguises himself as a chauffeur to sneak into a mansion, an odd moment since his usual bluffing tactic is being commanding and having charisma for miles. It convinces no-one - perhaps because of this, or perhaps because he was clearly still wearing his scarf under his coat.
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* JanitorImpersonationIfiltration: JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The Doctor disguises himself as a chauffeur to sneak into a mansion, an odd moment since his usual bluffing tactic is being commanding and having charisma for miles. It convinces no-one - perhaps because of this, or perhaps because he was clearly still wearing his scarf under his coat.
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* AmputationStopsSpread: After Winlett is infected by the Kyrnoid, the team plans to amputate his arm in the hope that it would maybe slow the infection while they think of something else to try. However, the Kyrnoid takes him over and he escapes before they can do so.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: You know it's a dicey prospect when ''Four'' not only starts screaming, but actually starts punching people.
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* ArtShift: Third of four Creator/TomBaker stories which use video rather than film for location shooting; as with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]", this was to accommodate the visual effects used in Parts 5 and 6.
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* BerserkButton & BewareTheNiceOnes: This is one of at least two times during Four's tenure where the normally goofy Doctor is PISSED. THE FUCK. OFF.
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* BerserkButton & BewareTheNiceOnes: This is one of at least two times during Four's tenure where the normally Folks, we're used to Four smiling a goofy Doctor is smile, all teeth and curls. We have never truly seen him PISSED. THE FUCK. OFF. Until now. While [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]] gave us only a glimpse of it, this is the first of at least two times in Four's tenure where we see what happens when you set him off. And if you can piss off the ''Fourth'' Doctor, you're a rare breed. Or a moron.
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* AlienKudzu
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* AlienKudzu
AlienKudzu: The Krynoids, which can possess Earth plants.
* ArtShift: Third of fourTom Baker Creator/TomBaker stories which use video rather than film for location shooting; as with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]", this was to accommodate the visual effects used in Parts 5 and 6.
* ArtShift: Third of four
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Plant, in this case.
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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Plant, in this case.
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* ChangedMyJumper: At the end of the story, Sarah Jane Smith ends up walking out into Antarctica — in a swimsuit due to a TARDIS error.
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* DoesntLikeGuns: When Sarah Jane sees the Doctor packing a pistol, she points out he'd never actually use it and he agrees.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The whole studio recording schedule had to be heavily reworked when one of the principal guest actors came down with chicken pox.
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* RecycledProp: The "human" stage of the Krynoid is an [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS8E3TheClawsOfAxos Axon monster]] costume, painted green.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Well, one-thirdway at least. We get a two-part story in the Antarctic base, followed by a four-parter in Chase's mansion.
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The Keelernoid grows bigger and bigger, eventually beginning to take over Chase's mansion, while the mad collector decides to turn the Doctor into compost to feed it. But he ends up falling into the crusher himself, while the Krynoid is bombed by [[UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm the RAF]].
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The Keelernoid grows bigger and bigger, eventually beginning to take over Chase's mansion, while the mad collector decides to turn the Doctor into compost to feed it. But he ends up falling into the crusher himself, while the Krynoid is bombed by [[UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm [[UsefulNotes/UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm the RAF]].
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** And the Antarctic base at the end of Part 2.
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* RecycledProp: The "human" stage of the Krynoid is an [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS8E3TheClawsOfAxos Axon monster]] costume, painted green.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Military-grade weed killer. The Doctor used it to get Sarah Jane and Scorby out of a jam...and then ran out of it.
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* ItCanThink: At first we believe the Krynoid to be an instinctual, mindless creature. But then it tries to bargain to the doctor in Keeler's voice...
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-->"If that Krynoid spawns it will mean the end of everything, even your pension!"
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-->"If that Krynoid spawns pod germinates it will mean the end of everything, even EVERYTHING you understand? Even your pension!"
