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* AbsenteeActor: The Doctor is absent from episodes three and four in order to allow Creator/WilliamHartnell a holiday.


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* CallBack: Ian is still wearing the costume given to him by Marco Polo in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4MarcoPolo the previous serial]].


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* NoNameGiven: Darrius is never referred to by name in the on-screen dialogue of "The Screaming Jungle"; his name appears only on the closing credits. The character is also nameless in Philip Hinchcliffe's novelisation, being referred to simply as "the old man".
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* WackyWaysideTribe: The serial is entirely made of this - the characters have to collect PlotCoupons from various locations on the planet, each of which has a different culture and threat. There's a LotusEaterMachine world that only Barbara can see through, a murder investigation world where the Doctor is a lawyer and has to use ThePerryMasonMethod to save Ian after he picked up the knife, an ice world where they have to fight ancient guardians and so on.

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* PatrickStewartSpeech: The Doctor delivers one at the end:
--> "Machines can make laws, but they cannot preserve justice. Only human beings can do that".

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* PatrickStewartSpeech: The Doctor delivers one at the end:
--> "Machines can make laws, but they cannot preserve justice. Only human beings can do that".
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* TheCorpseStopsHere: Probably the earliest example in the series. And Ian is accused of killing him.



* DeathWorld: The planet Marinus. Glass beaches lapped by acid seas. Jungles full of hostile plants and deadly mechanical traps. Frozen wastelands patrolled by packs of man-eating wolves. Bodiless, telepathic slavers. Then there's the WAR....



* DismantledMacGuffin: The Doctor and companions are sent to collect the Keys (scattered throughout the planet Marinus) that control the Conscience Machine, which made everyone peaceful on the planet till it malfunctioned.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: The villains planned to use the Conscience Machine to control the planet.



* MacGuffinGuardian: One of the keys is in a block of ice and guarded by several warriors who come to life when it is thawed out.
* MalevolentArchitecture: In part 3, a building full of death traps houses one of the titular artifacts.



* MulticulturalAlienPlanet

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* MulticulturalAlienPlanetMulticulturalAlienPlanet: The protagonists visit a different area of Marinus in each episode, each with its own inhabitants and culture.
* NamesToRunAwayFrom: The Morpho.


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* PatrickStewartSpeech: The Doctor delivers one at the end:
--> "Machines can make laws, but they cannot preserve justice. Only human beings can do that".
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Watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1jdxc_matrixarchive_the-keys-of-marinus here.]]
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* AllThereInTheScript: Creator/TerryNation developed more background in his script than was made explicit onscreen in the finished production. The Voord were alien invaders who took advantage of the people of Marinus, rendered vulnerable by the pacifying effects of the Conscience. The Conscience was then deactivated to allow the Marinians to fight the Voord, and over the centuries, the time they spent on Marinus meant that the Voord, too, could now be affected by the machine. Therefore, Arbitan despatched agents to recover the keys which would reactivate the Conscience and allow him to finally defeat the invaders.
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* AttemptedRape: While never stated, it's pretty obvious that Vasor has this in mind for Barbara.

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* AttemptedRape: While never stated, it's pretty obvious that Vasor has this in mind for Barbara. Quite a shocking moment for a series like this.



** This also allowed William Hartnell [[SerendipityWritesThePlot to go on holiday during the filming of episodes 3 & 4]].

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** This also allowed William Hartnell Creator/WilliamHartnell [[SerendipityWritesThePlot to go on holiday during the filming of episodes 3 & 4]].

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* AttemptedRape: While never stated, it's pretty obvious that Vasor has this in mind for Barbara.



* RapeAsDrama: It's not stated, but it's obvious that Vasor plans to rape Barbara. Quite a shockingly adult moment for this series.
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* RapeAsDrama: It's not stated, but it's obvious that Vasor plans to rape Barbara. Quite a shockingly adult moment for this series.
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* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: How Ian finds himself accused of murder.
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* BigDamnVillains: Vasor takes Susan hostage, but the warriors from the ice kill him as they hack their way through the door.
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* LetsSplitUpGang: Constantly. The gang splits up to search in more places in the same time, and those groups ocassionally split to cover more ground. [[DistressedDamsel Distressed damselness]] ensues.

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* LetsSplitUpGang: Constantly. The gang splits up to search in more places in the same time, and those groups ocassionally occasionally split to cover more ground. [[DistressedDamsel Distressed damselness]] DamselInDistress[[BuffySpeak -ness]] ensues.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: The Brains of Morphoton, Vasor.



** Also why the Brains of Morphoton decide Barbara must die.



* ShiftingTheBurdenOfProof: Jurisprudence in Millennius.
* SingleBiomePlanet: Each episode takes place in a different environment within Marinus.

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* ShiftingTheBurdenOfProof: Jurisprudence in Millennius.
Millennius requires the defense to prove a negative.
* SingleBiomePlanet: Defied. Each episode takes place in a different environment within Marinus.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[AsideGlance Oooh,]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall this seems interesting]]!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[AsideGlance Oooh,]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall this seems interesting]]!"]]interesting!]]"]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Oooh, [[BreakingTheFourthWall this seems interesting]]!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Oooh, [[BreakingTheFourthWall this seems interesting]]!"]]
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'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''
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'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''
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* SingleEnvironmentAlienPlanet: Heavily averted to the point ''it actually inspired the trope page's creation''. Each episode takes place in a different environment within Marinus.

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* SingleEnvironmentAlienPlanet: Heavily averted to the point ''it actually inspired the trope page's creation''. SingleBiomePlanet: Each episode takes place in a different environment within Marinus.
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* SingleEnvironmentAlienPlanet: Heavily Averted. Each episode takes place in a different environment within Marinus.

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* SingleEnvironmentAlienPlanet: Heavily Averted.averted to the point ''it actually inspired the trope page's creation''. Each episode takes place in a different environment within Marinus.
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* SingleClimateAlienPlanet:

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* SingleClimateAlienPlanet:SingleEnvironmentAlienPlanet: Heavily Averted. Each episode takes place in a different environment within Marinus.
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* [[Single Climate Alien Planet]]:

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* KangarooCourt

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* KangarooCourtKangarooCourt: Ian's trial for murder. Under the laws of the alien city where the trial takes place, Ian is guilty until proved innocent; he is even described as "the accused and convicted" before the Doctor has even begun to defend him.
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The Doctor and his companions are forced to play along. They team up with Arbitan's daughter Sabetha and her ''fabulously'' dressed boyfriend Alton. After adventures in a series of inventive locations (including a building under attack by ambulatory plants and a city in which Ian is accused of murder and finds that he's guilty until proven innocent), the travellers return with the Keys, only to find that Yartek has killed Arbitan. Yartek forces them to hand over the keys, but Ian passes him a fake one and the machine blows up in his face, killing him and the other Voords.

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The Doctor and his companions are forced to play along. They team up with Arbitan's daughter Sabetha and her ''fabulously'' dressed boyfriend Alton.Altos. After adventures in a series of inventive locations (including a building under attack by ambulatory plants and a city in which Ian is accused of murder and finds that he's guilty until proven innocent), the travellers return with the Keys, only to find that Yartek has killed Arbitan. Yartek forces them to hand over the keys, but Ian passes him a fake one and the machine blows up in his face, killing him and the other Voords.
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* GottaCatchThemAll: The quest for the keys.
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* NiceHat: The [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100205015432/tardis/images/c/c3/SeniorJudge%28KeysOfMarinus%29.jpg judges]] from the fifth episode.

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* MsFanservice: Altos is Mr. Fanservice, with his clothing covering abut as much of his legs as a pair of briefs would.

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* MsFanservice: Altos is Mr. Fanservice, MrFanservice: Altos, with his clothing covering abut as much of his legs as a pair of briefs would.



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----** Most of the individual episodes count as well, with the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th being called ''The Sea of Death'', ''The Snows of Terror'', ''Sentence of Death'' and ''The Keys of Marinus'' respectively.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: [[spoiler:Morphoton]].

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* CrapsaccharineWorld: [[spoiler:Morphoton]].Morphoton.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Ayden]].
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Vasor's intentions towards Barbara are never explicitly stated, but they're not exacty difficult to guess.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Ayden]].
Ayden.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Vasor's intentions towards Barbara are never explicitly stated, but they're not exacty exactly difficult to guess.



* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Morphoton]].

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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Morphoton]].Morphoton.

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