History Recap / DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld

* TakeThat: Rose says she's going to have a word with Music/MichaelJackson, while pointing at Lady Cassandra. Also, Creator/RussellTDavies was inspired by female celebrities who'd taken drastic measures in the name of "beauty":

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'''Series 1, Episode 02:'''

'''Air date:''' 2 April, 2005\\
'''Production code:''' 1.2

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* TakeThat: Rose says she's going to have a word with Music/MichaelJackson, while pointing at Lady Cassandra.

* {{Troll}}: The aforementioned line stating religion is not allowed on Platform One is one of those controversial moments where Creator/RussellTDavies, the showrunner at the time, [[AuthorFilibuster professed his own beliefs in the narratives]] (or lack thereof). [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon Two episodes later]], he would add another controversial line that used the word "gay" in a derogatory manner. And he would later pull a similar stunt in ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'' involving a religious woman's suicide after she thought "science had won".

** Narked by Cassandra's racist claims that she is the last "pure" human, Rose tells her that [[FantasticRacism she, not Cassandra, is actually the last human being in the room]] and that Cassandra is just "lipstick and skin". When Cassandra suggests Rose could do with some plastic surgery herself, she retorts that [[FateWorseThanDeath she would rather die rather than become like her.]] When the two meet again a season later in "New Earth", Rose's body is stolen by a vengeful Cassandra, effectively becoming [[EvilBrit Lady Cassandra "in the flesh"]]. The irony [[BestServedCold is not lost on Cassandra,]] who wastes no time in nitpicking her new form and pondering yet more surgeries since, in her view, Rose "could do with a little work".

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: We ''finally'' get an explanation (though ''The Masque of Mandragora'' hinted at it). Turns out the TARDIS is a UniversalTranslator.

** Narked by Cassandra's racist claims that she is the last "pure" human, Rose tells her that [[FantasticRacism she, not Cassandra, is actually the last human being in the room]] and that Cassandra is just "lipstick and skin". When Cassandra suggests Rose could do with some plastic surgery herself, she retorts that [[FateWorseThanDeath she would rather die rather than become like her.]] When the two meet again a season later in "New Earth", Rose's body is stolen by a vengeful Cassandra, effectively becoming [[EvilBrit Lady Cassandra "in the flesh",]]. The irony [[BestServedCold is not lost on Cassandra,]] who wastes no time in nitpicking her new form and pondering yet more surgeries since, in her view, Rose "could do with a little work".

** When Rose gets offended by Cassandra's racist claims about being the last human, she tells her that [[FantasticRacism the last human in the room is actually herself]] and that Cassandra has become too distorted. She also mentioned that [[FateWorseThanDeath she would rather die rather than becoming like her.]] When the two meet again in "New Earth", Rose ends up getting possessed and becomes [[EvilBrit Lady Cassandra in the flesh,]] because Cassandra thinks she fits her [[SocialDarwinist conservative ideals.]] The irony [[BestServedCold is not lost on Cassandra,]] who takes her time to [[ShowingOffTheNewBody study her new image.]]

-->'''Cassandra:''' I am the last pure human. The others... ''mingled''. Oh, they call themselves new humans and proto-humans and digi-humans — even human''ish''. But you know what I call them? ''Mongrels''.

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'''Original air date:''' April 2, 2005

'''Production code:''' 1.2

JustForFun/TheOneWith the bitchy trampoline and the elegies courtesy of Music/SoftCell and Music/BritneySpears.

Written by Creator/RussellTDavies.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Cassandra sneers at the various HumanSubspecies that have essentially taken humanity's place due to body-modding, interbreeding, etcetera, as being unworthy to claim the name "human" due to how far they've strayed from the original human template. This is coming from a woman (who was born a boy, for added icing on the cake) who has had so many cosmetic surgeries she's literally just a bundle of organs in a mobile life-support tank using a preserved ,taut-stretched sheet of skin with eyes and a mouth in it to stand in for a face. Rose bluntly lampshades the hypocrisy.

* CreepyRedHerring: {{Invoked}} by Lady Cassandra. The Adherents of the Repeated Meme were supposed to be the sinister and obvious suspects to take the fall, should Cassandra's plan fail. They were, however, mere robot dummies, merely obeying a set of prearranged commands, and The Doctor saw through it immediately.

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