History Recap / DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw

While Rose searches through the wardrobes for more appropriate attire, she discovers a frightened servant girl, Flora, hiding. Flora tells Rose what has happened. When the ladies leave the room to find the Doctor, they find that the disguised monks have the knocked the soldiers out by drugging their drinks. They are captured, taken to the cellar and chained with the others.

In the cellar, Rose notices the caged man's alien-looking eyes. She asks him what planet he is from. Amused, he tells Rose the human body he possesses was born ten miles away, a boy stolen by the Brethren, but he comes from a much longer distance. Rose offers to take the alien intelligence back home, but he does not wish to leave. He shall bite Queen Victoria, migrate into her body and begin the Empire of the Wolf. He says Rose has "something of the wolf" about her, but while she burned like the sun, all he requires is the Moon.

The women go to leave the house through the kitchen, while the Steward organises his men. The werewolf has broken through the sealed door but is driven back momentarily by rifle fire. The women find the kitchen door locked and the courtyard beyond guarded by monks with rifles. The Doctor tells the men they should retreat upstairs. The Steward refuses to believe him, thinking nothing could have lived through the rifle barrage, proven wrong moments later as the wolf suddenly seizes him and kills him. Sir Robert, Rose and the Doctor run.

In the kitchen, Lady Isobel notices the monks are wearing mistletoe about their necks, a charm against werewolves. She notices sprigs of mistletoe on the kitchen floor and orders the other women to gather the scraps. In the library, the Doctor comes to the same conclusion when he notices wooden details on the doors carved into the shape of mistletoe. He realises the walls are varnished with viscum album, which is oil of mistletoe. The werewolf is allergic to it, or the monks have trained it to be to control it, and Sir Robert's father knew this. Lady Isobel and the women cook the mistletoe into a broth. In the library, the others find an account of something falling near the monastery in 1540. The Doctor theorises that perhaps only a single cell survived, passing itself from host to host while it grew stronger with each generation. Now it wants to establish an empire, [[{{Steampunk}} advancing technology and building starships and missiles fueled by coal and driven by steam, laying waste to history]]. Victoria breaks in at this point, telling Sir Robert [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled she will die rather than be infected]]. She asks him to find a safe place for something more precious. She reveals the contents of the box: the Koh-i-Noor. The Queen had been taking it to the royal jewellers at Hazlehead to be re-cut.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival I see...]] [[WaxingLyrical a bad moon arisin'...]][[note]]'cause [[{{Mondegreen}} there's a bathroom on the right]][[/note]]]]

The one where the Doctor [[DoubleEntendre licks wood...]] [[ThatCameOutWrong err...]] [[DiggingYourselfDeeper and notes his sonic screwdriver doesn't work on wood]]. [[VerbalBackspace Uhh...]] it's a ''[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant door]]'' we're talking about, by the way.[[note]]Though of course, whatever the Doctor does in the privacy of his own TARDIS is no one's business but his and the fanfic writers.[[/note]]

The episode opens on the Scottish moors, as a band of hooded monks travel along a dirt road. They enter the courtyard of the Torchwood Estate, belonging to Sir Robert [=MacLeish=]. Their leader, Father Angelo, approaches the steward and demands possession of the house (the steward is wary, as Father Angelo and his brethren have apparently had disagreements with the Torchwood Estate's owners). When the steward refuses, asking if the hand of God would make them comply, Angelo retorts, "No. The fist of man." [[AllMonksKnowKungFu He and his monks proceed to show off their martial arts skills]], with which they take over the house, knocking out Sir Robert, while taking his wife Lady Isobel and any other staff members they find hostage and parading them into the cellars. Afterwards, they carry a covered cage into the cellar. When the steward tries to prod Father Angelo for answers as to what's inside the cage, Father Angelo simply relies "May God forgive me," and his monks remove the canvas, invoking screams of terror from their hostages.

In the TARDIS, the Doctor is trying to steer to Sheffield in 1979, so he can take Rose to see Music/IanDuryAndTheBlockheads in concert. Rose has even dressed accordingly for the time period, with a pink T-shirt and a denim mini-dress. When they land, they exit the TARDIS... and walk right into armed Scottish soldiers on horseback who point their guns at them. They demand explanations for the Doctor's presence and Rose's "[[FullyClothedNudity nakedness]]". The Doctor realises that they have arrived in 1879 Scotland; "same difference" the Doctor shrugs. Using psychic paper and a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]], the Doctor tells their leader, Captain Reynolds, that his name is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]] from the township of Balamory (Rose tries to do her own Scottish accent as well, but [[OohMeAccentsSlipping the result is so hilariously terrible]] that the Doctor has to tell her to stop).

An authoritative voice from the carriage the soldiers are escorting asks the Doctor and Rose to approach. To the Doctor's amazement, it's UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria, who is on her way to Balmoral Castle. When Victoria sees the Doctor's psychic paper, she notes it says the Lord Provost has appointed the Doctor as her protector, meaning the time travelers are stuck in this time period for a while. The Doctor wonders why the Queen is traveling by road when there's a railroad line to Aberdeen, and the Queen replies that a fallen tree has blocked the tracks, but she believes it was an assassination attempt, much like the six previous ones against her. The Doctor and Rose accompany the carriage on to the Torchwood Estate, where the Queen plans to spend the night. On the way, [[SideBet Rose makes a side bet with the Doctor]] that she can get Victoria to say, "[[BeamMeUpScotty We are not amused]]".

While Rose searches through the wardrobes for more appropriate attire, she discovers a frightened servant girl, Flora, hiding. Flora tells Rose what has happened; Rose decides to warn the Doctor. When they leave the room to find the Doctor, they find that the disguised monks have the knocked the soldiers out by drugging their drinks. They are captured, taken to the cellar and chained with the others.

However, the werewolf does not try to break through. The Doctor wonders what it is about the room that is protecting them from the wolf. Victoria demands to know what the creature is, and why the Doctor has lost his Scottish accent. The Doctor tries to explain, but she will have none of it, declaring sternly that this is not her world. When asked about weapons, the Doctor points out that [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard they have the greatest weapons of all in this very room: books full of knowledge, which can give them clues as to how to fight back]].

In the kitchen, Lady Isobel notices the monks are wearing mistletoe about their necks, a charm against werewolves. She notices sprigs of mistletoe on the kitchen floor and orders the other women to gather the scraps. In the library, the Doctor notices wooden details on the doors carved into the shape of mistletoe. He realises the walls are varnished with viscum album — oil of mistletoe. The werewolf is allergic to it, or the monks have trained it to be to control it, and Sir Robert's father knew this. Lady Isobel and the women cook the mistletoe into a broth. In the library, the others find an account of something falling near the monastery in 1540. The Doctor theorises that perhaps only a single cell survived, passing itself from host to host while it grew stronger with each generation. Now it wants to establish an empire, advancing technology and building starships and missiles fueled by coal and driven by steam, laying waste to history. Victoria breaks in at this point, telling Sir Robert [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled she will die rather than be infected]]. She asks him to find a safe place for something more precious. She reveals the contents of the box: the Koh-i-Noor. The Queen had been taking it to the royal jewellers at Hazlehead to be re-cut.

The Doctor needs time. The doors to the observatory are not barred against the werewolf, as Sir Robert's father intended the wolf to come in. Sir Robert offers to place himself between the werewolf and them, willing to die with honour to atone for his betrayal. He holds the werewolf off with a sword. As his screams penetrate the door, the Doctor and Rose move the telescope to align it with the full moon. The telescope is not a telescope, but a light chamber, magnifying the moon's rays. The werewolf may thrive on moonlight, but it can still drown in it.

The werewolf crashes through the door and moves to slash at Victoria, but the Doctor tosses the diamond on the floor. It catches the light, which intercepts the werewolf and suspends it in mid-air. The werewolf reverts to human form; the host asks the Doctor to make the light brighter, to end its life and the "Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform" as the Doctor calls it.

The two make their way back to the TARDIS, where the Doctor reflects it was always a mystery how Victoria and then her children had contracted haemophilia. He muses that perhaps was just a Victorian euphemism for lycanthropy. Rose speculates humorously that perhaps even the royal family of her day are actually werewolves! As the TARDIS takes off, both of them laugh and howl at the idea.

* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of the 19[-[[superscript:th]]-] century (polite society, anyway), is said to be naked because she's not wearing a full dress. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this. In fact, 19th-century England was a place where it wasn't uncommon for people to even ''take baths'' with clothes on.

** Rose attempts this, and is so hilariously bad at it the Doctor's expression is literally pained.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Lots of people are eaten by the werewolf, and all of them are male. It passes over Lady Isobel and the maids, because they had the good fortune to wind up in the mistletoe-filled kitchen. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, at a time when they were only too happy to punish traitors to the crown by hanging.

-->'''Queen Victoria:''' The correct form of address is ''"[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Your Majesty]]"''! ''[BANG!]''

** Rose attempts this, and is so bad at it the Doctor's expression is literally pained.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Lots of people are eaten by the werewolf, and all of them are male. It passes over the lady of the house and her servants because they had the good fortune to wind up in the mistletoe-filled kitchen. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, which was only too happy to punish traitors by death.

In the TARDIS, the Doctor is trying to steer to Sheffield in 1979, so he can take Rose to see Music/IanDury in concert. Rose has even dressed accordingly for the time period, with a pink T-shirt and a denim mini-dress. When they land, they exit the TARDIS... and walk right into armed Scottish soldiers on horseback who point their guns at them. They demand explanations for the Doctor's presence and Rose's "[[FullyClothedNudity nakedness]]". The Doctor realises that they have arrived in 1879 Scotland; "same difference" the Doctor shrugs. Using psychic paper and a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]], the Doctor tells their leader, Captain Reynolds, that his name is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]] from the township of Balamory (Rose tries to do her own Scottish accent as well, but [[OohMeAccentsSlipping the result is so hilariously terrible]] that the Doctor has to tell her to stop).

In the TARDIS, the Doctor is trying to steer to Sheffield in 1979, so he can take Rose to see Music/IanDury in concert. Rose has even dressed accordingly for the time period, with a pink t-shirt and a denim mini-dress. When they land, they exit the TARDIS...and walk right into armed Scottish soldiers on horseback who point their guns at them. They demand explanations for the Doctor's presence and Rose's "[[FullyClothedNudity nakedness]]". The Doctor realises that they have arrived in 1879 Scotland; "same difference" the Doctor shrugs. Using psychic paper and a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]], the Doctor tells their leader, Captain Reynolds, that his name is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]] from the township of Balamory (Rose tries to do her own Scottish accent as well, but [[OohMeAccentsSlipping the result is so hilariously terrible]] that the Doctor has to tell her to stop).

The Doctor and Sir Robert reach the cellar just as Rose and the other prisoners manage to break their chains, but the Host has finished his transformation into a werewolf and breaks out of the cage. The others run out of the cellar, the Doctor transfixed at the "beautiful" werewolf until the last second. He seals the door with his sonic screwdriver as the werewolf howls at the moon. Above, Victoria surmises correctly that the monks had sabotaged the tracks to bring her here. However, [[CrazyPrepared she is not unprepared, after six attempts on her life]], and pulls a small revolver from her bag, aiming at Angelo. He sneers at her skeptically, calling her "woman". The Queen retorts, "The correct form of address is 'Your Majesty'!" and shoots him dead.

** At one point Sir Robert, played by Derek Riddell, offers to go out of the window and help Queen Victoria down. She replies that he is like her very own Sir Walter Raleigh. Derek Riddell had recently played Sir Walter Raleigh in ''The Virgin Queen''.

* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a pink T-shirt and denim mini-skirt) is said to be "naked". She'd actually dressed quite appropriately — if not stylishly — for the ''intended'' destination. The TARDIS just had other plans that day...

-->'''Queen Victoria:''' The correct form of address is ''"[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Your Majesty]]"''! ''[Bang!]''

* WhoYouGonnaCall: Queen Victoria establishes the Torchwood Institute at the end of this episode because she learned that her empire has enemies beyond other earthly countries.

The Doctor and Rose were planning to visit Sheffield, 1979, but they end up in 1879. In UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. And in the presence of [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Victoria]]. Rose is in trouble for wearing a mini-dress, but Creator/DavidTennant saves the day by speaking in a [[ActorAllusion perfect Scottish accent]] and introducing himself as one Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders James McCrimmon]]. The Queen commands them to attend her as she goes to spend a relaxing evening in Torchwood House, a Scottish manor beset by [[WolfMan werewolves]] ''and'' [[AllMonksKnowKungFu kung fu monks]].

The Doctor and Rose make a bet as to whether she can get the Queen to say "we are not amused". Someone should get a handicap, though, because there isn't much at [[ArcWords Torchwood]] House to amuse anyone. The Laird of the Manor drops unsubtle hints that they should go away. All the servants are terrified. The lonely blood-curdling cry of a wolf echoes across the moors. Rose is chained up in the cellar with the household staff, where a cage contains a boy possessed by an alien werewolf: that is, an alien wolf... thing... which possesses human hosts. Its current plan is to possess Queen Victoria, thereby gaining the throne of Great Britain, and therefore THE WORLD!!! ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight This plan seems familiar, somehow...]])

The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the doors in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter. (Did we mention they're CrazyPrepared?) Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.

Queen Victoria knights both "Sir Doctor of TARDIS" and "Dame Rose of the Powell Estate", and then immediately banishes them for their knowledge of the stars (then being considered heresy) and tells them to "leave [her] world". After they leave, she announces the foundation of the [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Torchwood Institute]]. The Doctor will rue ''this'' day.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: The Queen tells the Doctor off for doing this to the werewolf.

-->'''Father Angelo:''' We will take the house.\\

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rose spends the whole episode egging Queen Victoria into saying "we are not amused" as a reaction to what is going on. The Queen finally says it... And then explains that she is not amused by the way ''they'' were running around acting like the whole thing was some sort of game, sentencing Rose to be exiled from the British Isles (hundreds of years before she's born! Bummer) and declaring Britain's everlasting enmity to the Doctor from that day forward, which will bring some problems down the line through the Torchwood Institute.

* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a T-shirt and denim mini-skirt) is said to be "naked". She'd actually dressed quite appropriately — if not stylishly — for the ''intended'' destination. The TARDIS just had other plans that day...

* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of the 19[[superscript:th]] century (polite society, anyway), is said to be naked because she's not wearing a full dress. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this. In fact, 19th Century England was a place where it wasn't uncommon for people to even ''take baths'' with clothes on.

* PosthumousCharacter: Prince Albert, Victoria's late husband, turned out knew a lot more about werewolves than history records. It's his plan that saves his wife from the monks' plan.

* SkewedPriorities: When people are getting torn apart by the werewolf, Rose's main concern seems to still be trying to get Victoria to say she is not amused, which Victoria calls her out on.

* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: The Doctor and Rose land in 1879 at a house Queen Victoria will be staying at. Rose is wearing a denim miniskirt and a tight-fitting, low-cut shirt. Throughout the episode, she is described by the others as being naked.

-->'''Steward:''' [[TemptingFate And I'm telling you, I'll sleep well tonight with that thing's hide upon my wall.]] ''[walks over, looks around]'' Must have crawled away to [[KilledMidSentence di-]]''[Is lifted up by the Wolf]''

* WasOnceAMan: The wolf's host was a boy who lived near the monastery. The monks abducted him as a child, and the wolf "ate his soul and sat in his heart". [[AndIMustScream And yet, there's still a bit of the human left]].

-->'''Steward:''' [[TemptingFate And I'm telling you, I'll sleep well tonight with that thing's hide upon my wall.]] ''[walks over, looks around]'' Must have crawled away to [[KilledMidSentence diAAAARRRRGGGGHHH]]!!!

* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a T-shirt and mini-skirt) is said to be "naked". She'd actually dressed quite appropriately — if not stylishly — for the ''intended'' destination. The TARDIS just had other plans that day...

* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Rose also gets called out by Queen Victoria herself and several other characters who repeatedly describe her as being naked, due to the short overalls and tights she wears through the episode.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: An in-universe example; once the werewolf is unleashed, the resulting confusion causes the Doctor to forget that he's supposed to be using a Scottish accent, on which Victoria pulls him up. Considering that the Doctor had earlier introduced himself specifically as "[=Dr. James McCrimmon=] from Balamory", he's obviously not who he claimed to be.

* PersonaNonGrata: The Doctor and Rose are banned from Great Britain by Queen Victoria. Not that he cares.
* PosthumousCharacter: Prince Albert, who as it turned out knew a lot more about werewolves than history records. It's his plan that saves his wife from the monks' plan.

* FullyClothedNudity: Rose, by the standards of the 19[[superscript:th]] century (polite society, anyway), is said to be naked because she's not wearing a full dress. The contemporary characters keep commenting on this. TruthInTelevision, given that it wasn't uncommon in this era for people to even take baths with clothes on.

* HappilyMarried: If Sir Robert was not this trope then he would not have been so quick to commit treason to keep his wife safe (while it's doubtful that he would have sacrificed her if the marriage was going badly, since he seemed like a decent bloke, he was very quick, if very reluctant, to comply). They kiss several times in this episode, she braves the Wolf to save him and the others, explicitly stating that she's going to help him if there's the slightest chance that he's still alive, and his last thoughts are of her.

The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the doors in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter (did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.

** At one point Sir Robert, played by Derek Riddell offers to go out of the window and help Queen Victoria down. She replies that he is like her very own Sir Walter Raleigh. Derek Riddell had recently played Sir Walter Raleigh in ''The Virgin Queen''.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose from the British Empire, for having too much fun while saving her life. Admittedly her values and theirs are a bit different due to the times (and a more technical knowledge of astronomy still considered heresy), but creating Torchwood to fight both alien monsters ''and'' the Doctor himself puts her squarely in the UngratefulBitch category.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose not only from the British Empire, but planet Earth itself, for having too much fun while saving her life. Admittedly her values and theirs are a bit different due to the times (and a more technical knowledge of astronomy still considered heresy), but creating Torchwood to fight both alien monsters ''and'' the Doctor himself puts her squarely in the UngratefulBitch category.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose not only from England, but planet Earth itself, for having too much fun while saving her life. Admittedly her values and theirs are a bit different due to the times (and a more technical knowledge of astronomy still considered heresy), but creating Torchwood to fight both alien monsters ''and'' the Doctor himself puts her squarely in the UngratefulBitch category.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rose spends the whole episode egging Queen Victoria into saying "we are not amused" as a reaction to what is going on. The Queen finally says it... And then explains that she is not amused by the way ''they'' were running around acting like the whole thing was some sort of game, sentencing Rose to be exiled from the British Isles (hundreds of years before she's born! Bummer) and declaring England's everlasting enmity to the Doctor from that day forward, which will bring some problems down the line through the Torchwood Institute.

** The Doctor claims to be "from the township of ''Series/Balamory''".

** The Doctor claims to be "from the township of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balamory Balamory]]".

* SociallyAwkwardHero: Captain Reynolds was a very successful soldier in the field, but when he is dining with Queen Victoria, he embarrassed himself when laughing at her comment towards Rose and he is quickly scorned for it.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rose spends the whole episode egging Queen Victoria into saying "we are not amused" as a reaction to what is going on. The Queen finally says it... right before sentencing Rose to be exiled from the British Isles (hundreds of years before she's born! Bummer) and declaring England's everlasting enmity to the Doctor from that day forward, which will bring some problems down the line through the Torchwood Institute.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Lots of people are eaten by the werewolf, and all of them are male. It passes over the lady of the house and her servants because they had the good fortune to wind up in the mistletoe filled kitchen. The lower-ranking monks aren't seen to be killed, but it's not all that likely they'd have survived for long in Victorian Britain, which was only too happy to punish traitors by death.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Queen Victoria banishes the Doctor and Rose not only from England, but planet Earth itself, for having too much fun while saving her life. Admittedly her values and theirs are a bit different due to the times (and a more technical knowledge of astronomy still considered heresy), but creating Torchwood to fight both alien monsters "and" the Doctor himself puts her squarely in the UngratefulBitch category.

The one where the Doctor [[DoubleEntendre licks wood...]] [[ThatCameOutWrong err...]] [[DiggingYourselfDeeper and notes his sonic screwdriver doesn't work on wood.]] [[VerbalBackspace Uhh...]] it's a ''[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant door]]'' we're talking about, by the way.[[note]]Though of course, whatever the Doctor does in the privacy of his own TARDIS is no one's business but his and the fanfic writers.[[/note]]

The remaining humans take refuge in the library, which the previous Laird had fortified against werewolves by soaking the wood in mistletoe oil. Now ''that's'' CrazyPrepared. Speaking of which, the Queen has thought to bring along the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which as it turns out was always meant to slot neatly into a telescope that is not a telescope but a werewolf-melter (did we mention CrazyPrepared?). Also, the Queen suddenly has a cut on her hand after facing the wolf and refuses to show it to the Doctor. The Doctor realises with glee that the royal family's unexplained and mysterious "haemophilia" may just suddenly be a whole lot less unexplained and mysterious.

** The Koh-i-Noor diamond really exists, it really has a reputed curse on it and it really was re-cut by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. In real life it's not a fist-sized brilliant, though -- it's roughly the size and shape of a flattened plum. (For reference, the diamond in ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' is 80% as big and shaped similarly.)
** Queen Victoria in reality had very little power, so the Empire of the Wolf plan was rather futile. That said, it is unlikely that the wolf knew this, having arrived on Earth in the reign of Henry VIII, an era when the monarchy was still near all-powerful -- and arguably still heading towards the zenith of its power with the Age of Absolutism. Also, Victoria had a lot of unofficial, informal power.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Played with at the end. Queen Victoria is injured by what she claims to be a splinter, but the Doctor is concerned it might be a bite from the werewolf. On the way back to the TARDIS, the Doctor and Rose joke about the modern-day Royal Family being werewolves -- given the Doctor's flippancy to what he earlier claimed would be a catastrophe, obviously he doesn't really believe it to be true (and if you watch the werewolf's demise, it doesn't actually get near enough to the Queen to scratch her before getting killed). Also, Victoria has already had all her children by this point, so she couldn't pass on this trait. The reference book ''Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons'' makes the suggestion that "Pete's World" split off from the regular universe when Queen Victoria was ''killed'' (not scratched) by the werewolf. (This makes some sense, considering the spread of Republican ideas around this era and the fact that Victoria's son Edward was not considered a particularly competent figure at this point.)
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victoria expresses this sentiment. It's justified because the wolf intends to ''[[DemonicPossession possess]]'' her, instead of killing her. And instead of allowing itself to be imprisoned, the wolf (or most likely, its host - though it's not clarified, that's what's implied) asks that the Doctor increase the moonlight so it's fully vaporized.
* BerserkButton: Queen Victoria does ''not'' appreciate being condescended to, as Father Angelo finds out the hard way.

* ChangedMyJumper: Alluded to, as Rose (in a T-shirt and mini-skirt) is said to be "naked". She'd actually dressed quite appropriately -- if not stylishly -- for the ''intended'' destination. The TARDIS just had other plans that day...

** The wolf, pre-change, comments on how Rose has "something of the wolf" about her, and that she "burned like the sun"; both referencing the end of the previous series where she became Bad Wolf.

* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: When Sir Robert is staring down the werewolf armed with nothing but an ornamental sword, he says this line.

* FingertipDrugAnalysis: The Doctor confirms that the library's walls have been soaked in mistletoe by licking them.

'''The Doctor:''' Well, they were bald, athletic, your wife's away – I just thought you were happy.
** The Norwegian Netflix sub drives it home with directly calling it "sex life".

* HeroicSacrifice: Both Captain Reynolds and Sir Robert attempt to hold off the Wolf, knowing full well that they don't stand a chance, but doing it anyway to buy the Queen time to escape.
* HonourBeforeReason: Sir Robert is determined to redeem himself for being blackmailed by the monks by fighting the werewolf. It quickly kills him -- though he knows this going in, and does it not just to redeem himself, but to buy the Queen time to escape/the Doctor time to save her.

** When the Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS only to find themselves face to face with Queen Victoria's guards who are holding guns on them, the Doctor switches from his Estuary accent into a Scottish accent (which, contrary to popular belief, ''isn't'' actually Creator/DavidTennant's natural accent) in an attempt to pose as a Scot.

-->'''Rose Tyler:''' Uh, uh... ''[adopts an extremely terrible Scottish accent]'' och aye, I've been oot and aboot!\\

* JerkassHasAPoint: Victoria might seem a tad ungrateful to respond to the Doctor and Rose saving her life by banishing them, but she does have a point about their attitude in the face of the wolf -- to attempt to get her to say her CatchPhrase all while people are dying horribly around them and treat it all as a game, to say nothing of the Doctor's NightmareFetishist tendencies, is beyond inappropriate. She also has a point when she wonders how long they'll survive their madcap lifestyle. (And her criticism does have an impact; although the Doctor and Rose continue to laugh in the face of danger in subsequent adventures, they never again act as blasé as they do here, nor does the Doctor with his subsequent companions Martha and Donna.)

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Doctor and Rose save Queen Victoria from a werewolf, but because they act like selfish, immature adrenaline junkies, she decides to found the Torchwood Institute to protect the British Empire against extraterrestrial threats. They then spend a good century robbing and murdering innocent alien passers-by, and nearly destroying the human race several times ForScience.
* NightmareFetishist: See AdmiringTheAbomination. While the Doctor and Rose save her from the werewolf, their gleeful attitude to the whole thing doesn't sit well with Queen Victoria.

* TheNounAndTheNoun

** He calls Rose a wee timorous beastie: "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"

** Queen Victoria is also a ProperLady, though a little closer to TheHighQueen, and with a flavour of LadyOfWar, as she proves when she faces down Father Angelo with only a slight tremor in her hands and coolly explains that after six assassination attempts, she has started coming prepared -- and promptly draws a revolver from her purse. When Father Angelo snorts in disbelief, calling her "woman" and saying that she won't do it... she promptly snaps, "The correct form of address is ''[='=]Your Majesty[='=]''!" and shoots him dead.

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: "The correct form of address is ''Your Majesty!''"

* TruthInTelevision: To an extent; Victoria being a carrier of hemophilia -- despite it not being in her family previously -- is a bona fide historical mystery.
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: The Doctor and Rose land in 1879 at a house Queen Victoria will be staying at. Rose is wearing a denim miniskirt and a tight-fitting, low-cut shirt. Throughout the episode, she is described by the others as being naked.

The one where the Doctor [[DoubleEntendre licks wood...]] [[ThatCameOutWrong err...]] [[DiggingYourselfDeeper and notes his sonic screwdriver doesn't work on wood.]] [[VerbalBackspace Uhh...]] it's a ''[[IThoughtItMeant door]]'' we're talking about, by the way.[[note]]Though of course, whatever the Doctor does in the privacy of his own TARDIS is no one's business but his and the fanfic writers.[[/note]]