History Recap / DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler

* [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerisation]]: The only surviving copies of the story are censored, with the killing of the two Viking scouts by the villagers cut.

* DistaffCounterpart: The Meddling Monk receives one in the 2012 novelization of ''[[DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]''. Among a list of Time Lords who broke with traditional Gallifreyan inactivity is "The Interfering Nun".

* [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerisation]]: The only surviving copies of the story are censored, with [[spoiler:the killing of the two Viking scouts by the villagers]] cut.

* WhamShot: Vicki and Steven (and the audience) see the interior of the Monk's TARDIS for the first time.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: The Meddling Monk (who is holding the Doctor prisoner) claims that he hasn't seen the Doctor but gives himself away by knowing what the Doctor looks like without Steven having told him. Subverted because Steven soon realises that the Monk made his "mistake" on purpose to lure them inside.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: The Meddling Monk (who is holding the Doctor prisoner) claims that he hasn't seen the Doctor but gives himself away by knowing what the Doctor looks like without Steven having told him. Subverted in that Steven soon realises that the Monk did it on purpose to lure them inside.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: The Meddling Monk (who is holding the Doctor prisoner) claims that he hasn't seen the Doctor but gives himself away by knowing what the Doctor looks like without Steven having told him.

The story has a number of firsts -- the first Time Lord other than the Doctor and Susan (though the race is still not named); the first pseudo-historical story mixing real history with sci-fi elements and of course the first story without any of the Doctor's original companions. It also has a second, as in the Meddling Monk being the shows second reoccurring enemy after the Daleks.

With Vicki and a still-sceptical Steven in tow, the TARDIS arrives in early 1066 on the eastern coast of England. Exploring, the Doctor finds a wristwatch and a toaster, and is trapped while investigating the sounds of chanting from a ruined monastery - it was a gramophone record.

Turns out that one of the Doctor's (as yet unnamed) own people is here, complete with his own TARDIS--whose chameleon circuit actually ''works''. He plans to defeat Harald Haadrada's Viking fleet with nuclear bazookas, allowing King Harold to win the battle of Hastings, and then help the English accelerate their development so that they have "jet airliners by 1320" and Shakespeare's ''{{Hamlet}}'' premieres on TV.

The story has a number of firsts - the first Time Lord other than the Doctor and Susan (though the race is still not named); the first pseudo-historical story mixing real history with sci-fi elements and of course the first story without any of the Doctor's original companions. It also has a second, as in the Meddling Monk being the shows second reoccurring enemy after the Daleks.

'''Vicki:''' A crew member? You'll be lucky! He's the crew - we're just the passengers.

* RippleEffectProofMemory - Discussed

* TemporalParadox - Also Discussed

-> ''That is the dematerialisation control, and that over yonder is the horizontal hold. Up there is the scanner, those are the doors, that is a chair with a panda on it... Sheer poetry, dear boy! Now please stop bothering me!''

---> '''Steven:''' You know, I'm beginning to like the idea of being a crew member on a time machine.
---> '''Vicki:''' A crew member? You'll be lucky! He's the crew - we're just the passengers.

* WhamLine: "The Monk's got a ''TARDIS!''"

* HeGotBetter: Steven seems miraculously cured from his previous SanitySlippage.

* PortalSplat

The story has a number of firsts - the first Time Lord other than the Doctor (though the race is still not named); the first pseudo-historical story mixing real history with sci-fi elements and of course the first story without any of the Doctor's original companions. It also has a second, as in the Meddling Monk being the shows second reoccurring enemy after the Daleks.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the DVDCommentary, during the credits of episode four: "This is your very last credit roll, {{Verity|Lambert}}." They meant that this was the last episode on which she was credited as producer -- but the commentary turned out to be the last one she participated in before her death.

[[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xv304_tardismedia_the-time-meddler Watch it here.]]

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--> ''That is the dematerialisation control, and that over yonder is the horizontal hold. Up there is the scanner, those are the doors, that is a chair with a panda on it... Sheer poetry, dear boy! Now please stop bothering me!''

* CrowningMomentOfFunny - Aside from the aforementioned panda chair, there was this gem:
---> '''Doctor:''' Well, there you are, young man. What do you think of that now, eh? A Viking helmet!
---> '''Steven:''' ''(Doubtfully.)'' Oh, maybe.
---> '''Doctor:''' What do you mean "maybe"? What do you think it is - a space helmet for a cow?!
* Main/ExtyYearsFromNow: A narrow miss. The serial, set in 1066, was broadcast in 196'''5'''.
* Main/FridgeLogic: At the end of the serial, the Monk is left stranded in 1066, but he still has the bazooka and a supply of ammunition.
* Main/FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the DVDCommentary, during the credits of episode four: "This is your very last credit roll, {{Verity|Lambert}}." They meant that this was the last episode on which she was credited as producer -- but the commentary turned out to be the last one she participated in before her death.

* Main/TheMiddleAges
* Main/MissingMomentOfAwesome: When the junking stopped in 1978, episodes 1, 3, and 4 were lost. They were retrieved from overseas, but the death of Sven and Ulf had been cut and no censor clips from this story have resurfaced.

* Main/UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* WhamLine: "The Monk's got a ''TARDIS!''"

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