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* {{Fangirl}}: It turns out that O'Donnell is one, of both UNIT ''and'' the Doctor.
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* MissionControl: The Doctor and one of the technicians coordinate the runners who lure the ghosts into the Faraday Cage, directing their movements using the base's communication system and cameras.
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** The Doctor immediately pegs the top-hatted ghosts as a Tivolian, the same species as the cowardly Gibbis from "The God Complex".

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** The Doctor immediately pegs the top-hatted ghosts alien ghost as a Tivolian, the same species as the cowardly Gibbis from "The God Complex".
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** The Doctor immediately pegs the top-hatted ghosts as a Tivolian, the same species as the cowardly Gibbis from "The God Complex".
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: They display a lot of standard ghostly behavior -- they can walk through walls, they can lift and throw objects -- but they're also purposely created in order to transmit coordinates to an unknown point in deep space, and with each new ghost saying the words, the signal strengthens.

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We know what Aberdeen is about. It\'s where the 4th Doctor left Sarah Jane at the end of The Hand of Fear.


** One of the Doctor's "empathy cue cards" mentions leaving someone in Aberdeen. Likely referencing when he left Sarah Jane Smith there instead of Croydon.



"It was my fault, I should have known [[NoodleIncident you didn't live in Aberdeen]]."\\

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"It was my fault, I should have known [[NoodleIncident [[CallBack you didn't live in Aberdeen]]."\\
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: And then the Doctor was a ghost.
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"It was my fault, I should have known [[NoodleIncident you didn't live in Aberdeen."\\

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"It was my fault, I should have known [[NoodleIncident you didn't live in Aberdeen.Aberdeen]]."\\
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"I'm very sorry for your loss. I'll do all I can to solve the death of your friend/family member/pet."

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"I'm very sorry for your loss. I'll do all I can to solve the death of your friend/family member/pet.""\\
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* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: A variation. The Doctor accidentally reads the entire CueCard and ends up telling the crew, "I'm sorry for the loss of your friend-slash-family-member-slash-pet."

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* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: A variation. The Doctor accidentally reads the entire CueCard and ends up telling the crew, "I'm sorry for your loss. I will do all I can to solve the loss death of your friend-slash-family-member-slash-pet."
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* CrazyPrepared: Clara and the Doctor have prepared a stack of cards with various apologies in case the Doctor says something insensitive.


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* FreezeFrameBonus: The Doctor's cards, with various forms of apologies.
-->"I completely understand why it was difficult not to get captured."\\
"It was my fault, I should have known [[NoodleIncident you didn't live in Aberdeen."\\
"I didn't mean to imply that I don't care."\\
"I'm very sorry for your loss. I'll do all I can to solve the death of your friend/family member/pet."
"No one is going to be eaten/vapourised/exterminated/upgraded/possessed/wounded/turned to jelly. We'll all get out of this unharmed."

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Pritchard, the petroleum prospector]].

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Pritchard, the petroleum prospector]].prospector.



* BlackDudeDiesFirst

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* BlackDudeDiesFirstBlackDudeDiesFirst: Moran is the first victim of the episode, he dies pushing someone else out of the way of the suddenly ignited engines of the spaceship.



* FridgeLogic. The Diagnostics on the door locks tests every few seconds, but stop at night, part of the base going into a lower energy state to help maintain sleep cycles. So the very time when everybody is asleep and unable to react is the exact time when the base's integrity isn't being checked!
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The petroleum prospector]].

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The Pritchard, the petroleum prospector]].
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* DissonantSerenity: Cass getting angry gives this effect, since she speaks through an interpreter. Meaning that when she is scowling and telling the Doctor that She doesn't care if he wants to get himself killed, her words are calm and measured.
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* FridgeLogic. The Diagnostics on the door locks tets every few seconds, but stop at night, part of the base going into a lower energy state to help maintain sleep cycles. So the very time when everybody is asleep and unable to react is the exact time when the base's integrity isn't being checked!

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* FridgeLogic. The Diagnostics on the door locks tets tests every few seconds, but stop at night, part of the base going into a lower energy state to help maintain sleep cycles. So the very time when everybody is asleep and unable to react is the exact time when the base's integrity isn't being checked!
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* FridgeLogic. The Diagnostics on the door locks tets every few seconds, but stop at night, part of the base going into a lower energy state to help maintain sleep cycles. So the very time when everybody is asleep and unable to react is the exact time when the base's integrity isn't being checked!
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* ContinuityNod: Immediate press reviews on the night noted the similarity between Capaldi and Tom Baker's diction, and even Hartnell - there are moments when he moves and acts like the 1st doctor.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Ghosts from the future? Good thing Charles Dickens isn't around.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Ghosts from the future? Good thing [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead Charles Dickens Dickens]] isn't around.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The petroleum prospector]].


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* LackOfEmpathy: Clara's getting the Doctor to work on his bedside manner, so to speak, with the help of [[CueCard cue cards]].
* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: A variation. The Doctor accidentally reads the entire CueCard and ends up telling the crew, "I'm sorry for the loss of your friend-slash-family-member-slash-pet."
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Invoked by the Doctor as he attempts to convince the underwater crew to help him and Clara capture the ghosts.
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* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: Is actually used by Cass. Luckily the Doctor can understand it...or so he thinks. It was actually deleted from his brain.

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* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: Is actually used by Cass. Luckily the Doctor can understand it...or so he thinks. It was actually deleted from his brain. And replaced with semaphore.
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[[caption-width-right:350:]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Ghosts from the future? Good thing Charles Dickens isn't around.]]
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* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: Is actually used by one character. Luckily the Doctor can understand it.

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* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: Is actually used by one character. Cass. Luckily the Doctor can understand it.it...or so he thinks. It was actually deleted from his brain.

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When an underwater base comes under attack, the Doctor and Clara must save the frightened crew and defeat an impossible threat. But what is behind these terrifying events? And can they really be haunted by ghosts?

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When an underwater base comes under attack, the Doctor and Clara must save the frightened crew and defeat an impossible threat. But what is behind these terrifying events? And can they really be haunted by ghosts?ghosts?

*UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: Is actually used by one character. Luckily the Doctor can understand it.
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Official Radio Times poster for the episode.

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The first episode of the two parter written by Toby Whithouse.
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The Official Synopsis

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When an underwater base comes under attack, the Doctor and Clara must save the frightened crew and defeat an impossible threat. But what is behind these terrifying events? And can they really be haunted by ghosts?

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