History Recap / DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Though the twist with Clara actually being a Clara-disguised Bonnie for most of the episode is hidden rather well, there are some subtler hints that something's not right from the outset. For one, after Clara apparently confronts a Zygon in the flat of a boy scared about his parents, we see her nonchalantly walk out of the flat in the next scene. The boy is nowhere to be seen, Clara doesn't show any worry for him anymore, and she ties her hair back into [[EvilMakeover a short ponytail]] before leaving the building. Her decision to leave is all the weirder when you realise she had just apparently come home and was going to her own flat.

** The Doctor wearing question marks on his underwear was previously shown [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdvihqECKX1r5s4n9o1_500.jpg in the comic strips.]]

* MilitariesAreUseless: UNIT soldiers with readied weapons are massacred by badly botched ambushes; if they had fired instead of freezing in terror they could easily have won the fight while the Zygons were still standing around and posing.

* CreepyTwins: The Zygon commanders take the form of two similar blonde children.

** The Doctor's tongue-in-cheek comment that revealing the Zygon presence would never work because "they'll think you're going to pinch their benefits" comes very close to making the subtext into text.
** The Zygon Rebels desire to be able to live as Zygons without having to pretend to be human mirror the complaints of Muslim and Jewish immigrants to France, who are required by law to assimilate into French society and not wear religiously mandated clothing in public.

* IAmTheTrope: Osgood says "I am the peace." She sees herself as the embodiment of the peace treaty, being the same person doubled. While her double was still alive, they refused any attempt to identify which is which, and even when she's only one Osgood won't tell.

** Really, most of UNIT seem to have it superglued to them throughout the episode. From Kate turning up in a potentially hostile situation alone, failing to recognise the obvious Zygon signs (when she already knows what the sign means) and not even bothering to draw her gun when confronted by a slow moving Zygon, who takes the time to reveal itself, give a short monologue then change. To not even one of over two dozen heavily armoured soldiers considering fighting back, when they get ambushed by around eight Zygons despite them spending a whole minute doing nothing but standing around and looking intimidating.

** How can Osgood be alive after Missy killed her? Simple, Osgood and Zygon Osgood both developed a strong bond to be the embodiment of the Human Zygon peace, and they both became Osgood considering themselves to be human and Zygon. That said...

* CallBack: This episode finally gives viewers the nature, end result, and consequences of the resolution to the secondary plot of "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]" which ''wasn't shown onscreen''.[[note]]The peace brokered between the two Kates was happening in the background, and the episode would shift back to the issue with The Moment not but a few seconds after it starts.[[/note]]

* DramaticWind: Kate's arrival in Truth or Consequences is accompanied by a tumbleweed rolling through the streets.
** That is NOT a [[BodyHorror tumbleweed]]

** When Kate is exploring the town of Truth or Consequences she stands next to a bulletin board with a poster for a Jazz Festival that includes Music! Chainsaw juggling! Nice! Random Tootling!

* MilitariesAreUseless: UNIT soldiers with readied weapons are massacred by badly botched ambushes; if they had fired instead of freezing in terror they could easily have won the fight while the Zygons were still standing around and posing. Especially obvious after the ease with which Kate dispatches her own attacker.

* RewatchBonus: Clara asking Kate about UNIT troops and weapons becomes this when we find out she was a Zygon.
** Clara happening to know what Truth or Consequences mean seems quite a coincidence. However, she was really trying to lure UNIT into a trap there.
** Clara happening to come across the Zygons as they kidnap someone and then finding the way into their underground base, which enables her to lure UNIT troops into a trap.

* {{Shapeshifting}}: The Zygons, of course.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: The soldier tries it with what appears to be his mother. She doesn't answer any of them, but he still follows her inside.F

* FluffyTheTerrible: For reasons never explained in either part 1 or part 2, the commander of the Zygon faction who takes Clara's shape calls herself ... Bonnie?

* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: The Zygons take the form of loved ones to keep the soldiers from shooting them.
* {{Shapeshifting}}: The Zygons.

* FreezeFrameBonus: If you look carefully, you can see a picture of Missy on Truth and Consequence's wall of British Murderers.

* WhamShot: The evil look on "Clara's" face when it turns out she is really a Zygon.

* ShoutOut: The Zygon commander girls are wearing ''Franchise/MonsterHigh'' and ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' backpacks. The Doctor even refers to them by those names.

* BackForTheDead: Jac the UNIT scientist who briefly appeared in "The Magician's Apprentice" is killed off by Bonnie at this episode's end.