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* ChekhovsGun:
** The garbage Yaz's father picked up as evidence of a conspiracy turns out to actually be evidence; of Robertson's company's illegal dumping.
** In a completely literal example, Robertson grabs his bodyguard's pistol from his corpse and later uses it to kill the mother spider.



* ConspiracyTheorist: Yaz's father, to the point that when Yaz and Najia realize that he was really on to something with the garbage he was collecting, Yaz is annoyed.



* NonMaliciousMonsters: The spiders are simply acting like the animals they are.

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* NonMaliciousMonsters: NonMaliciousMonster: The spiders are simply acting like the animals they are.

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->''Did I ever mention I'm rubbish at spiders?''

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->''Did ->''"Did I ever mention I'm rubbish at spiders?''spiders?"''



The one with giant spiders, a Donald Trump parody and Stormzy. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. The official synopsis:

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The one with giant spiders, a Donald Trump parody and Stormzy.Stormzy.

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* TheBait: Graham gets to be this when he and Ryan are sent off to capture one of the smaller spiders.



* BigCreepyCrawlies: A couple of brief shots in the trailer indicate that some ''huge'' spiders (as in, ''legs at least a foot long'') will be present in this episode.
* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted; in any other scenario Robertson coming in to kill the mother spider would be heroic. But, as The Doctor points out, the mother was already dying of suffocation and was more interested in escaping than harming them. Robertson instead calls the shooting a mercy-kill and shows no remorse in front of an infuriated Doctor.

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* BigCreepyCrawlies: A couple of brief shots in the trailer indicate that some ''huge'' The spiders (as in, ''legs at least are descended from a foot long'') will be present in this episode.
test subject from a university lab that was fed enzymes to live longer, and thus grow larger than normal, and the smallest seen are about the size of a dinner plate.
* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted; in any other scenario Robertson coming in to kill the mother spider would be heroic. But, as The the Doctor points out, the mother was already dying of suffocation and was more interested in escaping than harming them. Robertson instead calls the shooting a mercy-kill and shows no remorse in front of an infuriated Doctor.Doctor.
* CallBack: Najia's concern for Yaz, and asking her how she knows the Doctor, echoes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon Jackie Tyler]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment Francine Jones]].



%%* ContinuityNod: Much like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment "The Lazarus Experiment"]], this episode has the Doctor returning her companions home, intended as the end of their travelling together, but something is going on that results in both another adventure and the companions resuming travelling with the Doctor at the end.

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Much like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment "The Lazarus Experiment"]], this episode has the Doctor returning her companions home, intended as the end of their travelling together, but something is going on that results in both another adventure and the companions resuming travelling with the Doctor at the end.end.
** Yaz's reunion with her mum also calls back to Martha's reunion with her mum in that episode.



* EagleLand: Robertson is an overbearing, gun-toting American who doesn't understand why Team TARDIS doesn't act like "civilized people" and just shoot the problem.

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* EagleLand: {{Eagleland}}: Robertson is an overbearing, gun-toting American who doesn't understand why Team TARDIS doesn't act like "civilized people" and just shoot the problem.



* HateSink: There's nothing likeable about Robertson. Considering how he treats his employees, his activities and his idea on how to deal with the spiders.

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* HateSink: There's nothing likeable about Robertson. Considering Robertson, considering how he treats his employees, his activities activities, and his idea on how to deal with the spiders. spiders.



* MarriedToTheJob: Sonya Khan claims her sister Yaz is this.



* MistakenForCouple: Yaz's mum and sister ask if Ryan is Yaz's boyfriend. They both answer by saying they're just friends and nothing else. Yaz's sister is pleased by this since she's interested in Ryan.

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* MistakenForCouple: MistakenForRomance: Yaz's mum and sister ask if Ryan is Yaz's boyfriend. They both answer by saying they're just friends and nothing else. Yaz's sister is pleased by this this, since she's interested in Ryan.



* NeverMyFault: Robertson denies any responsibility in the incident, claiming his businesses' corner-cutting to be his employees' fault.
* NonMaliciousMonsters: The spiders are simply acting like the animals they are.



* PhoneaholicTeenager: Sonya Khan spends the entirety of her [[{{Pun}} screen time]] either holding or using her smartphone.



* TakeThat: Jack Robertson is clearly a none-too-flattering nod to another American businessman-turned-politician.




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* YearInsideHourOutside: The Doctor returns her companions to Sheffield half an hour after they left at the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E1TheWomanWhoFellToEarth "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"]].

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* HateSink: There's nothing likeable about Robertson. Considering how he treats his employees, his activities and his idea on how to deal with the spiders.



* MercyKilling: Jack attempts to rationalise shooting the spider mother as this after learning she was suffocating to death. The Doctor snarks back that she doesn't sense any mercy in him.

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* MercyKilling: Jack attempts to rationalise convince them that the shooting of the spider mother as was this after learning she was suffocating to death. The Doctor snarks back that she doesn't sense any mercy in him.him.
* MistakenForCouple: Yaz's mum and sister ask if Ryan is Yaz's boyfriend. They both answer by saying they're just friends and nothing else. Yaz's sister is pleased by this since she's interested in Ryan.


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* SociallyAwkwardHero: Ryan is stunned by Yaz's sister when she says she's interested in him.

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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation,[[DirtyCoward shuts his bodyguard Kevin in the bathroom with the mother spider and leaves him to die]], and [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself for what's happening]].

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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation,[[DirtyCoward conversation, [[DirtyCoward shuts his bodyguard Kevin in the bathroom with the mother spider and leaves him to die]], and [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself for what's happening]].



* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Robertson offers to buy off Najia and Team Tardis with enough money they'd never have to work again, but Najia says she likes working.

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Robertson offers to buy off Najia and Team Tardis TARDIS with enough money they'd never have to work again, but Najia says she likes working.




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* WrongGenreSavvy: Poor Frankie thinks she's in some kind of legal drama about her boss illegally dumping toxic waste, not a monster movie.
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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation. He also [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself for what's happening]]. He also causes the near-death of his bodyguard when he threw him under the bus, while he was cornered by the mother.

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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation. He also conversation,[[DirtyCoward shuts his bodyguard Kevin in the bathroom with the mother spider and leaves him to die]], and [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself for what's happening]]. He also causes the near-death of his bodyguard when he threw him under the bus, while he was cornered by the mother.happening]].

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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation. He also [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself for what's happening]].

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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation. He also [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself for what's happening]]. He also causes the near-death of his bodyguard when he threw him under the bus, while he was cornered by the mother.
* BaitAndSwitch: Robertson initially appears as an ally of the spiders. Due to the forbidden area, firing Najia for walking in on a sensitive conversation and seemingly trapping her and Yaz in a room with a mutated spider. In reality, Robertson is arachnophobic and unintentionally caused the mutation through his illegal activities.


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* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted; in any other scenario Robertson coming in to kill the mother spider would be heroic. But, as The Doctor points out, the mother was already dying of suffocation and was more interested in escaping than harming them. Robertson instead calls the shooting a mercy-kill and shows no remorse in front of an infuriated Doctor.


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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Robertson was more the villain than the actual spiders and his shooting of the mother spider is depicted as cowardly and evil.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Robertson offers to buy off Najia and Team Tardis with enough money they'd never have to work again, but Najia says she likes working.
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* ThePowerOfRock: The Power of Grime is used to lure most of the spiders into Robertson's panic room so that they can be killed.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: Najia is fired by Robertson for walking in on a sensitive conversation between him and his most trusted staff.

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* ThePowerOfRock: The Power of Grime is used to lure most of the spiders into Robertson's panic room so that they can be killed.
trapped and allowed to die humanely without endangering anybody else.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: Downplayed; Najia is fired by Robertson for walking in on a sensitive conversation between him and his most trusted staff.

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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation. He also blames everyone but himself for what's happening.

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* BadBoss: Jack fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a private conversation. He also [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself for what's happening.happening]].



* GiantSpider: The spiders in this episode are test subjects that have been fed an experimental enzyme to extend their natural lifespans, with the unforeseen side effect of growing to enormous sizes. Unusually, the biggest of them is ''not'' exempt from the SquareCubeLaw.

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* GiantSpider: The spiders in this episode are descended from a test subjects subject that have been was fed an experimental enzyme enzymes to extend their her natural lifespans, lifespan, with the unforeseen side effect of her and her brood growing to enormous sizes. Unusually, the biggest of them is ''not'' exempt from the SquareCubeLaw.



* RunningGag: Najia correcting the Doctor whenever she refers to her as "Yaz's Mum", and Robertson when he mispronounces her name as "Nadia".



* SheKnowsTooMuch: Najia is fired by Robertson for walking in on a sensitive conversation between him and his most trusted staff.



* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When the Doctor tries to propose a humane way of dealing with the spiders, Jack responds "Shooting's quicker". Despite this, he ends up co-operating with the Doctor's plan.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When the Doctor tries to propose a humane way of dealing with the spiders, Jack responds "Shooting's quicker". Despite this, he ends up co-operating with the Doctor's plan.
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Might want to put an editing rule. Considering the Pittsburgh shooting and Trump's views on gun laws, this might be a Harsher In Hindsight scenario. Despite the episode taking months to prepare.


* BaitAndSwitch: Jack Robertson seems like he's going to be a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Donald Trump. Then it turns out he's planning to run ''against'' Trump (while remaining an obvious TakeThat.)
* BigCreepyCrawlies: A couple brief shots in the trailer indicate that some ''huge'' spiders (as in, ''legs at least a foot long'') will be present in this episode.

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* BaitAndSwitch: BadBoss: Jack Robertson seems like he's going to be fires Yaz's mum on the first day for walking in on a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Donald Trump. Then it turns out he's planning to run ''against'' Trump (while remaining an obvious TakeThat.)
private conversation. He also blames everyone but himself for what's happening.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: A couple of brief shots in the trailer indicate that some ''huge'' spiders (as in, ''legs at least a foot long'') will be present in this episode.episode.
* CobwebJungle: The oversized cobwebs are signs of a cluster of spiders.


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* DirtyCoward: Jack Robertson, when he sees the mother spider for the first time he screams in a panic. When his bodyguard Kevin arrived to see the commotion, Jack immediately got out and trapped Kevin inside the bathroom with her. Only hearing the panicked screams and gunshots from the outside.


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* KarmaHoudini: Jack Robertson receives no comeuppance for his actions.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jack Robertson has a landfill site for a shoddily run waste disposal company hidden in the mine-shaft beneath his luxury hotel.



* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The Doctor begins piecing together the chain of events from the spiders being experimented upon to them being brought to the hotel... and suddenly realises the mine shaft they're standing in is actually a giant spider's nest.



* GiantSpider: Oh, yes. Unusually, the biggest of them is ''not'' exempt from the SquareCubeLaw.

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* GiantSpider: Oh, yes.The spiders in this episode are test subjects that have been fed an experimental enzyme to extend their natural lifespans, with the unforeseen side effect of growing to enormous sizes. Unusually, the biggest of them is ''not'' exempt from the SquareCubeLaw.



* MercyKilling: Jack attempts to rationalise shooting the spider mother as this after learning she was suffocating to death. The Doctor snarks back that she doesn't sense any mercy in him.



* RealityEnsues: The Doctor confronts the mother spider near the end of the episode, only to realise she's dying of suffocation because [[SquareCubeLaw her organs aren't efficient enough to maintain a body of her size]].




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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When the Doctor tries to propose a humane way of dealing with the spiders, Jack responds "Shooting's quicker". Despite this, he ends up co-operating with the Doctor's plan.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Yaz's sister.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Yaz's sister.sister teases her about being MarriedToTheJob.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Robertson brags about how famous he is, the Doctor, only vaguely aware of who's famous at this point in time, asks if he's Creator/EdSheeran. When Graham explains he's running for President in 2020, the Doctor assumes he still means Ed Sheeran.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Robertson brags about how famous he is, the Doctor, only vaguely aware of who's famous at this point in time, asks if he's Creator/EdSheeran.Music/EdSheeran. When Graham explains he's running for President in 2020, the Doctor assumes he still means Ed Sheeran.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Robertson brags about how famous he is, the Doctor, only vaguely aware of who's famous at this point in time, asks if he's Creator/EdSheeran. When Graham explains he's running for President in 2020, the Doctor assumes he still means Ed Sheeran.



* DeadPersonConversation: Graham has a couple of imaginary conversations (well, we assume so, but this is ''Doctor Who'') with Grace.



* TalkingToTheDead: Graham has a couple of imaginary conversations (well, we assume so, but this is ''Doctor Who'') with Grace.
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* NotQuiteDead: The mother spider was disposed of with a bioscience lab's waste because they thought she was dead. Unfortunately, the company they contracted to deal with the waste was another of Robertson's corner-cutting enterprises.
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* JustGivingOrders: Robertson blames his businesses' corner-cutting on his employees and denies responsibility himself.


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* ThePowerOfRock: The Power of Grime is used to lure most of the spiders into Robertson's panic room so that they can be killed.


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* TalkingToTheDead: Graham has a couple of imaginary conversations (well, we assume so, but this is ''Doctor Who'') with Grace.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jack Robertson seems like he's going to be a NoCelebritiesHarmed version of Donald Trump. Then it turns out he's planning to run ''against'' Trump (while remaining an obvious TakeThat.)

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jack Robertson seems like he's going to be a NoCelebritiesHarmed NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Donald Trump. Then it turns out he's planning to run ''against'' Trump (while remaining an obvious TakeThat.)
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This episode will premiere October 28, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. The official synopsis:

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This episode will premiere October 28, 2018.The one with giant spiders, a Donald Trump parody and Stormzy. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. The official synopsis:

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->''Did I ever mention I'm rubbish at spiders?''
-->-- '''The Doctor'''



* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Yaz's sister.
* BaitAndSwitch: Jack Robertson seems like he's going to be a NoCelebritiesHarmed version of Donald Trump. Then it turns out he's planning to run ''against'' Trump (while remaining an obvious TakeThat.)



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%%* GiantSpider* DoesntLikeGuns: The Doctor insists they deal with the spiders humanely rather than just shoot them. Robertson has other ideas.
* EagleLand: Robertson is an overbearing, gun-toting American who doesn't understand why Team TARDIS doesn't act like "civilized people" and just shoot the problem.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While the Doctor examines the spider laboratory, Ryan uses a projector to make shadow puppets.
* GiantSpider: Oh, yes. Unusually, the biggest of them is ''not'' exempt from the SquareCubeLaw.
* MistakenForGay: Yaz's mum asks if she and the Doctor are seeing each other. The Doctor doesn't quite understand the expression and has to ask Yaz if they are.
* NoodleIncident: The Doctor and Amelia Earhart once had to stop a plane with a rope made of spider web.



* SpidersAreScary: From what the trailer reveals, ''yup''.

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* SpidersAreScary: From what the trailer reveals, ''yup''.''Yup'', and pretty much everyone involved feels that way.




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* SquareCubeLaw: The mother spider grows so massive she can't breathe efficiently and starts suffocating.
* TeamHandstack: The newly-declared Team TARDIS does this on the TARDIS ignition lever.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Robertson says he has a phobia of spiders. Ryan agrees, and Graham doesn't like them either.
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%%* ContinuityNod: Much like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment "The Lazarus Experiment"]], this episode has the Doctor returning her companions home, intended as the end of their travelling together, but something is going on that results in both another adventure and the companions resuming travelling with the Doctor at the end.

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%%* GiantSpider




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* SpotOfTea: The Doctor is saying goodbye to her friends, looking dejected, but instantly perks up when Yaz invites her to tea at her place, declaring she loves tea.

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* BigCreepyCrawlies: A couple brief shots in the trailer indicate that some ''huge'' spiders (as in, ''legs at least a foot long'') will be present in this episode.



* SpidersAreScary: from what the trailer reveals, ''yup''.

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* SpidersAreScary: from From what the trailer reveals, ''yup''.
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* SpidersAreScary: from what the trailer reveals, ''yup''.

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This episode will premiere October 28, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.

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This episode will premiere October 28, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.
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''“Something’s happening with the spiders in this city.” The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan find their way back to Yorkshire – and Yaz’s family – only to find something is stirring amidst the eight-legged arachnid population of Sheffield.''
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* ShoutOut: The title is a clear reference to the famous Music/SexPistols song ''Anarchy in the UK''.

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* ShoutOut: The title is a clear reference to the famous Music/SexPistols song ''Anarchy "Anarchy in the UK''.
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Anarchy in the UK was not an album


* ShoutOut: The title is a clear reference to the famous Music/SexPistols album ''Anarchy in the UK''.

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* ShoutOut: The title is a clear reference to the famous Music/SexPistols album song ''Anarchy in the UK''.
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This episode will premiere October 28, 2018.
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* ShoutOut: The title is a clear reference to the famous Music/SexPistols album ''Anarchy in the UK''.

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