History Recap / DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren

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JustForFun/{{The one w|ith}}here the fandom collectively owes Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius an apology]] and canon is changed drastically.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Any idiot can make themselves into a robot. It's not ''special''. But if you want to be the dominant force in the universe, I can facilitate that."'']]

The one where the fandom collectively owes Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius an apology]] and canon is changed drastically.

** The Master saying "Look upon my works, Doctor, and despair" is one to Creator/PercyShelley's ''Ozymandias''.

** The Master gives an adapted version of Rassilon's cliffhanger line from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time, Part 1]]".

* {{Retcon}}: This episode includes a retcon ''[[UpToEleven of a retcon]]''. Back in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius "The Brain of Morbius"]], there was a sequence of faces shown in a mental battle between the Doctor and Morbius implied (but not outright stated) to be incarnations of the Doctor before Hartnell. Following the establishment of the 12 regeneration limit, this was changed so that they now represented past incarnations of Morbius. Here, these same faces are shown in a montage regarding the Timeless Child, reversing the previous retcon and confirming who these faces actually belonged to.

* ObviousStuntDouble: When the four humans who disguise themselves as Cybermen reveal themselves, only Yaz is shown taking the helmet off. This was presumably done in order to put only Mandip Gill in a Cyber-suit (an arguably lengthy and uncomfortable process), while the other three still fully-suited humans could be played by creature performers (and a separately recorded line of audio by Bradley Walsh).

** Ryan brags over blowing up all the Cybermen, while more are marching over the hill behind him.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The Master and his Cybermen make no attempt to intervene while the Doctor and Ko Sharmus are arguing about whether the latter should detonate the bomb. In fact, the only reason why our heroes manage to prevail is because the Master decided to stand in the background for a minute and do nothing to stop Ko Sharmus from ruining his plans until it was too late.
* TemptingFate: Ashad tells the Master that the Cyberium will only leave him if he's dead, so the Master shrinks him.

* KickTheDog: The Master orders one of his Cybermen to shoot and kill another, solely to demonstrate that they are capable of regenerating. Even the Cyberman momentarily balks at the order before the Master reiterates it.

** Although, as the Master points out this revelation means the Doctor is in fact special - in fact, the very template of the Time Lord race. And someone like the Master doesn't admit the superiority of anyone else lightly.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The Master and his Cybermen make no attempt to intervene while the Doctor and Ko Sharmus are arguing about whether the latter should detonate the bomb. In fact, the only reason why our heroes prevail is because the Master decided to stand in the background and do nothing to stop Ko Sharmus from ruining his plans until it was too late.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The Master and his Cybermen make no attempt to intervene while the Doctor and Ko Sharmus are arguing about whether the latter should detonate the bomb.

* DarkReprise: Try a DarkReprise of ''four'' themes at the same time. When the Master reveals his army of Time Lord/Cyberman hybrid, the music used is a combination of the Cybermen's theme, the Master's theme, the theme for the Time Lords, and the theme used for Tecteun and the first regeneration.

** The Shabogans were first mentioned in "[[ The Deadly Assassin]]".

* AesopAmnesia: When the Master tells the Doctor that the Time Lords fabricated the story of how they discovered regeneration, she reacts with surprise and outrage, asking why they would lie about something like that. It is worth noting that the Doctor have intimate first-hand knowledge of several dirty Time Lord secrets and have at several points several been cajoled and even forcibly recruited into helping their StateSec with their DirtyBusiness, and have noticed and even commented on the Time Lord government's capacity and willingness for inventing cover-stories and straight up propaganda to protect themselves from questions and embarrassments (in fact, the very reason ''why'' they keep roping in the Doctor to do some of their more questionable jobs is because it makes it easier for them to deny any official involvement). Considering that, it seems rather strange that is hard for her to accept that that Time Lord leadership would lie something like that too.

* AesopAmnesia: When the Master tells the Doctor that the Time Lords fabricated the story of how they discovered regeneration, she reacts with surprise and outrage, asking why they would lie about something like that. It is worth noting that the Doctor have intimate first-hand knowledge of several dirty Time Lord secrets and have at several points several been cajoled and even forcibly recruited into helping their StateSec with their DirtyBusiness, and have noticed and even commented on the Time Lord government's capacity and willingness for inventing cover-stories and straight up propaganda to protect themselves from questions and embarrassments (in fact, the very reason ''why'' they keep roping in the Doctor to do some of their more questionable jobs is because it makes it easier for them to deny any official involvement). It seems rather strange that is hard for her to accept that that Time Lord leadership would lie something like that too.

* AesopAmnesia: When the Master tells the Doctor that the Time Lords fabricated the story of how they discovered regeneration, she reacts with surprise and outrage, asking why they would lie about something like that. It is worth noting that the Doctor have intimate first-hand knowledge of several dirty Time Lord secrets and have at several points several been cajoled and even forcibly recruited into helping their StateSec with their DirtyBusiness, and have noticed and even commented on their capacity and willingness for inventing cover-stories and straight up propaganda to protect themselves from questions and embarrassments. It seems rather strange that is hard for her to accept that that Time Lord leadership would lie something like that too.

* AesopAmnesia: When the Master tells the Doctor that the Time Lords fabricated the story of how they discovered regeneration, she reacts with surprise and outrage, asking why they would lie about something like that. It is worth noting that by this point, the Doctor have intimate first-hand knowledge of several dirty Time Lord secrets and have at several points several been cajoled and even forcibly recruited into helping their StateSec with their DirtyBusiness, and have noitced and even commented on their capicty and willingness for inventing coverstories and straight up propaganda to protect themselves from questions and embrassments. It seems rather strange that is hard for her to accept that that Time Lord leadership would lie something like that too.