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* BatmanGambit: The Doctor at one point surrenders to the Daleks, knowing fully well they aren't going to straight up exterminate him, but rather bring him exactly where he wanted to go.

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** The Doctor and Cinder at one point help Karlax into a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Zero room]].



** The Doctor and Cinder at one point help Karlax into a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Zero room]].


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** A version of the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor War Doctor]] with a [[Creator/BilliePiper girl in rags]] in front of a red flower is shown, along with [[Creator/DavidTennant a thin figure with a blue suit]], a [[Creator/JonPertwee bouffant with a cape and silver hair]] and a woman with red hair by the TARDIS console.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Or whatever alien equivalent roams the Death zone on Gallifrey.
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* DoomsdayDevice: The Tear of Isha can collapse anything into a single compressed gravitational singularity.
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** Partheus dislikes the Doctor putting his (the Doctor's) TARDIS inside ''his'' TARDIS, saying it could have caused a [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheLightAtTheEnd Time Ram]].

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** The Castellan, who transmits the codes needed to escape Gallifrey to the Doctor, despite knowing he'll probably get executed for this. Karlax suspects he was responsible and tells Rassilon he'll find out who did this.


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** Partheus is implied to be this as well. He even lets the Doctor go after they stop him using the Tear on the Spiral.

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* PunchClockVillain: The Castellan, who helps use the mind probe on Cinder but is clearly very upset about doing so. Later he helps the Doctor escape Gallifrey, despite knowing he'll probably get executed for this.



* RuleOfSymbolism: When the Doctor discovers what happened to Barusa, it's hard not to imagine religious symbolism.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: When the Doctor discovers what happened to Barusa, Borusa, it's hard not to imagine religious symbolism.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It's mentioned Rassilon has outdated views and is basically a bigot.
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** Rassilon points out the Doctor had seen [[RetGone Demat]] guns before [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho033Neverland even though he doesn't prompt him where they came from]].

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** Rassilon points out the Doctor had seen [[RetGone Demat]] guns before [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho033Neverland [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime even though he doesn't prompt him where they came from]].

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** The Doctor and Cinder at one point help Karlax into a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Zero room]].
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* SwirlyEnergyThingy: The eye above Moldox is an opening to the Eye, which has all of history passing through it at once. It looks a bit like the Northern lights, and obstructs the light of the stars.
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* BiggerOnTheInside: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] at first. The TARDIS is on its side, and the Doctor ushers Cinder in, and he expects her to to say this but instead she remarks everything is "The right way up" (despite being on its side), it takes a bit for her to get to the size issue.
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* IndyPloy: The Doctor says to Cinder he's not good with long term plans and prefers "Winging it".

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* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Karlax. He might not be pleasant, but it's not an easy time to be a Time-Lord.

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* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Karlax. He might not be pleasant, but it's not an easy time to be a Time-Lord.The Castallan.


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* SmugSnake: Karlax.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The Doctor, as per usual.

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* LuredIntoATrap: The Doctor does this to Dalek ships, enabling battle [=TARDISes=] to destroy them. Then it turns out to be a Dalek trap and the battle [=TARDISes=] are destroyed by Dalek Stealth Ships.

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* LivingShip: The Doctor describes a TARDIS graveyard as a home for old friends and points out to Cinder you can't run away with one without its permission.
* LuredIntoATrap: The Doctor does this to Dalek ships, enabling battle [=TARDISes=] to destroy them. Then it turns out to be a Dalek trap and the battle [=TARDISes=] are destroyed by Dalek Stealth Ships. The concept of traps and ambushes comes back into the narrative often.
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* ActionGirl: Cinder.
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* BiTheWay: Cinder, if she's not a full on Lesbian. The story doesn't (and can't) take much time exploring this.


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* MindProbe: The TropeNamer is used, and the results are shown to be quite unpleasant.
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--> '''Borusa''': [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor I see Gallifrey burning! I see ''the moment'' all things cease to be!]]
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* RuleOfSymbolism: When the Doctor discovers what happened to Barusa, it's hard not to imagine religious symbolism.
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* BackFromTheDead: The Doctor alludes that Rassilon rose from the grave in order to lead the Time-Lords in the Time-War.
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* ContinuityNod: The Doctor once again visits the Deathzone, and the events of [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors the Five Doctors]] is briefly recapped.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: How the Time Lords try to justify closing the Eye of Tantalus, even though it will destroy 12 worlds and kill billions. The Doctor decides it would be better to destroy the Daleks than saving Cinder, though the latter was due to her wanting him to do so.

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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. How the Time Lords try to justify closing the Eye of Tantalus, even though it will destroy 12 worlds and kill billions. The Doctor decides it would be better to destroy the Daleks than saving Cinder, though the latter was due to her wanting him to do so.
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** Rassilon even ''sprays spittle''
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** The ONE weapon the Time-Lords think can stop the war is [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Moment]].

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** The ONE There's a weapon the Time-Lords think can stop the war is war. It's first thought to be [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Moment]]. Moment]] from the Omega arsenal.
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* NotSoDifferent: The Daleks and the Time-Lords.
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** The ONE weapon the Time-Lords think can stop the war is [[[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Moment]].

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** The ONE weapon the Time-Lords think can stop the war is [[[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Moment]].

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** It's explicitly mentioned that Rassilon goes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums rat-tat-tat-tat]] with his gauntlet's fingers.

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** It's explicitly mentioned that Rassilon goes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums rat-tat-tat-tat]] with his gauntlet's fingers. fingers.
** The ONE weapon the Time-Lords think can stop the war is [[[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Moment]].
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** It's explicitly mentioned that Rassilon goes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums rat-tat-tat-tat]] with his gauntlet's fingers.
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** Rassilon points out the Doctor had seen [[RetGone Demat]] guns before [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho033Neverland even though he doesn't prompt him where they came from]].

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