History YMMV / DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist

* HarsherInHindsight: "That thing killed people." "Well, so might you do to protect everything you loved." This exchange between Clara and the Doctor regarding the poor enslaved Teller, who was pining for its mate all along, becomes much more poignant in the wake of the events of the three-part Series 9 finale. The Doctor loses Clara to the grave, is imprisoned in a torture chamber, and emerges from it a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[BatmanGrabsAGun willing to shoot his old friend the General and force a regeneration to create a distraction]], and risking the existence of the entire universe by pulling Clara from the moment of her fixed-point-in-time death in hopes of bringing her back to life. (He even intends to mind wipe her of memories of him to keep her "safe".) Things end ''very'' bittersweetly for the two of them.

* AlasPoorVillain: While her fate after the episode [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse isn't actually clear]], it's hard not to feel some sympathy for Ms. Delphox. She's AffablyEvil to a fault, but, in her conversation with Karabraxos, it's made pretty clear that she's just doing her job to [[ExpendableClone avoid being killed]]. She's actually become something of an EnsembleDarkhorse, particularly on Tumblr, because of it.

* HilariousInHindsight: A central plot point of (''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is a "Time Heist". ''Endgame'' premiered 5 years after this episode.)

* AlasPoorVillain: While her fate after the episode [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse isn't actually clear]], it's hard not to feel some sympathy for Ms. Delphox. She's AffablyEvil to a fault, but in her conversation with Karabraxos it's made pretty clear that she's just doing her job to [[ExpendableClone avoid being killed]]. She's actually become something of an EnsembleDarkhorse, particularly on Tumblr, because of it.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The Doctor's statement at the end "Robbing a bank. Robbing a ''whole'' bank. Beat ''that'' for a date!" has led to speculation that the Doctor orchestrated the timing of the ''entire caper'' as a way of one-upping Clara's (to him still mysterious) new boyfriend. Supported by the opening of the later episode "The Caretaker" in which it becomes pretty obvious that the Doctor is intentionally trying to distract Clara from her dates with Danny.

* HarsherInHindsight: "That thing killed people." "Well, so might you do to protect everything you loved." This exchange between Clara and the Doctor regarding the poor enslaved Teller, who was pining for its mate all along, becomes MUCH more poignant in the wake of the events of the three-part Series 9 finale ("Face the Raven"/"Heaven Sent"/"Hell Bent"). The Doctor loses his beloved Clara to the grave, is imprisoned in a torture chamber, and emerges from it a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[BatmanGrabsAGun willing to shoot his old friend the General and force a regeneration to create a distraction]], and risking the existence of the entire universe by pulling Clara from the moment of her fixed-point-in-time death in hopes of bringing her back to life. (He even intends to mind wipe her of memories of him to keep her "safe".) Things end ''very'' bittersweetly for the two of them.
* InferredHolocaust: The solar storm causes this as waves of fire wash over the surface. The bank patrons are last seen shouting in alarm, and Madame Karabraxos flees with what valuables she can grab, an act that suggests that even her most secure vault will eventually be destroyed by the flare. That said, a throwaway line by Ms. Delphox indicates that the customers were leaving due to the storm.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The old age makeup worn by Creator/KeelyHawes as the elderly Karabraxos, while overall very good, has a visible seam between the prosthetic pieces on her cheek and upper lip where the two pieces have not been blended properly. This is not helped at all by the close-up angle at which the scene in question is shot

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Teller is primarily a suit instead of CGI and benefits greatly for it, especially when it curls its eyestalks towards each other which had to be tricky for the BBC effects people to figure out.

* {{Narm}}: Ms. Delphox mentions that they'll be fired. The delivery of the line was fine in and of itself, but then she goes on to clarify "fired ''with pain''," turning the original line from ominous to cringeworthy.

* RewatchBonus: If you watch the episode again and listen to the Architect, it's blatantly obvious that it's the Doctor. You can still hear parts of Capaldi's accent, and its ''definitely'' his cadence.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Teller is primarily a suit instead of CGI and benefits greatly for it, especially when it curls its eyestalks towards each other which had to be tricky for the BBC effects people to figure out.

* RewatchBonus: If you watch the episode again and listen to the Architect, it's blatantly obvious that it's the Doctor. You can still hear parts of Capaldi's accent.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Teller is primarily a suit instead of CGI and benefits greatly for it, especially when it curls its eyestalks towards each other which had to be tricky for the BBC effects people to figure out.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The Doctor's statement at the end "Robbing a bank. Robbing a ''whole'' bank. Beat ''that'' for a date!" has led to speculation that the Doctor orchestrated the timing of the ''entire caper'' as a way of one-upping Clara's (to him still mysterious) new boyfriend.

* InferredHolocaust: The solar storm causes a literal holocaust as waves of fire wash over the surface. The bank patrons are last seen shouting in alarm, and Madame Karabraxos flees with what valuables she can grab, an act that suggests that even her most secure vault will eventually be destroyed by the flare.

* AlasPoorVillain: While her fate after the episode [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse isn't actually clear]], it's hard not to feel some sympathy for Ms. Delphox. She's AffablyEvil to a fault, but in her conversation with Karabraxos it's made pretty clear that she's just doing her job to [[ExpendableClone avoid being killed]]. (She's actually become something of an EnsembleDarkhorse, particularly on Tumblr, because of it.)

* RewatchBonus: If you watch the episode again and listen to the Architect, [[spoiler: it's blatantly obvious that it's the Doctor. You can still hear parts of Capaldi's accent.]]

* RewatchBonus: If you watch the episode again and listen to the Architect, [[spoiler: it's blatantly obvious that it's the Doctor. You can still hear parts of Capaldi's accent.]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: If you watch the episode again and listen to the Architect, [[spoiler: it's blatantly obvious that it's the Doctor. You can still hear parts of Capaldi's accent.]]