Line #10 Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresNightshade


1	Memory and nostalgia has been something the Doctor rarely thinks about. However, when he lands in Crook Marsham in the late 60's, he and Ace discover that the town is being terrorised by an unknown force, as the citizens have been falling prey to their old memories. With the help of the locals, including a retired sci-fi actor, the Doctor attempts to discover why people's memories are coming back to haunt them. And he's not immune to it...
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3	[[https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/nightshade-1230 Adapted as an audio play in 2016]] as part of the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho range.
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5	!!Tropes
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7	* BigBad: The Sentience.
8	* BookEnds: At the beginning of the story, The Doctor wants to stay in Crook Marsham. At the end, it's Ace.
9	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Trevithick uses the Second Doctor's "When I say run, run!" catchphrase, rounding off his odd similarities with the Doctor.
10	* ButIPlayOneOnTV: In universe. Trevithick initially wants nothing to do with solving the mysteries around Crook Marsham, but after getting some inspiration from his old ''Nightshade'' serials, he decides to help the Doctor solve them.
11	* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: In the audio, The Doctor gets rather irritated that his retirement spot is the target of an alien.
12	* TheCameo: Susan only appears briefly at the end of the story as a manifestation of The Sentience.
13	* DoctorWhomage: Trevithick and his show ''Nightshade'' has more than a few similarities to ''Doctor Who'' and the actors who played the main character. Most notably, he's a crotchety old man with a soft spot for a science fiction show he worked on decades ago, like Creator/WilliamHartnell. He also bears a strong resemblance to one of the Doctor's direct antecedents, [[Franchise/{{Quatermass}} Bernard Quatermass]].
14	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Doctor and Ace's conversation at the beginning of the story about "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth putting down roots]]" forshadows Susan's reappearance later and Ace [[IChooseToStay decision to stay in Crook Marsham ]].
15	* GenreSavvy: Trevithick certainly is. He's acted in Film/HammerHorror films before, so he knows how to avoid PlotInducedStupidity the characters he played fell for.
16	* HeroicSacrifice: Trevithick sacrifices his life so the Doctor can avoid The Sentience.
17	* LetsSplitUpGang: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by Trevithick. After acting in horror films, he knows he's in a horror story and what [[DwindlingParty would happen if he agreed]] to this idea.
18	* LotusEaterMachine: Nostalgia that kills.
19	* NotThatKindOfDoctor: DoubleSubverted. A character is injured so another asks for the Doctor's help. He quotes this trope before deciding to help him anyway.
20	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ace is alarmed when The Doctor wants to stay in Crook Marsham forever.
21	* SurroundedByIdiots: Hawthorne thinks so, but he's wrong.
22	* SwissCheeseSecurity: The radio telescope, to Hawthorne's annoyance.
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24	!!Tropes specific to the audio adaptation:
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26	* AdvertisedExtra: Creator/CaroleAnnFord as Susan! She only appears as a cameo at the end of the story, but is the sole guest listed on the front cover.
27	* CallBack:
28	** In the audio, the Doctor points out that Ace "moans a lot when you're hungry!", similar to an observance he made of her in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]".
29	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The First Doctor's farewell speech to Susan was recreated word-for-word by the Seventh Doctor when he's reminiscing about losing Susan to summon her]].
30	* IChooseToStay: Ace tries to pull this at the end, before realising that a side-effect of The Sentience's influence over the town is wanting to pull this off.
31	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The audio version begins with a fake ContentWarning about the episode of ''Nightshade'' played throughout the serial, based on the one that originally ran before episodes of ''Quatermass And The Pit''. It also serves to give Creator/MarkGatiss a CreatorCameo.
32	-->'''Announcer:''' Before we begin, we would like to say that in our opinion, the following presentation is not suitable for children or for those of you who may have a ''nervous'' disposition.\
33	'''[Doctor Who theme plays]'''
34	* ShowWithinAShow: ''Nightshade'', and bits of it are played throughout the serial.
35	* JustForFun/XMeetsY: WordOfGod says ''Nightshade'' isn't quite ''Franchise/{{Quatermass}}'' and isn't quite ''Series/DoctorWho''.

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