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1	The [[Creator/PeterDavison Fifth Doctor]] and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho117TheJudgementOfIsskar Amy]] land on a spaceship, amidst two species at war, on [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm opposite ends of the timeline]]. They fight their war, and then, the next day, they fight their war all over again.
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3	The Doctor and Amy may be trapped for eternity, and the appearance of an old friend may make the Doctor question his mission till the end.
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6	%%* ActingForTwo: [[invoked]] Romana and President Astra both appear in this story.
7	* BizarreAlienSexes: Not that bizarre, the Teuthoidians are asexual technically, like Earth's slugs.
8	* BlobMonster: The Teuthoidian are gigantic bi-gendered slug beings that can devour humanoids whole.
9	* BroughtDownToNormal: Amy and Zara are slowly turning human.
10	* ButterflyOfDoom: The concept is discussed between the Doctor and the White Guardian.
11	* CallBack:
12	** The Doctor implores President Astra to remember [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor burly chap with the long scarf in the blue box]].
13	** Romana mentions leaving [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate E-Space]], which has taken its toll on her body.
14	** Zara mentions having been imprisoned on [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS3E8ThePrisonersDilemma Erratoon]].
15	* CallForward:
16	** Beating out the release of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky "The Poison Sky"]] by several months, the Doctor recognizes his companion has been replaced, but lets her think it's fooling him.
17	** For the Doctor's personal future, Astra's resurrection by a powerful source of time energy that renders her immortal is very similar to what will happen to Jack Harkness in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]".
18	* CameBackWrong: When the Doctor used the Key to Time to restore Princess Astra, it made her immortal by turning her into a beacon for temporal energy, draining the life out of all her subjects and aging them to death while she continued living.
19	* CerebusRetcon: Romana's change into a form similar to Princess Astra takes on a new meaning in this story.
20	%%* ChekhovsGun: The Doctor's telepathic message to Romana.
21	* EvilLaugh: When Romana reveals who the last segment of time is, the Black Guardian lets one out.
22	* FearfulSymmetry: The Black and White Guardians play a game of ''Bridge'' when they think all of their plays have cancelled each other out. Still they can't beat the other without outside influence.
23	* FreakyFridayFlip: Zara swaps her mind with Amy's.
24	* HeroicSacrifice: President Astra takes the sixth segment of the Key to Time back into herself and dies in the process, saving Romana's life.
25	* KirkSummation: The Doctor gives one to Zara and the White Guardian.
26	* LightIsNotGood: The Doctor stops Zara from giving the White Guardian all the segments of the key of time.
27	* MoodWhiplash: The Doctor pulls off a HeroicSacrifice by jumping into the Chaos Pool with the Key of Time, dramatic music flares up, Amy and Zara shout out for him, the lake vanishes and ... [[LiteralCliffhanger the Doctor's stuck on a ledge]].
28	* MythologyGag: When the Doctor is surprised to see Romana, she quips: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani You were expecting someone else]]?"
29	* TheNthDoctor: Princess Astra is in this story, from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor in the form from before]] she met the Doctor.
30	* OlderThanHeLooks: Zara has been observed as to be older than 190 years old.
31	%%* OrderVersusChaos: The White and the Black Guardians.
32	* PreviouslyOn: Snippets from [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho117TheJudgementOfIsskar The Judgement of Isskar]] and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho118TheDestroyerOfDelights The Destroyer of Delights]] are played before the opening theme.
33	* PullTheThread: The Doctor manages to suss out who Zara is quite quickly, but lets her think she's got him fooled. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky His Tenth incarnation]] would do something similar later on.
34	* RapidAging: Astra's people are being affected by a supposed virus that ages them to death. Unbeknownst to anyone, Astra is the source of it.
35	* TheSlowPath: At least 190 years have passed since the Doctor and Amy last saw Zara. Probably a bit more if you take the events of [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS3E8ThePrisonersDilemma The Prisoner's Dilemma]] into account.
36	* TimeStandsStill: The Black and White Guardians are really fond of this trick in this trilogy.
37	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Amy (actually Zara in disguise) wants the Doctor to leave a ship of slug-like beings to their doom, and the Doctor says they have the right to live just as much as they do.
38	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Astra's botched resurrection courtesy of the Doctor and the Key to Time has left her immortal, and seeing everyone she has every loved age and die has made her cold and cynical over the 200 years she has lived.

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