Line #44 Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho143TheCrimesOfThomasBrewster


1	[[AnachronicOrder Evelyn Smythe]] and [[Creator/ColinBaker The Doctor]] are [[ColdOpen under attack by]] [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant robot mosquito]]!
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3	A quick chase scene later has the Doctor in the public eye, and his eye is caught by [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho105TheCondemned DI Menzies]] last seen [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho116TheRaincloudMan when the Doctor was travelling with Charley]]. And The Doctor is, in her books, a notorious [[TheDon Kingpin]] of crime. But there's another Doctor around, ''and'' [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho107TheHauntingOfThomasBrewster Thomas Brewster]] is in town. He's used [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho113TimeReef the Doctor]] as an alias before, but is he behind the robotic menace called the Terravore?
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6	!!The Crimes of Thomas Brewster contains the following tropes:
7	* AlienSky: Symbios has several moons and a ''lot'' more stars.
8	* BluffTheImposter: Thomas manages to at least keep Evelyn skeptical about whether or not he's actually TheNthDoctor until she asks him if he's gathering weapons to be used on the Daleks. Thomas blurts out: "The what?" and then calls them "Billy and Terry Dalek."
9	* TheBusCameBack: For both DI Menzies and Thomas Brewster.
10	* CallBack:
11	** Thomas mentions that he had a relationship with [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho113TimeReef a girl]], but she got [[BusCrash hit by a car and put into a coma]].
12	** Menzies asks Evelyn what happened to [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho105TheCondemned Charley Smith]], but Evelyn never met her. Menzies then [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho016StormWarning mentions]] [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho103TheGirlWhoNeverWas she too]] [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho105TheCondemned met the Doctor]] [[HaveWeMetYet out of order]].
13	** Thomas' TimeMachine was something he built [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho107TheHauntingOfThomasBrewster whilst under the influence]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext of an alien species from the future]].
14	* ChaseScene: The Doctor and Evelyn are chased down by a GiantFlyer down the Thames on a [[ConvenientEscapeBoat speedboat]].
15	* ColdOpen: The Doctor and Evelyn plan to visit the Tower of London, and are beset upon by a giant robot.
16	* ContinuityNod:
17	** The "other Doctor" is described as being [[Creator/PeterDavison fair-haired and wearing an Edwardian outfit]].
18	** The Doctor mentions the London Underground seems [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebofFear very familiar]].
19	** Evelyn asks Thomas (who's calling himself the Doctor) if he's planning to use his new weapons collection on the Daleks, whom's she's met [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho011TheApocalypseElement twice]] [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho040Jubilee before]].
20	** The Doctor mentions if he's somewhere where his past selves have been, he [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho097TheWishingBeast gets a prickling sensation]] and that this is due to the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Blinovitch Limitation Effect]].
21	** The Doctor mentions to Evelyn he's been under the original London bridge with King James II, which happened in the Second Doctor Companion Chronicle "The Glorious Revolution".
22	* CurseCutShort: When Evelyn theorizes that, whilst on Symbios, they might be in a duct, or an artery, Jared says: "Or a..." and Evelyn cuts in saying: "We have to consider ''all'' options, yes."
23	* DeadpanSnarker: Patricia Menzies to the degree that The Doctor says he can never take DI Menzies to [[MeaningfulName Literalis II]] because on that planet sarcasm is a capital offence.
24	* DeathWorld: Symbios.
25	* DoesntLikeGuns: It's mentioned by Evelyn that the Doctor doesn't condone the stockpiling of weapons.
26	* EatDirtCheap: The Terravore eat minerals. They can eat organics as well, provided they have iron in their blood.
27	* EmergencyImpersonation: Menzies passes herself off as a new regeneration of the Doctor in order to fool Thomas (who has been doing the same thing).
28	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ghallager doesn't mind killing people for his own profits, but the end of the world is a bit too far for him, even as a Terravore stooge.
29	* GeniusLoci: Symbios.
30	* GoToAlias: Evelyn names the Doctor as Doctor "John Smith".
31	* HaveWeMetYet: DI Menzies has met the Doctor once before, but this is the Doctor's first meeting of DI Menzies.
32	** The Doctor thinks this is the case with the Terravore, the robotic beings.
33	* HiveMind: The Terravore.
34	* HordeOfAlienLocusts: The Terravore.
35	* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: The Doctor and Thomas play this game. The Doctor first pulls this on Thomas, but Thomas figures it out, but then Menzies says ''[[GenderSwap she's]]'' the Doctor.
36	* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Evelyn sees through Brewster's attempt to pose as the Doctor because Brewster knows nothing about the Daleks.
37	* IndyPloy:
38	--> '''The Doctor''': I ''always'' have a plan! It's just that sometimes I haven't thought of it yet.
39	* KeystoneArmy: The Terravore. Which also works [[InvertedTrope in reverse]].
40	* LargeAndInCharge: The Terravore Queen is also the biggest Terravore.
41	* LazyAlias: The Sixth Doctor, unknown to Brewster, introduces himself as [[PunnyName Norman DePlume]]. Brewster isn't fooled for a second.
42	* LimitedWardrobe: The Doctor mentions he has a dozen more identical [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim multi coloured coats]]. Evelyn mutters under her breath "One down, twelve to go..."
43	* [[UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground London Underground]]: Evelyn tries to shake off Thomas chasing her in the tubes.
44	* MadeOfIron: The Doctor jumps out of a three story tall building, ''through'' a window, and walks it off.
45	* MeaningfulName: Symbios is a planet, consisting out of several organisms as a whole.
46	* TheMillstone: As usual, many of the problems the Doctor faces in this story are a result of Thomas' interference, though he was at least more well-intentioned this time around.
47	* MortonsFork: If the Doctor is actually the "Doctor" Gallagher is looking for, he's a rival and must be killed. If not, he's a witness and must be killed.
48	* PhlebotinumAnalogy: The Doctor traps one of the Terravore in a "temporal distortion forcefield", akin to a "Fly caught in amber".
49	** Menzies later converts "Can't communicate as long as the TARDIS is in the temporal vortex " to "Can't get a mobile signal".
50	* PunnyName: The Doctor, when he meets Thomas calls himself [[NomDeGuerre Norman de Plume]].
51	* RecastAsARegular: The comparatively minor secondary character of Flip appears here for the first time, and made enough of an impression on both the audience and the production team to eventually be brought back as a full-time companion to the Sixth Doctor.
52	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Gallagher doesn't make it out of the story alive.
53	* RunningGag: The Doctor and Evelyn [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho006TheMarianConspiracy seem to still have trouble]] [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho040Jubilee when trying to visit the Tower of London]].
54	* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Gallagher runs a protection racket.
55	* ShapedLikeItself: The police sergeant reports "giant robot mosquitos swarming out of the station like, well, giant robot mosquitos."
56	* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Said by the Doctor when Gallagher call's Evelyn "His girlfriend".
57	* ShoutOut:
58	** Menzies mentions having read [[Literature/TheTimeTravelersWife The Time Traveler's Wife]] as "study" about the Doctor. Okay, the TheMovie. Okay the first 10 minutes of the movie.
59	** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries At least on Captain Kirk's ship they had chairs]].
60	** Evelyn calls Thomas' outfit very [[Literature/BridesheadRevisited Brideshead Revisited]].
61	** Jared mentions that helping Symbios and fighting the Terravore is better than ''Videogame/CallOfDuty'' and ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
62	** Flip's ringtone is "Poker Face" by [[Music/LadyGaga Lady Gaga]].
63	* SoftGlass: The Doctor jumps out of a window three stories high and doesn't have a scratch.
64	* StandardSnippet: DI Menzies' ringtone is the Nokia tune.
65	* StealthPun: The characters go through a time vortex on board a London Underground train. They are then brought through the surface of the planet Symbios by a disturbingly organic process. Both times they could be said to have travelled "by tube".
66	* StockQuotes: When Gallagher is forced into coercion with the Terravore, they offer him a freshly created diamond as payment. He replies with;
67	--> I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
68	* SwordFight: The Doctor fights a Terravore with one, the Terravore being giant robotic creatures shaped like mosquitoes, this seems very apt.
69	* TimeMachine: There's another one in the story that Thomas [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho107TheHauntingOfThomasBrewster had built before]].
70	* TheWatson: The Doctor, pretending to the [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Doctor's companion]], says that as the Doctor's companion it's [[LampshadeHanging his job to ask stupid questions]].
71	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Thomas continues to be a thorn in the Doctor's side, stealing his identity and sullying his reputation with a group of aliens, kidnapping him, Evelyn and Menzies and finally holding him at gunpoint as he hijacks the TARDIS. Again.

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