Line #12 WebAnimation/DeathComesToTime


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:In one reality, the journey ends with an unlucky Seven.]]
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4	JustForFun/{{The one\|With}} [[{{Retcon}} that nearly]] [[SeriesFauxnale ended it all.]]
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6	A Series/DoctorWho webcast, which serves as a potential finale for Doctor Who. It was broadcast in 2001 and also released as an audio drama. It features [[TheNthDoctor The Seventh Doctor]], Ace, and TheBrigadier.
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8	Death Comes to Time was intended to lead into a new series following Time Lord the Minister of Chance, voiced by Creator/StephenFry. A longer ''Podcast/TheMinisterOfChance'' series was finally released in 2013, but with a new Minister. Both of these are largely regarded as an AlternateContinuity by the fandom and the official sources alike, though it gives one explanation of why the 7th Doctor in the TV Movie is travelling alone.
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10	It is also notable for revealing that "Time Lord" is not just some fancy moniker- here, the race actually possesses the power to be lords of time. But because these are [[StoryBreakerPower story-breaking powers]], [[GodzillaThreshold this is why this is only seen at the prospective end of the series.]]
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12	A small minority seem to still consider this the end of ''Doctor Who'', with the [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie TV Movie]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose revived series]] as FanonDiscontinuity.
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14	!!Tropes:
15	* AlienInvasion: From Time Lord-hunting vampire Nessican, General Tannis learns of Earth, a remote [[InsignificantBluePlanet planet]] with barely any defences. He later pays it a visit; broadcasts across all media, and demands surrender. [[spoiler: UNIT, forewarned by the Doctor, feed Tannis's Gunships a disabling virus, and, on Salisbury Plain, overwhelm the landing Canisian assault forces]].
16	* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The Doctor revokes the Minister's TARDIS, leaving him stranded on Santine, among the bodies of those killed through his actions, to “face himself”. For ever.]]
17	* ArcWords:
18	** "Until death comes to time."
19	** "Why have the power if you don't use it?"
20	* TheBigGuy: Antimony, while gentle in demeanour, thumps people who threaten the Doctor.
21	-->'''The Doctor:''' ''{aside}'' Alright, laddie - now you can bash him.
22	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Tannis' attack on Earth is stopped, Tannis is defeated but in the process the Doctor has apparently died and the age of the Time Lords is over.]]
23	* CallBack: UNIT emerging from behind the Moon looks back to their first appearance in ''The Invasion'', where the Cybermen had a fleet behind the Moon.
24	* TheChessmaster: Tannis. Not only is he a general/dictator with plans to conquer the universe, but he is also very aware that the Time Lords will come after him [[spoiler: (he is one himself)]], so he acts very carefully so as not to do anything that breaks the laws of time while plotting the downfall of the Time Lords. [[spoiler: Even his seeming defeat during the Minister's UnstoppableRage is, in fact, part of his plan.]]
25	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Minister seems harmless, but once inside the Canisian base he quickly and expertly messes up the Canisian communications system, makes their commanding officers go for each other's throats, and escapes. It's all in a day's work for a Time Lord.
26	* DeadpanSnarker:
27	** Tannis:
28	--->'''Premier Bedloe:''' You're preparing a coup!\
29	'''Tannis:''' What would you do if I were? Complain to the Dictator Society?
30	** The Minister has his moments too:
31	--->'''Captain Carne:''' What are they?\
32	'''The Minister:''' Quantum dice. The sort of thing the other children played with while you were being harshly potty-trained.
33	* DeathOfTheOldGods: [[spoiler: Happens at the end. Though the Time Lords are not fully wiped out, their time has apparently passed.]]
34	* GentlemanSnarker: The Minister. And he is played by Creator/StephenFry.
35	-->'''Captain Carne:''' Identify yourself!\
36	'''The Minister:''' I'm the Minister; I've come to join the resistance. As I said, I'm unarmed, so if you could get the shouting done, arrest me and take me to your leader, we might save some time.
37	* GrandFinale: [[spoiler:For the Doctor.]]
38	* GodsHandsAreTied: The reason why the Doctor, and other Time Lords, can't just stop Tannis. If the Time Lords use their powers it disrupts the Universe. [[spoiler:When the Doctor finally uses his powers he dies.]]
39	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: The Doctor does this to stop Tannis killing Ace.]]
40	* InkSuitActor: The animated characters look like their voice actors.
41	* ALessonInDefeat: What [[spoiler: Ace's]] mission to [[spoiler: Anima Persis]] turns out to be.
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43	* MalignantPlotTumor: Some people consider the Ace becoming a Time Lord plot this, as it means we don't see enough of the Doctor in what is supposed to be his [[spoiler: GrandFinale]].
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45	* MuggedForDisguise: Or rather killed for disguise, when a Vampire uses a Policeman's uniform to escape.
46	* NaiveNewcomer: Antimony is nervous about going to Earth because he thinks there are dinosaurs there.
47	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: 2 appear.
48	* RealityWarper: According to this story Time Lords are this, contradicting what we earlier saw of Time Lords, where they were SufficientlyAdvancedAliens.
49	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: It turns out the Doctor built [[spoiler: Antimony]] so as to have a companion who would always stay with him. [[spoiler: Antimony]] himself doesn't know this, however.
50	* {{Sadist}}: General Tannis takes frivolous glee in acts of mass destruction. He later slowly shoots [[spoiler: Antimony to death]], all the while taunting [[spoiler: the Doctor]] about his inability to save [[spoiler: his mechanical son]].
51	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:The Minister uses his powers against Tannis, even though this disrupts the Universe.]]
52	* SelfPoisoningGambit: Not harmful to The Doctor but he defeats a vampire by letting it bite him after he's drank holy water.
53	* SmugSnake: General Tannis.
54	* UnstoppableRage: The Minister will not use his powers wantonly, but when [[spoiler: Sala dies]] he explodes with anger, [[spoiler: apparently obliterating the Canisian ground forces and causing some of their ships to explode in orbit.]]
55	* WeaksauceWeakness: The Vampire drinking the Doctor's blood after the Doctor has eaten garlic kills him.

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