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* [[Buried Treasure]]
* [[Buried Treasure]]
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: After a few hints and hums from the Doctor, episode 2 ends with the following exchange...
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: After a few hints and hums from the Doctor, episode 2 ends with the following exchange...
{{quote| '''Doctor''': Why, you could almost say I was the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer. ''[song cue begins to play]''<br />
{{quote|'''Doctor''': Why, you could almost say I was the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer. ''[song cue begins to play]''
'''Evelyn''': Oh no! You ''are'' going to sing!<br />
'''Evelyn''': Oh no! You ''are'' going to sing!
'''Doctor''': Well, yes! I am! ''Llllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-{{[[[Interrupted By the End]] Theme music plays. Episode ends}}].'' }}
'''Doctor''': Well, yes! I am! ''Llllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-{{[[[Interrupted by the End]] Theme music plays. Episode ends}}].'' }}
* [[Drinking Contest]]
* [[Drinking Contest]]
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Red Jasper.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Red Jasper.
* [[Framing Device]]: The Doctor and Evelyn tell Sally a story.
* [[Framing Device]]: The Doctor and Evelyn tell Sally a story.
* [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]
* [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]
* [[Ham to Ham Combat]]: Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor versus Bill Oddie's Long John Silver [[Expy]] Red Jasper.
* [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]]: Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor versus Bill Oddie's Long John Silver [[Expy]] Red Jasper.
* [[Hook Hand]]: Evelyn inintially claims Red Jasper has two hooks for hands. When Sally points out that he would not be able to fire a pistol, Evelyn admits she was embellishing, but it is not clear if Jasper has one hook or none.
* [[Hook Hand]]: Evelyn inintially claims Red Jasper has two hooks for hands. When Sally points out that he would not be able to fire a pistol, Evelyn admits she was embellishing, but it is not clear if Jasper has one hook or none.
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: Played with--Evelyn invents some treasure for the ''Sea Eagle'' to be carrying, so it'd sound more like a pirate story.
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: Played with--Evelyn invents some treasure for the ''Sea Eagle'' to be carrying, so it'd sound more like a pirate story.
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* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]
* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]
* [[Treasure Map]]
* [[Treasure Map]]
* [[Upperclass Twit]]: Captain Swann
* [[Upper Class Twit]]: Captain Swann
* [[Walk the Plank]]
* [[Walk the Plank]]


Latest revision as of 22:06, 11 August 2014


Sally, a history student, is having a hard time of it, and the last thing she wants is for her tutor, Dr Evelyn Smythe, to turn up and tell her a long, rambling story about pirates.

But Dr Smythe won't be dissuaded. In fact, she even invites her friend and travelling companion, the Doctor, into Sally's apartment so they can take turns with the pirate story, which Evelyn insists is true even though Sally points out that it's a transparent Self-Insert Fic set in a mess of pirate cliches.

As the story goes on, though, Sally starts to see some uncomfortable similarities to her own life--in particular, to a very recent, very painful, very personal loss... her lover, killed in a car crash. She was driving. She doesn't think she can go on.

The pirate story starts getting darker, too, so the Doctor decides that the only way to cheer them all up is... to turn it into a musical!

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Doctor: Why, you could almost say I was the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer. [song cue begins to play]
Evelyn: Oh no! You are going to sing!
Doctor: Well, yes! I am! Llllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-{{[[[Interrupted by the End]] Theme music plays. Episode ends}}].

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