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"This is the voice Light City. Welcome to your new work day."

The Doctor, Charlie and C'rizz land in Light City, a bright, clean city that uses mind erasure to ensure that its inhabitants don't cause trouble. The trio arrive in the middle of Jubilee, the one day of the year citizens are allowed to ask questions. When they're swept up by the crowd and captured, the Doctor makes a bargain with the Mayor to save his companions. And...it gets infinitely weirder and darker from there.

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Ascetic Aesthetic
Big Brother Is Watching
Chekhov's Gun: The spinning top.
Dystopia
The Ending Changes Everything
Happiness Is Mandatory: "Happiness through acceptance, productivity through happiness."
Homage: The whole thing is a homage to the concepts explored in Dark City.
In Medias Res
Language Equals Thought
Laser-Guided Amnesia
Light Is Not Good
Painting the Medium: and done beautifully.
Mind Rape
Mind Screw
Mind Wipe
Released to Elsewhere: "going on holiday" does not mean what it means. You don't die, though, you just get mindwiped.
Show Within a Show: There's a version of Doctor Who in this story.
Shout Out: The memory-erasing faction is called Ministry of Tourism.
Tomato Surprise
Wham Line: "Eight, of course!"

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Line 14: * [[In Medias Res]] * [[Language Equals Thought]] * [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]] * [[Light Is Not Good]] * [[Painting the Medium]]: and done beautifully. Line 22: * [[Released to Elsewhere]]: "going on holiday" does not mean what it means. You don't die, though, you just get mindwiped. * [[Show Within a Show]]: There's a version of ''[[Doctor Who (TV)\|Doctor Who]]'' in this story. * [[Shout Out]]: The memory-erasing faction is called [[Nineteen Eighty -Four\|Ministry of Tourism]]. * {{spoiler\|[[Tomato Surprise]]}} * [[Wham Line]]: "Eight, of course!"