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Line 4: === Tropes: === * [[All There in the Manual]]: The events concerning Beep being trapped in a film are from a ''[[~~Doctor Who Magazine (Magazine)\|~~Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip. From '''1995'''. Meaning that many listeners to the audio drama either never saw the original comic strip or may have forgotten it by then. * [[Canon Immigrant]]: This story introduced Beep the Meep, who was a frequent foil for the Fourth and Fifth Doctors in the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic strips. * [[Complete Monster]]: Given Beep's plans? Oh, yeah. Line 10: * [[Duct Tape for Everything\|Paper Clips For Everything]]: The Doctor ends up jimmying the power pack of Beep's laser pistol with a paper clip, draining it enough to keep himself from being killed when Beep shoots him, and for two contestants on ''Audience Share'' to end up being only given a static shock when they're shot by Beep. * [[Fake American]]: Sorta... The head of the network is played by Robert Jezek, who's actually Canadian. * [[Ham -to -Ham Combat]]: The Doctor vs. Beep is a grand battle royale of hamtasticness. * [[Incoming Ham]]: The Doctor essentially enters with one of these. This being [[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]], he continues to chew the scenery ever after. * [[Indy Ploy]]: The Doctor's plan to get Beep to delay releasing the final "go" signal ends up being essentially this. * [[Killer Rabbit]]: Essentially what Beep is. A cute little rabbity thing ([[Sam and Max\|NOT that one...]]) whose fluffy exterior conceals within a psycopathic, sociopathic maniac ([[Sam and Max\|no, really, not THAT one...]]) Line 19: * [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The "Beep & Friends" theme song, and Beep's ranting after his arrest (apparently, the full versions of both went [[Up to Eleven]] in this regard). * [[Rant-Inducing Slight]]: All it takes is for Beep to be arrested for "the most high of all the Meeps" to go on a full on rant that threatens the lives of all the viewers [[And Your Little Dog, Too\|and their pets]]. * Squick: The aforementioned theme song. * [[Take That]]: Many of the complaints levelled against the TV network's programming at the beginning of the episode are complaints that were levelled at ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'' leading up to the infamous 18-month hiatus. This becomes a meta-[[Brick Joke]] at the end, as the emcee of ''Audience Share'' remarks that after Beep's arrest, "Beep & Friends" has been put on hiatus for 18 months. May also be a case of [[Lampshade Hanging]] for [[Rescued ~~From~~from the Scrappy Heap]], as Colin Baker was the incumbent Doctor who was unceremoniously fired due to the hiatus, and whose firing was apparently one of the conditions for the hiatus' end. ** The entire drama can be seen as a massive [[Take That]] to reality TV, as the network puts on the most brain-rotting trash, and gleefully remarks that much of it is cast by the viewers themselves, who appear for the sheer fame, and so the network doesn't have to pay them a cent in compensation. [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic\|Not like anything like that ever happens in real life...]] * [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: An "unintentional" one resulted in Linda being one of the two finalists on ''Audience Share''. Line 26: {{reflist}} [[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who (Radio)/Recap]] ~~[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who Specials The Ratings War]]~~ [[Category:Recap]] [[Category:{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]