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Luckily, however, Rose has bought just enough time for the Doctor to finally finish off his regeneration cycle. As it turns out, the tea that Mickey dropped was just enough to jump-start the Doctor back into consciousness. Within a few seconds, the Doctor gleefully bounces around their ship, gives them a speech, realizes it's from ''[[The Lion King]]'' and improvises a brief investigation instead, and decides that the Sycorax are simply bluffing -- that their blood control is simply old voodoo and can't actually hurt anyone. All the while, he's running around and trying to figure out what kind of man this new body will make him. Manic and lucky, apparently. Within seconds, the Doctor challenges the Sycorax to a quick challenge for the fate of the Earth, to be decided in a swordfight to the death. You know, the usual.
 
Luckily, the Doctor wins the fight in his jammies and chamber gown -- "very [[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy|Arthur Dent]]" -- but not before losing a hand.<ref>This will be important ([[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E12 The Sound of Drums|much]], [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E13 Journeys End|much]]) later</ref> Which he grows back, thanks to still being early in his regeneration cycle. The Doctor then demands that the Sycorax leave the Earth and tell any aliens who wish to conquer the planet that it is defended. Also, since no one can ''possibly'' deny alien life anymore, Earth has now officially made first interstellar contact. Finally. And all ends well on Christmas...
 
...until Harriet Jones (Prime Minister) has them shot out of the sky by ''[[Torchwood]]''. The Doctor, suddenly quite serious, decides to say a few simple words to end her time as Prime Minister ("don't you think she looks tired?") and then Rose and the Doctor go off into the TARDIS and fly off all happily, though a a bit troubled by the fact that the government of the UK is now crashing quickly and the 'Christmas snow' is really ash from the Sycorax spaceship. Merry Christmas, everyone!
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* [[Red Shirt]]: Harriet Jones is beamed aboard the Sycorax ship - along with three other blokes, for no particular reason. The only one that doesn't die notably has the role of acting as translator.
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: In-universe, this is how Rose views the Tenth Doctor initially. She warms up to him later, through.
* [[Shout-Out]]: After the defeat of the Sycorax leader, the Doctor mentions that he did "not bad for [[Pajama-Clad Hero|a man in his jimjams]]" and that this is "very [[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy|Arthur Dent]]. Now that was a nice man."
** He also tries to convince the Sycorax that [[Humans Are Special]] by saying "Look at these people. These human beings. Consider their potential...[[The Lion King|from the day they arrive on the planet and blinking, step into the sun...there's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than]]- [[Lampshade Hanging|no, hold on. Sorry, that's the Lion King."]]
** Does that scene where the Doctor is hanging over the edge of the Sycorax spaceship, having had his hand cut off [[Star Wars|remind you of anything?]]
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