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Line 7: The six Mona Lisas (Monas Lisa? Monae Lisae?) are all the property of one Count Scarlioni, who (as if all the Monas weren't enough) has a scanner for alien life, cleverly disguised as a bracelet on his wife's wrist. Now the Doctor's interest is thoroughly piqued. Turns out that Count Scarlioni ~~is--surprise~~is—surprise!--actually an alien: Scaroth, last of the warlike Jagaroth. He's been kicking around on Earth since his spaceship crashed some four hundred million years ago. All six paintings ''are'' original Mona Lisas, all painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the sixteenth century. Scarlioni intends to steal the one in the Louvre and then carefully sell each of the Monae to a different private collection. The proceeds will fund Scarlioni's time travel to prevent the crash from ever ~~occuring~~occurring. The Doctor doesn't especially mind... until he discovers that the crash of Scarlioni's spaceship was the "spark" that kicked off the development of life on Earth. Now they must work out how to defeat a being who's had four hundred million years to plan his escape. As if all that weren't enough, [[John Cleese]] and [[Eleanor Bron]] have cameos. For extra credit, spot the plot elements that [[Douglas Adams]] recycled into ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''. ~~----~~ ~~=== Tropes ===~~ {{tropelist\|page=City of Death}} * [[Accidental Art]]: [[John Cleese]] has a cameo in which he mistakes the TARDIS for a work of art. * [[Affably Evil]]: The Countess Scarlioni. Count Scarlioni projects this, but it's just a facade. * [[Ancient Astronauts]]: Scaroth. * [[Battle Butler]]: Hermann. "What a wonderful butler, he's so violent!" * [[Captain Obvious]]: Duggan: ''"~~THAT~~That'' is a spaceship!" * [[Catholic School Girls Rule]]: Romana wearing a very [[St Trinian's]] style uniform. [[Lalla Ward]], judging by interviews and the production notes, came up with the idea and had no concept it was a fetish. * [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Mainly mocked and taken the piss out of, but also played straight. Duggan's tendency to randomly punch people comes round useful as he knocks Scarlioni out one last time, landing the ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome\|most important punch in history]]''. * [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: More like Cold ''Handed'' Torture - Tancredi orders the Doctor tortured using thumbscrews, however the Doctor relents before the torturer can even ''begin'' because the guy has [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|cold hands]]. Line 34 ⟶ 33: * [[For Science!]]: What Kerensky thinks is the reason for his research. * [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: the Countess and her cigarette holder. * [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Or gal. Countess Scarlioni was played by [[Catherine Schell]], whose previous British sci-fi work was on [[Space: 1999\|a show that Tom Baker didn't much care for]]. * [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Scarlioni, played by [[Julian Glover]], disposes of Kerensky by [[Rapid Aging\|rapidly aging]] him into a skeleton. Flash forward [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade\|ten years]]... One relevant only within ''Doctor Who'': [http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq66/combomweek4/crackcityofdeath.jpg This] [http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/doctornew/crack1.png scene]{{Dead link}} has [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E01 The Eleventh Hour\|a crack!]] ** A copy of the Mona Lisa made at the same time and in the same workshop? [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095047/Mona-Lisa-copy-painted-Leonardo-da-Vincis-student-unveiled-Madrid.html Only one so far], but it's a start. * [[Insult Backfire]]: Scarlioni takes being called "inhuman" as a compliment. Line 61: {{quote\|'''Doctor:''' Count, do you realise what would happen if you try to go back to a time before history began? '''Scarlioni:''' Yes, yes I do. And I don't care one jot. }} * [[Stable Time Loop]]: Life on ~~earth~~Earth would never have begun had the Doctor, Romana, and Duggan not been present back then to stop Scaroth. * [[Stealth Pun]]: In French, "City of Death" is "Cité de la Mort", which sounds almost exactly like "Cité de l'Amour" (City of Love, a nickname for Paris). ''Oooh la la!'' * [[Super Senses]]: The Doctor can identify Leonardo's brush-work ("It's as characteristic as a signature") and pigments with little more than a glance. Line 71: * [[Wicked Cultured]]: Scarlioni. * [[The X of Y]] * [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Sort of. Two [[Mooks]] actually succeed on a mission but apparently they didn't do good enough so Scarlioni casually orders them to get killed offscreen and replaces them. * [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Bye-bye, {{spoiler\|Kerensky}}... * [[You Look Familiar]]: Scarlioni is also [[Doctor Who/Recap/S2/E06 The Crusade\|Richard the Lionheart]]. Line 77: {{reflist}} [[Category:Recap]] [[Category:Doctor Who]]▼ [[Category:Doctor Who/Recap]] ▲[[Category:~~Doctor Who~~{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]