Doctor Who/Recap/S23/E03 Terror of the Vervoids: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''The Doctor:''' ''This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both.''|The Doctor neatly sums up how awesome he totally is and not fluffing his own ego. Or not. Or both.}}

 

 

The Doctor's future companion Mel, who the viewers never get a chance to properly meet, will apparently spend a lot of time badgering him to exercise and trying to persuade him to drink carrot juice. This results ''(will result?)'' in [[Colin Baker]] messing around on an exercise bike, so at least it's somewhat amusing. The Doctor will be relieved when the TARDIS receives a distress call from a luxury space liner, the Hyperion III. Of course, the Doctor can't ever refuse a cry for help, so he will decide to assist. Upon entering the Hyperion III, though, the Doctor will declare he "[[My Significance Sense Is Tingling|senses something evil]]" about the place, but will continue on exploring anyhow. Hobnobbing around with the crew for a while, the Doctor and Mel will discover that the distress call was completely faked. But the Doctor will be convinced that the call was real for some reason, so Mel and the Doctor stick around -- deciding to enjoy the spaceship scenery for a bit before they'll part ways. The Doctor will nose around, while Mel decides to randomly exercise.

* [[Genocide Dilemma]]

* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]

* [[Informed Attribute]]: The Doctor talks at length about how Hallett was a brilliant investigator with a mind quite unlike anyone else of his era. Yet all we see him do is act needlessly rude towards an old man, send a distress call to the Doctor, dress up like a Mogarian, and then die after drinking some poisoned tea.

** The Doctor's claims about the Vervoid's ability to reproduce from a single leaf could also count as this. It's never mentioned at any other point in the story, and one could almost believe that the Doctor is making stuff up on the spot in order to head off the genocide charge that the Valeyard is trying to pin on him.

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: The Matrix itself, if the Doctor is to be believed.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Sure, Bruchner did try to destroy the Hyperion III and kill everyone on it, but he knew that the Vervoids were up to no good, and if you believe the Doctor, their arrival on Earth would have led to disaster.

{{quote| '''The Valeyard:''' ''Every Vervoid was destroyed by your ingenious plan?''<br />

'''The Doctor:''' ''Yes.''<br />