Doctor Who/Recap/S25/E03 Silver Nemesis: Difference between revisions

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'''Ace:''' [[Blatant Lies|Of course not. I'm a good girl, I do what I'm told.]]<br />

'''The Doctor:''' Excellent. Blow up that vehicle.<br />

* [[Doing in the Wizard]]: Taken on its own, this episode appears to claim that Lady Peinforte's powers are literal magic, making it the only Original Series episode to allow such a thing rather than [[Magic by Any Other Name|handwaving it somehow]] ("[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26 E1 Battlefield|Battlefield]]" doesn't really count, because the Arthurian characters are visitors from another universe with different physical laws). However, a throwaway line in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26 E3 The Curse of Fenric|The Curse Of Fenric]]" establishes that, in fact, Lady Peinforte got her powers from Fenric. [[Author's Saving Throw|So there.]]

* [[Exit, Pursued by a Bear]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded.]]

* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Richard spends most of his time in the future panicking about every single thing he comes across. It helps his [[Heel Face Turn]] towards the end, when he's just so happy that the Doctor can take him home that he resolves to change his ways.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Part of the plot involves breaking into the Peinforte family tomb -- where Richard, already a bit jumpy having come across his own gravestone, notes that there doesn't seem to be any sign of Lady Peinforte's body. She's too obsessed and blinkered for it to really register, because if it had then certain ominous implications for her future might have presented themselves...