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{{quote|''♫ I can't decide, whether you should live or die ♫''|'''The Master''' shows his love for the [[Scissor Sisters]].}} |
{{quote|''♫ I can't decide, whether you should live or die ♫''|'''The Master''' shows his love for the [[Scissor Sisters]].}} |
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It's [[Wham! Line|one year later]]. |
It's [[Wham! Line|one year later]]. |
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Most people have spent it in slavery (or dead), but Martha Jones has been [[Walking the Earth]], picking her way amongst the ruins, and looking for the [[Gotta Catch Em All|four segments]] of a weapon that can allegedly kill the Master. She also discovers that the Toclafane are mutated remnants of the humans from the end of time. |
Most people have spent it in slavery (or dead), but Martha Jones has been [[Walking the Earth]], picking her way amongst the ruins, and looking for the [[Gotta Catch Em All|four segments]] of a weapon that can allegedly kill the Master. She also discovers that the Toclafane are mutated remnants of the humans from the end of time. |
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Meanwhile, the Master has made Martha's family into his personal slaves. He's also got Jack chained up as a toy to kill over and over. He plays with the Doctor for a bit while singing along to the [[Scissor Sisters]], then turns him into a heap of [[Conspicuous CGI]]. |
Meanwhile, the Master has made Martha's family into his personal slaves. He's also got Jack chained up as a toy to kill over and over. He plays with the Doctor for a bit while singing along to the [[Scissor Sisters]], then turns him into a heap of [[Conspicuous CGI]]. |
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Martha's returned to Britain, where she tells her story one last time and then is captured by the Master's [[Mooks]]. Up aboard the ''Valiant'', the Master makes her [[Kneel Before Zod]] and prepares to kill her. |
Martha's returned to Britain, where she tells her story one last time and then is captured by the Master's [[Mooks]]. Up aboard the ''Valiant'', the Master makes her [[Kneel Before Zod]] and prepares to kill her. |
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Then she laughs at him. Come on, she says, [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]]? Seriously? No, what she was ''really'' doing was telling everyone about the Doctor. Thanks to Martha's stories, and using the Master's global countdown, the whole Earth manages to ''think'' the Doctor back to health and youth [[Hoist by His Own Petard|with a feedback effect through the Master's own mind-controlling cellphone satellite network, keeping people under his influence]]. The destruction of the paradox machine reverses time to exactly one year ago, with everyone's memories neatly wiped and all the mutated humans disappear from the present day. But everyone in the "eye of the storm" -- including Martha's family -- keep the memories of everything they've seen. |
Then she laughs at him. Come on, she says, [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]]? Seriously? No, what she was ''really'' doing was telling everyone about the Doctor. Thanks to Martha's stories, and using the Master's global countdown, the whole Earth manages to ''think'' the Doctor back to health and youth [[Hoist by His Own Petard|with a feedback effect through the Master's own mind-controlling cellphone satellite network, keeping people under his influence]]. The destruction of the paradox machine reverses time to exactly one year ago, with everyone's memories neatly wiped and all the mutated humans disappear from the present day. But everyone in the "eye of the storm" -- including Martha's family -- keep the memories of everything they've seen. |
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While the Doctor attempts to stop everyone from killing the Master (being a Time Lord, he sees it as his domain to deal with him), the Master's wife shoots him. The Doctor [[Foe Yay|cradles the Master in his lap, gently forgives him and asks if they can be together from now on]], but the Master refuses to regenerate, and [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|dies in the arms]] of a wildly sobbing Doctor. |
While the Doctor attempts to stop everyone from killing the Master (being a Time Lord, he sees it as his domain to deal with him), the Master's wife shoots him. The Doctor [[Foe Yay|cradles the Master in his lap, gently forgives him and asks if they can be together from now on]], but the Master refuses to regenerate, and [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|dies in the arms]] of a wildly sobbing Doctor. |
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The Master's corpse is burned. Martha's family remains deeply traumatized. The Doctor puts a lock on Jack's time machine, to make sure Jack can only ever travel somewhere twice -- "the second time to apologize". Jack leaves because he misses Torchwood Three, but not before telling the others that he's ''very'' slowly aging into something unknown, and that his nickname was once "The Face Of Boe". Oh what. Also, Martha finally understands that the Doctor will never return her affections. She hands him her phone, as she realises that she may need his help again some day. |
The Master's corpse is burned. Martha's family remains deeply traumatized. The Doctor puts a lock on Jack's time machine, to make sure Jack can only ever travel somewhere twice -- "the second time to apologize". Jack leaves because he misses Torchwood Three, but not before telling the others that he's ''very'' slowly aging into something unknown, and that his nickname was once "The Face Of Boe". Oh what. Also, Martha finally understands that the Doctor will never return her affections. She hands him her phone, as she realises that she may need his help again some day. |
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** Well, to be honest, it's been a year of total hell, there is only so much despair one can take before they just stop caring. |
** Well, to be honest, it's been a year of total hell, there is only so much despair one can take before they just stop caring. |
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* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Martha has spent the last year travelling solo around the world, running from homicidal aliens, yet there isn't a scratch on her. She also sports makeup and straightened hair. |
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Martha has spent the last year travelling solo around the world, running from homicidal aliens, yet there isn't a scratch on her. She also sports makeup and straightened hair. |
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** Subverted with {{spoiler|Mrs. Saxon, who's sporting bruises.}} |
** Subverted with {{spoiler|Mrs. Saxon, who's sporting bruises.}} |
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* [[Big "What?"]] followed by [[Flat What]]: A [[Call Back]] to the [[Doctor Who |
* [[Big "What?"]] followed by [[Flat What]]: A [[Call Back]] to the [[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S2/E13 Doomsday|last season cliffhanger]]. This time the Doctor really has something to "What?" about--{{spoiler|the ''Titanic'' crashing through the wall}}. |
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* [[Broken Bird]]: Lucy has clearly fallen off the deep end in the last year; she is noticeably skinnier and hardly talks. Considering the fact that she had seen the end of the universe firsthand and {{spoiler|and the most likely disturbing creation of the Toclafane}}, can you really blame her? |
* [[Broken Bird]]: Lucy has clearly fallen off the deep end in the last year; she is noticeably skinnier and hardly talks. Considering the fact that she had seen the end of the universe firsthand and {{spoiler|and the most likely disturbing creation of the Toclafane}}, can you really blame her? |
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* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: {{spoiler|The Master gets ''fatally'' shot but no blood at all is visible.}} |
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: {{spoiler|The Master gets ''fatally'' shot but no blood at all is visible.}} |
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* [[Combined Energy Attack]] |
* [[Combined Energy Attack]] |
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* [[Continuity Nod]] |
* [[Continuity Nod]] |
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{{quote|'''The Master:''' "I remember the days when the Doctor, oh, that famous Doctor... was waging a Time War, battling [[Doctor Who/Recap/S9 |
{{quote|'''The Master:''' "I remember the days when the Doctor, oh, that famous Doctor... was waging a Time War, battling [[Doctor Who/Recap/S9/E03 The Sea Devils|Sea Devils]], and [[Doctor Who/Recap/S8/E03 The Claws of Axos|Axons]]-- he sealed the Rift at the Medusa Cascade, single handed."}} |
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* [[Crapsack World]] |
* [[Crapsack World]] |
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{{quote|'''Martha:''' "I travelled across the world -- from the ruins of New York to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe; and everywhere I went I saw people just like you living as slaves."}} |
{{quote|'''Martha:''' "I travelled across the world -- from the ruins of New York to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe; and everywhere I went I saw people just like you living as slaves."}} |
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* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: What? No! Definitely not! The glowing and flying? Just… time lord… magic… ness. …Yeeeeah. |
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: What? No! Definitely not! The glowing and flying? Just… time lord… magic… ness. …Yeeeeah. |
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: A very-nearly literal version. If you thought it was literal when [[Doctor Who |
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: A very-nearly literal version. If you thought it was literal when [[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S1/E13 The Parting of the Ways|Rose was made a god by the TARDIS]], how about the Doctor being brought back from being Gollum through the power of satellite network-enhanced prayer? |
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* [[Did You Actually Believe?]] |
* [[Did You Actually Believe?]] |
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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: No, seriously, we weren't kidding about the [[Foe Yay/Doctor Who|Foe Yay]]. |
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: No, seriously, we weren't kidding about the [[Foe Yay/Doctor Who|Foe Yay]]. |
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* [[Terrible Ticking]]: The drums. |
* [[Terrible Ticking]]: The drums. |
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* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|The Master refusing to regenerate just to make sure the Doctor is the last of his kind.}} |
* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|The Master refusing to regenerate just to make sure the Doctor is the last of his kind.}} |
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** {{spoiler|That, and he has [[Doctor Who |
** {{spoiler|That, and he has [[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S4/E17 E18 The End of Time|a devoted cult prepared just for a case like this]]. Better to die and be resurrected to former glory than to be the Doctor's pet for all eternity, [[Foe Yay]] be damned.}} |
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* [[Theme Song Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Lucy Saxon's bruises are briefly visible on camera when her face falls, just as the vocalist sings, "No wonder why my heart feels dead inside."}} Foreshadows the climax. |
* [[Theme Song Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Lucy Saxon's bruises are briefly visible on camera when her face falls, just as the vocalist sings, "No wonder why my heart feels dead inside."}} Foreshadows the climax. |
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* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Martha |
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Martha |
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Mrs Saxon is clearly stoned in this episode. She also turns against her husband in the end. |
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Mrs Saxon is clearly stoned in this episode. She also turns against her husband in the end. |
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** And [[The Master]] is reduced from a fabulous [[Magnificent Bastard]] to a screaming, terrified mess when all of humanity thinks the Doctor back to health. |
** And [[The Master]] is reduced from a fabulous [[Magnificent Bastard]] to a screaming, terrified mess when all of humanity thinks the Doctor back to health. |
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* [[Villain World]]. Also [[Vichy Earth]] thanks to the mind-control satellites which keep everyone terrified of Saxon. |
* [[Villain World]]. Also [[Vichy Earth]] thanks to the mind-control satellites which keep everyone terrified of Saxon. |
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* [[Walking the Earth]]: Martha has been. |
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Martha has been. |
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* [[Wham! Line]]: |
* [[Wham! Line]]: |
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** Martha's revelation - Ridiculous for some, awesome surprise for others. |
** Martha's revelation - Ridiculous for some, awesome surprise for others. |
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{{quote|"Right across the world. One word, just one thought, at one moment, but with ''15 satellites''!"}} |
{{quote|"Right across the world. One word, just one thought, at one moment, but with ''15 satellites''!"}} |
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*** The full impact comes there, but it starts with: |
*** The full impact comes there, but it starts with: |
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