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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]].}}


It's [[Wham Line|one year later]].
It's [[Wham! Line|one year later]].


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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== Tropes ==
== Tropes ==
* [[After the End]]: Most of Earth.
* [[After the End]]: Most of Earth.
* [[Angst What Angst]]: {{spoiler|Humanity failed to evade the death of the universe, instead turning into the grotesque, murderous Toclafane as a last-ditch resort.}} Neither the Doctor, nor Martha, nor even the writers show much distress at this revelation, which is never brought up again.
* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: {{spoiler|Humanity failed to evade the death of the universe, instead turning into the grotesque, murderous Toclafane as a last-ditch resort.}} Neither the Doctor, nor Martha, nor even the writers show much distress at this revelation, which is never brought up again.
** 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.
* [[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.
** Subverted with {{spoiler|Mrs. Saxon, who's sporting bruises.}}
** Subverted with {{spoiler|Mrs. Saxon, who's sporting bruises.}}
* [[Big "What?"]] followed by [[Flat What]]: A [[Call Back]] to the [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S2 E13 Doomsday|last season cliffhanger]]. This time the Doctor really has something to "What?" about--{{spoiler|the ''Titanic'' crashing through the wall}}.
* [[Big "What?"]] followed by [[Flat What]]: A [[Call Back]] to the [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S2 E13 Doomsday|last season cliffhanger]]. This time the Doctor really has something to "What?" about--{{spoiler|the ''Titanic'' crashing through the wall}}.
* [[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?
* [[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]]
* [[Continuity Nod]]
* [[Continuity Nod]]
{{quote| '''The Master:''' "I remember the days when the Doctor, oh, that famous Doctor... was waging a Time War, battling [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S9 E3 The Sea Devils|Sea Devils]], and [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S8 E3 The Claws of Axos|Axons]]-- he sealed the Rift at the Medusa Cascade, single handed."}}
{{quote| '''The Master:''' "I remember the days when the Doctor, oh, that famous Doctor... was waging a Time War, battling [[Doctor Who/Recap/S9 E3 The Sea Devils|Sea Devils]], and [[Doctor Who/Recap/S8 E3 The Claws of Axos|Axons]]-- he sealed the Rift at the Medusa Cascade, single handed."}}
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Crapsack World]]
{{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."}}
* [[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.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: A very-nearly literal version. If you thought it was literal when [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/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?
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: A very-nearly literal version. If you thought it was literal when [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/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?
* [[Did You Actually Believe]]
* [[Did You Actually Believe?]]
* [[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]].
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: {{spoiler|"It's always the women."}}
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: {{spoiler|"It's always the women."}}
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* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: The Master has ''issues'' with women, it appears.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: The Master has ''issues'' with women, it appears.
* [[Reset Button]]
* [[Reset Button]]
* [[Ripple Effect Proof Memory]]: Everyone on the ''Valiant'', due to being at "the eye of the storm".
* [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]]: Everyone on the ''Valiant'', due to being at "the eye of the storm".
* [[Rushmore Refacement]]: Mentioned though not seen.
* [[Rushmore Refacement]]: Mentioned though not seen.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: The hand that takes the master's ring. Russell T. Davies even joked that it was "the hand of The Rani".
* [[Sequel Hook]]: The hand that takes the master's ring. Russell T. Davies even joked that it was "the hand of The Rani".
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: The final fate of the entire human race. [[Sarcasm Mode|Thanks, RTD!]]
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: The final fate of the entire human race. [[Sarcasm Mode|Thanks, RTD!]]
* [[Shout Out]]: "Say Hi,[[Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]].""
* [[Shout-Out]]: "Say Hi,[[Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]].""
* [[Status Quo Is God]]
* [[Status Quo Is God]]
* [[Taking You With Me]]: The Master tries to do this when the Doctor and Martha foil his plans by detonating his fleet of rockets (thus triggering an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]). However, the Doctor points out that the Master would never take his own life, and convinces him to surrender.
* [[Taking You With Me]]: The Master tries to do this when the Doctor and Martha foil his plans by detonating his fleet of rockets (thus triggering an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]). However, the Doctor points out that the Master would never take his own life, and convinces him to surrender.
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* [[Terrible Ticking]]: The drums.
* [[Terrible Ticking]]: The drums.
* [[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.}}
** {{spoiler|That, and he has [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/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.}}
** {{spoiler|That, and he has [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/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.}}
* [[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.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Martha
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Martha
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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.
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Martha has been.
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Martha has been.
* [[Wham Line]]:
* [[Wham! Line]]:
** Martha's revelation - Ridiculous for some, awesome surprise for others.
** Martha's revelation - Ridiculous for some, awesome surprise for others.
{{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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