Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E17 E18 The End of Time: Difference between revisions

* [[Big Eater]]: The Master, since he [[Came Back Wrong]].

* [[Big Good]] and [[Dungeon Master]]: The Church Lady.

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The [[Tear Jerker]] song played over Ten's regeneration is called "Vale Decem", aka "Farewell Ten", complete with [http://weavingsandunpickings.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/the-latin-in-murray-golds-vale-decem/ apropos] lyrics.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Everyone on the planet is returned to normal and the Time Lords are dragged back into the Time War, but the Doctor is only saved by the Master (whom he had tried to save) charging Rassilon and being time locked as well. On top of that, the Doctor reluctantly saves Wilfred at the cost of his own life, but lives long enough to see all his companions to a happy ending. Whilst the Tenth Doctor regenerates with tears in his eyes, the Eleventh is born and marvels at his new incarnation.

** The Doctor's mention of his marriage to Queen Bess is a [[Call Back]] to the end of "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E02 The Shakespeare Code|The Shakespeare Code]]", where the Queen arrives and instantly declares the Doctor to be her enemy, [[Noodle Incident|for reasons he didn't know at the time]].

** The {{spoiler|President!Master}} says he can send the UN protocols to the Master. The Raxacoricofallapatorians in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E04 Aliens of London|Aliens Of London]]" were defeated mainly because they couldn't receive these codes quickly enough. He got them pretty quickly.

* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: The Doctor [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] his constant encounters with Wilf, suggesting something is forcing them together.

* [[Cryptic Background Reference]]: It's a shame we never even get to glimpse the Time War because the Doctor's description sounded ''EPIC''. "Not just the Daleks, but the Skaro Degradation, the Horde of Travesties, the Nightmare Child, The Could-Have-Been King and his army of Meanwhiles and Never-weres." Of course, showing all this would have undoubtedly been rather expensive.

** [[Word of God]] is that showing the Time War in all its glory, or even most of its glory, is simply ''impossible'', even with the biggest budget in the world.

* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: By the end of the first part, Earth's entire population consists of six billion Masters, the Doctor, Wilfred Mott, Donna Noble (who probably doesn't have long to live), and two Vinvocci.

* [[Enemy Mine]]/[[The Sadistic Choice]]: The Doctor has to choose between killing either the Master or the other Time Lords, with each side egging him to shoot the other. He ultimately went with the downfall of the Time Lords, with the Master taking them down with him.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Subverted; the Master actually ''likes'' the Time Lords' plan to bring about the end of time and become higher beings. It's only after the President calls him "diseased" and refuses to allow him to be part of the plan that the Master turns against them.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Six billion Masters, all cackling.

* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: "Cactus" has racist connotations when used to refer to Vinvocci, apparently.

** Wilf calls them "cactus" frequently and they never flinch, it was only when the Doctor called them "cacti" that they freak out.

* [[Four Is Death]]: The [[Arc Words]] throughout the Specials of the four knocks indicating Ten's death.

* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Let's see... you've got the Master playing [[Xanatos Speed Chess]], Lucy's plans to prevent the Master's resurrection, Naismith's plans for the Immortality Gate, the Vinvocci's plans to steal the Immortality Gate and the Time Lords' plans to escape the War.

{{quote|'''Doctor''': Hold on, she's not gonna be called "Noble-Temple"? That sounds like a tourist spot.

'''Wilf''': No, it's Temple-Noble. }}

* [[Mood Whiplash]]:

** Last episode involved suicide and the Doctor's [[A God Am I|god complex]] being thrown into [[What Have I Become?|very sharp relief]]. This episode opens with a quick bit of ominousness then the Doctor showing up in a cowboy hat, shades, and a lei. We go from the Tenth Doctor's heartbreaking final line to a comic, pumping music opening with the Eleventh. To sum up, we go from David Tennant's tearful "I don't want to go!" to Matt Smith's hilarious discovery that he's "STILL NOT GINGER!"

** The author's name is Verity Newman- as in [[Verity Lambert]] and [[Sydney Newman]], creators of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. (This is also a [[Continuity Nod]], as "Verity" was the name John Smith gave for his mother in "The Family of Blood".)

* [[Narrator All Along]]: He's the Lord President of the Time Lords.

* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Three Time Lords stride along a platform bridge with no handrails that's barely wide enough for them. It doesn't help that the city is falling to bits around them either.

* [[The Nose Knows]]: where the other Time Lord is.

* [[Wham! Line]]:

{{quote|'''The Narrator/ {{spoiler|Rassilon}}''': {{spoiler|This was the day the Time Lords returned.}}}}

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: The Master is [[retcon]]ned into this.

* [[Worst Whatever Ever]] (coupled with [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]]): "[[This Is Sparta|WORST! RESCUE! EVER!]]" as {{spoiler|the Vinvocci wheel the Doctor out of Naismith's house. Down a flight of stairs.}}

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