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* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Toby is devastated when he finds out his father is a pirate, although it is shown that he already has pre-existing resentment about his father never coming back to see his mother before she died. |
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Toby is devastated when he finds out his father is a pirate, although it is shown that he already has pre-existing resentment about his father never coming back to see his mother before she died. |
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* [[Call Back]]: |
* [[Call Back]]: |
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** This isn't the first time that {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who |
** This isn't the first time that {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S1/E09 The Empty Child|malfunctioning alien medical technology]]}} has caused problems. |
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** This isn't the first time that {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who |
** This isn't the first time that {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S1/E12 Bad Wolf|people who were apparently being disintegrated -- including a companion -- were actually being teleported to the threat-of-the-week's ship]]}}. |
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** This isn't the first time that the solution has involved {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who/Recap/S16 |
** This isn't the first time that the solution has involved {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who/Recap/S16/E03 The Stones of Blood|being transported to a spaceship that's in the same place but another dimension]]}}. |
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** This isn't the first time [[Doctor Who/Recap/S4 |
** This isn't the first time [[Doctor Who/Recap/S4/E01 The Smugglers|a pirate called Avery has been mentioned.]] |
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** [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31 |
** [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E05 Flesh and Stone|Comfy sofa!]] |
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** Near the start of the episode, the Doctor asks Amy what she thinks she is doing and she replies "Saving your life." This may be a [[Call Back]] to The Impossible Astronaut. |
** Near the start of the episode, the Doctor asks Amy what she thinks she is doing and she replies "Saving your life." This may be a [[Call Back]] to The Impossible Astronaut. |
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* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: A ship is a ship. |
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: A ship is a ship. |
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* [[Techno Babble]]: Subverted when The Doctor explains the TARDIS controls. |
* [[Techno Babble]]: Subverted when The Doctor explains the TARDIS controls. |
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: "No curse is getting through three solid inches of timber". No points on guessing what happens next. |
* [[Tempting Fate]]: "No curse is getting through three solid inches of timber". No points on guessing what happens next. |
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** It might also be partially the Doctor doing a [[Continuity Nod]] to [[Doctor Who |
** It might also be partially the Doctor doing a [[Continuity Nod]] to [[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S2/E02 Tooth and Claw|a certain werewolf]]. |
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* [[Troperiffic]]: According to [[Word of God]], you simply ''can't'' do a pirate story without using every single pirate trope there is, such as [[Walk the Plank]], [[Pirate Girl]], [[Pirate Booty]] and so on. |
* [[Troperiffic]]: According to [[Word of God]], you simply ''can't'' do a pirate story without using every single pirate trope there is, such as [[Walk the Plank]], [[Pirate Girl]], [[Pirate Booty]] and so on. |
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** Although, apparently [[Talk Like a Pirate|no-one says "Yo-ho-ho" any more]]. |
** Although, apparently [[Talk Like a Pirate|no-one says "Yo-ho-ho" any more]]. |