Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E06 The Almost People: Difference between revisions

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Continued from the last episode, and all-out war is going on between the human crew and their rogue Gangers, both of which fear the other group too much to stay rational. As the solar storm rages, Jennifer, a Ganger driven mad by the memories of being "decommissioned", is seeking revenge. As the crumbling factory fills with toxic fumes and drips lethal acid, the "originals" wait desperately for the shuttle from the Mainland to rescue them.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The Doctor's Ganger [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbxskQJQ6XA mangling previous incarnations' catchphrases] as he struggles to solidify at the beginning. Hearing him say "reverse the jelly baby of the neutron flow!" should be hilarious, but it comes with him obviously in pain and on the brink of losing his sanity.

** The ending, after the Doctor has {{spoiler|dropped the survivors off, having them promise to ensure some good comes out of the whole sorry affair}}, things are rather upbeat and positive, until {{spoiler|Amy starts clutching her stomach in pain for no discernible reason}}.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: {{spoiler|The previews made it look like Ganger!Doctor would be an antagonist. Not only does he help the original throughout the episode, he eventually pulls a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

* [[Nightmare Face]]: Ganger!Jennifer sports two of them this episode.

* [[No Except Yes]]:

'''Cleaves:''' ''Its cells can divide.'' }}

* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Not only can the factory pipes spill [[Hollywood Acid]] when they rupture and the acid forms [[Deadly Gas]] when it melts stone, the entire factory explodes when overheated. No wonder they used to lose a worker a week.

* [[Spot the Imposter]]: The Doctor's shoes have been burnt by acid; Ganger!Doctor's are still intact. {{spoiler|Subverted when it turns out they swopped shoes so the original Doctor could understand the ganger's perspective.}}

* [[Take That, Audience!]]: A minor one to the more [[Fan Dumb|vocal fans]] who persist in their desire to see David Tennant return;

* [[That's What I Would Do]]: Ganger!Cleaves can guess the password the original Cleaves came up with, because it's the one she would have used.

* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]: Amy's visions of the Eye Patch Lady are revealed to be {{spoiler|what the real Amy sees when the woman opens the hatch to her cell. The image bleeds through into wherever her Ganger happens to be at that time}}