Doctor Who/Recap/2010 CS A Christmas Carol: Difference between revisions

** The Doctor actually encourages Kazran to be this when Abigail kisses him, since he's going to do it anyway and this way it will be part of the plan. Eleven would know, he's a fine example himself.

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Kazran has a "space name". Everyone else is called things like Abigail. Even Kazran's father is Elliot Sardick.

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]

* [[Arc Words]]: "Silence" pops up in Abigail's song.

** Although in a slight subversion, he acknowledges that it's cool ''because'' he wears it and doesn't care how it looks.

* [[Brick Joke]]: During one of his trips with Kazran and Abigail, the Doctor somehow ends up accidentally marrying {{spoiler|Marilyn Monroe}}. At the end of the episode, Rory says that there's a {{spoiler|Marilyn}} on the phone who wants to talk to the Doctor. She also makes a phone appearance much later in "Night And The Doctor".

* [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Half-a-Sonic-Screwdriver]]

* [[Cool Starship]]: The Galaxy-class liner.

* [[Doing in The Wizard]]: The Doctor ''attempts'' to scientifically rationalise Abigail's singing calming the fish, but the fish disagree.

* [[Everybody Lives]]: The first Doctor Who Christmas Special ever where no one dies on-screen! <ref> Ok, there was that one little fish, but we'll let that go... </ref>

* [[Flying Seafood Special]]: All sorts of different kinds.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Kazran Sardick gets two:

* [[Gilligan Cut]]: In-universe example from Abigail's perspective; young Kazran assures Abigail that the Doctor promises to visit every Christmas Eve. The Doctor protests that he said no such thing but Kazran slams her freeze-chamber's door shut before he can rectify the lie. Then the door instantly opens (although it's actually a year later, of course) to reveal the Doctor and Kazran cheerily greeting her in Santa hats.

* [[Girl in A Box]]: Abigail.

* [[Human Popsicle]]: Abigail and the other people in the cryogenic vault.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Eleven produces a picture of himself with Einstein towards the beginning of the special. Matt Smith wrote fan fiction about the Doctor meeting Einstein after being cast to prepare himself for the role.

* [[Never the Selves Shall Meet]]: Averted. No Blinovitch Limitation Effect here. Arguably justified, as the timestream is changing so much that technically they're not quite the ''same'' Kazrans anymore, which becomes a plot point. {{spoiler|If his father's machine is any indication, he's not even the same person in his own present.}}

** {{spoiler|Also, for a time the Doctor's act of introducing the love affair between Kazran and Abigail turns Kazran into an even bigger bastard than he was before.}}

* [[Noodle Incident]]: It's interesting to speculate who the Doctor is referring to -- a young Rani (or [[Foe Yay|The Master]]?) on Gallifrey, or an adult Romana?

{{quote| '''Kazran:''' Now? I kiss her now?<br />

** Also played straight, although low on the babble, high on the followability.

* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: The three ages of Sardick. Also, Isabella and Benjamin Pettigrew.

* [[Too Awesome to Use]]: {{spoiler|Abigail's final day}}, in a rare in-universe example.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Done by Abigail's family, of all people. Knowing that they would have to trade in one of their own as security for the vitally important loan, they gave Abigail to Elliot Sardick, probably knowing full well that {{spoiler|she was on the verge of death anyway, and could achieve far more by putting herself up as security for the loan than by just sticking around for a week and dying}}.