Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E13 Last of the Time Lords: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''♫ I can't decide, whether you should live or die ♫''|'''The Master''' shows his love for the [[Scissor Sisters]].}}

 

 

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.

== Tropes ==

* [[After the End]]: Most of Earth.

** 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.

** Subverted with {{spoiler|Mrs. Saxon, who's sporting bruises.}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Combined Energy Attack]]

* [[Continuity Nod]]

* [[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."}}

* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: What? No! Definitely not! The glowing and flying? Just… time lord… magic… ness. …Yeeeeah.

* [[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."}}

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: The Master has ''issues'' with women, it appears.

* [[Reset Button]]

* [[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".

* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: The final fate of the entire human race. [[Sarcasm Mode|Thanks, RTD!]]

* [[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.

* [[Terrible Ticking]]: The drums.

* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|The Master refusing to regenerate just to make sure the Doctor is the last of his kind.}}

* [[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

* [[Villain World]]. Also [[Vichy Earth]] thanks to the mind-control satellites which keep everyone terrified of Saxon.

* [[Walking the Earth]]: Martha has been.

** 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''!"}}