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{{quote|''Why do I always let my curiosity get the better of me?''|'''The Doctor''' either lacks [[Genre Savvy]] or is going [[Meta Fiction|Meta Fictional]]}}
The second serial by writer Terence Dudley, ''Black Orchid'' is nine-tenths [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Fan Service]] and one-tenth the plot for said [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Fan Service]]. Also, it's the first two-part story in [[
It is also the last "pure historical" (a past-set story not featuring aliens or the like) to date, and the last one since ''[[Doctor Who
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* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: George
* [[Big Eater]]: Adric spends a good amount of time eating food because he doesn't want to dance.
* [[Breather Episode]]: Somewhat justified in that the previous four adventures often had high death counts, or at least came near grievous personal harm to our TARDIS crew. [[Doctor Who
* [[Burning Building Rescue]]
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: That's really [[Peter Davison]], a keen cricketer himself, playing cricket in the Doctor's cricket scenes, and doing pretty well--he bowls out an extra.
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* [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]]
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Averted
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: "Black Orchid" is a fine exemplar of a subclass of Classic ''[[Doctor Who
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Ann Talbot, for Nyssa. Yet despite them looking alike, Nyssa is treated as being younger than Ann, notably in the scene where Nyssa innocently orders a Screwdriver.
* [[Hysterical Woman]]: Ann Talbot, after the murder.
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