History Recap / DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned

** The Heavenly Host's "Information" VerbalTic might be a reference to HK-47 from ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', who prefaced all of his lines with [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry descriptions of his statements]].

''There'' we go![[note]]''Also'' known as the one where the Doctor makes a fabulous speech and Kylie Minogue gets burned alive.[[/note]]

* UpperCrass: The rest of the first class passengers disdain the lower-class contest winners, the van Hoffs.

The one with the cyborg cactus. Ohh... sorry, [[CallForward that's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime racist.]] Let's try again.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Rickston declaring the officer who opens a dead airlock, despite the Doctor's warnings, and insists everything will be alright, an idiot. Also, while it's mean-spirited and in bad taste, he insists that Morvin and Foon, the two heaviest members of the group, should go last across the precarious bridge, and even Morvin winds up agreeing with him (in what turned into his last words). Finally, he's right-on when he mentions that Foon's request for the Doctor to come back across the bridge to her will just get everyone killed, and even the Doctor realizes he has to leave her to save everyone else.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Rickston declaring the officer who opens a dead airlock, despite the Doctor's warnings, and insists everything will be alright, an idiot. Also, while it's mean-spirited and in bad taste, he insists that Morvin and Foon, the two heaviest members of the group, should go last across the precarious bridge is totally sound and sensible, with even Morvin agreeing with him in what turned into his last words). Finally, he's right-on when he mentions that Foon's request for the Doctor to come back across the bridge to her will just get everyone killed, and even the Doctor realizes he has to leave her to save everyone else.

* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: Information: The Hosts are meant to be servants and decorations, yet their halos can decapitate people and they have the strength of ten. It's justified in that they were installed because the owner was planning to use them to [[KillEmAll kill everyone]].

* DisappointedByTheMotive: The Doctor's reaction to Capricorn's "retirement plan". It's petty and unoriginal.

** Hardaker, who has six months left and goes out with a bang.

* EverybodyDiesEnding: Information: You are all going to die. Oh, wow, does it ever fill that one; of everyone aboard the ship, the only survivors are the Doctor, Mr. Copper, Alonso, and Rickston.

* FascinatingEyebrow: The Doctor, during Mr. Copper's [[BlatantLies lecture on Earth history]].

* ForegoneConclusion: Information: It's a ship called the ''[[TemptingFate Titanic]]'', [[SarcasmMode surely this will be a smooth voyage with absolutely no danger at all.]] It even hits something in the very first scene of the episode — the TARDIS!

* {{Jerkass}}: Rickston spends the entire episode with one KickTheDog moment after another, trying to leave people to die and insulting people and insisting that, e.g., he be the first one across the dangerous bridge. However, even he gets a PetTheDog moment witnessing the death/recording of Astrid. Then he spoils it at the end by talking about how much richer he is. Jerk. If nothing else, part of the reason he seems happy is because it screwed over [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Max Capricorn's Board of Directors]], who share responsibility for the disaster.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Rickston declaring the officer who opens a dead airlock, despite the Doctor's warnings, and insists everything will be alright, an idiot. Also, while it's mean-spirited and in bad taste, even Morvin (as as his last words) admits that Rickston's demand that Morvin and Foon, the two heaviest members of the group, should go last across the precarious bridge is totally sound and sensible. Finally, he's right-on when he mentions that Foon's request for the Doctor to come back across the bridge to her will just get everyone killed, and even the Doctor realizes it.

* KilledMidSentence: Morvin Van Hoff falls to his death just as he's agreeing that he and his wife should go last across the rickety bridge across the chasm.

* LeaveNoWitnesses: Information: It is the plan.

* LightIsNotGood: Information: Shiny white-and-gold angels! ''Creepy'' shiny white-and-gold [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids robot]] angels that decapitate people with their halos.

** Information: The penultimate security protocol number the Doctor tries on the Host before settling on 1 and getting a result is [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 42]].

** Information: The Heavenly Host's "Information" VerbalTic might be a reference to HK-47 from ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', who prefaced all of his lines with [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry descriptions of his statements]].

** Midshipman Frame ends up being the only officer on the bridge after Captain Hardaker gets the ship rammed by meteors.

* FakeShemp: UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen appears running through Buckingham Palace, with corgis in tow, and waving at the ''Titanic'' after it flies past. Her face is never seen as she's played by a double.

* ForkliftFu: Astrid uses this against Max Capricorn.

The ship's historian, Mr. Copper, offers to show a group of people on board the ''Titanic'' a tour of Earth, using a teleporter system and matching bracelets for those who want to explore the planet as the ship orbits the pretty blue world. Except, Mr. Copper has very little accurate knowledge about the Earth after spending his life on Sto (it later being revealed he got his degree from a diploma mill). The Doctor goes down with the party to London, and is concerned when he finds the normally packed streets are totally deserted. Except for the newsstand vendor on the street where they've landed, [[ChekhovsGunman Wilfred Mott]], who tells them that after two prior Christmases with alien invasions, the populace of central London has chosen to flee to the adjacent home counties, leaving the shopping district a ghost town. A newscaster is reporting that the Queen is also staying put in Buckingham Palace this year to show the public that there's no reason to fear, and Wilf is probably the only other person besides her willing to take a chance. The Doctor assures him, "[[TemptingFate Far as I know, this year, nothing to worry about-"]] only for him and the rest of the landing party to be instantly teleported back to the ''Titanic''. "Then again..." Wilf mutters.

* LightIsNotGood: Information: Shiny white-and-gold angels! ''[[UncannyValley Creepy]]'' shiny white-and-gold [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids robot]] angels that decapitate people with their halos.[[invoked]]

** The Hosts look and act like the antagonists of a serial from the Tom Baker years, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath The Robots of Death]]".

* KillEmAll: Information: You are all going to die. Oh, wow, does it ever fill that one.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[{{Infodump}} Information]]: '''[[WhamLine KILL.]]'''"]]

** To ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic''.

** At the same time, it's not as though he deserved comeuppance ''for anything''. His only "crime" was being greedy and rude, and by all indication, he was just an average wealthy socialite, just like almost everyone else on the ship. He didn't deserve to die any more than anyone else on board (well, except [[BigBad Capricorn]], arguably). It is the fact that the Doctor ''wishes'' he died instead of some of the others that serves as an early indication as to how dark he can get when left alone, [[YouBastard and shows that many of the audience would fall into the same traps he does later on]].

[=*sigh*=]... Okay. [[RuleOfThree One last time.]] The one with the ''Titanic''. [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]\\

* RecycledInSpace: ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' [-IN SPACE-]! It's even lampshaded, since the spaceship is appropriately named the ''Titanic''.

* WholePlotReference: ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]

The ship's historian, Mr. Copper, offers to show a group of people on board the ''Titanic'' a tour of Earth, using a teleporter system and matching bracelets for those who want to explore the planet as the ship orbits the pretty blue world. Except, Mr. Copper has very little accurate knowledge about the Earth after spending his life on Sto (it later being revealed he got his degree from a diploma mill). The Doctor goes down with the party to London, and is concerned when he finds the normally packed streets are totally deserted. Except for the newsstand vendor on the street where they've landed, [[ChekhovsGunman Wilfred Mott]], who tells them that after two prior Christmases with alien invasions, the populace of central London have chosen to flee to the adjacent home counties, leaving the shopping district a ghost town. A newscaster is reporting that the Queen is also staying put in Buckingham Palace this year to show the public that there's no reason to fear, and Wilf is probably the only other person besides her willing to take a chance. The Doctor assures him, "[[TemptingFate Far as I know, this year, nothing to worry about-"]] only for him and the rest of the landing party to be instantly teleported back to the ''Titanic''. "Then again..." Wilf mutters.

The Doctor and Mr. Copper finally walk away from the crash and step onto Earth, gazing at the site of London by the water. As luck would have it, the TARDIS knew where to land, too. It is right there, waiting for the Doctor. Once again, it is not snowing on Christmas. That's the ballast from the ''Titanic''[='s=] water tanks. The Doctor properly educates Mr. Copper on Earth knowledge, this time letting him stay in a place where he's sure to get it right. Mr Copper asks if he can come along in the TARDIS as the next companion, but the Doctor ''really'' doesn't want any more companions right now, after having all the of the previous ones either lost forever or in love with him or both. However, Mr Copper also happens to have £1,000,000 in his bank account, so he probably won't be struggling in the future. It's the end result of a life as a travelling salesman and lying about a degree in "Earthonomics" that netted him the job of Ship Historian and a credit card that would pay for anything the passengers wanted when they teleported onto Earth. In fact, he's jumping for joy. See? Karma works both ways. But neither Mr. Copper nor the Doctor will ever forget Astrid. The Doctor goes on his merry way, wishing, "Merry Christmas, Mister Copper."

** Bannakaffalatta had an accident and his chest reveals cyborg parts.

* GenreSavvy: After two prior alien invasions at Christmastime, the populace of Central London have wisened up and chosen to flee to the countryside.

* HappilyMarried: Morvin and Foon don't let a little outer space trouble or 5,000 credit phone bill break their marriage.

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: The Doctor knows something's off when Mr. Copper's party lands on what is meant to be a crowded London street and it's eerily deserted. Then he finds from Wilf that the populace have fled because they don't want to risk a third alien invasion at Christmas.

* MauveShirt: The group of people with the Doctor are not quickly killed off. We learn about their personal backgrounds and get to feel for them. Sadly, that's what makes the deaths of several of those sympathetic people even harder to stomach. The one ingrate who we ''don't'' learn or witness anything meaningful, sympathetic, or redeeming about their character survives and makes all of the above all the more raw.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Averted. The four ''Titanic'' survivors (including the Doctor) are all male, in stark contrast to the actual ''Titanic''.[[note]]On the real ''Titanic'', female survivors outnumbered male survivors by a wide margin.[[/note]] Indeed, nobody in-universe makes any distinction.

'''The Doctor:''' Fifty million and... fifty six.\\

* TwinkleSmile: Max Capricorn's repeating advertisement has a tooth that does this when he says "My name is ''Maaaxxx''". And when the Doctor meets Capricorn in person:

* WealthyEverAfter: Mr Copper, having no idea about Earth culture or currency, loaded a pre-paid card with "a million" thinking it was only good for trinkets. The Doctor tells him that he now has ''fifty six million and fifty eight'' credits. He just has to be careful with it.

* WritersCannotDoMath: If £1 Million is roughly 50 million credits, that means that the 5000 credit phone bill that Foon and Morvin were lamenting and talking about never being able to pay was roughly... £100.

* [[invoked]]CriticalResearchFailure: "To repeat, I am Mr. Copper, the ship's historian, and I shall be taking you to old London town in the country of U.K., ruled over by [[TheGoodKing Good King Wenceslas]]. Now, human beings worship the great god [[SantaClaus Santa, a creature with fearsome claws]], and his wife Mary. And every Christmas Eve, the people of U.K. go to war with the country of UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. [[ImAHumanitarian They then eat the Turkey people for Christmas dinner]]... like ''savages''!"
-->'''The Doctor:''' ''[with his [[FascinatingEyebrow eyebrow]] in his hair]'' 'Scuse me? ''[Mr. Copper looks at him]'' Sorry, sorry, but, um... where did you get all this from?\\
'''Mr. Copper:''' [[BlatantLies Well, I have a First Class Degree in Earthonomics.]]
** "Now, spending money. I have a credit card in Earth currency if you want to buy trinkets, or stockings, or the local delicacy, which is known as beef. But don't stray too far, it could be dangerous. Any day now they start boxing."
** All this a fine product of the education provided by Mrs. Golightly's Happy Travelling University and Dry Cleaners.