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* MistakenIdentity: Shirley assumes the Doctor she’s meeting is the same one who helped with the Sontarans 15 years ago, and gets concerned when he mentions [[Creator/MattSmith a bow tie]], [[Creator/PeterCapaldi being Scottish]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker becoming a woman]].
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* MistakenIdentity: Shirley assumes the Doctor she’s meeting is the same one who [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E4TheSontaranStratagem helped with with]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky the Sontarans Sontarans]] 15 years ago, and gets concerned when he mentions becoming [[Creator/MattSmith a person with a bow tie]], [[Creator/PeterCapaldi being Scottish]] a Scotsman]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker becoming a woman]].
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* MistakenIdentity: Shirley assumes the Doctor she’s meeting is the same one who helped with the Sontarans 15 years ago, and gets concerned when he mentions [[Creator/MattS it’s a bow tie]], [[Creator/PeterCapaldi being Scottish]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker becoming a woman]].
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* MistakenIdentity: Shirley assumes the Doctor she’s meeting is the same one who helped with the Sontarans 15 years ago, and gets concerned when he mentions [[Creator/MattS it’s [[Creator/MattSmith a bow tie]], [[Creator/PeterCapaldi being Scottish]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker becoming a woman]].
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** The Doctor has acquired a new Sonic Screwdriver to replace the one [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazineIssues584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks destroyed in the Dalek Dome]], but how it came to be isn’t revealed on screen. (Though WordOfSaintPaul indicates that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour the TARDIS was]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent once more responsible]].
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** The Doctor has acquired a new Sonic Screwdriver to replace the one [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazineIssues584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks destroyed in the Dalek Dome]], but how it came to be isn’t revealed on screen. (Though WordOfSaintPaul indicates that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour the TARDIS was]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent once more responsible]].
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* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: The Meep here follows BizarreAlienSexes, while the comics counterpart was explicitly a male.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the original story, the Wrarth had to explain to the Doctor that they were the good guys, and were chasing him because they assumed he was in league with the Meep’s true persona. Here, he realises on his own that they have no malicious intentions and announces this to the Meep.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Meep in the original comics was TheSociopath, he did not have a taste for humans.
* AdaptedOut:
** The briefly seen commander of the Wrarth Warriors is not present here.
** The third Wrarth Warrior accompanying Zogroth and Zreeg isn’t present here.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the original story, the Wrarth had to explain to the Doctor that they were the good guys, and were chasing him because they assumed he was in league with the Meep’s true persona. Here, he realises on his own that they have no malicious intentions and announces this to the Meep.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Meep in the original comics was TheSociopath, he did not have a taste for humans.
* AdaptedOut:
** The briefly seen commander of the Wrarth Warriors is not present here.
** The third Wrarth Warrior accompanying Zogroth and Zreeg isn’t present here.
* BaitAndSwitch: When the Doctor hears that Wilfred isn’t living with the Nobles anymore, he assumes that his old friend has passed on and gives his condolences. It turns out that the old soldier has simply been put in a care home by Kate Stewart.
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* CanonImmigrant: The Meep first appeared in ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoMagazine'' as an opponent of the Fourth Doctor. It makes its canonical first appearance here as an opponent for the Fourteenth.
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* CanonImmigrant: The Meep first appeared in ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoMagazine'' ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' as an opponent of the Fourth Doctor. It makes its canonical first appearance here as an opponent for the Fourteenth.
* DeathByAdaptation: Zogroth and Zreeg are murdered by the Meep as soon as the latter does the EvilAllAlong reveal.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from the Wrarth Constabulary, Fudge goes from a secondary temp companion for the first half to a throwaway role.
* DemotedToExtra: Aside from the Wrarth Constabulary, Fudge goes from a secondary temp companion for the first half to a throwaway role.
* MistakenIdentity: Shirley assumes the Doctor she’s meeting is the same one who helped with the Sontarans 15 years ago, and gets concerned when he mentions [[Creator/MattS it’s a bow tie]], [[Creator/PeterCapaldi being Scottish]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker becoming a woman]].
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* NoodleIncident: Rose's toys include a Cyberman and a Lupari, indicating that Donna met those species off-screen during her travels with the Tenth Doctor.
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* NoodleIncident: NoodleIncident:
** Rose's toys include a Cyberman and a Lupari, indicating that Donna met those species off-screen during her travels with the TenthDoctor.Doctor.
** The Doctor has acquired a new Sonic Screwdriver to replace the one [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazineIssues584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks destroyed in the Dalek Dome]], but how it came to be isn’t revealed on screen. (Though WordOfSaintPaul indicates that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour the TARDIS was]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent once more responsible]].
** Rose's toys include a Cyberman and a Lupari, indicating that Donna met those species off-screen during her travels with the Tenth
** The Doctor has acquired a new Sonic Screwdriver to replace the one [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazineIssues584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks destroyed in the Dalek Dome]], but how it came to be isn’t revealed on screen. (Though WordOfSaintPaul indicates that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour the TARDIS was]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent once more responsible]].
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* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna briefly speculating it was done so that they could say goodbye properly. The Doctor decides not to look into it further, reasoning that he's "stuck with it".
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* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker. By the end of the episode, the TARDIS is sent spiralling off into the future.
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* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker.presence. By the end of the episode, the TARDIS is sent spiralling off into the future.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In a case of a location undergoing this, the steel mill isn’t blown up as a result of the Meep’s takeoff.
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* TrashTheSet:
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** Donna accidentally spills coffee on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.
** The Noble house gets shot up between the Wrarth Warriors and Beep the Meep's brainwashed UNIT soldiers.
** Donna accidentally spills coffee on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.
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**TrashTheSet: The Noble house gets shot up between the Wrarth Warriors and Beep the Meep's brainwashed UNIT soldiers.
** Donna accidentally spills coffee on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.soldiers.
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** Donna accidentally spills coffee on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.
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* SceneryPorn: [[https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1728500067609305474?t=2R2ANVf0fbHFQ9bxdcvyMg&s=19 The TARDIS gets arguably its most visually stunning console room to date, in both look and size]].
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* EvolvingCredits: [[https://youtu.be/X_1bgdz7vig?si=gw4j33EYWK2hZm51 As to be expected]].
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** It turns out that Donna and Rose's shared memories extended to making plushies out of the creatures that the Doctor and Donna met, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Judoon]], the Cybermen ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver represented with an "Upgrade in Progress" soundbyte]]), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime the Adipose]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod the Ood]].
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** It turns out that Donna and Rose's shared memories extended to making plushies out of the creatures that the Doctor and Donna met, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Judoon]], the Cybermen ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver represented with an "Upgrade in Progress" soundbyte]]), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime the Adipose]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E1FluxChapterOneTheHalloweenApocalypse the Lupari]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod the Ood]].
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* NoodleIncident: Rose's toys include a Cyberman and a Lupari, indicating that Donna met those species off-screen during her travels with the Tenth Doctor.
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** The end of the TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
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** The end of the TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the memories/the [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
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* AmnesiacResonance: Despite the Doctor and Sylvia doing everything in their power to avoid dropping his name in front of her, Donna still remembers some things. The first sign is when she declares she has to go help the Doctor.
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* AmnesiacResonance: Despite the Doctor and Sylvia doing everything in their power to avoid dropping his name in front of her, Donna still unconsciously remembers some things. The first sign is when things and retains her CharacterDevelopment, giving the rest of her lottery money to charity after buying her new house because she assumed “it’s what [the Doctor] would do”. She later declares she has to go help the Doctor.
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** Donna expresses a desire to wreck two kids who deadname her daughter.
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** Donna expresses a desire to wreck two kids bullies (one of them Josie Wingate's son) who deadname her daughter.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Sylvia clearly took the Doctor's criticism in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]] to heart; though she remains fussy and overbearing, she is nowhere near as demeaning and condescending to Donna as she used to be, actively showing her affection and preparing meals for her family despite not living with her any longer(though Donna is [[MyBelovedSmother not altogether pleased]] by the latter).
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* CharacterDevelopment: Sylvia clearly took the Doctor's criticism in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]] to heart; though she remains fussy and overbearing, she is nowhere near as demeaning and condescending to Donna as she used to be, actively showing her affection and preparing meals for her family despite not living with her any longer(though longer (though Donna is [[MyBelovedSmother not altogether pleased]] by the latter).
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* CharacterDevelopment: Sylvia clearly took the Doctor's criticism in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]] to heart; though she remains fussy and overbearing, she is nowhere near as demeaning and condescending to Donna as she used to be, actively showing her affection and preparing meals for her family despite not living with her any longer(though Donna is [[MyBelovedSmother not altogether pleased]] by the latter).
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** It turns out that Donna and Rose's shared memories extended to making plushies out of the creatures that the Doctor and Donna met, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Judoon]], the Cybermen ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver represented with an "Upgrade in Progress" soundbyte]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime the Adipose]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod the Ood]].
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** It turns out that Donna and Rose's shared memories extended to making plushies out of the creatures that the Doctor and Donna met, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Judoon]], the Cybermen ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver represented with an "Upgrade in Progress" soundbyte]], soundbyte]]), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime the Adipose]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod the Ood]].
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* CanonImmigrant: The Meep first appeared in ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoMagazine'' as an opponent of the Fourth Doctor. It makes its canonical first appearance here as an opponent for the Fourteenth.
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* TemptingFate: Seriously, Donna, never ask what could go wrong.
->'''Donna''': Like now. Here we are, having a coffee. What’s going to go wrong? (''Launches coffee into console'') Oh, my god, I’ve did it again!
->'''Donna''': Like now. Here we are, having a coffee. What’s going to go wrong? (''Launches coffee into console'') Oh, my god, I’ve did it again!
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** The Doctor briefly mentions his regeneration into [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor a person wearing a bowtie]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor a Scotsman]], then [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteethDoctor a woman]].
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** The Doctor briefly mentions his regeneration into [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor a person wearing a bowtie]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor a Scotsman]], then [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteethDoctor [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor a woman]].
* DisabilityImmunity: An amusingly mundane example, scientific advisor Shirley Anne Bingham avoids being mind-controlled like the other UNIT soldiers because, being in a wheelchair, she is unable to reach the cockpit of the Meep's ship.
* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: The TARDIS console goes haywire and catches fire when Donna spills coffee on it, despite having a coffee maker built in.
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* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker. By the end of the episode, the TARDIS is sent spiraling off into the future.
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* TriggerPhrase: Turns out Donna has one to unlock her metacrisis abilities, which comes in vital to save the day when Donna is the only one who can reach the controls to shut down the Meep's ship.
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* BadLiar: An easy reason to see why Sylvia's so nervous about Donna; her attempts to pretend are truly unconvincing. The only reason it works is because Donna's so oblivious.
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* TheBusCameBack: Donna, Sylvia, Shaun Temple return after last being seen in "The End of Time".
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* TheBusCameBack: Donna, Sylvia, and Shaun Temple return after last being seen in "The End of Time".
* CrazyPrepared: Turns out the psychic defence wasn't the only thing the Doctor left behind in Donna's head. Despite all his statements about she would die if she ever remembered, he left a trigger phrase that would do the job, just on the off-chance it was necessary.
* EyeScream: Beep the Meep's attempts to pretend to be a cuddly toy are foiled when an oblivious Donna pokes the Meep in the eye, complete with audible "squish".
* ForTheEvulz: Beep the Meep's ship is powered by a dagger drive, which on powering up will blast down five miles to absorb energy, turning London into a molten pit. The Doctor points out there are safer ways of making a spaceship and even ''offers'' to make one for the Meep, but is rejected.
* HappyEndingOverride: Downplayed. "The End of Time" showed Donna and Shaun starting off HappilyMarried, with the implication the Doctor had helped set them up financially. However, Donna (thanks to the influence of the Doctor still in there) gave ''all'' her lottery winnings away, and while Sylvia is much nicer towards her daughter she and Wilfred have spent the years since walking on eggshells around her, with Wilfred apparently losing a lot of his cheerful rambling about aliens. That said, Donna's otherwise happy with her lot.
* HereditaryCurse: The Biological Metacrisis ended up passing down to Rose through Donna, enabling them to share the knowledge and take the strain off her brain.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story. During the Meep's EvilGloating, however, the Meep declares, [[MythologyGag "I am the Beep]] [[AGodAmI of all the Meeps!"]]
* IWillShowYouX: A sign that Donna is ''really'' herself once more is that she uses the phrase once more.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Sylvia initially tries insisting ''nothing'' is happening, even as her granddaughter has brought a small furry alien into the house, until finally she can't keep it up.
* JudicialWig: The Doctor pulls one out of his coat before PullingTheThread on the Meep's deception.
* HappyEndingOverride: Downplayed. "The End of Time" showed Donna and Shaun starting off HappilyMarried, with the implication the Doctor had helped set them up financially. However, Donna (thanks to the influence of the Doctor still in there) gave ''all'' her lottery winnings away, and while Sylvia is much nicer towards her daughter she and Wilfred have spent the years since walking on eggshells around her, with Wilfred apparently losing a lot of his cheerful rambling about aliens. That said, Donna's otherwise happy with her lot.
* HereditaryCurse: The Biological Metacrisis ended up passing down to Rose through Donna, enabling them to share the knowledge and take the strain off her brain.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story. During the Meep's EvilGloating, however, the Meep declares, [[MythologyGag "I am the Beep]] [[AGodAmI of all the Meeps!"]]
* IWillShowYouX: A sign that Donna is ''really'' herself once more is that she uses the phrase once more.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Sylvia initially tries insisting ''nothing'' is happening, even as her granddaughter has brought a small furry alien into the house, until finally she can't keep it up.
* JudicialWig: The Doctor pulls one out of his coat before PullingTheThread on the Meep's deception.
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* HereditaryCurse: The Biological Metacrisis ended up passing down to Rose through Donna, enabling them to share the knowledge and take the strain off her brain.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story. During the Meep's EvilGloating, however, the Meep declares, [[MythologyGag "I am the Beep]] [[AGodAmI of all the Meeps!"]]
* ImplausibleDeniability: Sylvia initially tries insisting ''nothing'' is happening, even as her granddaughter has brought a small furry alien into the house, until finally she can't keep it up.
* JudicialWig: The Doctor pulls one out of his coat before PullingTheThread on the Meep's deception.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story. During the Meep's EvilGloating, however, the Meep declares, [[MythologyGag "I am the Beep]] [[AGodAmI of all the Meeps!"]]
* ImplausibleDeniability: Sylvia initially tries insisting ''nothing'' is happening, even as her granddaughter has brought a small furry alien into the house, until finally she can't keep it up.
* JudicialWig: The Doctor pulls one out of his coat before PullingTheThread on the Meep's deception.
* MissingTheGoodStuff: Just like old times, Donna fails to notice the crashing spaceship because she's more interested in stacking boxes. Rose notices, but Donna doesn't believe her, and Sylvia tries awkwardly to pretend she hasn't heard a thing.
* OhCrap: Walking through a random street in London, the Doctor sees someone struggling with a massive pile of boxes asking for help, and naturally rushes over to help. Then he moves enough of them to see ''who'' it is carrying the boxes, and it's Donna.
* PronounTrouble: Rose calls the Doctor on assuming Beep the Meep is automatically he or she, something he admits and then asks about. Beep prefers "the".
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* SpottingTheThread: The Doctor notices something's up with Beep the Meep's story when he sees that despite the threatening appearance of the Wrarth Warriors, Shaun's taxi isn't even dinged from their laser blasts.
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* SinisterShades: The brainwashed UNIT troops have helmets with flip-down shades, which help hide their glowing eyes and make them look extra sinister.
* SpottingTheThread: The Doctor notices something's up with Beep the Meep's story when he sees that despite the threatening appearance of the Wrarth Warriors, Shaun's taxi isn't even dinged from their laserblasts.blasts, as well as one of the zapped UNIT soldiers being unconscious, not dead.
* SpottingTheThread: The Doctor notices something's up with Beep the Meep's story when he sees that despite the threatening appearance of the Wrarth Warriors, Shaun's taxi isn't even dinged from their laser
* ThereAreNoCoincidences: Once again, it's commented upon about the sheer unlikeliness that the Doctor's path just ''happens'' to reunite him with Donna and her family in the way it does.
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* TraumaButton: It's not dwelt on, but the fact Donna's daughter has named herself ''Rose'' spooks the Doctor, and again when Shaun calls after her.
* UnfazedEveryman: Shaun takes the whole thing with Beep the Meep and the Doctor in surprising stride.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Turns out if Donna did recover her memories and become the [=DoctorDonna=] again she'd have slightly less than a minute before death.
* TraumaButton: It's not dwelt on, but the fact Donna's daughter has named herself ''Rose'' spooks the Doctor, and again when Shaun calls after her.
* UnfazedEveryman: Shaun takes the whole thing with Beep the Meep and the Doctor in surprising stride.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Turns out if Donna did recover her memories and become the [=DoctorDonna=] again she'd have slightly less than a minute before death.
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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story.
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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story. During the Meep's EvilGloating, however, the Meep declares, [[MythologyGag "I am the Beep]] [[AGodAmI of all the Meeps!"]]
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Some of the boys from Rose's school bully her by yelling her deadname at her in the street. She shrugs it off but is clearly upset hearing it.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Some of the boys from Rose's school bully her by yelling her deadname at her in the street. She shrugs it off but is clearly upset hearing it.it, [[MamaBear as is Donna]].
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'''Original air date:''' November 25, 2023
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Written by Creator/RussellTDavies, adapting the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine19To26TheStarBeast story of the same name]] by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Some of the boys from Rose's school bully her by yelling her deadname at her in the street. She shrugs it off but is clearly upset hearing it.
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* TransTribulations: The Noble family have accepted Rose's gender identity (although Sylvia stumbles over what terms to use) but she still faces bullying from the kids at her school. She admits to the Meep that she sometimes feels like she doesn't belong on Earth at all.
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** The Doctor wears a judge wig [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood again]].
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** The topic of Donna giving away ''all her money'' is Donna's first words after she regenerates.
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* RunningGag: Donna Noble gave away all her lottery winnings. Something she gets pretty mad about after she regenerates.
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** The Doctor invokes Shadow Proclamation Protocols 15, P and 6 to hold his mock trial and ensure there will be no violence. The Meep, of course, immediately disregards this to shoot the inquisitors.
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* SuperWheelchair: UNIT has fitted Shirley Anne's wheelchair with weaponry.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:''I think... the story hasn't ended yet.'']]
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->'''The Doctor:''' Once upon a time. Once upon a Time Lord... I had a best friend, and her name was Donna Noble. A Time Lord and a human, we travelled the stars together.\\
'''Donna Noble:''' Sometimes, I have dreams about impossible things. I dream of creatures and adventures and far-away skies. But none of it's true.\\
'''The Doctor:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Donna saved the entire universe by taking the power of the Time Lords into her mind, at a terrible cost. She had to forget everything she ever knew. She had to forget me.]] Because if Donna ever remembers me, she will die.\\
'''Donna Noble:''' And now I've got a nice life, with a nice fella and a nice house and the most beautiful daughter in the world. But I just think something's missing...\\
'''The Doctor:''' I can never see Donna again.\\
'''Donna Noble:''' Now the days are drawing in. I keep having more and more dreams, like something's getting closer.\\
'''The Doctor:''' And now this face has come back... ''why?!''\\
'''Donna Noble:''' It's like a storm in the air, about to break...\\
'''The Doctor:''' I think... the story hasn't ended
-->-- '''The Prologue''', catching us up to speed.
JustForFun/{{The one w|ith}}here ''Series/DoctorWho'' celebrates [[MilestoneCelebration its own birthday]] by revising the ending to an old story, in more ways than one...
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** Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", the TARDIS is flung far into the future.
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** Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]", the resurgence of the [=DoctorDonna=] is accompanied by a burst of regeneration energy.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia The TARDIS is once again flungfar into the future.an unknown time after malfunctioning.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia The TARDIS is once again flung
** The Doctor briefly mentions his regeneration into [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor a person wearing a bowtie]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor a Scotsman]], then [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteethDoctor a woman]].
** The Doctor invokes Shadow Proclamation Protocols 15, P and 6 to hold his mock trial and ensure there will be no violence. The Meep, of course, immediately disregards this to shoot the inquisitors.
** The Doctor invokes Shadow Proclamation Protocols 15, P and 6 to hold his mock trial and ensure there will be no violence. The Meep, of course, immediately disregards this to shoot the inquisitors.
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* AmnesiacResonance: Despite the Doctor and Sylvia doing everything in their power to avoid dropping his name in front of her, Donna still remembers some things. The first sign is when she declares she has to go help the Doctor.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Several UNIT soldiers end up enslaved to Beep the Meep via energy from the Meep's ship.
* BrickJoke:
** The debate over whether Donna would take the name Temple on marrying her husband in "The End of Time" is answered here; turns out Donna just stuck with her maiden name.
** In "The Doctor Dances", the Ninth Doctor spent an incredibly long time trying (or so he said) to resonate concrete with the Sonic Screwdriver. A few regenerations later, the Doctor's newly updated screwdriver does it much quicker.
** Way back in "Journey's End", [=DoctorDonna=] said she could think of ideas the Doctor would never be able to think of. This pays off fourteen years later, when Donna and Rose manage to survive being a Metacrisis by doing something the Doctor never considered; just ''giving up the regeneration energy''.
* TheBusCameBack: Donna, Sylvia, Shaun Temple return after last being seen in "The End of Time".
* BrickJoke:
** The debate over whether Donna would take the name Temple on marrying her husband in "The End of Time" is answered here; turns out Donna just stuck with her maiden name.
** In "The Doctor Dances", the Ninth Doctor spent an incredibly long time trying (or so he said) to resonate concrete with the Sonic Screwdriver. A few regenerations later, the Doctor's newly updated screwdriver does it much quicker.
** Way back in "Journey's End", [=DoctorDonna=] said she could think of ideas the Doctor would never be able to think of. This pays off fourteen years later, when Donna and Rose manage to survive being a Metacrisis by doing something the Doctor never considered; just ''giving up the regeneration energy''.
* TheBusCameBack: Donna, Sylvia, Shaun Temple return after last being seen in "The End of Time".
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** Sylvia's reintroduction is a mirror of her appearance back in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime Partners in Crime]]", with Donna returning home late to find her there waiting. In a sign of Sylvia's CharacterDevelopment, she warmly welcomes Donna home and tells her dinner's on.
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** The Doctor is once again [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime separated from a Noble by a piece of glass and is ultimately forced to make a terrible decision to save the world that ends with]] someone regenerating. He clearly recognises and ''does not'' appreciate the homage.
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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story.
* ExplosiveInstrumentation: Donna spilling one tiny cup of coffee on the TARDIS console causes the whole thing to start ''spectacularly'' bursting into flames.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Sylvia initially tries insisting ''nothing'' is happening, even as her granddaughter has brought a small furry alien into the house, until finally she can't keep it up.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Sylvia initially tries insisting ''nothing'' is happening, even as her granddaughter has brought a small furry alien into the house, until finally she can't keep it up.
* MamaBear: Both the Nobles.
** Donna expresses a desire to wreck two kids who deadname her daughter.
** Sylvia punches the Doctor when he tries getting into the house.
* NervousWreck: Sylvia Noble, on account of Donna's "condition", on top of the awkwardness of not sure what the right thing is to say around her granddaughter.
* NoLongerWithUs: The Doctor asks about the whereabouts of Wilfred Mott, and is told he's no longer there. Once he offers his condolences, Donna icily tells him Wilfred is in fact still alive. He's just living in sheltered accommodation due to his advanced age.
* NotHyperbole: Donna refuses to let Rose in the TARDIS on the grounds that if she does, ''something'' will happen and she'll end up on Mars with Chaucer and a robot shark, before clarifying that has actually happened.
* PercussiveMaintenance: The psychic paper hasn't ''quite'' caught on to the fact the Doctor's identifying as male again, so he has to give it a whack against a taxi mirror.
** Donna expresses a desire to wreck two kids who deadname her daughter.
** Sylvia punches the Doctor when he tries getting into the house.
* NervousWreck: Sylvia Noble, on account of Donna's "condition", on top of the awkwardness of not sure what the right thing is to say around her granddaughter.
* NoLongerWithUs: The Doctor asks about the whereabouts of Wilfred Mott, and is told he's no longer there. Once he offers his condolences, Donna icily tells him Wilfred is in fact still alive. He's just living in sheltered accommodation due to his advanced age.
* NotHyperbole: Donna refuses to let Rose in the TARDIS on the grounds that if she does, ''something'' will happen and she'll end up on Mars with Chaucer and a robot shark, before clarifying that has actually happened.
* PercussiveMaintenance: The psychic paper hasn't ''quite'' caught on to the fact the Doctor's identifying as male again, so he has to give it a whack against a taxi mirror.
* SchmuckBait: Subverted, when the first set of UNIT grunts get brainwashed, and send the ones guarding Beep the Meep's escape pod to apparently go get zapped themselves. The second team soon reappear none the worse for wear.
* SpottingTheThread: The Doctor notices something's up with Beep the Meep's story when he sees that despite the threatening appearance of the Wrarth Warriors, Shaun's taxi isn't even dinged from their laser blasts.
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* TrashTheSet: TookALevelInBadass: New Doctor, new Sonic Screwdriver with a whole plethora of new powers, courtesy of a big budget increase, including being able to generate displays, movable forcefields and... uh, resonating concrete.
* TrashTheSet:
** The Noble house gets shot up between the Wrarth Warriors and Beep the Meep's brainwashed UNIT soldiers.
** Donna accidentally spills tea on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.
* TrashTheSet:
** The Noble house gets shot up between the Wrarth Warriors and Beep the Meep's brainwashed UNIT soldiers.
** Donna accidentally spills tea on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: As in the comics, the Meep turns out to be this, with the Meeps as a species being described as "cruel beasts who live for conquests" and the Meep being described as "the most cruel and despicable of all".]]
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** The end of the [[spoiler: TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
* CharacterCatchphrase: The three "what"s return in this episode, with [[spoiler: them being split between the UNIT soldiers, the Doctor, and Donna.]]
** Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", [[spoiler: the TARDIS is flung far into the future.]]
** The end of the [[spoiler: TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
* CharacterCatchphrase: The three "what"s return in this episode, with [[spoiler: them being split between the UNIT soldiers, the Doctor, and Donna.]]
** Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", [[spoiler: the TARDIS is flung far into the future.]]
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** The Doctor is once again [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime separated from a Noble by a piece of glass and is ultimately forced to make a terrible decision to save the world that ends with]] [[spoiler: someone regenerating.regenerating.
** The end of the TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
**The end of Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", the [[spoiler: TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / TARDIS is flung far into the [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
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* CharacterCatchphrase: The three "what"s return in this episode, with[[spoiler: them being split between the UNIT soldiers, the Doctor, and Donna.]]
** Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", [[spoiler: the TARDIS is flung far into the future.]]
** The end of the TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
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* CharacterCatchphrase: The three "what"s return in this episode, with
** Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", [[spoiler: the TARDIS is flung far into the future.]]
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** It turns out that [[spoiler: Donna and Rose's shared memories extended to making plushies out of the creatures that the Doctor and Donna met, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Judoon]], the Cybermen ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver represented with an "Upgrade in Progress" soundbyte]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime the Adipose]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod the Ood]].
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Constable Zreeg dies in Donna's arms after the Meep shoots him, and Donna briefly ends up dying in the Doctor's arms, but returns to life soon after.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer. [[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer. [[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.]]
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Constable Zreeg dies in Donna's arms after the Meep shoots him, and Donna briefly ends up dying in the Doctor's arms, but returns to life soon after.]]
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer.[[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer.
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* HereditaryCurse: [[spoiler: The Biological Metacrisis ended up passing down to Rose through Donna, enabling them to share the knowledge and take the strain off her brain.]]
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* HereditaryCurse: [[spoiler: The Biological Metacrisis ended up passing down to Rose through Donna, enabling them to share the knowledge and take the strain off her brain.]]
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: The Doctor has a brief one [[spoiler: when he realizes that the only way to save the Earth is to unlock Donna's memories and endanger her life.]]
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: The Doctor has a brief one [[spoiler: when he realizes that the only way to save the Earth is to unlock Donna's memories and endanger her life.]]
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* {{Retraux}}: Beginning with this episode, the show reverts to the logo used during Creator/JonPertwee's final season and the first six years of Creator/TomBaker's run. [[spoiler: The TARDIS's new interior also returns to stark white, once again incorporating the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor round things]].]]
* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna [[spoiler: briefly speculating it was done so that they could say goodbye properly.]] The Doctor decides not to look into it further, reasoning that he's "stuck with it".
* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, [[spoiler: the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker.]] By the end of the episode, [[spoiler: the TARDIS is sent spiraling off into the future.]]
* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: In the face of the Metacrisis inevitably burning up their brains, Donna and Rose decide to simply let the power of the Metacrisis go, enabling them to return to normal.]]
* TrashTheSet: [[spoiler: Donna accidentally spills tea on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna [[spoiler: briefly speculating it was done so that they could say goodbye properly.]] The Doctor decides not to look into it further, reasoning that he's "stuck with it".
* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, [[spoiler: the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker.]] By the end of the episode, [[spoiler: the TARDIS is sent spiraling off into the future.]]
* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: In the face of the Metacrisis inevitably burning up their brains, Donna and Rose decide to simply let the power of the Metacrisis go, enabling them to return to normal.]]
* TrashTheSet: [[spoiler: Donna accidentally spills tea on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.]]
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* {{Retraux}}: Beginning with this episode, the show reverts to the logo used during Creator/JonPertwee's final season and the first six years of Creator/TomBaker's run. [[spoiler: The TARDIS's new interior also returns to stark white, once again incorporating the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor round things]].]]
things]].
* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna[[spoiler: briefly speculating it was done so that they could say goodbye properly.]] properly. The Doctor decides not to look into it further, reasoning that he's "stuck with it".
* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth,[[spoiler: the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker.]] Toymaker. By the end of the episode, [[spoiler: the TARDIS is sent spiraling off into the future.]]
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* TakeAThirdOption:[[spoiler: In the face of the Metacrisis inevitably burning up their brains, Donna and Rose decide to simply let the power of the Metacrisis go, enabling them to return to normal.]]
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* TrashTheSet:[[spoiler: Donna accidentally spills tea on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna
* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth,
* TakeAThirdOption:
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[[caption-width-right:1000:''I think... the story hasn't ended yet.'']]
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** The end of the [[spoiler: TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the DoctorDonna [=DoctorDonna=] is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
* ContinuityNod:
** It turns out that [[spoiler: Donna and Rose's shared memories extended to making plushies out of the creatures that the Doctor and Donna met, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Judoon]], the Cybermen ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver represented with an "Upgrade in Progress" soundbyte]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime the Adipose]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod the Ood]].
** It turns out that [[spoiler: Donna and Rose's shared memories extended to making plushies out of the creatures that the Doctor and Donna met, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Judoon]], the Cybermen ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver represented with an "Upgrade in Progress" soundbyte]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime the Adipose]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod the Ood]].
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Donna briefly ends up dying in the Doctor's arms, but returns to life soon after.]]
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Constable Zreeg dies in Donna's arms after the Meep shoots him, and Donna briefly ends up dying in the Doctor's arms, but returns to life soon after.]]
* HereditaryCurse: [[spoiler: The Biological Metacrisis ended up passing down to Rose through Donna, enabling them to share the knowledge and take the strain off her brain.]]
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* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna [[spoiler: briefly speculating it was done so that they could say goodbye properly.]] The Doctor decides not to look into it further, reasoning that he's "stuck with it".]]
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* {{Retraux}}: Beginning with this episode, the show reverts to the logo used during Creator/JonPertwee's final season and the first six years of Creator/TomBaker's run.
run. [[spoiler: The TARDIS's new interior also returns to stark white, once again incorporating the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor round things]].]]
* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna [[spoiler: briefly speculating it was done so that they could say goodbye properly.]] The Doctor decides not to look into it further, reasoning that he's "stuck with it".]]
* RiddleForTheAges: The question of why the Doctor has returned to Creator/DavidTennant's face goes unanswered in this episode, with Donna [[spoiler: briefly speculating it was done so that they could say goodbye properly.]] The Doctor decides not to look into it further, reasoning that he's "stuck with it".
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: As in the comics, the Meep turns out to be this, with the Meeps as a species being described as genocidal tyrants.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer. [[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer. [[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: As in the comics, the Meep turns out to be this, with the Meeps as a species being described as genocidal tyrants.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on"cruel beasts who live for conquests" and the boss' computer. [[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.Meep being described as "the most cruel and despicable of all".]]
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** The Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline names something of the villain's,]] this time dubbing the Meep's ship "The Delusions of Grandeur".
** The Doctor is once again [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime separated from a Noble by a piece of glass and is ultimately forced to make a terrible decision to save the world that endsup invoking the Shadow Proclamation.with]] [[spoiler: someone regenerating.]]
** The Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline names something of the villain's,]] this time dubbing the Meep's ship "The Delusions of Grandeur".
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* HisNameIsReallyBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story.
* HisNameIsReallyBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story.
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** Just as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", [[spoiler: the TARDIS is flung far into the future.]]
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Donna briefly ends up dying in the Doctor's arms, but returns to life soon after.]]
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* JudicialWig: The Doctor pulls one out of hiscoat.coat before PullingTheThread on the Meep's deception.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: The Doctor has a brief one [[spoiler: when he realizes that the only way to save the Earth is to unlock Donna's memories and endanger her life.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: As in the comics, the Meep turns out to be this, with the Meeps as a species being described as genocidal tyrants.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer. [[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.]]
* CallBack:
** The Doctor once again ends up invoking the Shadow Proclamation.
** The end of the [[spoiler: TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the DoctorDonna is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
** Just as in "[[DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", [[spoiler: the TARDIS is flung far into the future.]]
* HisNameIsReallyBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story.
* {{Leitmotif}}: With the return of Music/MurrayGold, several [=RTD1=] and Moffat-era themes return, including:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umktMyPQ0k The Doctor's Theme]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCVD0Gm3k2w Donna's Theme]] / [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsYJZKI9jG8 A Noble Girl About Town]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEm1KCIc2fM The Doctor Forever]]
* JudicialWig: The Doctor pulls one out of his coat.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Donna reveals that she lost her job because she spilled coffee on the boss' computer. [[spoiler: She ends up doing the same thing to the TARDIS not even a minute later.]]
* CallBack:
** The Doctor once again ends up invoking the Shadow Proclamation.
** The end of the [[spoiler: TriggerPhrase used to fully unlock Donna's memories / the DoctorDonna is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Binary, binary, binary".]]
** Just as in "[[DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", [[spoiler: the TARDIS is flung far into the future.]]
* HisNameIsReallyBarkeep: The Meep is only referred to as the Meep in-story.
* {{Leitmotif}}: With the return of Music/MurrayGold, several [=RTD1=] and Moffat-era themes return, including:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umktMyPQ0k The Doctor's Theme]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCVD0Gm3k2w Donna's Theme]] / [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsYJZKI9jG8 A Noble Girl About Town]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEm1KCIc2fM The Doctor Forever]]
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* {{Retraux}}: Beginning with this episode, the show reverts to the logo used during Creator/JonPertwee's final season and the first six years of Creator/TomBaker's run.run.
* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, [[spoiler: the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker.]] By the end of the episode, [[spoiler: the TARDIS is sent spiraling off into the future.]]
* TrashTheSet: [[spoiler: Donna accidentally spills tea on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.]]
* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, [[spoiler: the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence, no doubt referring to the Toymaker.]] By the end of the episode, [[spoiler: the TARDIS is sent spiraling off into the future.]]
* TrashTheSet: [[spoiler: Donna accidentally spills tea on the (brand new) TARDIS console, causing it to catch fire.]]
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*RearrangeTheSong: With Murray Gold back as composer, the arrangement of the theme used during David Tennant's final season was rerecorded.
*{{Retraux}}: Beginning with this episode, the show reverts to the logo used during Creator/JonPertwee's final season and the first six years of Creator/TomBaker's run.
*{{Retraux}}: Beginning with this episode, the show reverts to the logo used during Creator/JonPertwee's final season and the first six years of Creator/TomBaker's run.
