History Recap / DoctorWhoS10E2CarnivalOfMonsters

'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''

* GroundhogDayLoop: The people on the ship repeat the same few minutes over and over.

* {{Camp}}: The 70s-BBC-does-Vegas outfits seen in the picture.

* KarmaHoudini: Vorg doesn't seem to be a cruel man, but he is rather blasé about keeping sentient beings in captivity, and doesn't show much concern for their well being. He does help the Doctor, though, even though he was threatening to turn him in for his deeds. YMMV on whether that's enough for him to escape punishment.

* ShellGame: What Vorg resorts to at the end of the story.

With the Tardis again apparently fixed, the Doctor takes Jo on a test flight and they land on the S.S. ''Bernice'', a cargo ship with a small complement of passengers crossing the Indian Ocean in 1926.

The Doctor attempts to rescue Jo, but his efforts are hampered by the internal politics of Inter Minor, where two locals plan to overthrow the government by allowing the Drashigs to escape. Vorg uses a disintegrator gun to destroy the Drashigs, and the Doctor links the Miniscope to the Tardis to send all the captive creatures back where they came from and rescue Jo.

... Except that they quickly realise that the ship is trapped in a time loop, and the Doctor discovers that they are in fact trapped in a miniaturised form inside a Miniscope - a banned device which miniaturises and traps life-forms to be used as a peep-show. A giant hand appears and removes the TARDIS from the machine.

The Doctor and Jo escape into a different part of the scope, to be menaced by fearsome Drashigs. Eventually the Doctor manages to break out entirely, and is restored to full size, but Jo is still trapped inside.

* DeadpanSnarker: For a such a strait-laced race, one of the Tribunal gets in a good dig when Vorg points out that the Lurmans and Tellurians(humans) look similar:

* GoodOldFisticuffs: The Doctor is challenged to a fight by Lieutenant Andrews, and [[NameDropping lets on that he studied boxing at the feet of John L. Sullivan himself]].

* DeadpanSnarker: For a such a straight-laced race, one of the Tribunal gets in a good dig when Vorg points out that the Lurmans and Tellurians(humans) look similar:

* IKnowKungFu: Just when they need somebody who can repair and operate a disintegrator gun, it turns out that Vorg is such a person, having done a stint in the army at some point.

* DeadpanSnarker: For a such a [[{{Understatement}} straightlaced]] race, one of the Tribunal gets in a good dig when Vorg points out that the Lurmans and Tellurians(humans) look similar:

[[caption-width-right:344:"Vorg, I think there's [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall someone looking at us]] from afar..."]]

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* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: For fans of ''TheNavyLark'', Major Daly is played by Tenniel Evans, who played numerous key voices on the show, which also starred Pertwee. In fact, Evans had suggested that Pertwee audition for the role of The Doctor, neither of them realizing he was already on the BBC's short list.

* KarmaHoudini: Vorg doesn't seem to be a cruel man, but he is rather blasé about keeping sentient beings in captivity, and doesn't show much concern for their well being. He does help the Doctor, though, even though he was threatening to turn him in for his deeds.

* MemeticMutation: In-show example. The title 'Carnival of Monsters' has been borrowed by producers and fans as a description for the Doctor's RoguesGallery.

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--> '''Pletrac''': ''The function of this tribunal is to keep this planet clean. This Tellurian creature comes from outside our solar system and is a possible carrier of contagion. Furthermore the creature may be hostile.''\\

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: For fans of ''TheNavyLark'' ([[SmallReferencePools all three of you out there...]], Major Daly is played by Tenniel Evans, who played numerous key voices on the show, which also starred Pertwee. In fact, Evans had suggested that Pertwee audition for the role of The Doctor, neither of them realizing he was already on the BBC's short list.

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->See also {{HighOctaneNightmareFuel.DoctorWho}}
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* YouLookFamiliar: Michael Wisher (Kalik); far from his first in the series, or his last. Also, Ian Marter (Lieutenant Andrews) doesn't look familiar yet, but will later return as the Doctor's companion Harry Sullivan.
** For fans of old the British radio show ''The Navy Lark'' ([[SmallReferencePools all three of you out there...]], Major Daly is played by Tenniel Evans, who played numerous key voices on the show, which also starred Pertwee. In fact, Evans had suggested that Pertwee audition for the role of The Doctor, neither of them realizing he was already on the BBC's short list.

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