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** The DVD and Blu-Ray releases lampshade the fact that this creates massive problems with SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale in the factoid subtitle track -- pointing out that not only are the shrunken TARDIS prop and the shrunken Doctor CSO effects shot not even remotely in scale with each other, but that even if shrunken to a consistent scale with the TARDIS prop, all the creatures and the SS Berniece could not physically fit within the Miniscope's confines.
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* TontoTalk: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied.]] The three Inter Minoran bureaucrats resort to talking in this manner to Vorg and Shirna at first, who are justifiably bemused -- they can speak the local language just fine.
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* TontoTalk: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied.]] Parodied]] in DeletedScenes (seen in an early edit of Episode Two included as a bonus feature on the 2019 John Pertwee 1973 season set). The three Inter Minoran bureaucrats resort to talking in this manner to Vorg and Shirna at first, who are justifiably bemused -- they can speak the local language just fine.
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* TontoTalk: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied.]] The three Inter Minoran bureaucrats resort to talking in this manner to Vorg and Shirna at first, who are justifiably bemused -- they can speak the local language just fine.
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* NewspaperDating: Shortly after they arrive on the ''S.S. Bernice'', the Doctor and Jo look at a newspaper in the passenger lounge in an attempt to establish where and when they are.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kalik is the only casualty of his own scheme.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Shirna is noticeably more intelligent and sensible than Vorg, and seems to have more idea than him how the Miniscope works even though he's the one with the technical training.
* HypocriticalHumor: At one point, the bureaucrats order Vorg to be quiet and he responds by going on at length about how obediently quiet he's going to be, only stopping when they tell him again to shut up.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Shirna is noticeably more intelligent and sensible than Vorg, and seems to have more idea than him how the Miniscope works even though he's the one with the technical training.
* HypocriticalHumor: At one point, the bureaucrats order Vorg to be quiet and he responds by going on at length about how obediently quiet he's going to be, only stopping when they tell him again to shut up.
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* PlaceboEurekaMoment: When the Doctor and Jo are trapped in the workings of the Miniscope, the Doctor remarks that they'll need to apply lateral thinking. When he attempts to explain the term to Jo, she thinks he's suggesting that they literally move sideways, and while he attempts to correct her she figures out an entire solution to their problem from that starting point, ending by sincerely complimenting him for thinking of it.
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* PlanetTerra: The aliens refer to the Earth people as "Tellurians".
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Vorg and Shirna spend the entire plot stuck in a torturous [[OverreactingAirportSecurity border control]] waiting area, being bullied by (literal) grey-faced bureaucrats (who are trying to engineer a political coup).
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* BottleEpisode: The more elaborate set is a combination of PropRecycling from the extensive BBC CostumeDrama collection, some BackedByThePentagon boat exteriors, a BBCQuarry and a dark sound stage. The less elaborate set is a small round area. About half of the plot is three RubberForeheadAliens arguing with two HumanAliens in a small room. The monsters are latex puppets called Drashigs, a SignificantAnagram of "dishrags", as Creator/RobertHolmes assumed that was what they'd end up being made out of considering that this was a cheap story.
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things that occur only in the novelisation belong on the Doctor Who Novelisations page
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the novelisation, other creatures such as Ice Warriors are contained within the scope.
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* ExpospeakGag Orum says of the low-ranking Functionaries "Give them a hygiene chamber and they'll store fossil fuel in it." This is an ExpospeakGag on a line from the early 20th century, reflecting conservative class attitudes "If the workers had baths, they'd use them to keep the coal."
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* ExpospeakGag EvilIsNotAToy: Kalik seeks to release the Drashigs and use them to stage a coup. He ends up being the Drashigs' first victim once they're restored to their regular size.
* ExpospeakGag: Orum says of the low-ranking Functionaries "Give them a hygiene chamber and they'll store fossil fuel in it." This is an ExpospeakGag on a line from the early 20th century, reflecting conservative class attitudes "If the workers had baths, they'd use them to keep the coal."
* ExpospeakGag: Orum says of the low-ranking Functionaries "Give them a hygiene chamber and they'll store fossil fuel in it." This is an ExpospeakGag on a line from the early 20th century, reflecting conservative class attitudes "If the workers had baths, they'd use them to keep the coal."
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Also, the one time the theme tune sounded like twangy rubber bands.[[note]]The briefly used "Delaware" variant of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme.[[/note]]
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Also, the one time the theme tune sounded like twangy rubber bands.[[note]]The briefly used "Delaware" variant of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme. It was only used in the Australian airings of this serial as a test run and subsequently discontinued because it got poor reception from the series staff themselves.[[/note]]
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bands.[[note]]The briefly used "Delaware" variant of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme.[[/note]]
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The one with meta humor. And the one and only time you'll see a Cyberman in a Pertwee era serial, for all of five seconds.
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The one with meta humor. And the one and only time you'll see a Cyberman in a Pertwee era serial, serial outside of flashbacks or hallucinations, for all of five seconds.
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* {{Camp}}: The 70s-BBC-does-Vegas outfits seen in the picture. Vorg and Shirna's clothes could give the Sixth Doctor's garb a run for its money. He'd look right at home standing beside them, too.
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* {{Camp}}: The 70s-BBC-does-Vegas by way of Cockney Pearly Kings and Queens outfits seen in the picture. Vorg and Shirna's clothes could give the Sixth Doctor's garb a run for its money. He'd look right at home standing beside them, too.
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* BilingualBonus: Vorg's parlare in episode four is translated as: "Parlae the Carny?" (Do you talk the Carnival language?)... "Varda the Bona Palone" (Look at the good (looking) Young Girl)... "Niente dinari here, y'jills" (No money to be made here, you know).
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* BilingualBonus: Vorg's parlare polari in episode four is translated as: "Parlae the Carny?" (Do you talk the Carnival language?)... "Varda the Bona Palone" (Look at the good (looking) Young Girl)... "Niente dinari here, y'jills" (No money to be made here, you know).
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* BriefAccentImitation: The Doctor puts on a Cockney accent to imitate a carnie.
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* TranslationConvention: Vorg attempts to speak to the Doctor in Polari. The Doctor is hopelessly confused and doesn't seem to even recognise what the language is. It could be the TARDIS considered it an esoteric version of English slang, or (since Vorg is a Lurman who learned Polari so he could communicate with 1970s English carnies) perhaps Vorg's Polari is really bad?
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* SimilarSquad: Vorg is an eccentrically-dressed bowtie-wearing older gentleman who possesses a small, seemingly innocuous machine that is bigger on the inside than out and can manipulate time. His glamorous young blonde travelling companion Shirna complains about Vorg's choice of destination and isn't sure he knows how to use his machine. Unlike the Doctor and Jo, though, they are more interested in getting loads of money with their machine than in seeing the wonders of the universe with it.
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* IncredibleShrinkingManIncredibleShrinkingMan: The Doctor accidentally lands the TARDIS inside a "compression field", where the people on the outside are giants in comparison. Anything removed from the compression field returns to normal size within a few seconds. (The first thing so removed is the TARDIS, because it's interfering with the compression field. A giant hand reaches in and picks it up.)
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* DirtForcefield: In the location footage Jo sinks to her waist in a swamp. Her clothes are clean and dry in the studio scenes set less than a minute later.
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* ExpospeakGagDirtForcefield: In the location footage Jo sinks to her waist in a swamp. Her clothes are clean and dry in the studio scenes set less than a minute later.
* ExpospeakGag Orum says of the low-ranking Functionaries "Give them a hygiene chamber and they'll store fossil fuel in it." This is an ExpospeakGag on a line from the early 20th century, reflecting conservative class attitudes "If the workers had baths, they'd use them to keep the coal."
* ExpospeakGag Orum says of the low-ranking Functionaries "Give them a hygiene chamber and they'll store fossil fuel in it." This is an ExpospeakGag on a line from the early 20th century, reflecting conservative class attitudes "If the workers had baths, they'd use them to keep the coal."
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* BreadAndCircuses: The plot involves aliens using miniscopes to torment people for their amusement.
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* CainAndAbel: President Zarb's policies, such as allowing aliens onto Inter Minor, are opposed by his brother Kalik, who tries to release the dangerous Drashigs into the city to force his brother to resign. Ironically he ends up getting eaten by the Drashigs.
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* CircusOfFear: Subverted, with the showman Vorg portrayed as ignorant of the horrors he's leading.
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* GenteelInterbellumSetting: Part of the story takes place in 1926.
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* RubberForeheadAliens: The Inter Minoran bureacrats have grey skin and bald pates. (One slips off in the ending scene, if you're looking for it.) The Inter Minoran functionaries have snouts. The Lurmans have orange-toned skin.
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* SignificantAnagram: The monsters are called Drashigs, a not very subtle anagram for 'dishrags', because it was the BottleEpisode and this was what Creator/RobertHolmes assumed they'd therefore end up being made out of.
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* BilingualBonus: Vorg's parlare in episode four is translated as: "Parlae the Carny?" (Do you talk the Carnival language?)... "Varda the Bona Palone" (Look at the good (looking) Young Girl)... "Niente dinari here, y'jills" (No money to be made here, you know).
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the novelisation, other creatures such as Ice Warriors are contained within the scope.
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* DevelopmentGag: Who would want to see the Cybermen? A reference to the fact that series script editor Terrance Dicks didn't like them at all.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The Inter Minor characters seem to think that they're in a dark political thriller, when they're actually in one of the more bizarre and lighthearted Doctor Who episodes.
* YouLookFamiliar:
** Michael Wisher (Kalik); far from his first in the series, or his last.
** Ian Marter (Lieutenant Andrews) doesn't look familiar yet, but will later return as the Doctor's companion Harry Sullivan.
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* YouLookFamiliar:
** Michael Wisher (Kalik); far from his first in the series, or his last.
** Ian Marter (Lieutenant Andrews) doesn't look familiar yet, but will later return as the Doctor's companion Harry Sullivan.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Vorg and Shina are the first instance of the Creator/RobertHolmes double act.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The Inter Minor characters seem to think that they're in a dark political thriller, when they're actually in one of the more bizarre and lighthearted Doctor Whoepisodes.
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** Michael Wisher (Kalik); far from his first in the series, or his last.
** Ian Marter (Lieutenant Andrews) doesn't look familiar yet, but will later return as the Doctor's companion Harry Sullivan.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The Inter Minor characters seem to think that they're in a dark political thriller, when they're actually in one of the more bizarre and lighthearted Doctor Who
* YouLookFamiliar:
** Michael Wisher (Kalik); far from his first in the series, or his last.
** Ian Marter (Lieutenant Andrews) doesn't look familiar yet, but will later return as the Doctor's companion Harry Sullivan.
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* BreatherEpisode: A relatively lighthearted and fun serial to offset the two much more serious, epic ones to follow.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Vorg mentions that the Drashigs once ate a ''spaceship'' that'd crash-landed on their planet.
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'''The Doctor''': ''Would you kindly stop referring to me as "the creature", sir. Or I may well become exceedingly hostile!''
'''The Doctor''': ''Would you kindly stop referring to me as "the creature", sir. Or I may well become exceedingly hostile!''
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-> '''Pletrac''': ''The 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.''\\
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'''The Doctor''':''Would Would you kindly stop referring to me as "the creature", sir. Or I may well become exceedingly hostile!''
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* RoguesGallery: TheBBC has taken to borrowing this episode's title as a name for the Doctor's gallery, despite there being no connection in the original story.
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* RoguesGallery: TheBBC Creator/TheBBC has taken to borrowing this episode's title as a name for the Doctor's gallery, despite there being no connection in the original story.
