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* BeingWatched: Sarah expresses this feeling to the Doctor after recovering the control gadget.
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* BeingWatched: Sarah expresses this feeling to the Doctor after recovering the control gadget. The Doctor and the Brigadier take this very seriously and start sweeping for bugs, which accelerates the Zygons' plans somewhat.
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* BookcasePassage: Sarah Jane Smith finds a passage behind a bookcase leading to the alien spacecraft under Loch Ness. She activates the opening mechanism by pulling out a book, [[VillainBall which she could only reach via portable steps fetched for her by one of the Zygons in human disguise]].
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* BookcasePassage: Sarah Jane Smith finds a passage behind a bookcase leading to the alien spacecraft under Loch Ness. She activates the opening mechanism by pulling out a book, [[VillainBall which she could only reach via portable steps fetched for her by one of the Zygons in human disguise]].book.
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* ChekovsGun: The Duke being president of the Scottish Energy Commission is crucial to Broton's plan to have the monster attack the energy conference.
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: The Duke being president of the Scottish Energy Commission is crucial to Broton's plan to have the monster attack the energy conference.
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* FacialActing: Sarah Jane takes a call while faking a Scottish accent to amuse herself, but her happy face drops into horror fast when she hears that Harry's been shot.
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* FacialActing: FacialDialogue: Sarah Jane takes a call while faking a Scottish accent to amuse herself, but her happy face drops into horror fast when she hears that Harry's been shot.
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* MagicSeventhSon: Angus MacRanold is apparently the seventh son of a seventh son,. Sarah says there's talk in the village that he has second sight, and that he had a vision of disaster coming to the oil company. It's unclear if he's legit, but he does say that the Doctor might be able to "see around a few corners himself".
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* MagicSeventhSon: LockedOutOfTheLoop: No one bothered to inform the UNIT rank-and-file that the Zygons could shapeshift, so when a soldier finds the one disguised as Sister Lamont (which he had been shooting at earlier with his fellows), he's confused as to why she's injured, which gives it the opportunity to hit him with a rock and escape.
** In a more minor example, when Harry exclaims that he'll go mad if he can't find the switch to open the bookcase passage, Sarah Jane replies that at least he won't become a Zygon, which confuses him, implying she hasn't told him about the barn scene. In fairness, she was already pretty upset from watching him impale himself, and he already knows they can shapeshift.
* MagicalSeventhSon: AngusMacRanold [=MacRanold=] is apparently the seventh son of a seventh son,.son. Sarah says there's talk in the village that he has second sight, and that he had a vision of disaster coming to the oil company. It's unclear if he's legit, but he does say that the Doctor might be able to "see around a few corners himself".
** In a more minor example, when Harry exclaims that he'll go mad if he can't find the switch to open the bookcase passage, Sarah Jane replies that at least he won't become a Zygon, which confuses him, implying she hasn't told him about the barn scene. In fairness, she was already pretty upset from watching him impale himself, and he already knows they can shapeshift.
* MagicalSeventhSon: Angus
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* OrganicTechnology: The Zygons' spaceship. Only the interior appears organic, the exterior seems to be a metal hull, and there are a couple mentions of "power".
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* OrganicTechnology: The Zygons' spaceship. Only the interior appears organic, organic; the exterior seems to be a metal hull, and there are a couple mentions of "power". "the power" and the ship's thrusters.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Sarah goes to save Harry and sees him on the other side of the door, she's hesitant to believe that it's really him until he calls her "old girl". To a lesser degree, the Doctor asks both of them if they're the real thing: when they react in confusion, he nods and rushes off to the spaceship.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Sarah goes to save Harry and sees him on the other side of the door, she's hesitant to believe that it's really him until he calls her "old girl".girl" - quite understandable, given that the last time she saw "him" he was trying to stab her with a pitchfork. To a lesser degree, the Doctor asks both of them if they're the real thing: when they react in confusion, he nods and rushes off to the spaceship.
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* StuffBlowingUp: UNIT tries to blow up the Zygon ship before it can escape - with the Doctor aboard, to the distress of not only Sarah and Harry but also Benton and the Brigadier.
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* StuffBlowingUp: UNIT tries to blow up the Zygon ship before it can escape - with the Doctor aboard, to the distress of not only Sarah and Harry Harry, but also Benton and the Brigadier.Brigadier. Later, the ship does blow up, but thanks to a self-destruct sequence.
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* Synchronization: The method the Zygons use to replicate people requires the subject to still be alive, and Harry convulses at the same time Madra (the Zygon currently impersonating him) dies. Broton is disturbed by this and has his lackey test for a "synchron response": the lack of one is good enough for him to declare Madra dead on the spot and order him disintegrated.
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* Synchronization: {{Synchronization}}: The method the Zygons use to replicate people requires the subject to still be alive, and Harry convulses at the same time Madra (the Zygon currently impersonating him) dies. Broton is disturbed by this and has his lackey test for a "synchron response": the lack of one is good enough for him to declare Madra dead on the spot and order him disintegrated.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Zygons have the ability to transform themselves to resemble humans they've abducted. If they need to maintain the "body print", however, they need to transform into it from their alien forms every few hours.
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* VillainBall: Sarah activates the BookcasePassage by reaching for a book, which she could only reach via portable steps fetched for her by one of the Zygons in human disguise.
** It's even multi-layered - she complains that the stairs are in the wrong place, presumably because EvilIsPetty, and has to climb onto the shelves a little to get the book. If he'd put the stairs in the right place, it's entirely possible that she wouldn't have gotten that book at all.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Zygons have the ability to transform themselves to resemble humans they've abducted. If they need to maintain the "body print", however, they need to transform into it from their alien forms every fewhours.hours, or else they can't use it again.
** It's even multi-layered - she complains that the stairs are in the wrong place, presumably because EvilIsPetty, and has to climb onto the shelves a little to get the book. If he'd put the stairs in the right place, it's entirely possible that she wouldn't have gotten that book at all.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Zygons have the ability to transform themselves to resemble humans they've abducted. If they need to maintain the "body print", however, they need to transform into it from their alien forms every few
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* BeingWatched: Sarah expresses this feeling to the Doctor after recovering the control gadget.
* BermudaTriangle: Gets a mention in Sarah Jane's news dispatch.
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* BondVillainStupidity: Despite constantly assessing the Doctor as "too clever" and "dangerous," Broton and his cronies make only halfhearted attempts to kill him, and never stick around long enough to be certain.
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* BondVillainStupidity: Despite constantly assessing the Doctor as "too clever" and "dangerous," Broton and his cronies make only halfhearted attempts to kill him, and never stick around long enough to be certain. After the mook who locked the Doctor and Sarah in the decompression chamber reports that they've escaped, Broton even yells at him that he left too early.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Sarah answers a phone call in a silly Scottish accent to amuse herself - which turns out to be MoodWhiplash as the call was to tell her Harry has been shot. The Doctor also imitates a Scottish accent when mocking Forgill (not a very good one).
* BulletproofHumanShield: While not actively using him as a shield, the man Harry tends to in the first episode is shot with a sniper rifle, without Harry getting hit. At least, until the rifle is aimed at him...
* CaptureAndReplicate: Zygon ''modus operandi''.
* BulletproofHumanShield: While not actively using him as a shield, the man Harry tends to in the first episode is shot with a sniper rifle, without Harry getting hit. At least, until the rifle is aimed at him...
* CaptureAndReplicate: Zygon ''modus operandi''.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Sarah answers a phone call in a silly Scottish accent to amuse herself herself, fed up with what she sees as Angus' superstition - which turns out to be causes some MoodWhiplash as the call was to tell her Harry has been shot. The Doctor also imitates a Scottish accent when mocking Forgill (not a very good one).
* BulletproofHumanShield: While not actively using him as a shield, the man Harry tends to in the first episode is shot with a sniper rifle, without Harry getting hit. At least, until the rifle is aimed athim...
him... (In his defense, the other man was mostly lying down.)
* CaptureAndReplicate: Zygon ''modus operandi''. Poor Harry.
* ChekovsGun: The Duke being president of the Scottish Energy Commission is crucial to Broton's plan to have the monster attack the energy conference.
* BulletproofHumanShield: While not actively using him as a shield, the man Harry tends to in the first episode is shot with a sniper rifle, without Harry getting hit. At least, until the rifle is aimed at
* CaptureAndReplicate: Zygon ''modus operandi''. Poor Harry.
* ChekovsGun: The Duke being president of the Scottish Energy Commission is crucial to Broton's plan to have the monster attack the energy conference.
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* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Angus the landlord plays "Flowers of the Forest" on the bagpipes. It turns out to be an omen (of sorts).
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* DissonantSerenity: Sarah Jane notices something's wrong with Harry when he strolls in unbothered by his seeming escape or recent head wound. Even when he's stabbing at her with a pitchfork, he's got an emotionless KubrickStare and his mouth is hanging open.
* DramaticSitDown: Implied. Sarah Jane is sitting down and has her feet up on the table during the discussion about BeingWatched, shoes and all: her shock earlier at seeing Zygon!Harry impale himself and general muted attitude in the scene implies that this happened.
* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Angus the landlord plays "Flowers of the Forest" on the bagpipes. It turns out to be an omen (ofsorts).sorts), as it's a lament for the dead.
* FacialActing: Sarah Jane takes a call while faking a Scottish accent to amuse herself, but her happy face drops into horror fast when she hears that Harry's been shot.
* DramaticSitDown: Implied. Sarah Jane is sitting down and has her feet up on the table during the discussion about BeingWatched, shoes and all: her shock earlier at seeing Zygon!Harry impale himself and general muted attitude in the scene implies that this happened.
* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Angus the landlord plays "Flowers of the Forest" on the bagpipes. It turns out to be an omen (of
* FacialActing: Sarah Jane takes a call while faking a Scottish accent to amuse herself, but her happy face drops into horror fast when she hears that Harry's been shot.
* GoryDiscretionShot: We don't actually see Zygon!Harry impale himself on the pitchfork, only a reaction shot from Sarah Jane and the aftermath when the Zygon has reverted into its true form. (Presumably showing Ian Marter screaming in pain after being fatally impaled would have been a bit much, even for this episode.)
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* ImmuneToBullets: Averted. Although Broton brags about the invincibility of the Skarasen, it turns out that the Zygons themselves are ''not'' immune to Earth weaponry. Benton wounds one and the Brigadier even puts down Broton at the end.
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* ImmuneToBullets: Averted. Although Broton brags about the invincibility of the Skarasen, it turns out that the Zygons themselves are ''not'' immune to Earth weaponry. Madra impales himself on a pitchfork, Benton wounds one Orla (the Sister Lamont one) and the Brigadier even puts down Broton at the end.end.
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* KubrickStare: Zygon!Harry, constantly.
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* KubrickStare: Zygon!Harry, constantly. In the barn scene, this is combined with several shots of him staring out of his hiding place in the haystack for maximum creepiness.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: The Duke (actually Broton) deliberately calls the oil company manager Huckle "Heckle"
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* LetsSplitUpGang: When chasing after Zygon!Harry, Sarah Jane tells the UNIT soldiers she's gathered to split up and find him, which of course leads to him going after her with a pitchfork in an abandoned barn; it ends up working out all right for her, though.
* MagicSeventhSon: Angus MacRanold is apparently the seventh son of a seventh son,. Sarah says there's talk in the village that he has second sight, and that he had a vision of disaster coming to the oil company. It's unclear if he's legit, but he does say that the Doctor might be able to "see around a few corners himself".
* MaliciousMisnaming: The Duke (actually Broton) deliberately calls the oil company manager Huckle"Heckle""Hickle".
* MagicSeventhSon: Angus MacRanold is apparently the seventh son of a seventh son,. Sarah says there's talk in the village that he has second sight, and that he had a vision of disaster coming to the oil company. It's unclear if he's legit, but he does say that the Doctor might be able to "see around a few corners himself".
* MaliciousMisnaming: The Duke (actually Broton) deliberately calls the oil company manager Huckle
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* MyCarHatesMe: Whilst fleeing the Skarasen, the Doctor's UNIT Land Rover breaks down.
* NationalStereotypes: The very first line of the story mentions haggis. The last line is a joke about [[ThriftyScot Scots being stingy]]. In between we have kilts, beards, bagpipes, second sight, and the Loch Ness Monster.
* NationalStereotypes: The very first line of the story mentions haggis. The last line is a joke about [[ThriftyScot Scots being stingy]]. In between we have kilts, beards, bagpipes, second sight, and the Loch Ness Monster.
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* MoodWhiplash: Sarah, fed up with the landlord, answers the phone in a mock Scottish accent only to hear that Harry's been shot.
* MyCarHatesMe: Whilstfleeing going to find the Skarasen, the Doctor's UNIT Land Rover breaks down.
down. To his credit, he jumps out and starts running immediately when he realizes that it's not working.
* NationalStereotypes: The very first line of the story mentions haggis. The last line is a joke about [[ThriftyScot Scots being stingy]]. In between we have kilts, beards, bagpipes, second sight, and the Loch Ness Monster.
* MyCarHatesMe: Whilst
* NationalStereotypes: The very first line of the story mentions haggis. The last line is a joke about [[ThriftyScot Scots being stingy]]. In between we have kilts, beards, bagpipes, second sight, and the Loch Ness Monster.
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* OrganicTechnology: The Zygons' spaceship. Only the interior appears organic, the exterior seems to be a metal hull.
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* OrganicTechnology: The Zygons' spaceship. Only the interior appears organic, the exterior seems to be a metal hull.hull, and there are a couple mentions of "power".
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Sarah Jane immediately notices something's wrong with the supposedly miraculously-returned Harry when he fails to give any details about how he escaped or why the Doctor supposedly wants him to collect the gadget the Zygons have been attaching to the oil rigs.
* PetTheDog: After the Brigadier and company are knocked out by the sleeping gas, when Huckle comes he checks if they're alive. He asks if the Doctor if he can help: when he's rebuffed he tells him and Sarah to be careful and asks after the UNIT soldiers before leaving.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Sarah Jane immediately notices something's wrong with the supposedly miraculously-returned Harry when he fails to give any details about how he escaped or why the Doctor supposedly wants him to collect the gadget the Zygons have been attaching to the oil rigs.
* PetTheDog: After the Brigadier and company are knocked out by the sleeping gas, when Huckle comes he checks if they're alive. He asks if the Doctor if he can help: when he's rebuffed he tells him and Sarah to be careful and asks after the UNIT soldiers before leaving.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Sarah goes to save Harry and sees him on the other side of the door, she's hesitant to believe that it's really him until he calls her "old girl". To a lesser degree, the Doctor asks both of them if they're the real thing: when they react in confusion, he nods and rushes off to the spaceship.
* StuffBlowingUp: UNIT tries to blow up the Zygon ship before it can escape - with the Doctor aboard, to the distress of not only Sarah and Harry but also Benton and the Brigadier.
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* TapOnTheHead: The Zygon disguised as Sister Lamont rather savagely bonks a UNIT soldier over the head with a rock. Somehow he survives without getting his skull split open.
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* Synchronization: The method the Zygons use to replicate people requires the subject to still be alive, and Harry convulses at the same time Madra (the Zygon currently impersonating him) dies. Broton is disturbed by this and has his lackey test for a "synchron response": the lack of one is good enough for him to declare Madra dead on the spot and order him disintegrated.
* TapOnTheHead: The Zygon disguised as Sister Lamont rather savagely bonks a UNIT soldier over the head with a rock. Somehow he just crumples to the ground and survives without getting his skull splitopen.open.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Madra, the Zygon that had been impersonating Harry, reverts to his more alien appearance as he lies dying.
* TapOnTheHead: The Zygon disguised as Sister Lamont rather savagely bonks a UNIT soldier over the head with a rock. Somehow he just crumples to the ground and survives without getting his skull split
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Madra, the Zygon that had been impersonating Harry, reverts to his more alien appearance as he lies dying.
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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Harry gets shot in the head, but he survives because the bullet only grazed his skull.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Zygons have the ability to transform themselves to resemble humans they've abducted.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Zygons have the ability to transform themselves to resemble humans they've abducted.
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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Harry gets shot in the head, but he survives because the bullet only grazed his skull.
skull. He does go into shock, though.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Zygons have the ability to transform themselves to resemble humans they've abducted. If they need to maintain the "body print", however, they need to transform into it from their alien forms every few hours.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Zygons have the ability to transform themselves to resemble humans they've abducted. If they need to maintain the "body print", however, they need to transform into it from their alien forms every few hours.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Fourth Doctor Era'''\\
'''Season 13:''' '''1''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil 2]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E4TheAndroidInvasion 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E6TheSeedsOfDoom 6]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot <<< Season 12]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora Season 14 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!Terror of the Zygons
'''Fourth Doctor Era'''\\
'''Season 13:''' '''1''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil 2]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E4TheAndroidInvasion 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E6TheSeedsOfDoom 6]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot <<< Season 12]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora Season 14 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!Terror of the Zygons
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->Written by Robert Banks Stewart\\
Directed by Creator/DouglasCamfield\\
'''Production code:''' 4F\\
'''Air dates:''' 30 August - 20 September 1975\\
'''Number of episodes:''' 4
Directed by Creator/DouglasCamfield\\
'''Production code:''' 4F\\
'''Air dates:''' 30 August - 20 September 1975\\
'''Number of episodes:''' 4
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'''Production code:''' 4F
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Written by Robert Banks Stewart. This four-episode serial first aired from August 30 to September 20, 1975.
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The one where the Brig wears a kilt.
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