History Recap / DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons

-->"You have to step out on a balcony from time to time and wave a gracious tentacle."

The TARDIS arrives on Earth following the Brigadier's summons. The Doctor decides to wear a Tam o' Shanter for the occasion, decorating Harry and Sarah Jane with his scarf and hat respectively. The Brigadier is sporting a fancy kilt. Once he and the Doctor are done making fun of each other, they get down to business: UNIT are investigating a series of attacks on North Sea oil rigs from a temporary base in the Scottish village of Tulloch. The Doctor discovers that the attacks are the work of a giant lactating cyborg dinosaur in Loch Ness, controlled by an alien race called the Zygons from their ship beneath Loch Ness. The Zygons can imitate the form of other life-forms whom they have imprisoned on their ship, and are currently impersonating many of the village locals in order to infiltrate the UNIT base. When Harry gets shot in the head, the Zygons kidnap him from the hospital, copy his body and attack Sarah Jane wirth a pitchfork in order to get to the Doctor.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The first reason why the Zygons want to kill the Doctor.
** Also why they kill Munro and try to kill Harry.

* ManInAKilt: The Brigadier.

* {{Foreshadowing}}/CerebusRetcon: In "Day of the Doctor" it is revealed that the destruction of the Zygons's homeworld mentioned in this episode was in fact an extremely early impact of the Time War on the Doctor's own adventures.

* TheDanza: Angus Lennie as Angus MacRanald.

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

* StockNessMonster: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E3SchoolReunion "THE Loch Ness Monster!"]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: The Duke. However, only because it's Zygon leader Broton having taken his form. The real Duke is imprisoned elsewhere. When freed, the trope is averted as he proves to quite friendly.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: The Zygon Harry's attack on Sarah with a pitchfork and accidental impalement with it is one of the most gruesomely violent scenes in the history of the series, approaching a SlasherMovie in atmosphere.

* AlmostDeadGuy: Munro, [[spoiler:before being rendered totally dead by the Zygon Caber]].

* BattleaxeNurse: Sister Lamont [[spoiler:who is actually a Zygon]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}/CerberusRetcon: In "Day of the Doctor" it is revealed that the destruction of the Zygons's homeworld mentioned in this episode was in fact an extremely early impact of the Time War on the Doctor's own adventures.

* MaliciousMisnaming: The Duke [[spoiler:(actually Broton)]] deliberately calls the oil company manager Huckle "Heckle"

The TARDIS arrives on Earth following the Brigadier's summons. The Doctor decides to wear a Tam o' Shanter for the occasion, decorating Harry and Sarah Jane with his scarf and hat respectively. The Bridadier is sporting a fancy kilt. Once he and the Doctor are done making fun of each other, they get down to business: UNIT are investigating a series of attacks on North Sea oil rigs from a temporary base in the Scottish village of Tulloch. The Doctor discovers that the attacks are the work of a giant lactating cyborg dinosaur in Loch Ness, controlled by an alien race called the Zygons from their ship beneath Loch Ness. The Zygons can imitate the form of other life-forms whom they have imprisoned on their ship, and are currently impersonating many of the village locals in order to infiltrate the UNIT base. When Harry gets shot in the head, the Zygons kidnap him from the hospital, copy his body and attack Sarah Jane wirth a pitchfork in order to get to the Doctor.

* LochNessMonster: [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E3SchoolReunion "THE Loch Ness Monster!"]]

* AccidentalMisnaming: Huckle is referred to as Hickle and Heckle

* BBCQuarry: Lampshaded a little bit, in that they actually call one of the locations a quarry.
* 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 Broton, then disguised as the Duke]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Zygon impersonating Harry tumbles off the haystack after lunging at Sarah and is promptly skewred with his own pitchfork.

* OrganicTechnology

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Huckle is referred to as Hickle and Heckle

* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Angus the landlord plays "Flowers of the Forest" on the bagpipes. It turns out to be an omen (of sorts).