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'''''[-SSKK!-]'''[-That does it! He's a frigging nerd! Heeheehee!-]''

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** OminousFog: For atmosphere.



** OminousFog: For atmosphere.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Arguably when Leela slapped Adelaide.
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* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Leela to the Rutan she has just killed. The Doctor does not approve.
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* VictoryGloating: Leela to the Rutan she has just killed. The Doctor does not approve.

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* VictoryGloating: UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Leela to the Rutan she has just killed. The Doctor does not approve.
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->''The localised condition of planetary atmospheric condensation caused a malfunction in the visual orientation circuits. Or to put it another way, we got lost in the fog.''

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->''The ->''[[ExpospeakGag The localised condition of planetary atmospheric condensation caused a malfunction in the visual orientation circuits. Or to put it another way, we got lost in the fog.'']]''
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* [=~Everybody's Dead Dave~=]: The Doctor and Leela are the only survivors, everyone else is massacred.

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* [=~Everybody's Dead Dave~=]: EverybodysDeadDave: The Doctor and Leela are the only survivors, everyone else is massacred.
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-->'''TheDoctor:''' ''Gentlemen, I've got news for you. This lighthouse is under attack and by morning we might all be dead. Anyone interested?''

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Season fifteen kicks off where season fourteen finished: Victorian horror. The TARDIS materialises in a lighthouse on an isolated piece of shoreline just after a mysterious light has been seen falling from the sky and one of the lighthouse-keepers is found electrocuted.

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Season fifteen kicks off where season fourteen finished: Victorian Gothic horror. The TARDIS materialises in a lighthouse on an isolated piece of shoreline just after a mysterious light has been seen falling from the sky and one of the lighthouse-keepers is found electrocuted.



* BlueBlood: Lord Palmerdale and company. The Doctor bottles up his contempt for them.
* CueTheSun: The story ends while dawn is breaking.



* DeathRay: The Doctor using his MacGyvering skills to weaponize the lighthouse beam into a sort of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes#The_Archimedes_Heat_Ray Archimedes Heat Ray]] to blow the Rutan mothership into smithereens.
* DissonantSerenity: How the Doctor breaks the news of the lighthouse attack to Harker, Palmerdale, and Skinsale, complete with a [[CheshireCatGrin grin]]:
-->'''TheDoctor:''' ''Gentlemen, I've got news for you. This lighthouse is under attack and by morning we might all be dead. Anyone interested?''



* FaceStealer: the Rutan disects the first two lighthouse operators in order to learn enough human physiology to take the form of Reuben for the final two episodes. Later victims it just kills.

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* FaceStealer: the Rutan disects dissects the first two lighthouse operators in order to learn enough human physiology to take the form of Reuben for the final two episodes. Later victims it just kills.


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** OminousFog: For atmosphere.


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-->'''The Doctor:''' ''Why invade an obscure planet like Earth? It's of no value to you.''
-->'''Rutan:''' ''The planet is obscure, but its strategic position is sound.''


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* TheSiege: A "base under siege" story like many before it.
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** It's understandable. After all, she's not a tesnision.
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** It's understandable. After all, she's not a tesnision.
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* KillEmAll: No one survives this one except for the Doctor and Leela.

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Out-of-universe, it was during a 22 November 1987 broadcast of ''Horror of Fang Rock'' on the [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] [[{{PBS}} public television]] station WTTW that the second [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion_incident Max Headroom broadcast intrusion]] occurred.

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--> '''The Doctor'''

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* TheEdwardianEra



* [=~Everybody's Dead Dave~=]: The Doctor and Leela are the only survivors, everyone else is massacred.



* KillEmAll: The Doctor and Leela are the only survivors, everyone else is massacred.



* MineralMacGuffin

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* MineralMacGuffin{{Mineral MacGuffin}}
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Skinsale sabotages the wireless to thwart Palmerdale's schemes.



* {{Spoonerism}}: Leela consistently mangles technological terms, from boiler to "Mognal Sigulator" (signal modulator).

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* {{Spoonerism}}: Leela consistently mangles technological terms, from boiler "boiler pressure" to "Mognal Sigulator" (signal modulator).



* TheEdwardianEra
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Skinsale sabotages the wireless to thwart Palmerdale's schemes.
* TheXOfY



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* ElectricJellyfish: The Rutan is pretty much a space version of this.
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* Fainting: the '''Emotional Faint''', pulled by Adelaide on hearing of Lord Palmerdale's death.

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* Fainting: {{Fainting}}: the '''Emotional Faint''', pulled by Adelaide on hearing of Lord Palmerdale's death.
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* {{Spoonerism}}: Leela consistently mangles technological terms, from boiler to "Mognal Sigulator" (signal modulator).
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* FaceStealer: the Rutan disects the first two lighthouse operators in order to learn enough human physiology to take the form of Reuben for the final two episodes. Later victims it just kills.


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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: the Rutan, with great effort.

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* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: This episode was originally going to be called "Rocks of Doom."

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* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: This episode was originally going to be called "Rocks of Doom." "
* Fainting: the '''Emotional Faint''', pulled by Adelaide on hearing of Lord Palmerdale's death.
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* VictoryGloating: Leela to the Rutan she has just killed. The Doctor does not approve.
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* FogOfDoom: caused by the Rutan scout trying to adapt the local environment to its own needs.
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* InsignificantBluePlanet: the Doctor is quite surprised by the Rutan's interest in Earth. It turns out to be fairly mild.

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* InsignificantBluePlanet: InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: the Doctor is quite surprised by the Rutan's interest in Earth. It turns out to be fairly mild.
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* InsignificantBluePlanet: the Doctor is quite surprised by the Rutan's interest in Earth. It turns out to be fairly mild.


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* SicklyGreenGlow: The Rutan.

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* TheEdwardianEra



* TheRadioDiesFirst: Skinsale sabotages the wireless to thwart Palmerdale's schemes.

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* TheEdwardianEra
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*DoomyDoomsOfDoom: This episode was originally going to be called "Rocks of Doom."
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* RadioDiesFirst: Skinsale sabotages the wireless to thwart Palmerdale's schemes.

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* EdwardianEra


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* ScreamingWoman: Adelaide...until Leela slaps her.

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*{{Inspired By}}/{{Very Loosely Based On A True Story}}: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isle Flannan Isles]] mystery proved the inspiration for this adventure, the poem is even quoted by The Doctor..

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*{{Inspired By}}/{{Very Loosely Based On A True Story}}: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isle Flannan Isles]] mystery proved the inspiration for this adventure, the poem is even quoted by The Doctor..Doctor.
* JerkAss: Lord Palmerdale


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* TemporaryBlindness: Leela

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