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* StayingTheSimpleSolution: When the TARDIS scanner continues to show Alzarius as Gallifrey, Romana tries to think of a technical way to determine if they are still on the planet when the TARDIS seems to take off. Adric suggests they just open the doors and see.
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* StayingTheSimpleSolution: StatingTheSimpleSolution: When the TARDIS scanner continues to show Alzarius as Gallifrey, Romana tries to think of a technical way to determine if they are still on the planet when the TARDIS seems to take off. Adric suggests they just open the doors and see.
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* StayingTheSimpleSolution: When the TARDIS scanner continues to show Alzarius as Gallifrey, Romana tries to think of a technical way to determine if they are still on the planet when the TARDIS seems to take off. Adric suggests they just open the doors and see.
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Written by Andrew Smith. This serial first aired October 25-November 15, 1980.
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Written by Andrew Smith. This four-episode serial first aired from October 25-November 25 to November 15, 1980.
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Written by Andrew Smith. This serial first aired October 25-November 15, 1980.
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* ArtisticLicencePhysics: When Adric asks Romana how heavy the TARDIS is, she replies "five times ten to the six kilos in your gravity". Kilos are used to measure the ''mass'' of an object, which always stays the same regardless of gravity, while the ''weight'' of an object, which changes depending on gravity, is measured in Newtons, not kilos.
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* ArtisticLicencePhysics: When Adric asks Romana how heavy the TARDIS is, she replies "five times ten to the six "5 * 10⁶ kilos in your gravity". Kilos are used to measure the ''mass'' of an object, which always stays the same regardless of gravity, while the ''weight'' of an object, which changes depending on gravity, is measured in Newtons, not kilos.
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* ArtisticLicencePhysics: When Adric asks Romana how heavy the TARDIS is, she replies "five times ten to the six kilos in your gravity". Kilos are used to measure the ''mass'' of an object, which always stays the same regardless of gravity, while the ''weight'' of an object, which changes depending on gravity, is measured in Newtons, not kilos.
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* ContinuityNod: The Doctor briefly mentions Leela, K-9 Mk I and the Key to Time. He even hopes that both K9s meet each other.
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* ContinuityNod: The Doctor briefly mentions Leela, K-9 Mk K9 Mark I and the Key to Time. He even hopes that both K9s meet each other.
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* InfantImmortality: Sadly averted with the Marshchild.
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* BigBad: The Marshmen, although they're mostly just acting on instinct.
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* TitleDrop: Decider Draith's dying words. "Tell Dexeter ''we've come full circle''!"
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* FriendToAllChildren: The Doctor frightens off the marsh-man child and observes it's odd, he's usually good with children. Later, he would have managed to calm it [[spoiler:if he hadn't been [[TapOnTheHead knocked out]]]].
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* FriendToAllChildren: The Doctor frightens off the marsh-man child and observes it's odd, he's usually good with children. Later, he would have managed to calm it [[spoiler:if if he hadn't been [[TapOnTheHead knocked out]]]].out]].
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* FriendToAllChildren: As usual, the Doctor.
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* FriendToAllChildren: As usual, The Doctor frightens off the Doctor.marsh-man child and observes it's odd, he's usually good with children. Later, he would have managed to calm it [[spoiler:if he hadn't been [[TapOnTheHead knocked out]]]].
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The one with fish people.
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The one with fish people.
people. And the ''other'' one where the Doctor flips his lid in anger.
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* BerserkButton: Dexeter and the Deciders make the ''extremely huge'' mistake of pushing the Fourth Doctor's, by first allowing the death of the Marshchild and then mumbling excuses about it:
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* BerserkButton: Dexeter and the Deciders make the ''extremely huge'' mistake of pushing the Fourth Doctor's, by first allowing the death of the Marshchild and then mumbling excuses about it:it - it leads, naturally, to the Doctor ''losing all of his shit at them'':
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* AdaptationExpansion: The novelisation adds a prologue which features the Starliner crashing.
** The Marshmen dragging outlers under the water as a kind of planetary defense system.
** Nefred interfaces with the system files.
** The Doctor tries to save the marshchild after failing to save a "witch" from being burnt.
** An additional scene features a spider jumping from K9's headless body onto the Doctor's face.
** The Marshmen dragging outlers under the water as a kind of planetary defense system.
** Nefred interfaces with the system files.
** The Doctor tries to save the marshchild after failing to save a "witch" from being burnt.
** An additional scene features a spider jumping from K9's headless body onto the Doctor's face.
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* GenerationShip: One that isn't actually going anywhere.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: The Doctor to Romana.
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* WhamLine: Nefred's last words.
--->'''Nefred''': We cannot return to Terradon.
--->'''Login''': Why?
--->'''Nefred''': Because we have never been there.
--->'''Nefred''': We cannot return to Terradon.
--->'''Login''': Why?
--->'''Nefred''': Because we have never been there.
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* AdaptationExpansion The novelisation adds a prologue features the Starliner crashing.
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* AdaptationExpansion AdaptationExpansion: The novelisation adds a prologue which features the Starliner crashing.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Adric's first scene has him trying to join the gang which his brother, Varsh, has formed. This scene includes a close-up of Adric's badge for mathematical excellence, as well as establishing that he has a rather high opinion of himself. "Of course I'm better than you. I'm an Elite."
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* DeathOfAChild: The Marshchild dies (and is, in fact, the only Marshman to perish in the story). Tylos and Varsh also arguably count, as both are teenagers who die during the Marshmen's rampage aboard the Starliner in the final episode.
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* EveryoneIsATomato: The people on the Starliner are indigenous Alzarian lifeforms and not descendants of the original crew and passengers.
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* ContinuityNod: The Doctor briefly mentions Leela, K-9 Mk I and the Key to Time. He even hopes that both K9s meet each other.
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* StockEpisodeTitles: 45 uses
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* StockEpisodeTitles: 45 usesuses.
* TapOnTheHead: The Doctor himself gets this treatment — keeping him from calming the alien child.
* TapOnTheHead: The Doctor himself gets this treatment — keeping him from calming the alien child.
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At the end of the story, Adric, one of the people from the starliner, stows away in the TARDIS.
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At the end of the story, Adric, one of the people a young boy from the starliner, stows away in the TARDIS.
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* BerserkButton: Dexeter and the Deciders make the ''extremely huge'' mistake of pushing the Fourth Doctor's, by first killing the Marshchild and then mumbling excuses about it:
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** Also, don't steal Adric's badge. His first scene has him ''putting a girl in a stranglehold'' for doing so.
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** Also, don't steal Adric's badge. His first scene has him ''putting a girl Keara in a stranglehold'' for doing so.trying to do so.
--->'''Keara''': So the boy can count. Give it to me! (She makes a grab for Adric's badge.)
--->'''Adric''': Keep your hands off it! (He grabs Keara's arm and twists it behind her back.)
--->'''Keara''': So the boy can count. Give it to me! (She makes a grab for Adric's badge.)
--->'''Adric''': Keep your hands off it! (He grabs Keara's arm and twists it behind her back.)
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* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The leaders of the Alzarian community are called the Deciders. In a RunningGag, they can't come to an actual decision without being shoved into it.
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* BerserkButton: Dexeter and the Deciders make the ''extremely huge'' mistake of pushing the Fourth Doctor's, by first [[spoiler:killing killing the Marshchild]] Marshchild and then mumbling excuses about it:
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* AdaptationExpansion The novelisation adds a prologue features the Starliner crashing.
** The Marshmen dragging outlers under the water as a kind of planetary defense system.
** Nefred interfaces with the system files.
** The Doctor tries to save the marshchild after failing to save a "witch" from being burnt.
** An additional scene features a spider jumping from K9's headless body onto the Doctor's face.
** The Marshmen dragging outlers under the water as a kind of planetary defense system.
** Nefred interfaces with the system files.
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** Also, don't steal Adric's badge. His first scene has him ''putting a girl in a stranglehold'' for doing so.
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* BerserkButton: Dexeter and the Deciders make the ''extremely huge'' mistake of pushing the Fourth Doctor's, by first [[spoiler:killing the Marshchild]] and then mumbling excuses about it:
--->"NOT AN ALIBI, DECIDERS!"
--->"NOT AN ALIBI, DECIDERS!"
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* UpTheRealRabbitHole: Of course ''our'' universe is the Normal one.
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* UpTheRealRabbitHole: Of course ''our'' universe is the Normal one.one.
* YouExclamation: "DEXETER!!!!"
* YouExclamation: "DEXETER!!!!"
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* DeathByOriginStory: Varsh.Varsh, whose death at the hands of the Marshmen means Adric no longer has any ties among his people.
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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Varsh, Tylos and Keara.
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* PropagandaMachine: Some characters are convinced that Mistfall is this.
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* PropagandaMachine: Some characters Varsh and his friends are convinced that Mistfall is this.
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->'''Login:''' ''A little patience goes a long way.''
->'''The Doctor:''' ''Yes. Too much patience goes absolutely nowhere.''
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->'''Login:''' ''A A little patience goes a long way.''
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: Adric only mentions his brother Varsh's death ''once'' after this story and seems to suffer no emotional repercussions from it, much to the chagrin of Creator/MatthewWaterhouse (see RealitySubtext below).
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: Adric only mentions his brother Varsh's death ''once'' after this story and seems to suffer no emotional repercussions from it, much to the chagrin of Creator/MatthewWaterhouse (see RealitySubtext below).Creator/MatthewWaterhouse, who had lost his own older brother in real life.
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* RealitySubtext: Matthew Waterhouse sadly knew from experience what it's like to lose an older brother. ''Twice.''
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* InfantImmortality: Sadly averted with [[spoiler:the Marshchild]].
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* InfantImmortality: Sadly averted with [[spoiler:the Marshchild]].the Marshchild.
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* TomatoInTheMirror: The revelation that [[spoiler:the Alzarians are really just evolved Marshmen, who replaced the original Terradon crash survivors after the survivors all died off or were killed]].
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* TomatoInTheMirror: The revelation that [[spoiler:the the Alzarians are really just evolved Marshmen, who replaced the original Terradon crash survivors after the survivors all died off or were killed]].killed.
