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* HilariousInHindsight: Ace screaming 'Geronimo'
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* LargeHam: Pretty much everybody from the Arthruian universe.

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* LargeHam: Pretty much everybody from the Arthruian Arthurian universe.
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* BellumInterruptum: The Doctor halts a battle by simply shouting "STOP!".

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'''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' [[Main/CrowningMomentOfAwesome Probably. I just do the best I can.]] [[hottip:*:Was supposed to be his FamousLastWords, but the show-runner wimped out.]]

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'''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' [[Main/CrowningMomentOfAwesome Probably. I just do the best I can.]] [[hottip:*:Was supposed to be his FamousLastWords, but the show-runner wimped out.]]



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The writer originally intended for the Brigadier to be [[BackForTheDead back for the dead]].
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Two great British institutions meet at last, as ''DoctorWho'' delves into the KingArthur stories.

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Two great British institutions meet at last, as ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' delves into the KingArthur stories.
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* WeirdCurrency: When the Doctor tips out a handful of change, there's a [[{{Zoids}} Zoid]] in among it, which he describes as "a very valuable piece of coinage".
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** On the other hand, it comes right after a KickTheDog moment where Morgaine kills and disintegrates Lt. Laval (who was already badly hurt in the helicopter crash), just so that she can absorb Laval's mind and find out more about the situation.
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* OneWordTitle
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Queen Morgaine, naturally.
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* PinPullingTeeth: One of Morgaine's knights.
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* SleepCute: Ancelyn and Bambera
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* SpikesOfVillainy: The evil knights have spiky decorations on their armor; the heroic Ancelyn doesn't. (This does help in keeping track of who's who when they're fighting with their visors down.)
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* EvenEvilHasItsStandards: The discovery of a war memorial causes Morgaine to halt her army, apparently to pay respect to the dead.

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* EvenEvilHasItsStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards: The discovery of a war memorial causes Morgaine to halt her army, apparently to pay respect to the dead.
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* EvenEvilHasItsStandards: The discovery of a war memorial causes Morgaine to halt her army, apparently to pay respect to the dead.
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'''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' [[Main/CrowningMomentOfAwesome Probably. I just do the best I can.]]

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'''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' [[Main/CrowningMomentOfAwesome Probably. I just do the best I can.]]
]] [[hottip:*:Was supposed to be his FamousLastWords, but the show-runner wimped out.]]
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* VolleyingInsults: Ancelyn and Mordred:
-->'''Ancelyn:''' Is your ''army'' not enough to give you ''courage''?
-->'''Mordred:''' Courage? To face you, Ancelyn, who fled the field at Camlann? Ancelyn the ''Craven'' I call you!
-->'''Ancelyn:''' What care I for the words of a ''half-man'', who ''cowers'' at a woman's wrath?
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* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: The Doctor, at the end of Episode 2. A few seconds later, he adds: "''Now'' we panic!"
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'''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' Probably. I just do the best I can.

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'''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' [[Main/CrowningMomentOfAwesome Probably. I just do the best I can. \n]]
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* TakeTheWheel: With the added detail that the passenger is from an alternate universe where they don't have cars, and the driver takes the time to confirm that this is the case before telling him to take the wheel anyway.

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-->'''The Destroyer:''' Pitiful. Can this world do no better than you as their champion?\\

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* Main/BattleCouple: Ancelyn and Brigadier Bambera develop into this pretty quickly.

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* Main/BattleCouple: BattleCouple: Ancelyn and Brigadier Bambera develop into this pretty quickly.



* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For the Brigadier, taking on the Destroyer with a revolver. ''And making FiveRoundsRapid stick!''
* Main/FlashedBadgeHijack: the Brig.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For the Brigadier, taking on the Destroyer with a revolver. ''And making FiveRoundsRapid stick!''
* Main/FlashedBadgeHijack:
FlashedBadgeHijack: the Brig.



* Main/HaveWeMetYet: Morgaine has met the Doctor before, but this is the first time the Doctor has met Morgaine. That goes double for Ancelyn.

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* Main/HaveWeMetYet: HaveWeMetYet: Morgaine has met the Doctor before, but this is the first time the Doctor has met Morgaine. That goes double for Ancelyn.



* LesYay: Yes, it's Ace yet again. Can we assume that Jack was only the first ''openly'' LGBT companion?
* Main/MeaningfulName: Winifred -> Guinevere. Ancelyn -> Lancelot.
* Main/MoreExpendableThanYou: TheBrigadier says this word for word when he takes the Doctor's weapon by force and goes to face the BigBad.

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* LesYay: Yes, it's Ace yet again. Can we assume that Jack was only the first ''openly'' LGBT companion?
* Main/MeaningfulName:
MeaningfulName: Winifred -> Guinevere. Ancelyn -> Lancelot.
* Main/MoreExpendableThanYou: MoreExpendableThanYou: TheBrigadier says this word for word when he takes the Doctor's weapon by force and goes to face the BigBad.



* Main/RidiculousFutureInflation: Lemonade ''still'' does not cost £10, thankfully.
* Main/SlapSlapKiss: Ancelyn and Brigadier Bambera's relationship.
* Main/SwordOverHead

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* Main/RidiculousFutureInflation: RidiculousFutureInflation: Lemonade ''still'' does not cost £10, thankfully.
* Main/SlapSlapKiss: SlapSlapKiss: Ancelyn and Brigadier Bambera's relationship.
* Main/SwordOverHeadSwordOverHead



* Main/TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: the novelisation established the date as mid-1997.
* Main/WhatCouldHaveBeen: The writer originally intended for the Brigadier to be [[BackForTheDead back for the dead]].
* Main/WriteBackToTheFuture: the Doctor's notes
* Main/YouFailHistoryForever: Morgaine claims to have always beaten the Doctor at {{Chess}}. In King Arthur's day, Chaturanga had not yet spread from India (if it even existed yet).
** [[TimeyWimeyBall Wouldn't that just mean the Doctor was the one who taught her how to play]]?
*** Or that Britain discovered chess faster in the alternate universe.
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* Main/TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: the novelisation established the date as mid-1997.
* Main/WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen: The writer originally intended for the Brigadier to be [[BackForTheDead back for the dead]].
* Main/WriteBackToTheFuture: WriteBackToTheFuture: the Doctor's notes
* Main/YouFailHistoryForever: Morgaine claims to have always beaten the Doctor at {{Chess}}. In King Arthur's day, Chaturanga had not yet spread from India (if it even existed yet).
** [[TimeyWimeyBall Wouldn't that just mean the Doctor was the one who taught her how to play]]?
*** Or that Britain discovered chess faster in the alternate universe.
* WorldOfHam

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-->'''The Destroyer:''' Pitiful. Can this world do no better than you as their champion?\\
'''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' Probably. I just do the best I can.


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* CallBack: Mordred uses the Doctor's own words from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]] against him. ''"Look me in the eye, end my life."''
* CharacterFilibuster: Averted. The Doctor's anti-nuke speech originally ran for ''much'' longer and was wisely cut down.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For the Brigadier, taking on the Destroyer with a revolver.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For the Brigadier, taking on the Destroyer with a revolver. ''And making FiveRoundsRapid stick!''
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* LesYay: Yes, it's Ace yet again. And some people actually think Captain Jack was the Doctor's first LGBT companion. Yeah right

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* LesYay: Yes, it's Ace yet again. And some people actually think Captain Can we assume that Jack was only the Doctor's first ''openly'' LGBT companion. Yeah rightcompanion?
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For the Brigadier, taking on the Destroyer with a handgun.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For the Brigadier, taking on the Destroyer with a handgun.revolver.
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: Brigadier Bambera



* CasualKink: Ancelyn asking Bambera if she's single the day after their first meeting involved her beating him up and manacling him.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar / GoshdangItToHeck: Brigadier Bambera's habit of saying "Oh, sh...ame" could arguably count as this.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar / GoshdangItToHeck: Brigadier Bambera's habit of saying "Oh, sh...ame" could arguably count as this. See also the CasualKink example above.
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* Main/MoreExpendableThanYou: TheBrigadier says this word for word when he takes the Doctor's weapon by force and goes to face the BigBad.
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*** Or that Britain discovered chess faster in the alternate universe.
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*GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Brigadier Bambera's habit of saying "Oh, sh...ame" could arguably count as this.

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*GettingCrapPastTheRadar: *GettingCrapPastTheRadar / GoshdangItToHeck: Brigadier Bambera's habit of saying "Oh, sh...ame" could arguably count as this.

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