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Two great British institutions meet at last, as ''Series/DoctorWho'' delves into the Myth/KingArthur stories to begin the final classic season.

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Two great British institutions meet at last, as ''Series/DoctorWho'' delves into the Myth/KingArthur stories Myth/ArthurianLegend to begin the final classic season.

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* NextSundayAD: The story takes place some time in Ace's near future, probably the mid to late 90s. Amusingly, [[FailedFutureForecast the mention of the "King" would be dead wrong]], with UsefulNotes/ElizabethII remaining in power all the way until her death in 2022, 33 years after this serial's airing.

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* NextSundayAD: The story takes place some time in Ace's near future, probably the mid to late 90s. Amusingly, [[FailedFutureForecast the mention of the "King" would be dead wrong]], with UsefulNotes/ElizabethII remaining in power on the throne all the way until her death in 2022, 33 years after this serial's airing.
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* NextSundayAD: The story takes place some time in Ace's near future, probably the mid to late 90s. Amusingly, the mention of the "King" would be dead wrong, with Elizabeth II still going strong more than thirty years after the serial airing.

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* NextSundayAD: The story takes place some time in Ace's near future, probably the mid to late 90s. Amusingly, [[FailedFutureForecast the mention of the "King" would be dead wrong, wrong]], with Elizabeth II still going strong more than thirty UsefulNotes/ElizabethII remaining in power all the way until her death in 2022, 33 years after the serial airing. this serial's airing.
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* HatePlague: Morgaine casts a spell on Ace and Shou Yuing to make them argue while they're in the protective circle in hopes that they'll break it.

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* HatePlague: Morgaine casts a spell on Ace and Shou Yuing to make them argue while they're in the protective circle in hopes that they'll break it. However, Ace realises what's happening when she indulges in racial slurs, something that she would not do due racism being her BerserkButton.



** 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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** 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. Given she later pulls the same mind trick on Bambera and she recovers, it would seem the disintegrating of Laval was just ForTheEvils.
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* TheBusCameBack: The Brigadier.

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* TheBusCameBack: The Brigadier.Brigadier returns for the first time since [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]] six years prior. Thanks to the show being cancelled at the end of this season, this serial would mark his final appearance in the Classic Series (though he ''did'' get to show up in the non-canon charity special [[Recap/DoctorWho30thASDimensionsInTime "Dimensions in Time"]] and the DirectToVideo spinoff film "Downtime" during TheNineties).

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* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: The Doctor, at the end of Episode 2. A few seconds later, he adds: "''[[YouCanPanicNow Now]]'' [[YouCanPanicNow we panic]]!"

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* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: The Doctor, at the end of Episode 2. A few seconds later, he adds: "''[[YouCanPanicNow Now]]'' [[YouCanPanicNow "''Now'' we panic]]!"panic!"



* YouCanPanicNow: When Ace triggers an alarm in the underwater spaceship that sees them attacked by an energy creature, the Doctor tells her ThisIsNoTimeToPanic. He is promptly knocked off his feet by the creature and amends it to "''Now'' we panic!"
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Written by Ben Aaronovitch. This four-episode serial first aired from September 6--27, 1989.

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Written by Ben Aaronovitch.Creator/BenAaronovitch. This four-episode serial first aired from September 6--27, 1989.
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* ActorAllusion: Possibly. Morgaine threatens to kill the Brigadier next time she sees him. Waaaaay back in "The Daleks' Master Plan," set in the future, ''another'' character played by Jean Marsh ''did'' kill ''another'' character played by Nicholas Courtney.

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* ActorAllusion: Possibly. Morgaine threatens to kill the Brigadier next time she sees him. Waaaaay back in "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan," Plan]]," set in the future, ''another'' character played by Jean Marsh ''did'' kill ''another'' character played by Nicholas Courtney.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''"He was supposed to die in bed"''
* GirlOfTheWeek: Shou Yuing for Ace.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Queen Morgaine, naturally.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''"He The Doctor notes that the Brigadier was supposed to die in bed"''
bed, a fate that would eventually transpire in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "The Wedding of River Song"]].
* GirlOfTheWeek: Shou Yuing for Ace.
Ace.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Queen Morgaine, naturally.



* RevolversAreJustBetter: Even though he carried a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm for most of his time as commander of UNIT, when the Brig comes out of retirement to go to the Doctor's aid, he takes a Webly MK IV out of its case and employs it to great effect against Morgaine's forces: finally shooting the EldritchAbonination while proclaiming "Get off my world!", causing it to explode.

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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Even though he carried a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm for most of his time as commander of UNIT, when the Brig comes out of retirement to go to the Doctor's aid, he takes a Webly MK IV out of its case and employs it to great effect against Morgaine's forces: finally shooting the EldritchAbonination EldritchAbomination while proclaiming "Get off my world!", causing it to explode.



* SwordOverHead

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* SwordOverHead%%* SwordOverHead (Zero-Context Example)



* VillainRespect: Morgaine reacts this way when - her having earlier dismissed them as mere children - Ace and Shou Yuing manage to fight off her attempts to turn them against each other with magic;

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* VillainRespect: Morgaine reacts this way when - -- her having earlier dismissed them as mere children - Ace and Shou Yuing manage to fight off her attempts to turn them against each other with magic;
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* {{Demythification}}: The Doctor is apparently Merlin. Or maybe he will be in the future. Or he already was, but in an alternate universe. It's complicated.

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* {{Demythification}}: The Doctor An alternate-universe Camelot appears to run on {{Magitek}}, and Merlin was actually the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Doctor. Merlin "living backwards" is apparently Merlin. Or maybe revealed to be the Doctor's overuse of RetroactivePreparation, to the point that his final confrontation with Morgaine in this story occurs before he will be ever travels to Camelot in the future. Or he already was, but in an alternate universe. It's complicated.first place.



* OneWordTitle

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* OneWordTitleOneWordTitle: "Battlefield".



* WorldOfHam

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* WorldOfHam%%* WorldOfHam (Zero-Context Example)
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The last one with the Brig. Well, [[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E11E12EnemyOfTheBane for a time]].

Written by Ben Aaronovitch. This serial first aired September 6-27, 1989.

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The last one with the Brig. Well, [[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E11E12EnemyOfTheBane for a time]].

in the main show, at least]].

Written by Ben Aaronovitch. This four-episode serial first aired from September 6-27, 6--27, 1989.
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Even though he carried a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm for most of his time as commander of UNIT, when the Brig comes out of retirement to go to the Doctor's aid, he takes a Webly MK IV out of its case and employs it to great effect against Morgaine's forces.

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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Even though he carried a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm for most of his time as commander of UNIT, when the Brig comes out of retirement to go to the Doctor's aid, he takes a Webly MK IV out of its case and employs it to great effect against Morgaine's forces.forces: finally shooting the EldritchAbonination while proclaiming "Get off my world!", causing it to explode.
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Even though he carried a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm for most of his time as commander of UNIT, when the Brig comes out of retirement to go to the Doctor's aid, he takes a Webly MK IV out of its case and employs it to great effect against Morgaine's forces.
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# lets evil witch Morgaine (Creator/JeanMarsh) enter our universe from a parallel dimension where the Arthurian legends are a bit real.

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# lets evil witch Morgaine (Creator/JeanMarsh) enter our universe from a parallel dimension where the Arthurian legends are a turn out to be bit real.
more real than in their’s.
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Written by Ben Aaronovitch. This serial first aired September 6, 1989.

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Written by Ben Aaronovitch. This serial first aired September 6, 6-27, 1989.
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Written by Ben Aaronovitch. This serial first aired September 6, 1989.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Behind the scenes-example: when noticing that the glass in the water-tank that held Creator/SophieAldred was about to burst and pour the water onto the studio floor, potentially electrocuting her when it touched the live electric cabling, Creator/SylvesterMcCoy had an split-second to warn everyone and he knew that he had to say something that everyone instantly knew was serious and not him as the Doctor Ad-libbing. What did he say?
--> ''[[PrecisionFStrike SHIT!!]]'' -- somebody GET HER OUT!



* OutOfCharacterAlert: Behind the scenes-example: When noticing that the glass in the water-tank that held Creator/SophieAldred was about to burst and pour the water onto the studio floor, potentially electrocuting her when it touched the live electric cabling, Creator/SylvesterMcCoy had an split-second to warn everyone and he knew that he had to say something that everyone instantly knew was serious and not him as the Doctor Ad-libbing. What did he say?
--> ''[[PrecisionFStrike SHIT!!]]'' -- somebody GET HER OUT!
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** Mordred uses the Doctor's own words from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]] against him. ''"Look me in the eye, end my life."''

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** Mordred uses the Doctor's own words from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The "The Happiness Patrol]] Patrol"]] against him. ''"Look me in the eye, end my life."''
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* JumpedAtTheCall: The Brigadier seems to be happily retired... until his wife tells him that the Secretary General "said something about the Doctor being back", and he realises that he's going to be needed and seizes the chance to help.
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The last one with the Brig. Well, for a time.

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The last one with the Brig. Well, [[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E11E12EnemyOfTheBane for a time.
time]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Mordred to the ill-fated Flight Lieutenant Lavel.
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* HatePlague: Morgaine casts a spell on Ace and Shou Yuing to make them argue while they're in the protective circle in hopes that they'll break it.
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* {{Not H|imself}}erself: Under Morgaine's HatePlague spell, Ace actually spews a racial slur. That is how she realizes she and her friend are being played against each other.

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* {{Not H|imself}}erself: Under Morgaine's HatePlague spell, Ace Ace, who's been previously established to hate racists, actually spews a racial slur. That is how she realizes she and her friend are being played against each other.
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* MeaningfulName: Ancelyn is the original, Celtic version of Lancelot. Winifred is a germanified version of Guinevere.

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* MeaningfulName: Ancelyn "Ancelyn" is the original, Celtic version of Lancelot. Winifred "Lancelot". "Winifred" is a germanified Germanified version of Guinevere."Guinevere".
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Twice, the Doctor manages to pin Ancelyn's arm with the crook of his umbrella. The first time, he even uses it to threaten Anecelyn with his own sword.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Twice, the Doctor manages to pin Ancelyn's arm with the crook of his umbrella. The first time, he even uses it to threaten Anecelyn Ancelyn with his own sword.
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* PublicDomainArtifact: Excalibur turns up in a spaceship, under the lake, [[ExcaliburInTheStone in a stone]].

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* PublicDomainArtifact: PublicDomainArtefact: Excalibur turns up in a spaceship, under the lake, [[ExcaliburInTheStone in a stone]].
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** Pretty much everybody from the Arthurian universe.

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** Pretty much everybody from the Arthurian universe.universe, especially Mordred.
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* MeaningfulName: Winifred is germanified version of Guinevere. (Ancelyn is the original, Celtic version of Lancelot.)

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* MeaningfulName: Winifred is germanified version of Guinevere. (Ancelyn Ancelyn is the original, Celtic version of Lancelot.)Lancelot. Winifred is a germanified version of Guinevere.
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Two great British institutions meet at last, as ''Series/DoctorWho'' delves into the KingArthur stories to begin the final classic season.

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Two great British institutions meet at last, as ''Series/DoctorWho'' delves into the KingArthur Myth/KingArthur stories to begin the final classic season.
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* ExcaliburInTheStone: When the Doctor and Ace find Excalibur, it's set in a block of stone. Ace jokingly tries to pull it out (thinking that, as in the legend, it'll refuse to move for anyone other than Arthur). Instead, it practically ''jumps'' out, sending her tumbling (and setting off an intruder alarm).


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* PublicDomainArtifact: Excalibur turns up in a spaceship, under the lake, [[ExcaliburInTheStone in a stone]].
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* RunningGag: As in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks,"]] Ace overestimates the fuse time of her nitro-nine.

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