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** Subverted with Nurse Crane, whom Judson (possessed by Fenric) promptly kills for treating her former patient like a child. Even if it's "what Judson would've wanted" (in Fenric's words) it still comes across as a DisproportionateRetribution.
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** Subverted with Nurse Crane, whom Judson (possessed by Fenric) promptly kills for treating her former patient like a child. Even if it's "what Judson would've wanted" (in Fenric's words) it still comes across as a DisproportionateRetribution. The novelisation expands on this by revealing that she is also apparently a Soviet spy who has been working with the Russians to steal the Ultima machine.
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* DissonantSerenity: Millington is quite mad, but is quite low-key about his madness, rarely raising his voice beyond a stern commanding tone. His madness instead tends to express itself quietly in the form of his staring around him in a vacant, unfocussing fashion and occasionally blurting out an ominous quotation from Norse mythology while things get more and more chaotic.
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* GoodShepherd: Reverend Wainright. Despite the war having destroyed his faith in human goodness, his desperation to retain it comes across as earnestly benevolent; he readily helps the Doctor and Ace, and pleads for the lives of Sorin and co.
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* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Although haemovores at first appear to be repelled by standard holy symbols, this is in fact revealed not to be the case-- what repels them is actually the wielder's ''faith''. A reverend whose faith has been destroyed by witnessing the horrors of war is unable to repel the haemovores with his Bible, but a Russian soldier successfully repels them with his Red Star badge and his faith in Communism. Ace can also repel them because she has complete and unwavering faith in the Doctor, which becomes an important plot point in the final episode when [[spoiler:he needs to weaken her faith in him so that he can beat Fenric]].
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* OneSteveLimit: The author was not allowed to mention Ragnarok (though it would have been entirely appropriate given the Norse theme), in case audiences thought there was a connection with the Gods of Ragnarok in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show In The Galaxy]]".
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** Also applies to Audrey. Of course the baby with the same name as Ace's mother turns out to actually ''be'' Ace's mother.
** The author was not allowed to mention Ragnarok (though it would have been entirely appropriate given the Norse theme), in case audiences thought there was a connection with the Gods of Ragnarok in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show In The
** Also applies to Audrey. Of course the baby with the same name as Ace's mother turns out to actually ''be'' Ace's mother.
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* SceneryPorn: Some lovely, atmospherically brooding shots of Maiden's Bay and the military base.
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* SlasherSmile: Fenric, in the body of Dr Judson when the Haemovores corner Nurse Crane, and later as Captain Sorin, on having learned the solution to the Doctor's chess challenge.
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* SymbolicBaptism: The ending where Ace is swimming in the water is shown to be her cleaning her ugly relationship with her mom away after facing her past.
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* ShowSomeLeg: Ace volunteers to distract a guard, advising the Doctor that she's "[[SheIsAllGrownUp not a little girl anymore]]." That was weird enough for fans not used to seeing this particular companion presented in a sexual way, but the ensuing and very strange conversation with the guard, involving time seeming to move at different speeds, did not provide the sort of dialog typically associated with leading women flirting with guards.
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* ShowSomeLeg: Ace volunteers to distract a guard, advising the Doctor that she's "[[SheIsAllGrownUp not a little girl anymore]]." That was weird enough for fans not used to seeing this particular companion presented in a sexual way, but the ensuing and very strange conversation with the guard, involving time seeming to move at different speeds, did not provide the sort of dialog dialogue typically associated with leading women flirting with guards.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: The Doctor has perplexed Fenric with a chess puzzle the being cannot solve. The solution is accidentally provided by Ace - the black and white pawns team up and work together! This is presented as a solution that Fenric, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood by his nature]], could not comprehend. In reality, it's a solution that nobody who understands chess could comprehend. [[note]]There are a few smart-alecs who have written chess-puzzles with the phrase: "Move one to mate" having the solution be "promote pawn to enemy's whatever, using said piece to mate me". This may or may not be legal in a actual game, and in either case is not used here.[[/note]]
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: ArtisticLicenceSports: The Doctor has perplexed Fenric with a chess puzzle the being cannot solve. The solution is accidentally provided by Ace - the black and white pawns team up and work together! This is presented as a solution that Fenric, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood by his nature]], could not comprehend. In reality, it's a solution that nobody who understands chess could comprehend. [[note]]There are a few smart-alecs who have written chess-puzzles with the phrase: "Move one to mate" having the solution be "promote pawn to enemy's whatever, using said piece to mate me". This may or may not be legal in a actual game, and in either case is not used here.[[/note]]
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** Miss Hardaker says, "I know what girls who go to Maidens Point have in mind. You will never go near the place, neither of you." Not too hard to guess what it's referring to.
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** Miss Hardaker says, "I know what girls who goGettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to Maidens Point have in mind. You will never go near the place, neither of you." Not too hard to guess what it's referring to.
** Plusoverwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this conversation:
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* AssholeVictim: A couple of these are featured including [[spoiler: Millington, a murderous and ruthless military commander who was willing to commit genocide and betray his then-allies (the Soviets) to win a war]] and [[spoiler: Miss Hardaker, an overbearing religious zealot who consistently nagged Phyllis and Jean up until their transformation]].
** Subverted with [[spoiler: Nurse Crane, whom Judson (possessed by Fenric) promptly kills for treating her former patient like a child. Even if it's "what Judson would've wanted" (in Fenric's words) it still comes across as a DisproportionateRetribution.]]
** Subverted with [[spoiler: Nurse Crane, whom Judson (possessed by Fenric) promptly kills for treating her former patient like a child. Even if it's "what Judson would've wanted" (in Fenric's words) it still comes across as a DisproportionateRetribution.]]
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** Subverted with [[spoiler: Nurse Crane, whom Judson (possessed by Fenric) promptly kills for treating her former patient like a child. Even if it's "what Judson would've wanted" (in Fenric's words) it still comes across as a DisproportionateRetribution.]]
** Subverted with [[spoiler: Nurse Crane, whom Judson (possessed by Fenric) promptly kills for treating her former patient like a child. Even if it's "what Judson would've wanted" (in Fenric's words) it still comes across as a DisproportionateRetribution.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Miss Hardwicke was based on Miss Tillings from Creator/DennisPotter's ''Stand Up, Nigel Barton''. Both roles were played by Janet Henfrey.
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** The Soviet names were drawn from the works of Creator/AntonChekhov: Sorin is the owner of the estate which serves as the setting of 1896's ''Theatre/TheSeagull'', Prozorov is the name of the family central to 1901's ''Theatre/TheThreeSisters'' (in which Vershinin is a soldier), and 1904's ''Theatre/TheCherryOrchard'' deals with the heirs of the Gayev family.
** The origin of Ingiger, the Ancient Haemovore, on a dying future Earth was inspired by the main character in ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'', who comes from a world ravaged by drought.
** The coastal setting was inspired by ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
** The origin of Ingiger, the Ancient Haemovore, on a dying future Earth was inspired by the main character in ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'', who comes from a world ravaged by drought.
** The coastal setting was inspired by ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
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*** Millington and Judson's past and the incident where Judson was crippled. There are hints that Judson's accident that crippled him involved Millington in some shape or fashion, but it's never expanded upon except for Judson usage of it to guilt Millington to continue with their scheme that they are working on.
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* BuffySpeak: Ace refers to Judson's logic diagram as "the flip-flop thingy." The cantankerous Dr. Judson is impressed enough that she knows what it ''is.''
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* HolyBurnsEvil: Haemovores can be repelled by faith itself. Reverend Wainwright sadly fails to repel one using a bible, as the horrors of the war have destroyed his faith. Sorin repels them with a red star badge from his uniform, because he has faith in communism. And the Doctor can repel them stronger than anyone, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments because he puts his faith in his friends]].
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* RedScare: Subverted; the plot involves a Soviet commando troop infiltrating a British naval base to try and steal a code-breaking device, but the British commander turns out to be a lunatic who allies himself with the BigBad, and the Soviet soldiers end up becoming the Doctor's allies.
