History Recap / DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut

-->'''The Doctor:''' These are my top operatives, [[ShesGotLegs the Legs]] (''[[MsFanservice Amy]]'') , the Nose (''[[ButtMonkey Rory]]'') and MrsRobinson (''River'').

** When talking to the Secret Service, the Doctor refers to Mr. Delaware as "Canton 3". This is the same shorthand that was used in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow The Beast Below]]" to refer to the Kings and Queens of England ([[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Liz 2]], Henry 12, Liz 10).

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Genderflipped to All Boys Want Bad Girls when River tells the Doctor to trust her.

* TooDumbToFool: A variation. When held at gunpoint by a bunch of the President's men, the Doctor attempts to use the fact that he's just obviously played havoc with the laws of space in time right in front of them to intimidate them into thinking that this is a situation where guns would be useless. Unfortunately for him, as River points out, [[{{Eagleland}} he's dealing with with people who generally don't think any such situations exist]].

* TooDumbToFool: A variation. When held at gunpoint by a bunch of the President's men, the Doctor attempts to use the fact that he's just obviously played havoc with the laws of space in time right in front of them to intimidate them into thinking that this is a situation where guns would be useless. Unfortunately for him, as River points out, [[Eagleland he's dealing with with people who generally don't think any such situations exist]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Canton Everett Delaware III (Creator/MarkSheppard).

* NiceHat: "I wear a Stetson now. Stetsons are cool."

* CoolHat: "I wear a Stetson now. [[MadLibsCatchPhrase Stetsons are cool.]]"

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys : Genderflipped to All Boys Want Bad Girls when River tells the Doctor to trust her.

* MenInBlack: The Silence are this, from the neck down. Above the neck- well, they're not men.

The Doctor is able to convince the President -- after some difficulties with the Secret Service -- that he is capable of solving the mystery. He will, however, need [[NoodleImplements A SWAT team ready to mobilize, street level maps covering all of Florida, a pot of coffee, 12 jammy dodgers and a fez]] He realises that the child's "name", Jefferson Adams Hamilton, was actually answering the President's question "Where are you?". It's a little girl, and she's is at an intersection of streets each named after these of the founding fathers. (Two of whom, the Doctor remarks, [[HoYay fancied him]], but considering the fact that "[[TruthTwister The Doctor lies...]]")

The Doctor is able to convince the President -- after some difficulties with the Secret Service -- that he is capable of solving the mystery. He realises that the child's "name", Jefferson Adams Hamilton, was actually answering the President's question "Where are you?". It's a little girl, and she's is at an intersection of streets each named after these of the founding fathers. (Two of whom, the Doctor remarks, [[HoYay fancied him]], but considering the fact that "[[TruthTwister The Doctor lies...]]")

* BadassBeard: As a retiree, Canton Everett Delaware III has a full beard while chilling his heels at Lake Silencio, which is a borderline eldritch location.

The message leads them all to Utah, where they meet up with the Doctor. Even more time has passed for him since Amy saw him last. He's nearly two hundred years older, and he talks merrily about the Moon landing in 1969, stating that they're going to see it now.

But first, the four have a friendly picnic on a present day lakeshore, and the Doctor explains that he's been running away from something for the last two centuries. And he's got to stop running now. The camaraderie is interrupted by the arrival of a number of enigmatic figures: a tall shadow witnessed by Amy, then just as quickly forgotten; an older man carrying a jerry can; and strangest of all, an astronaut rising from the lake. The Doctor warns the others to stay back, whatever happens, before walking forward to talk to the astronaut. After a brief conversation, which neither the other characters nor the audience hear, the astronaut shoots the Doctor.

Amy can't believe it. But at this point, the old man explains that it is indeed the Doctor, and that he is truly dead. The can he carries contains gasoline, to burn the Doctor's body; Rory suggests they give their friend a proper {{Viking funeral}} using a nearby boat. Afterwards, the old man introduces himself as Canton Everett Delaware III, adding that this is the last time he'll see them, but that they'll see him again. He explains his presence as being due to another mysterious envelope, his marked "4". After he leaves, River notices that they haven't seen anyone bearing an envelope with a "1" -- who does the Doctor trust most of all?

The answer, to their shock and disbelief, is the Doctor himself -- but a younger version, only slightly older than when he left Amy and Rory last series. And he's having a Coke at the diner where they all met up earlier that day. After getting past their initial reaction of shock and anger (and after River slaps him in the face), they're able to convince him to travel to 1969. Although hesitant, the Doctor is willing to blindly trust Amy (but not River) after making sure she isn't being compelled or threatened somehow.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** River Song says [[ScreamingWoman she can be quite a screamer]], [[DoubleEntendre followed by "there's a spoiler for you"]].
** Whatever the Doctor did with the Cavalier's wife that led her to paint him naked.

* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted. We see a regeneration sequence by the lakeside. According to River, the extra shots by the Astronaut halted the process, killing the Doctor.

* BrickJoke: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E8TheGunfighters The Gunfighters]]", the First Doctor proclaims, "If I ever say Stetsons are cool again, well, just shoot it off my head." Fifty years later, in what is probably the longest running brick joke ever, the Eleventh Doctor puts a stetson on, says "I wear a stetson now. Stetsons are cool!" and promptly has the aforementioned hat shot off his head by River.

* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: AvertedTrope. However, viewers asked why Amy, who thinks she is pregnant, is drinking wine during the picnic. Creator/StevenMoffat replied [[SelfDeprecation "She's Scottish"]].

* Identical Grandson: Inverted here. The actors playing the older and younger Canton are father and son.

* BelligerentSexualTension: River and the Doctor, natch!
-->'''The Doctor:''' These are my top operatives, [[ShesGotLegs the Legs]] (''[[MsFanservice Amy]]'') , the Nose (''[[ButtMonkey Rory]]'') and MrsRobinson (''[[ChristmasCake River]]'').

* VikingFuneral: For the Doctor on the lake, the companions burn a boat.

* WifeHusbandry: River says she first met the Doctor when she was pretty young and the Doctor knew everything about her at that point, which is beginning to worry her. Rory also seems troubled by the implications of this for Amy.