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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], has no means of curing it, and he's determined to keep it a secret -- even from Bill, possibly to spare her the guilt of knowing she's effectively, though unintentionally, the reason he's this way.

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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], has no means of curing it, and he's determined to keep it a secret -- even from Bill, possibly to spare her the guilt (since he lost his sight by way of knowing she's effectively, though unintentionally, saving her life).
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Written by Creator/StevenMoffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim, this is the start of a three-part adventure continued in "The Pyramid at the End of the World" and "The Lie of the Land".

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Written by Creator/StevenMoffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim, this is the start of a three-part adventure continued in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E7ThePyramidAtTheEndOfTheWorld "The Pyramid at the End of the World" World"]] and "The Lie of the Land".
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Written by Creator/StevenMoffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim.

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Written by Creator/StevenMoffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim.
Nettheim, this is the start of a three-part adventure continued in "The Pyramid at the End of the World" and "The Lie of the Land".
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* TheBusCameBack: The trailer reveals that Missy returns at some point in the episode, making her first appearance since "The Witch's Familiar" way back at the top of Series 9.
* CallBack: River Song's diary apparently is important to this story, as it appears in the trailer...

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* TheBusCameBack: The trailer reveals that Missy returns at some point in the episode, making her first appearance since [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar "The Witch's Familiar" Familiar"]] way back at the top of Series 9.
* CallBack: River Song's diary is apparently is important to this story, as it appears in the trailer...



* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Bill's attempt at a normal date is interrupted by ''the Pope.''

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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Bill's attempt at a normal date is interrupted by ''the Pope.''Pope''.


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** Can the Doctor ''survive'' reading The Veritas when no one else has?

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** Can How will the Doctor ''survive'' reading The Veritas when no one else has?
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* ContinuityNod: River Song's diary appears.

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* ContinuityNod: CallBack: River Song's diary appears.apparently is important to this story, as it appears in the trailer...
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** Can the Doctor keep his blindness hidden -- especially from Bill -- when he needs help to function? What will happen if others find out? And why isn't it curable given that the Doctor has access to all of time and space to seek help?

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** Can the Doctor keep his blindness hidden -- especially from Bill -- when he needs help to function? What will happen if others find out? And why isn't it curable given that the Doctor has access to all of time and space to seek help?out?


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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: So the Doctor has a TARDIS that can take him anywhere in time and space, and he ''hasn't'' found a cure for his blindness when his own tech failed to help in the previous story?

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* TheBusCameBack: The trailer reveals that Missy returns at some point in the episode.

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* TheBusCameBack: The trailer reveals that Missy returns at some point in the episode.episode, making her first appearance since "The Witch's Familiar" way back at the top of Series 9.
* DrivenToSuicide: The fate of all readers of The Veritas.
* DrivingQuestion: Many interconnected ones, some specific to this episode and others to the larger StoryArc of Series 10:
** What does The Veritas reveal that drives all of its readers to suicide?
** Who has it made it available to the public, how did they manage it, and why?
** How will the Doctor be able to help -- in particular, to read the Veritas -- if he's blind?
** Can the Doctor ''survive'' reading The Veritas when no one else has?
** Can the Doctor keep his blindness hidden -- especially from Bill -- when he needs help to function? What will happen if others find out? And why isn't it curable given that the Doctor has access to all of time and space to seek help?
** Who is the prisoner in the Vault, why are they trapped there, why is the Doctor their guard, and who did he make the promise to guard it to?
** Where has Missy been all this time, given that she was last seen in the crumbling Dalek city on Skaro?
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Those who read The Veritas and learn its "truths" end up DrivenToSuicide.



* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the ''Doctor Who'' mythos; stolen books from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the plot of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play ''All-Consuming Fire'', starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes.

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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the ''Doctor Who'' mythos; stolen books from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the plot of the New Virgin New Adventures novel and later Big Finish audio play ''All-Consuming Fire'', starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes.



* SunglassesAtNight: Bill at one point asks the Doctor why he's wearing his sonic sunglasses indoors, to which he claims he just feels like it. The audience, of course, knows what he's not telling her . . .
* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], and he's determined to keep it a secret -- even from Bill . . .

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* SunglassesAtNight: Bill at one point asks the Doctor why he's wearing his sonic sunglasses indoors, to which he claims he just feels like it. The audience, of course, knows what he's not telling her . . .
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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], has no means of curing it, and he's determined to keep it a secret -- even from Bill . . .
Bill, possibly to spare her the guilt of knowing she's effectively, though unintentionally, the reason he's this way.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Bill's attempt at a normal date is interrupted by ''the Pope.''
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* HidingTheHandicap: Nardole is the only one who knows the Doctor is still blind, and he'd like to keep it that way.
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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], and he's determined to keep it a secret -- even from Bill...

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* SunglassesAtNight: Bill at one point asks the Doctor why he's wearing his sonic sunglasses indoors, to which he claims he just feels like it. The audience, of course, knows what he's not telling her . . .
* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], and he's determined to keep it a secret -- even from Bill...
Bill . . .
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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the Doctor Who mythos; stolen books from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the plot of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play "All Consuming Fire", starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes.

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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' mythos; stolen books from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the plot of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play "All Consuming Fire", ''All-Consuming Fire'', starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes.
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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the Doctor Who mythos; stolen books from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the part of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play "All Consuming Fire", starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes.

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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the Doctor Who mythos; stolen books from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the part plot of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play "All Consuming Fire", starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes.
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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the Doctor Who mythos; stolen book from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the part of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes, "All Consuming Fire".

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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the Doctor Who mythos; stolen book books from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the part of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play "All Consuming Fire", starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes, "All Consuming Fire".Holmes.
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* MythologyGag: The Vatican maintaining a library of "forbidden knowledge" is nothing new to the Doctor Who mythos; stolen book from the Library of St. John the Beheaded is what drives the part of the New Virgin novel and later Big Finish play starring the Seventh Doctor ''and'' Sherlock Holmes, "All Consuming Fire".
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* TheBusCameBack: The trailer reveals that Missy returns at some point in the episode.
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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of "Oxygen", and he's determined to keep it a secret - even from Bill...

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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor is still blind following the events of "Oxygen", [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], and he's determined to keep it a secret - -- even from Bill...
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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor, and he's determined to keep it a secret - even from Bill...

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* TemporaryBlindness: The Doctor, Doctor is still blind following the events of "Oxygen", and he's determined to keep it a secret - even from Bill...
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* TheReveal: According to Steven Moffat, [[http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-10-vault-mystery-will-be-revealed-soon-or-youd-go-mad-84511.htm the thing that is in the vault will be revealed.]] Then again, this ''is'' [[LyingCreator Steven Moffat]]...

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* TheReveal: According to Steven Moffat, [[http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-10-vault-mystery-will-be-revealed-soon-or-youd-go-mad-84511.htm the thing that is that's in the vault Vault will be revealed.]] Then again, this ''is'' [[LyingCreator Steven Moffat]]...
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* TheReveal: According to Steven Moffat, [[http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-10-vault-mystery-will-be-revealed-soon-or-youd-go-mad-84511.htm the thing that is in the vault will be revealed.]] Then again, this ''is'' [[LyingCreator Steven Moffat]]...
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''In the Haereticum -– the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy –- there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas. Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life. Now a new translation is online, and the danger is spreading. The Vatican appeals to the Doctor. Will he read The Veritas? But can even the Doctor survive the ultimate truth?''

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''In the Haereticum -– -- the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy –- -- there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas. Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life. Now a new translation is online, and the danger is spreading. The Vatican appeals to the Doctor. Will he read The Veritas? But can even the Doctor survive the ultimate truth?''
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The official story synopsis for "Extremis" from the [=BBC=]

''In the Haereticum – the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy – there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas. Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life. Now a new translation is online, and the danger is spreading. The Vatican appeals to the Doctor. Will he read The Veritas? But can even the Doctor survive the ultimate truth?''

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The official story synopsis for "Extremis" from the [=BBC=]

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''In the Haereticum -– the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy –- there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas. Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life. Now a new translation is online, and the danger is spreading. The Vatican appeals to the Doctor. Will he read The Veritas? But can even the Doctor survive the ultimate truth?''
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The official story synopsis for Extremis from the [=BBC=]

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The official story synopsis for Extremis "Extremis" from the [=BBC=]
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Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim.

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The official story synopsis for Extremis from the [=BBC=]

''In the Haereticum – the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy – there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas. Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life. Now a new translation is online, and the danger is spreading. The Vatican appeals to the Doctor. Will he read The Veritas? But can even the Doctor survive the ultimate truth?''

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