History Recap / DoctorWhoS36E7ThePyramidAtTheEndOfTheWorld

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
-->'''The Doctor:''' What do you depend on?\\
'''Nardole:''' Air, food, water, beer.

Written by Peter Harness & Creator/StevenMoffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim, this is the second part of the "Monks Trilogy" that began in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis Extremis]]" and would be concluded in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E8TheLieOfTheLand The Lie of the Land]]".

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: All clocks and watches, whether analog or digital, are set to the DoomsdayClock.

** [[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio Nardole used one of his coat buttons to communicate with the Doctor when the former was infilatrating Harmony Shoal]]. Now, he's using the same method to be the Doctor's eyes and ears, as the Doctor himself is blind.

* TakeThat: "I don't know the president. How would I know the president? I wouldn't have even voted for him. He's... orange."

* ForWantOfANail:
** The deadly bacteria are created because Erica, one of the scientists at the biofuel lab, had her reading glasses accidentally broken on her way to work, and the other scientist, Douglas, was hungover, causing him to misplace a decimal sign. The hangover also leads to Douglas' death, leaving Erica alone until the Doctor shows up -- because he feels sick and doesn't want to throw up inside his protective helmet, he takes it off.
** If the Doctor had told others the truth about his blindness, he wouldn't have ended up trapped in the lab and doomed to die, leading Bill to give up humanity to the Monks to save him. (And he wouldn't have been blind if he hadn't decided to go to ''Chasm Forge'' over Bill and Nardole's protests, which led to his HeroicSacrifice to save Bill...)

Written by Peter Harness & Creator/StevenMoffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim, this is the second part of the "Monks Trilogy" that began in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis Extremis]]".

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JustForFun/{{The one w|ith}}here ''Doctor Who'', [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull the fourth]] ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film, and ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'' have a hot nasty threeway.

The one where ''Doctor Who'', [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull the fourth]] ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film, and ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'' have a hot nasty threeway.

* LongTitle: Eight words, making it the longest ''Doctor Who'' title by word count, beating the [[Recap/DoctorWho2011CSTheDoctorTheWidowAndTheWardrobe previous]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E10JourneyToTheCentreOfTheTARDIS record]] of seven words.

* {{Qurac}}: The impending war -- and the pyramid -- are in Turmezistan, the fictitious Central Asian country that previously appeared in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion The Zygon Invasion]]".

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Tony Gardner (Louis) becomes the third and final of Creator/PeterCapaldi's ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' co-stars to appear in his tenure, though he doesn't meet the Doctor.

** The UN Secretary-General and the trio of colonels fill roles usually filled by Kate Stewart and UNIT; originally this ''was'' a UNIT story, but Jemma Redgrave wasn't available.

** The UN Secretary-General and the trio of colonels fill roles usually filled by Kate Stewart and UNIT; originally this ''was'' a UNIT story, but Kate's actress wasn't available.

* TemporarySubstitute: Kate Stewart and UNIT don't appear in this episode, even though theoretically they would be better equipped to handle the threat of the Monks than Earth's conventional military forces. They had to be written out because Jemma Redgrave was unable to take part due to a scheduling conflict with her role in ''Series/HolbyCity''.

* AbsenteeActor: Kate Stewart and UNIT don't appear in this episode, even though theoretically they would be better equipped to handle the threat of the Monks than Earth's conventional military forces. They had to be written out because Jemma Redgrave was unable to take part due to a scheduling conflict with her role in ''Series/HolbyCity''.