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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: All of humanity ''and'' the Doctor. Bill is the only exception.
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* CassandraTruth: Bill knows everyone who's BrainwashedAndCrazy is in danger...but ''because'' they're brainwashed and crazy, they can't believe her.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: {{Brainwashed}}: All of humanity ''and'' the Doctor. Bill is the only exception.
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** Missy, the Doctor's ArchEnemy long imprisoned in the Vault, appears onscreen in this episode -- what does she have to do with any of this?
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** How can Bill free the Doctor and humanity from the Monks' control?
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** "Villains" who aren't evil: The Doctor and everyone else who's BrainwashedAndCrazy.
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* NearVillainVictory: The Monks have conquered Earth. Even the Twelfth Doctor is a helpless, unknowing BrainwashedAndCrazy slave to them. Bill faces a SadisticChoice that looks doomed to result in either the Monks' total victory, or their defeat at the cost of the Doctor's current life...
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* NearVillainVictory: The Monks have conquered Earth. Even the Twelfth Doctor is a helpless, unknowing BrainwashedAndCrazy {{Brainwashed}} slave to them. Bill faces a SadisticChoice that looks doomed to result in either the Monks' total victory, or their defeat at the cost of the Doctor's current life...
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* ApologeticAttacker: The quoted preview dialogue for this episode from Steven Moffat's ''Radio Times'' guide reveals that someone -- the Doctor? -- tells Bill "I'm sorry, Bill, I really wanted to make you see!" as they prepare to do something terrible to her.
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* TonightSomeoneDies: Variation: This is the episode featuring the clip of the Twelfth Doctor beginning to ''regenerate'' that served as the climax of the first standalone Series 10 trailer, as sussed out by the ''Radio Times''. However, with other promotional materials revealing that Twelve sticks around through the SeasonFinale at least, it cannot be a full regeneration...so what is it?
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* AlienInvasion: The Monks/Prophets of Truth have managed to invade and enslave the Earth at last by tricking humanity into asking to be ruled; an example of Infiltration.
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* NearVillainVictory: The Monks have conquered Earth by deluding humanity. Earth. Even the Twelfth Doctor is a helpless, unknowing BrainwashedAndCrazy slave to them. Bill faces a SadisticChoice that looks doomed to result in either the Monks' total victory, or their defeat at the cost of the Doctor's current life...
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* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the ultimate hero of this episode and the second hero of this three-parter as a whole. (The first is the ill-fated Doctor of the Prophets of Truth's simulation in "Extremis", who alerts the ''real'' Doctor to the impending invasion of Earth before his destruction.)
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* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the ultimate hero protagonist of this episode and the second hero of this three-parter as a whole.three-parter. (The first is the ill-fated Doctor of the Prophets of Truth's simulation in "Extremis", who alerts the ''real'' Doctor to the impending invasion of Earth before his destruction.)
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* VillainWorld: Earth has been turned into this.
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* NearVillainVictory: The Monks have conquered Earth and enslaved humanity with delusion.by deluding humanity. Even the Twelfth Doctor is a helpless, unknowing slave to them. Bill faces a SadisticChoice that looks doomed to result in either the Monks' total victory, or their defeat at the cost of the Doctor's current life...
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* TheXOfY: "'''The''' Lie '''of''' the Land".
Land". (The next two, apparently unrelated, episodes also have this naming convention: "The Empress of Mars" and "The Eaters of Light".)
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* NearVillainVictory: The Monks have conquered Earth and enslaved humanity with delusion. Even the Twelfth Doctor is a helpless, unknowing slave to them, setting up a SadisticChoice for Bill that looks doomed to result in either their total victory or defeat -- but at the cost of the Doctor's current life. But there are four more episodes in the season with Twelve, so...
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* NearVillainVictory: The Monks have conquered Earth and enslaved humanity with delusion. Even the Twelfth Doctor is a helpless, unknowing slave to them, setting up them. Bill faces a SadisticChoice for Bill that looks doomed to result in either the Monks' total victory, or their total victory or defeat -- but at the cost of the Doctor's current life. But there are four more episodes in the season with Twelve, so...life...
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* NearVillainVictory: The Monks have conquered Earth and enslaved humanity with delusion. Even the Twelfth Doctor is a helpless, unknowing slave to them, setting up a SadisticChoice for Bill that looks doomed to result in either their total victory or defeat -- but at the cost of the Doctor's current life. But there are four more episodes in the season with Twelve, so...
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* DrivingQuestion: Two: Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor, a Time Lord with a ''much'' more powerful and complex brain, under its sway? How can she free him and humanity from its control?
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* DrivingQuestion: Two: Several:
** Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor, a Time Lord with a ''much'' more powerful and complex brain, under itssway? sway?
** How canshe Bill free him the Doctor and humanity from its control?the Monks' control?
** Missy, the Doctor's ArchEnemy long imprisoned in the Vault, appears onscreen in this episode -- what does she have to do with any of this?
** Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor, a Time Lord with a ''much'' more powerful and complex brain, under its
** How can
** Missy, the Doctor's ArchEnemy long imprisoned in the Vault, appears onscreen in this episode -- what does she have to do with any of this?
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* SadisticChoice: Bill is faced with this if she can't break the Doctor's brainwashing. Will she kill him and live out her life with the guilt of slaying an innocent man and dear friend, all for the greater good? Or will she let him live and risk her own death and the destruction of humanity? If the roles were reversed, the Doctor would choose the latter...so has she truly learned from her experiences with him?
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* SadisticChoice: Bill is faced with this if she can't break the Doctor's brainwashing. Will she kill him and live out her life with the guilt of slaying an innocent man and dear friend, all for the greater good? Or will she let him live and risk her own death and the destruction of humanity? If the roles were reversed, the Doctor would choose the latter... so has she truly learned from her experiences with him?
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* AlienInvasion: The Monks/Prophets of Truth have managed to invade and enslave the Earth at last; an example of Infiltration.
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* SadisticChoice: Bill is faced with this if she can't break the Doctor's brainwashing. Will she kill him and live out her life with the guilt of slaying an innocent man and dear friend, all for the greater good? Or will she let him live and risk her own death and the destruction of humanity? If the roles were reversed, the Doctor would choose the latter...so has she truly learned from her experiences with him?
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor, but that would leave the show without a protagonist so either 1) she won't go through with it or 2) she will but he'll recover from his wounds.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor, but that would leave the show without a protagonist so either 1) she won't go through protagonist. Combine this with it or 2) she will but he'll recover from his wounds.the increasing probability that this is the story with the "regeneration" teased in the Series 10 trailers...
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** Imprisonment/Release: Bill has to find a way to free humanity and the Doctor froma the mass delusion.
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The conclusion of the three-part Prophets of Truth storyline that began with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]]. Written by Toby Whithouse.
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The conclusion of the three-part Prophets of Truth "Monks" storyline that began with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]]. Written by Toby Whithouse.
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** Truth: The so-called Prophets of Truth have humanity and the Doctor horribly deceived thanks to their powers, and Bill must convince him to see the ''real'' truth.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor, but that would leave the show without a protagonist so either 1) she won't go through with it or 2) she will but he'll recover from his wounds.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor, but that would leave the show without a protagonist so either 1) she won't go through with it or 2) she will but he'll recover from his wounds.
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* PlotArmor: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor, but that would leave the show without a protagonist so either 1) she won't go through with it or 2) she will but he'll recover from his wounds.
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* PlotArmor: LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor, but that would leave the show without a protagonist so either 1) she won't go through with it or 2) she will but he'll recover from his wounds.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the hero of this episode (and ultimate hero of this three-parter).
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* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the hero of this episode (and ultimate hero of this three-parter).episode and the second hero of this three-parter as a whole. (The first is the ill-fated Doctor of the Prophets of Truth's simulation in "Extremis", who alerts the ''real'' Doctor to the impending invasion of Earth before his destruction.)
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* AlienInvasion: The Prophets of Truth have managed to invade and enslave the Earth at last.last; an example of Infiltration.
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* DrivingQuestion: Two: Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor under its sway, and how can she free him and humanity from its control?
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* DrivingQuestion: Two: Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor Doctor, a Time Lord with a ''much'' more powerful and complex brain, under its sway, and how sway? How can she free him and humanity from its control?
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* TemporaryBlindness: As in the previous two episodes, the Doctor is literally blind (due to the events of "Oxygen"), but now he's figuratively blind as well thanks to the delusion.
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* TemporaryBlindness: As in the previous two episodes, the Doctor is literally blind (due to the events of "Oxygen"), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]]), but now he's figuratively blind as well thanks to the delusion.
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* DrivingQuestion: Two: Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor under its sway, and how can she free him and humanity from its control?
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: "The lie of the land" is a phrase referring to both actual physical geography and the current state of a society. In this case it can also be taken in a very literal sense as referring to the mass delusion affecting everyone but Bill.
* DrivingQuestion: Two: Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor under its sway, and how can she free him and humanity from itscontrol? control?
* ImmuneToMindControl: Bill is unaffected by the mass delusion that holds everyone else on the planet in its grip, although ''why'' has yet to be explained.
* MassHypnosis: The delusion that affects everyone on Earth, except Bill.
* DrivingQuestion: Two: Why is Bill Potts, an ordinary human, the only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor under its sway, and how can she free him and humanity from its
* ImmuneToMindControl: Bill is unaffected by the mass delusion that holds everyone else on the planet in its grip, although ''why'' has yet to be explained.
* MassHypnosis: The delusion that affects everyone on Earth, except Bill.
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The conclusion of the three-part Prophets of Truth storyline that began with "Extremis". Written by Toby Whithouse.
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The conclusion of the three-part Prophets of Truth storyline that began with "Extremis".[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]]. Written by Toby Whithouse.
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The conclusion of the three-part Prophets of Truth storyline that began with "Extremis" is written "Extremis". Written by Toby Whithouse.
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* TheXOfY: "'''The''' Lie '''of''' the Land".Land".
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* PlotArmor: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor...but that would leave the show without a protagonist, so...
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* PlotArmor: Bill is faced with the prospect of killing the BrainwashedAndCrazy Doctor...Doctor, but that would leave the show without a protagonist, so...protagonist so either 1) she won't go through with it or 2) she will but he'll recover from his wounds.
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* CassandraTruth: Bill knows everyone who's BrainwashedAndCrazy is in danger...but ''because'' they're brainwashed and crazy, they can't believe her.
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* TemporaryBlindness: As in the previous two episodes, the Doctor is literally blind (due to the events of "Oxygen"), but now he's figuratively blind as well thanks to the delusion.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the hero of this episode (and ultimate hero of this three-part storyline).
* ForegoneConclusion: No, Bill Potts is '''not''' going to kill the Doctor.
* ForegoneConclusion: No, Bill Potts is '''not''' going to kill the Doctor.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the hero of this episode (and ultimate hero of this three-part storyline).
three-parter).
*ForegoneConclusion: No, DrivingQuestion: Two: Why is Bill Potts is '''not''' going to kill Potts, an ordinary human, the Doctor.only person ''not'' affected by a delusion strong enough to hold the Doctor under its sway, and how can she free him and humanity from its control?
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** "Villains" who aren't evil: The Doctor and everyone else who's BrainwashedAndCrazy.
** Imprisonment/Release: Bill has to find a way to free humanity and the Doctor from a mass delusion.
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** "Villains" who aren't evil: The Doctor and everyone else who's BrainwashedAndCrazy.
** Imprisonment/Release: Bill has to find a way to free humanity and the Doctor from a mass delusion.
* TheXOfY: "'''The''' Lie '''of''' the Land".
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The conclusion of the three-part Prophets of Truth storyline that began with "Extremis" is written by Toby Whithouse.
The official synopsis from the BBC:
''The world is gripped by a mass delusion and only Bill Potts can see the truth. When even the Doctor is fighting on the wrong side, it’s up to Bill to convince the Time Lord that humanity is in deadly danger. And if she can’t do that, she may just have to kill her best friend...''
!!This episode contains examples of:
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: All of humanity bar Bill Potts ''and'' the Doctor himself.
* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the hero of this episode (and ultimate hero of this three-part storyline).
* ForegoneConclusion: No, Bill Potts is '''not''' going to kill the series protagonist, so how can she save herself and the day?
The official synopsis from the BBC:
''The world is gripped by a mass delusion and only Bill Potts can see the truth. When even the Doctor is fighting on the wrong side, it’s up to Bill to convince the Time Lord that humanity is in deadly danger. And if she can’t do that, she may just have to kill her best friend...''
!!This episode contains examples of:
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: All of humanity bar Bill Potts ''and'' the Doctor himself.
* ADayInTheLimelight: With the Doctor under control of the villains, Bill Potts is the hero of this episode (and ultimate hero of this three-part storyline).
* ForegoneConclusion: No, Bill Potts is '''not''' going to kill the series protagonist, so how can she save herself and the day?
