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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The Doctor use this argument when she learns Graham is planning to kill the Stenza.

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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The Doctor use uses this argument when she learns Graham is planning to kill the Stenza.

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* HostageForMacguffin: Tim Shaw murders one of Patralki's crew, then tells him he has until lightfall to deliver the MacGuffin if he wants the other two alive and in one piece.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Doctor straps a pair of grenades to the MacGuffin, intending it as a precaution if Tim Shaw tries anything. When she finds out the MacGuffin is a planet, shrunk to a fraction of its size and kept in crystal as one of Tim Shaw's trophies, she's clearly horrified by how close she came to committing planetary genocide.



* TechnicalPacifist: The Doctor has decided that she's OK with the use of weapons if they're used to destroy things that can be rebuilt.

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* TechnicalPacifist: TechnicalPacifist:
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The Doctor has decided Doctor's policy on weapons for this episode is that she's OK with the use of weapons if them as long as they're used to destroy things that can be rebuilt.rebuilt.
** Even though he decides against killing Tim Shaw outright, Graham still puts a shot into his foot for good measure.
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* {{Revenge}}: A major motivator for Tim Shaw, who plans a co-ordinated weapon attack against every planet that has ever wronged or defied the Stenza, starting with Earth. Also for Graham, who is initially intending to kill Tim Shaw for his part in killing Grace earlier in the season.

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* {{Revenge}}: A major motivator for Tim Shaw, who plans a co-ordinated weapon attack against every planet that has ever wronged or defied the Stenza, starting with Earth. Also for Graham, who is initially intending to kill Tim Shaw for his part in killing Grace Grace's death earlier in the season.

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* DeadlyDodging: When Graham and Ryan find themselves pinned between two groups of sniperbots, they lie on the floor and let the robots shoot each other.



* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Ranskoor Av Kolos translates to "Disintegrator of Souls"

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* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Ranskoor Av Kolos translates to "Disintegrator of Souls"Souls".
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* Really700YearsOld: The Ux are stated to be almost immortal, and the same pair have been alive for the 3407 years between Tim Shaw teleporting onto their world and the Doctor receiving multiple {{Distress Call}}s at the start of the episode.

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* NotQuiteDead: It turns out that Tim Shaw survived his previous encounter with the Doctor, though only barely.



* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Tim Shaw uses the Ux's abilities to power a weapon strong enough to destroy planets.



* TranquilFury: Graham is eerily calm about seeing the Stenza again, and about wanting to kill who he believes is Tzim-Sha.

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* TranquilFury: Graham is eerily calm about seeing the Stenza again, and about wanting to kill who he believes is Tzim-Sha.Tim Shaw.
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* CallBack: When talking about the capabilities of the TARDIS, the Doctor mentions that she [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd once pulled the Earth halfway across the universe]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown turned a Slitheen into an egg]].

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* NoodleIncident: The Doctor isn't sure, but she might have half-invented wellies.



* ShoutOut: Graham quips [[Film/DieHard "Yippie Ki Yay, sniperbots!"]] when he detonates a bomb.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Ux are almost this. according to the Doctor, there have only ever been two of them.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Tim Shaw ends up frozen in one of the stasis pods he used to hold his trophies. Graham uses the trope name as he leaves him in the pod.



* NoodleIncident: The Doctor isn't sure, but she might have half-invented wellies.
* ShoutOut: Graham quips [[Film/DieHard "Yippie Ki Yay, sniperbots!"]] when he detonates a bomb.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Ux are almost this. according to the Doctor, there have only ever been two of them.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Tim Shaw ends up frozen in one of the stasis pods he used to hold his trophies. Graham uses the trope name as he leaves him in the pod.
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* FingerInTheMail: Threatened by the Tim Shaw; if Patralki doesn't cooperate, his crew will be teleported onto his ship, piece by piece.

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* FingerInTheMail: Threatened by the Tim Shaw; if Patralki doesn't cooperate, his crew will be teleported onto his ship, piece by piece.
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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Ux. according to the Doctor, there have only ever been two of them.

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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Ux.Ux are almost this. according to the Doctor, there have only ever been two of them.
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This episode will air December 9, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. Guest-starring Creator/MarkAddy and Phyllis Logan.

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This episode will air first aired on December 9, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. Guest-starring Creator/MarkAddy and Phyllis Logan.



* FingerInTheMail: Threatened by the Stenza Leader; if Patralki doesn't cooperate, his crew will be teleported onto his ship, piece by piece.

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* FingerInTheMail: Threatened by the Stenza Leader; Tim Shaw; if Patralki doesn't cooperate, his crew will be teleported onto his ship, piece by piece.
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* {{Revenge}}: A major motivator for Tim Shaw, who plans a co-ordinated weapon attack against every planet that has ever wronged or defied the Stenza, starting with Earth. Also for Graham, who is initially intending to kill Tim Shaw for his part in killing Grace earlier in the season.
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* ShoutOut: Graham quips [[Film/DieHard "Yippie Ki Yay, sniperbots!"]] when he detonates a bomb.
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* CruelMercy: Tim Shaw lives through the episode but is trapped in one of his own stasis pods and, according to the Ux, the shrine is sealed so that no-one will ever be able to free him.


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* NotWorthKilling: Graham and Ryan both decide against killing Tim Shaw.
* RealityBreakingParadox: The presence of 4 planets, shrunk by Tim Shaw's technology into trophies and kept in close proximity to each other, threatens the stability of the universe.


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* RubberForeheadAliens: The Ux are indistinguishable from humans apart from markings on their cheeks.


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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Tim Shaw ends up frozen in one of the stasis pods he used to hold his trophies. Graham uses the trope name as he leaves him in the pod.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Patralki, saving Ryan Graham and his crew from the sniperbots.


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* RealityWarper: The Ux have the power to affect the shape of the universe through thought.
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* AGodAmI: Tim Shaw has been suffering delusions of God-dom as a result of the Ux worshipping him.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Tim Shaw, as a result of the DNA bombs the Doctor tried to kill him with the last time he appeared.


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* TechnicalPacifist: The Doctor has decided that she's OK with the use of weapons if they're used to destroy things that can be rebuilt.
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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Ux. according to the Doctor, there have only ever been two of them.
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* FingerInTheMail: The Stenza Leader threatens to teleport Patralki's crew onto his ship, piece by piece, if he doesn't cooperate.

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* FingerInTheMail: The Threatened by the Stenza Leader threatens to teleport Patralki's Leader; if Patralki doesn't cooperate, his crew will be teleported onto his ship, piece by piece, if he doesn't cooperate.piece.
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* FingerInTheMail: The Stenza Leader threatens to teleport Patralki's crew onto his ship, piece by piece, if he doesn't cooperate.
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Ranskoor Av Kolos translates to "Disintegrator of Souls"
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The Doctor use this argument when she learns Graham is planning to kill the Stenza.


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* NoodleIncident: The Doctor isn't sure, but she might have half-invented wellies.
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* TranquilFury: Graham is eerily calm about seeing the Stenza again, and about wanting to kill who he believes is Tzim-Sha.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: It's not yet clear what the "deadly reckoning" will be, but if the [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/theres-no-doctor-who-christmas-special-this-year-its-a-1830439545 synopsis]] for the New Year's special is any indication, all of the companions will be fine. Unless it's a {{subversion}}, [[NeverTrustATrailer of course]].

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: It's not yet clear what the "deadly reckoning" will be, but if the [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/theres-no-doctor-who-christmas-special-this-year-its-a-1830439545 synopsis]] for the New Year's special is any indication, all of the companions will be fine. Unless it's a {{subversion}}, [[NeverTrustATrailer of course]].%% Basically, if the episode hints or otherwise teases the possibility that one of the companions will die, only for them to survive at the end, this trope stays. If one of the companions really does bite it, we take this trope off and put NeverTrustATrailer on the recap for the New Year's special, capische?
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: It's not yet clear what the "deadly reckoning" will be, but if the [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/theres-no-doctor-who-christmas-special-this-year-its-a-1830439545 synopsis]] for the New Year's special is any indication, all of the companions will be fine. Unless it's a {{subversion}}, [[NeverTrustATrailer of course]].
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''On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, lies the remains of a brutal battlefield. But as the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan answer nine separate distress calls, they discover the planet holds far more secrets. Who is the mysterious commander with no memory? What lies beyond the mists? Who or what are the Ux?\\\
The answers will lead the Doctor and her friends towards a deadly reckoning.''

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''On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, lies the remains of a brutal battlefield. But as the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan answer nine separate distress calls, they discover the planet holds far more secrets. Who is the mysterious commander with no memory? What lies beyond the mists? Who or what are the Ux?\\\
The
Ux?''

''The
answers will lead the Doctor and her friends towards a deadly reckoning.''
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* DistressCall: The Doctor and company come to Ranskoor Av Kolos because they pick up nine separate distress calls from the planet.
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This episode will air December 9, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.

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This episode will air December 9, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. Guest-starring Creator/MarkAddy and Phyllis Logan.
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''On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, lies the remains of a brutal battlefield. But as the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan answer nine separate distress calls, they discover the planet holds far more secrets. Who is the mysterious commander with no memory? What lies beyond the mists? Who or what are the Ux?

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''On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, lies the remains of a brutal battlefield. But as the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan answer nine separate distress calls, they discover the planet holds far more secrets. Who is the mysterious commander with no memory? What lies beyond the mists? Who or what are the Ux?
Ux?\\\

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* TheXOfY: "The Battle '''of''' Ranskoor Av Kolos"

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!!Tropes
This episode will air December 9, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.
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''On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, lies the remains of a brutal battlefield. But as the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan answer nine separate distress calls, they discover the planet holds far more secrets. Who is the mysterious commander with no memory? What lies beyond the mists? Who or what are the Ux?

The answers will lead the Doctor and her friends towards a deadly reckoning.''

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!!Tropes:

* TheXOfY: "The Battle '''of''' Ranskoor Av Kolos"Kolos".

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* TheXOfY: "The Battle '''of''' Ranskoor Av Kolos"

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