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* LandfillBeyondTheStars: At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor and company are wandering around a junkyard planet.

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* LandfillBeyondTheStars: At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor and company are wandering around a junkyard planet.planet, which is apparently in an entire junk ''galaxy''. Fortunately, such galaxies are rare.

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The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz are searching a LandfillBeyondTheStars for something with metal detectors, when Graham uncovers a sonic mine that's about to go off. Unfortunately, it can't be defused in time, and they all wake up in a hospital. Well, actually, it's a space ambulance run by the Tsuranga, which picked them up after being alerted to their medical emergency via remote drones. It's bringing the Doctor, her companions, and two other patients to a hospital called Rhesus 1. The Doctor initially attempts to turn the ship around so she can get back to the TARDIS, but after the chief medic, Astos, points out that she's being selfish, she realizes he's right and stops.

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The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz are searching a LandfillBeyondTheStars for something with metal detectors, when Graham uncovers a sonic mine that's about to go off. Unfortunately, it can't be defused in time, and they all wake up in a hospital. Well, actually, it's a space ambulance run by the Tsuranga, which picked them up after being alerted to their medical emergency via remote drones. It's bringing the Doctor, her companions, and two other patients to a hospital called Rhesus 1. The Doctor initially attempts to turn the ship around so she can get back to the TARDIS, but after the chief medic, Astos, points out that she's being selfish, she realizes he's right and stops.
stops. The ship is, however, having to take a new route on the edge of disputed territory to get to the hospital.


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* BizarreAlienBiology: The Doctor mentions that her "ecto-spleen" was injured by the sonic mine.
* CallBack: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight An automated vehicle is attacked by a dangerous alien entity after being steered by the autopilot onto a route that it's never taken before.]]
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* FamedInStory: General Cicero is a well-known war hero, and the Doctor mentions she's listed in the Book of the Exalted. Cicero has in turn heard of the Doctor, who has a whole ''volume'' in the book.

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* FamedInStory: General Cicero is a well-known war hero, and the Doctor mentions she's listed in the Book of the Exalted.Celebrants. Cicero has in turn heard of the Doctor, who has a whole ''volume'' in the book.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"May the saints of all the stars and consolations bring you hope, as they guide you out of the dark and into the light. On this voyage and the next, and all the journeys still to come. For now, and ever more."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"May the saints of all the stars and consolations constellations bring you hope, as they guide you out of the dark and into the light. On this voyage and the next, and all the journeys still to come. For now, and ever more."'']]
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* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture: In stark contrast to the other locals of the 67th century, Durkas Cicero is wearing a T-shirt with ripped jeans and a zippered jacket that wouldn't be out of place in the 21st century.
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** The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.

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** The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 900 casts of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
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* NoodleIncident: Team TARDIS' trip rain-bathing in the upper tropics of Costano.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"May the saints of all the stars and consolations bring you hope, as they guide you out of the dark and into the light. On this voyage and the next, and all the journeys still to come. For now, and ever more".'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"May the saints of all the stars and consolations bring you hope, as they guide you out of the dark and into the light. On this voyage and the next, and all the journeys still to come. For now, and ever more".'']]

The one with the pregnant man.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa Graham attempts to fist-bump Ryan, but Ryan doesn't reciprocate.]]


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* SelfDestructMechanism: The ship has one in case of hijacking in the form of a bomb just below the antimatter drive. The Doctor eventually feeds the bomb to the Pting.

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* SelfRepairingPhlebotinum: The sonic screwdriver gets damaged when the Pting tries to eat it, but reboots itself in time for the Doctor to use it to recover the self-destruct.

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* SelfRepairingPhlebotinum: SelfHealingPhlebotinum: The sonic screwdriver gets damaged when the Pting tries to eat it, but reboots itself in time for the Doctor to use it to recover the self-destruct.


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* SingleEpisodeHandicap: The Doctor seems to have taken the brunt of the sonic mine blast, and at several points during the episode stops to clutch her side and note that she still hurts. It doesn't slow her down much.

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This episode will air on November 4, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. The official synopsis:

''“Risk to life: absolute.” Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe’s most deadly — and unusual — creatures.''

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This episode will air aired on November 4, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. The official synopsis:

''“Risk to life: absolute.” Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy,
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The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan, Graham and Yaz are searching a LandfillBeyondTheStars for something with metal detectors, when Graham uncovers a sonic mine that's about to go off. Unfortunately, it can't be defused in time, and they all wake up in a hospital. Well, actually, it's a space ambulance run by the Tsuranga, which picked them up after being alerted to their medical emergency via remote drones. It's bringing the Doctor, her companions, and two other patients to a hospital called Rhesus 1. The Doctor initially attempts to turn the ship around so she can get back to the TARDIS, but after the chief medic, Astos, points out that she's being selfish, she realizes he's right and stops.

Just then, the ship is breached by something from space that moves incredibly quickly, and targets the ship's two life pods. Astos dies when the life pod he enters is jettisoned, leaving them with no escape pods, since the other one was already gone by the time the Doctor got to it. The other medic, Mably, is nervous about handling the situation on her own, and the Doctor calls the other patients together to tell them of the situation: a Pting, an extremely dangerous and mysterious creature which feeds on inorganic material is onboard the ship, and they are all in danger if they can't get it off.

As the Doctor works to figure out what the Pting wants and get everyone safely to Rhesus 1, the other patients have their own problems: Yoss is about to have a baby he's not sure he wants to keep, and celebrated war hero General Cicero is trying to hide the truth about her medical condition from her brother and everyone else. The Doctor eventually deduces that the Pting feeds on energy, so as Yaz and android Ronan defend the ship's antimatter core, and
Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of are roped into serving as Yoss' doulas while Mably delivers his baby, the universe’s most deadly — General sacrifices herself to fly the ship to safety, which her heart can't take. The Doctor feeds the ship's self-destruct bomb to the Pting, giving it a very good meal that should keep it from endangering anyone else for a long time, and unusual — creatures.''
the General's brother flies the ship for the final stretch. At the end, as the ship is being decontaminated before everyone can be admitted to the hospital, they gather round to say a few words for General Cicero.



* AcePilot: The General used to be one of these -- and although it has been a while, it seems she still is.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The General and her brother have a moment of this as he sets her up to pilot the ship, with him admitting that he regrets not telling her he loves her more and how proud his is of her.

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* AcePilot: The General used to be one of these -- and although it has been a while, it seems she still is.
* AsleepForDays: The Doctor and company were knocked out for four days by the sonic mine before they wake up on the ship.
* AsteroidThicket: The ship flies through one early on, and its original route would have rerouted it around another, which they are forced to fly through during the situation with the Pting.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The General and her brother have a moment of this as he sets her up to pilot the ship, with him admitting that he regrets not telling her he loves her more and how proud his he is of her.



* EatTheBomb: The Doctor feeds the Pting the ship's self-destruct device, hoping to diffuse it safely while giving the Pting a meal energising enough that it won't get hungry and endanger anyone else for a while.

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* EatTheBomb: The Doctor feeds the Pting the ship's self-destruct device, hoping to diffuse defuse it safely while giving the Pting a meal energising enough that it won't get hungry and endanger anyone else for a while.while.
* EscapePod: The ship has two, which quickly get jettisoned when the Pting goes after their power sources.



* {{Fangirl}}: The Doctor has as moment of squeeing over General Cicero, who returns the gesture upon learning that she is talking to the Doctor.

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* FamedInStory: General Cicero is a well-known war hero, and the Doctor mentions she's listed in the Book of the Exalted. Cicero has in turn heard of the Doctor, who has a whole ''volume'' in the book.
* {{Fangirl}}: The Doctor has as a moment of squeeing over General Cicero, who returns the gesture upon learning that she is talking to the Doctor.



* HumanAlien: Whatever Yoss' species is, since both genders get pregnant.
* LandfillBeyondTheStars: At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor and company are wandering around a junkyard planet.



* MisterSeahorse: Yoss. In his species both genders can get pregnant and can only give birth to their own gender.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Despite the huge danger it poses to the ship and it's inhabitants, the Pting isn't actively trying to harm or kill anyone, it's just ''really'' hungry and sees the ship as food.

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* MisterSeahorse: Yoss. In his species both genders can get pregnant pregnant, and can only give birth to their own gender.
* NighInvulnerable: The Pting is said to be immune to all known weaponry.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Despite the huge danger it poses to the ship and it's its inhabitants, the Pting isn't actively trying to harm or kill anyone, it's just ''really'' hungry and sees the ship as food.



* RuleOfThree: The people on board the ship can only send a signal to Rhesus 1 denying the presence of hostile lifeforms onboard three times before it will stop working.



* SelfRepairingPhlebotinum: The sonic screwdriver gets damaged when the Pting tries to eat it, but reboots itself in time for the Doctor to use it to recover the self-destruct.



** The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.

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** When everyone gathers in the diagnostics room, the Doctor enters while saying they must be wondering why she's gathered them all here, and then wonders if the statement is too [[Literature/HerculePoirot Poirot]].
** The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.



* SpaceStation: Rhesus 1, the hospital that is the ship's ultimate destination.



* WakingUpElsewhere: The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz wake up at a hospital after being caught in the blast of a sonic mine.

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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: The Doctor ejects the Pting from the ship after it eats the bomb this way.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The Pting cheerfully devours any inorganic material it can get its hands on... except for the sonic screwdriver, which it spits out moments after swallowing.
* WakingUpElsewhere: The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz wake up at on a hospital medical ship after being caught in the blast of a sonic mine.
* WhatYearIsThis: The Doctor, examining the antimatter drive, asks Ronan what ''century'' she's in, explaining that she and her friends are time travellers. (It's the 67th, for the record.)
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* ExpospeakGag: Ronan at one point asks Yaz if she is also having a moment of confused non-comprehension.

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* ExpospeakGag: Ronan at one point asks Yaz if she is also having a moment of confused non-comprehension."experiencing comprehension deficiency".
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* ExpospeakGag: Ronan at one point asks Yaz if she is also having a moment of confused non-comprehension.
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* SawThisInAMovieOnce: Graham cites being a fan of ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' as his experience when asked to be one of Yoss' birth partners. Unfortunately, he always had to look away at the squishy bits...

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* SawThisInAMovieOnce: SawItInAMovieOnce: Graham cites being a fan having seen every episode of ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' as his experience when asked to be one of Yoss' birth partners. Unfortunately, he always had to look away at the squishy bits...
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The Pting is able to cross the vacuum of space without suffering any obvious ill effects.


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* NonMaliciousMonster: Despite the huge danger it poses to the ship and it's inhabitants, the Pting isn't actively trying to harm or kill anyone, it's just ''really'' hungry and sees the ship as food.
* PoisonousPerson: The Pting's skin secretes a toxin that is lethal to all other lifeforms.
* SawThisInAMovieOnce: Graham cites being a fan of ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' as his experience when asked to be one of Yoss' birth partners. Unfortunately, he always had to look away at the squishy bits...

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* FutureImperfect: For some reason, "Avocado Pear" has gone down in history as the name of one of Earth's greatest heroes.



* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.

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The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.
** Graham is a big fan of ''Series/CallTheMidwife''.
* {{Squee}}: As well as the Doctor's {{Fangirl}} moment with the General (described above), there's also her glee when she shows Yaz the anti-matter generator powering the ship's engines.
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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Musical/{{Hamilton}}.

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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Musical/{{Hamilton}}.Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.
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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.

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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.Musical/{{Hamilton}}.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ryan discusses his mum's death from a heart attack, and the strain this put on his relationship with his dad. This foreshadows General Cicero's death from pilot's heart, and Yoss' reluctance to raise a child.



* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}}]].

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* MisterSeahorse: Yoss. In his species both genders can get pregnant and can only give birth to their own gender.
* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}}]].Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.
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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of [[Theatre/Hamilton]].

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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of [[Theatre/Hamilton]].[[Theatre/{{Hamilton}}]].
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The General and her brother have a moment of this as he sets her up to pilot the ship, with him admitting that he regrets not telling her he loves her more and how proud his is of her.

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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The General and her brother have a moment of this as he sets her up to pilot the ship, with him admitting that he regrets not telling her he loves her more and how proud his is of her.
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The General and her brother have a moment of this as he sets her up to pilot the ship, with him admitting that he regrets not telling her he loves her more and how proud his is of her.
* EatTheBomb: The Doctor feeds the Pting the ship's self-destruct device, hoping to diffuse it safely while giving the Pting a meal energising enough that it won't get hungry and endanger anyone else for a while.


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* HeroicSacrifice: The General dies from a heart attack while attempting to manually pilot the ship to safety.
* HidingTheHandicap: General Cicero is not keen for anyone to know about her pilot's heart, partly because she doesn't want to worry her brother and partly because she doesn't think it the sort of condition a war hero should suffer from.
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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/Hamilton.

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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/Hamilton.[[Theatre/Hamilton]].
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* AcePilot: The General used to be one of these -- and although it has been a while, it seems she still is.


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* ShoutOut: The Doctor mentions having seen all 99 casts of Theatre/Hamilton.
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* {{Fangirl}}: The Doctor has as moment of squeeing over General Cicero, who returns the gesture upon learning that she is talking to the Doctor.
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* MadLibThrillerTitle: Robert Ludlum would be proud.
* OntologicalMystery: The Doctor and companions wake up in a hospital, with no memory of how they got there and things not as they seem.
* WakingUpElsewhere: The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz wake up at a hospital with no idea how they got there.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: The Pting can consume any inorganic matter or energy source, which is bad news on a spaceship.
* MadLibThrillerTitle: Robert Ludlum would be proud.
* OntologicalMystery: The Doctor and companions wake up in a hospital, with no memory of how they got there and things not as they seem.
proud.
* WakingUpElsewhere: The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz wake up at a hospital with no idea how they got there.
after being caught in the blast of a sonic mine.
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* MadLibThrillerTitle: Robert Ludlum would be proud.

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* OntologicalMystery: The Doctor and companions wake up in a hospital, with no memory of how they got there and things not as they seem.
* WakingUpElsewhere: The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz wake up at a hospital with no idea how they got there.

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This episode will air on November 4, 2018. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall. The official synopsis:

''“Risk to life: absolute.” Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe’s most deadly — and unusual — creatures.''

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