History Recap / DoctorWhoS39E6FluxChapterSixTheVanquishers

!!The episode contains examples of the following tropes:

* BookEnds: A scene near the end of the episode mirrors the one near the start of "The Halloween Apocalypse" that first introduced the audience to Dan and Diane: Dan is impersonating a tour guide at the Museum of Liverpool and giving a speech to some tourists, he gets interrupted by Diane and tries to ask her out for a coffee.

** Swarm uses his powers to vaporize and then reassemble the Doctor's memories--and later, the Doctor herself--to torture her for fun, letting her feel the pain of the experience so he can rewind and then do it again. It's a microcosm of what they plan to do to the entire universe, as revenge for what was done to them.

** The Doctor's fear being destruction calls back to when we saw the Doctor's greatest fear back in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]," which was all-consuming fire.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Professor Jericho, facing imminent death by Flux, simply mutters, "What an awfully big adventure", and closes his eyes peacefully.

* MesACrowd: The Doctor gets split into three individuals over the course of the episode: one who remains captured on the Division's extrauniversal space station, one who gets teleported to the Lupari ships and meets Bel and Karvanista, and one who reunites with Yaz, Dan, Jericho and Kate in the Williamson Tunnels.

-->'''Jericho''': And the reward for success?\\
'''Kragar''': Death.

--> "Life must win. Otherwise, why are we here?"

-->'''Senstarg:''' By the wrath of Sontar, I will now execute you!
-->'''Jericho:''' I really don't think you're going to have time.
-->''(Senstarg screams as the Flux consumes him. Jericho decides to FaceDeathWithDignity)''

** This is the primary motivation of the villains. Swarm and Azure want to make the Doctor pay for their millennia long imprisonment, while the Sontarans are seeking retribution on humanity and the Lupari for their defeat and their fallen soldiers in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E2FluxChapterTwoWarOfTheSontarans "War On The Sontarans"]].
** There are two major instances of this from our heroes as well. The Doctor and Karvanista arrange for the Sontarans to be utterly wiped out by the Flux, alongside the Daleks and the Cybermen - partly to keep the Earth safe from them, and partly to avenge the seven billion Lupari who were slaughtered by the Sontarans. Meanwhile, Vinder pays his former boss back for ruining his career and having him exiled in deep space by stranding him on an asteroid floating in space, with no way back to civilization.

** During their final confrontation, Time gives the Doctor the ominous warning that no one can escape her forever, and that the Doctor's end is coming sooner than she thinks; it specifically warns them to watch for the forces massing against her, and "their Master".

-->'''Dan:''' Have you any idea what's she talking about?
-->'''Yaz:''' Not a clue. [[ShesBack Normal service resumed.]]

* WasItReallyWorthIt: In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E4FluxChapterFourVillageOfTheAngels "Village of the Angels"]], the Weeping Angels taunted Jericho with the empty life he had led. As he faces his imminent demise, Jericho comforts himself with the excitement and purpose of his recent adventures.

Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.