History YMMV / DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons

** The Scotland setting and the Doctor wearing Scottish garb became this when [[Creator/SylvesterMcCoy four]] [[Creator/DavidTennant future]] [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Doctors]] [[Creator/NcutiGatwa]] were Scottish.

** The Scotland setting and the Doctor wearing Scottish garb became this when [[Creator/SylvesterMcCoy three]] [[Creator/DavidTennant future]] [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Doctors]] were Scottish.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Brigadier is on the phone to a female Prime Minister. Four years before UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher was elected. This, of course, feeds into the UNIT dating controversy, as the Brigadier was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead later]] said to have retired from UNIT in 1976, three years ''before'' the election of the UK's first female Prime Minister.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Zygon masters are among THE most striking, convincing and memorable aliens ever seen in the classic series, which went a long way towards their EnsembleDarkHorse status.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: This was the only serial in the classic series to feature the Zygons, yet they have remained one of the series' most popular villains with fans, with Creator/DavidTennant even calling them as his favorite out of all the villains. They later returned in the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 50th anniversary special]] and in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion Ser]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E8TheZygonInversion ies 9]] during the revival.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Brigadier is on the phone to a female Prime Minister. Four years before UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher was elected. This, of course, feeds into the UNIT dating controversy.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Brigadier is on the phone to a female Prime Minister. Five years before UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher was elected.

** VisualEffectsOfAwesome: On the other hand, its Zygon masters are among THE most striking, convincing and memorable aliens ever seen in the classic series, which went a long way towards their EnsembleDarkHorse status.

** VisualEffectsOfAwesome: On the other hand, their Zygon masters are among THE most striking, convincing and memorable aliens ever seen in the classic series, which went a long way towards their EnsembleDarkHorse status.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Skarasen is so bad that the director made a point of avoiding showing it except when absolutely unavoidable. (It doesn't help.)

* EnsembleDarkhorse: This was the only serial in the classic series where the Zygons appeared in, yet they have remained one of the series' most popular villains, with Creator/DavidTennant even calling them as his favorite out of all the villains. They later returned in the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 50th anniversary special]] and in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion Ser]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E8TheZygonInversion ies 9]] during the revival.

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Broton kills a UNIT soldier is particularly laughable, since he barely touches him. Apparently, the script emphasized that Zygons have poisonous stingers in their fingers, but this isn't mentioned in the actual serial. Author Stephen Cole, in the foreword to his book ''Sting of the Zygons'', refers to this incident as the "soldier shake" and muses on whether his book (or the serial, one) should've actually been called ''Shoulder Massage of the Zygons''.

* {{EnsembleDarkhorse}}: This was the only serial in the classic series where the Zygons appeared in, yet they have remained one of the series' most popular villains, with Creator/DavidTennant even calling them as his favorite out of all the villains. They later returned in the [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 50th anniversary special]] and in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion Ser]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E8TheZygonInversion ies 9]] during the revival.
* {{Narm}}: The scene where Broton kills a UNIT soldier is particularly laughable, since he barely touches him. Apparently, the script emphasized that Zygons have poisonous stingers in their fingers, but this isn't mentioned in the actual serial. Author Stephen Cole, in the forward to his book ''Sting of the Zygons'', refers to this incident as the "soldier shake" and muses on whether his book (or the serial, one) should've actually been called ''Shoulder Massage of the Zygons''.

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Broton kills a UNIT soldier is particularly laughable, since he barely touches him. Apparently, the script emphasized that Zygons have poisonous stingers in their fingers, but this isn't mentioned in the actual serial. Author Stephen Cole, in the forward to his book ''Sting of the Zygons'', discusses whether Zygons actually ''do'' canonically sting their victims, stating that, if they don't, then he would've had to title his novel ''Shoulder Massage of the Zygons'', referring to the incident between Broton and the soldier as the "soldier shake."

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Broton kills an ExpendableMeat UNIT soldier is particularly laughable, since he barely touches him. Apparently, the script emphasized that Zygons have poisonous stingers in their fingers, but this isn't mentioned in the actual serial. Author Stephen Cole, in the forward to his book ''Sting of the Zygons'', discusses whether Zygons actually ''do'' canonically sting their victims, stating that, if they don't, then he would've had to title his novel ''Shoulder Massage of the Zygons'', referring to the incident between Broton and the soldier as the "soldier shake."