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** Also, his complete DissonantSerenity while being surrounded by the guards, as opposed to his two future incarnations, who are pointing their screwdrivers all over the place ([[FridgeBrilliance Given that he's spent the past several centuries at war with the]] '''Daleks''', [[FridgeBrilliance a few men with spears probably make for a relaxing change]]).

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** Also, his complete DissonantSerenity while being surrounded by the guards, as opposed to his two future incarnations, who are pointing their screwdrivers all over the place ([[FridgeBrilliance Given given that he's spent the past several centuries at war with the]] '''Daleks''', [[FridgeBrilliance a few men with spears probably make for a relaxing change]]).



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgMdxFALr6c This deleted scene]] basically sums up War's (grouchy), Ten's (pushy), and Eleven's (showy) personalities and interactions with one line each. Also, the fact that said scene is set in Elizabethan England but a modern-day neighborhood is clearly visible in the upper left corner (no green screen applied to digitally edit it out) as the Doctors are brought to the tower for imprisonment.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgMdxFALr6c This deleted scene]] basically sums up War's (grouchy), Ten's (pushy), and Eleven's (showy) personalities and interactions with one line each. Also, the fact that said scene is set in Elizabethan England but filmed in a modern-day neighborhood is clearly visible in the upper left corner (no green screen applied to digitally edit it out) as the Doctors are brought to the tower for imprisonment.
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'''Kate:''' Where are you? ''[Eleven holds phone up so she can hear the helicopter]'' [[OhCrap Oh my god!]]

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'''Kate:''' Where are you? ''[Eleven holds phone up so she can hear the helicopter]'' [[OhCrap Oh my god!]]God!]]



'''Tenth Doctor:''' Oh, stop it, it's over! A Zygon, yes. Big red rubbery thing, covered in suckers. Tsk. Surprisingly good kisser! You think the real Queen of England would just decide to share the throne with [[MrFanservice any old handsome bloke]] in a tight suit? Just cos [[UnkemptBeauty he's got amazing hair]] [[ExplainExplainOhCrap and a nice horse-]]\\
''[the Tenth Doctor turns his head to find... ''the horse'' is the Zygon, not Elizabeth... which means he's just become engaged to the Queen; that, [[BrickJoke and he realizes whatever happens next is going to be the reason]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext she'll want his head when she sees him again in]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode 37 years]][=]=]''\\

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'''Tenth Doctor:''' Oh, stop it, it's over! A Zygon, yes. Big red rubbery thing, covered in suckers. Tsk. Surprisingly good kisser! You think the real Queen of England would just decide to share the throne with [[MrFanservice any old handsome bloke]] in a tight suit? Just cos 'cos [[UnkemptBeauty he's got amazing hair]] [[ExplainExplainOhCrap and a nice horse-]]\\
''[the Tenth Doctor turns his head to find... ''the horse'' is the Zygon, not Elizabeth... which means he's just become engaged to the Queen; that, [[BrickJoke and he realizes that whatever happens next is going to be the reason]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext she'll want his head when she sees him again in]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode 37 years]][=]=]''\\



'''Tenth Doctor:''' It means...we're going to need a new horse!

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'''Tenth Doctor:''' It means... we're going to need a new horse!



'''Tenth Doctor:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh good work Doctor, nice one. "The Virgin Queen", so much for history...]]
** Ten gets separated from Elizabeth. As he tries to regain his bearings, he catches up to what he thinks is the Zygon disguised as a rabbit. He starts to deliver a BadassBoast... [[https://youtu.be/UGC88jPreeg?t=195 only to realize mid-boast it is just an ordinary rabbit]].

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'''Tenth Doctor:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh good work work, Doctor, nice one. "The Virgin Queen", so much for history...]]
** Ten gets separated from Elizabeth. As he tries to regain his bearings, he catches up to what he thinks is the Zygon disguised as a rabbit. He starts to deliver a BadassBoast... [[https://youtu.be/UGC88jPreeg?t=195 only to realize mid-boast it is that it's just an ordinary rabbit]].



* Eleven jumps through the tear in the fabric of reality. Now, the Doctor has never been the most... graceful, shall we say?... of people, so what happens when he lands? Yep. ''He's face down in a pile of leaves'' and groaning "Oh, god, oohhhh."

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* Eleven jumps through the tear in the fabric of reality. Now, the Doctor has never been the most... graceful, shall we say?... of people, so what happens when he lands? Yep. ''He's face down in a pile of leaves'' and groaning "Oh, god, God, oohhhh."

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** Strax is first. He's invited his clone batch to the screening, bringing light of his race's capability for exemplary levels of rapt attention, having been drilled in basic concentration as long as they can remember (a week). In contrast, feeble human minds are not so disciplined. So there are certain things that you cannot do, lest you get StrappedToAnOperatingTable:

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** Strax is first. He's invited his clone batch to the screening, bringing light of and takes the opportunity to boast about his race's capability for exemplary levels of rapt attention, having been drilled in basic concentration as long as they can remember (a week). In contrast, feeble human minds are not so disciplined. So there are certain things that you cannot do, lest you get StrappedToAnOperatingTable:



*** Next up is a victim with primitive 3D technology who sat too close the front during an appearance by the Eleventh Doctor. So take comfort in the fact that the Doctor's gigantic chin will only be in two dimensions during his screening.

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*** Next up is a victim with primitive 3D technology who sat too close to the front during an appearance by the Eleventh Doctor. So take comfort in the fact that the Doctor's gigantic chin will only be in two dimensions during his screening.



* After an emotional WhatTheHellHero about Eleven forgetting how many children were on Gallifrey the day the War Doctor destroyed it, we get a truly clever scene when the War Doctor guesses it'll take 400 years for his Sonic Screwdriver to calculate how to melt the wooden door to their cell. Eleven is 400 years older than the War Doctor. Eleven confirms that his Sonic Screwdriver has finished the calculation, and that finally, the Sonic can finally defeat its most crippling WeaksauceWeakness. First off, the fact that the Moment had to remind them that they all have the same screwdriver. Then, this thing of beauty:
-->''' Eleven:''' Hey, 400 years in 4 seconds. [[IHatePastMe We may have had our differences]], which is frankly odd in this circumstances, but, I tell you what, boys. WE are ''incredibly'' [[AwesomenessByAnalysis clever]]! (Clara bursts in) ...Hoooow did you do that?

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* After an emotional WhatTheHellHero about Eleven forgetting how many children were on Gallifrey the day the War Doctor destroyed it, we get a truly clever scene when the War Doctor guesses it'll take 400 years for his Sonic Screwdriver to calculate how to melt the wooden door to their cell. Eleven is 400 years older than the War Doctor. Eleven confirms that his Sonic Screwdriver has finished the calculation, and that finally, the Sonic can finally defeat its most crippling WeaksauceWeakness. First off, All of which is slightly undercut by the fact that the Moment had to remind them that they all have the same screwdriver. Then, there's this thing of beauty:
-->''' Eleven:''' Hey, 400 years in 4 seconds. [[IHatePastMe We may have had our differences]], which is frankly odd in this the circumstances, but, I tell you what, boys. WE are ''incredibly'' [[AwesomenessByAnalysis clever]]! (Clara bursts in) ...Hoooow did you do that?



* The Tenth Doctor, the Eleventh Doctor, and the War Doctor coming up with a brilliantly (and typical of Moffat) Timey-Wimey plan to disintegrate the door to the cell they are in and congratulating themselves for their cleverness... only for Clara to burst in, revealing that it wasn't even locked.
-->'''Clara:''' Wait a minute. [[EpicFail Three of you in one cell, and]] ''[[EpicFail none]]'' [[EpicFail of you thought to check the door?]]\\
'''War Doctor:''' It should have been locked.



--> You can tell by the beard.

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--> ---> You can tell by the beard.
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* At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor beams onboard a ship, saying he comes in peace and has a piece of Dalek with him as a sign of bravery. When the occupants of the ship come out of shadows, he sees they're ''Daleks''.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Handles, I said put me on a ship. I didn't say put me on a Dalek ship. Don't put me on a Dalek ship when I'm holding '''''a broken bit of Dalek!'''''

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* At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor beams onboard a ship, saying he comes in peace and has a piece the eyestalk of a Dalek with him as a sign of bravery. When the occupants of the ship come out of shadows, he sees they're ''Daleks''.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Handles, I said put me on a ship. I didn't say put me on a Dalek ship. Don't put me on a Dalek ship when I'm holding '''''a broken bit of Dalek!'''''Dalek!''''' ''[clonks Handles with the eyestalk, only for it to bounce off and hit him back]'' '''''OW!'''''[[note]]Matt Smith really did hit himself with the prop, and [[ThrowItIn improvised from there]].[[/note]]
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-->''' Clara:''' 'Ang on. Three of you in one cell and ''[[FailedASpotCheck none a'ye]]'' thought to [[CuttingTheKnot]] try the [[MundaneSolution door]]?

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-->''' Clara:''' 'Ang on. Three of you in one cell and ''[[FailedASpotCheck none a'ye]]'' thought to [[CuttingTheKnot]] try [[CuttingTheKnot try]] the [[MundaneSolution door]]?
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** This is funny enough, and then you realize: this happened when the Doctor was with two of his past selves. After so much ingenuity and 400 years of waiting, the Sonic Screwdriver has finally figured out how to interact with wood, ''and the Doctor doesn't even remember it did.''

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** This is funny enough, and then you realize: this happened when the Doctor was with two of his past selves. After so much ingenuity and 400 years of waiting, the Sonic Screwdriver has finally figured out how ''finally'' been upgraded to interact with wood, ''and the Doctor doesn't even remember it did.remember.''
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** Made even better by the later scene where Eleven's Sonic ''finally'' calculates how to do wood.
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* After an emotional WhatTheHellHero about Eleven forgetting how many children were on Gallifrey the day the War Doctor destroyed it, we get a truly clever scene when the War Doctor guesses it'll take 400 years for his Sonic Screwdriver to calculate how to melt the wooden door to their cell. Eleven is 400 years older than the War Doctor. Eleven confirms that his Sonic Screwdriver has finished the calculation, and that finally, the Sonic can finally defeat its most crippling WeaksauceWeakness. First off, the fact that the Moment had to remind them that they all have the same screwdriver. Then, this thing of beauty:
-->''' Eleven:''' Hey, 400 years in 4 seconds. [[IHatePastMe We may have had our differences]], which is frankly odd in this circumstances, but, I tell you what, boys. WE are ''incredibly'' [[AwesomenessByAnalysis clever]]! (Clara bursts in) ...Hoooow did you do that?
-->''' Clara:''' (matter-of-fact) Wasn't locked.
-->''' Eleven:''' Right.
-->''' Clara:''' (Looks at War Doctor) It's another of you, then, yeah?
-->''' Eleven:''' Yes. You've met them before. Don't you remember?
-->''' Clara:''' A bit. [[BadassInANiceSuit Nice suit]]!
-->''' Ten:''' Thanks.
-->''' Clara:''' 'Ang on. Three of you in one cell and ''[[FailedASpotCheck none a'ye]]'' thought to [[CuttingTheKnot]] try the [[MundaneSolution door]]?
-->''' War Doctor:''' Should've been locked.
-->''' Clara:''' Yes! Exactly! Why wasn't it locked?
** The Zygon Queen Elizabeth arrives and explains why it wasn't locked: She was curious to see what they'd do ''after they escaped.''
** This is funny enough, and then you realize: this happened when the Doctor was with two of his past selves. After so much ingenuity and 400 years of waiting, the Sonic Screwdriver has finally figured out how to interact with wood, ''and the Doctor doesn't even remember it did.''
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'''Tenth Doctor:''' Ohhh... [[TheDogWasTheMastermind it was the horse!]] [[OhCrap ...I'm going to be king!]] [[{{Catchphrase}} RUN!]]\\

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'''Tenth Doctor:''' Ohhh... [[TheDogWasTheMastermind it was the horse!]] [[OhCrap ...I'm going to be king!]] [[{{Catchphrase}} [[CharacterCatchphrase RUN!]]\\
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-->'''Clara:''' Wait a minute. [[EpicFail Three of you in one room, and]] ''[[EpicFail none]]'' [[EpicFail of you thought to check the door?]]\\

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-->'''Clara:''' Wait a minute. [[EpicFail Three of you in one room, cell, and]] ''[[EpicFail none]]'' [[EpicFail of you thought to check the door?]]\\
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* Unlike Eleven, who lands flat on his face after jumping through the portal, the War Doctor lands on his feet with the greatest of ease, as if he was hopping off of a step.
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-->'''The Doctor:''' I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. I stole a time machine and ran away and I've been ''flouting'' the principal law of my own people ever since. That wasn't quite what I meant to say!\\

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-->'''The Doctor:''' I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. I stole a time machine and ran away and I've been ''flouting'' the principal law of my own people ever since. ''[claps hand over mouth]'' That wasn't quite what I meant to say!\\



'''Clara:''' Bubbly personality masking bossy control freak.\\
'''The Doctor:''' I'm wearing a wig! No, ah, I see. Yes, of course. It's a truth field. Oh, that is so quaint. I haven't seen a truth field in years. I'm wearing a wig.

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'''Clara:''' Bubbly personality masking bossy control freak.\\
freak! ''[hand over mouth again]''\\
'''The Doctor:''' I'm wearing a wig! ''[hand over mouth]'' No, ah, I see. Yes, of course. It's a truth field. Oh, that is so quaint. I haven't seen a truth field in years. I'm wearing a wig.
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* As one [=YouTube=] commenter pointed out, from the Daleks' perspective, the Doctor ''broke the limits of his biology'' out of sheer spite over being told the rules.

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** When Clara asks why the Doctor is naked, he says [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Because I'm going to church!"]] in such a tone that he thinks it should have been obvious.



* The Doctor gaining a new regeneration cycle is awesome, heartwarming, and entertaining all at once as the Docotr hams it up with utter joy, but in light of Series 12 it becomes a ''lot'' funnier. [[spoiler:With the reveal the Doctor is the Timeless Child and has no regeneration limit, either the Time Lords provided the "energy" to keep up the charade, or they somehow enforced the limit previously and were forced to undo it to save themselves]].

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* The Doctor gaining a new regeneration cycle is awesome, heartwarming, and entertaining all at once as the Docotr Doctor hams it up with utter joy, but in light of Series 12 it becomes a ''lot'' funnier. [[spoiler:With the reveal the Doctor is the Timeless Child and has no regeneration limit, either the Time Lords provided the "energy" to keep up the charade, or they somehow enforced the limit previously and were forced to undo it to save themselves]].
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* Clara tells the Doctor to look her in the eyes and promise her he'll never send her away again. He looks her in the eyes.
--->'''The Doctor:''' Clara Oswald. I will never send you away...[[ExactWords again]].
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** A.K.A, the scene wherein Ten continues to Bullshit his way through being a Time Lord. He blames himself to get himself out of trouble... with ''himself.''

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** A.K.A, the scene wherein Ten continues to Bullshit swindle his way through being a Time Lord. He blames himself to get himself out of trouble... with ''himself.''



*** The fact that his reactions are "Ohhhh, fuck me!"

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*** The fact that his reactions are "Ohhhh, fuck me!"I'm screwed!"
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*** Apparently it's ''not'' just Twelve who doesn't know how old their companions are - even as early as The War Doctor, ''he cannot tell!''

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