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A CGI animated miniseries, part of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' canon.
A CGI animated miniseries, part of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' canon.


The Doctor breezes into a [[Greasy Spoon]] in [[The Fifties|1950s]] New Mexico, in search of some quality junk food. Behind the counter of this one is [[Georgia Moffett]], sporting a surprisingly good American accent; in front of the counter is Jimmy Stalking Wolf, a Stereotypical Native American; and on the counter is a [[Power Glows|weird glowy thing]], left over from a flying saucer crash a few years ago.
The Doctor breezes into a [[Greasy Spoon]] in [[The Fifties|1950s]] New Mexico, in search of some quality junk food. Behind the counter of this one is [[Georgia Moffett]], sporting a surprisingly good American accent; in front of the counter is Jimmy Stalking Wolf, a Stereotypical Native American; and on the counter is a [[Power Glows|weird glowy thing]], left over from a flying saucer crash a few years ago.
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Less cool and more horrible is an actual ''alien'', a live one, being held prisoner in the [[Elaborate Underground Base]] ever since her spaceship crashed several years before. Our Heroes don't get a chance to do much more than wave at her before they're bustled off to have their memories wiped, but the Doctor makes a mental note on his to-do list.
Less cool and more horrible is an actual ''alien'', a live one, being held prisoner in the [[Elaborate Underground Base]] ever since her spaceship crashed several years before. Our Heroes don't get a chance to do much more than wave at her before they're bustled off to have their memories wiped, but the Doctor makes a mental note on his to-do list.


So once they've escaped, Jimmy Stalking Wolf takes them to see his grandpa, Night Eagle, only to get captured by [[The Men in Black]]--actually Robots In Black--and get saved by Night Eagle and his buddies, who take out the robots using ''bows and arrows'', of all things. Night Eagle and friends are keeping ''another'' alien, of the same race as the Army's, in hiding. He's the husband of the first one, the one being kept prisoner in Dreamland, and he knows that the cool glowy thing in Cassie's diner isn't benign: it's a ''genocide bomb''.
So once they've escaped, Jimmy Stalking Wolf takes them to see his grandpa, Night Eagle, only to get captured by [[The Men in Black]]—actually Robots In Black—and get saved by Night Eagle and his buddies, who take out the robots using ''bows and arrows'', of all things. Night Eagle and friends are keeping ''another'' alien, of the same race as the Army's, in hiding. He's the husband of the first one, the one being kept prisoner in Dreamland, and he knows that the cool glowy thing in Cassie's diner isn't benign: it's a ''genocide bomb''.


=== Tropes ===
== Tropes ==
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: The Viperox are your typical [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]] intent on destroying all in their path... {{spoiler|but the Doctor reveals they are still evolving, and by a future miracle will become more peaceful.}}
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: The Viperox are your typical [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]] intent on destroying all in their path... {{spoiler|but the Doctor reveals they are still evolving, and by a future miracle will become more peaceful.}}
* [[Area 51]]: a.k.a. Dreamland
* [[Area 51]]: a.k.a. Dreamland
* [[Attack Drone]]: The Viperox
* [[Attack Drone]]: The Viperox
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* [[Eagle Land]]: America (especially the military) is painted in a negative light.
* [[Eagle Land]]: America (especially the military) is painted in a negative light.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]
* [[ET Gave Us Wi Fi]]: The amnesia gas is extraterrestrial.
* [[ET Gave Us Wi-Fi]]: The amnesia gas is extraterrestrial.
* [[Evil Brit]]: [[David Warner]].
* [[Evil Brit]]: [[David Warner]].
* [[The Fifties]]
* [[The Fifties]]
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* [[General Ripper]]
* [[General Ripper]]
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: Weaponised version.
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: Weaponised version.
* [[Giant Flyer]]: The Viperox have wings and can fly.
* [[Giant Flyer]]: The Viperox have wings and can fly.
* [[Greasy Spoon]]
* [[Greasy Spoon]]
* [[The Greys]]: the captured alien and her husband.
* [[The Greys]]: the captured alien and her husband.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: The soldiers ''never'' confiscate the sonic screwdriver even after the Doctor uses it to escape multiple times.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: The soldiers ''never'' confiscate the sonic screwdriver even after the Doctor uses it to escape multiple times.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: The Viperox continue this great ''[[Doctor Who]]'' tradition.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: The Viperox continue this great ''[[Doctor Who]]'' tradition.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]

Latest revision as of 00:47, 29 June 2016


A CGI animated miniseries, part of the Doctor Who canon.

The Doctor breezes into a Greasy Spoon in 1950s New Mexico, in search of some quality junk food. Behind the counter of this one is Georgia Moffett, sporting a surprisingly good American accent; in front of the counter is Jimmy Stalking Wolf, a Stereotypical Native American; and on the counter is a weird glowy thing, left over from a flying saucer crash a few years ago.

This should end well.

Within minutes, they've been spotted by a Viperox battle drone, nearly captured by a Man In Black, and then really captured by Colonel Stark and the rest of The Army, and taken to Area 51, a.k.a. Dreamland, a.k.a. the Secret Government Warehouse full of cool alien stuff.

Less cool and more horrible is an actual alien, a live one, being held prisoner in the Elaborate Underground Base ever since her spaceship crashed several years before. Our Heroes don't get a chance to do much more than wave at her before they're bustled off to have their memories wiped, but the Doctor makes a mental note on his to-do list.

So once they've escaped, Jimmy Stalking Wolf takes them to see his grandpa, Night Eagle, only to get captured by The Men in Black—actually Robots In Black—and get saved by Night Eagle and his buddies, who take out the robots using bows and arrows, of all things. Night Eagle and friends are keeping another alien, of the same race as the Army's, in hiding. He's the husband of the first one, the one being kept prisoner in Dreamland, and he knows that the cool glowy thing in Cassie's diner isn't benign: it's a genocide bomb.

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