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A CGI animated miniseries, part of the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|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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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Thanks to Night Eagle's [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Thanks to Night Eagle's [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: Being broadcast in parts of 7-10ism minutes does that.
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: Being broadcast in parts of 7-10ism minutes does that.
* [[The Big Board]]: Complete with the Soviet Union marked in red with a Hammer and Sickle (subtlety never really worked in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* [[The Big Board]]: Complete with the Soviet Union marked in red with a Hammer and Sickle (subtlety never really worked in ''[[Doctor Who]]'')
* [[The Brigadier]]: Stark (after a spell as [[General Ripper|Colonel Ripper]]).
* [[The Brigadier]]: Stark (after a spell as [[General Ripper|Colonel Ripper]]).
* [[Bug War]]
* [[Bug War]]
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* [[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 (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' tradition.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: The Viperox continue this great ''[[Doctor Who]]'' tradition.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: [[David Tennant]] and [[Georgia Moffett]].
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: [[David Tennant]] and [[Georgia Moffett]].
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* [[Roswell That Ends Well]]
* [[Roswell That Ends Well]]
* [[Secret Government Warehouse]]
* [[Secret Government Warehouse]]
* [[Shout Out]]: Or possibly [[Captain Ersatz]] if your are feeling less charitable, but either way the Viperox Queen and her chamber are [[Aliens|Strangely Familiar]]...
* [[Shout-Out]]: Or possibly [[Captain Ersatz]] if your are feeling less charitable, but either way the Viperox Queen and her chamber are [[Aliens|Strangely Familiar]]...
** And [[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|the warehouse might seem familiar to fans of Indiana Jones]].
** And [[Raiders of the Lost Ark|the warehouse might seem familiar to fans of Indiana Jones]].
** When the Doctor and female alien are hiding in a box, she asks if his plan is to [[Metal Gear Solid|escape like a snake]]
** When the Doctor and female alien are hiding in a box, she asks if his plan is to [[Metal Gear Solid|escape like a snake]]
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]

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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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