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After the end of "Turn Left", the Doctor races back to Earth to find that… everything's fine? [[It Got Worse|Not exactly.]] The BAD WOLF from the last episode was, like all the others, a message from Rose. Since Rose has been trapped in a parallel universe since ''Doomsday'', the Doctor realizes that the walls between universes are breaking down, but he's not sure why, so they go back to the TARDIS to check. They are suddenly jolted, and the Doctor and Donna run to check outside. Instead of the street and the milkman, they find that the TARDIS is…
Floating in empty space.
The Doctor races to the controls to see where the TARDIS has moved but then realizes that, in fact, they haven't moved at all. Their location is fixed.
The Earth is gone.
Far across the universe, we join everybody we've known since the show's revival in 2005: Martha Jones with UNIT in New York, [[Torchwood|Jack, Ianto and Gwen]] in the Cardiff Hub, [[The Sarah Jane Adventures
Wait, what?
No, really. [[Richard Dawkins]] is on TV talking about it and everything. There are giant planets in the Earth sky, and not a single familiar star.
Back at where the Earth isn't, the Doctor decides that now is the time to call in reinforcements. So he heads out to the Shadow Proclamation.
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The Daleks commence "ultimate extermination" on the Earth.
Back at the Shadow Proclamation, after a nifty bit of Judoon from the Doctor, our heroes try to piece the situation together. Once he puts his [[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]] on, the Doctor realizes that if you steal 27 specific planets out of space and time, they sync with one another to make a giant galactic-strength engine! That's what's been happening to all [[Doctor Who
Oh, and the creepy Shadow Proclamation lady says sorry to Donna about her loss that has yet to come. Thanks, lady. Poor Donna.
Things look bad. Earth surrenders to the Daleks, Wilf's awesome plan to beat the Daleks with a paintball gun fails, the Doctor gets lost in the Medusa Cascade, Cap Jack waxes melancholy, and no one's phones work. But guess who hasn't <s> shown up</s> given up yet? That's right, Harriet Jones (former Prime Minister)!
Unfortunately, Harriet Jones (former Prime Minister) is found by the Daleks and sacrifices herself in a noble and dignified fashion. Good show, Harriet. Good show.
The Doctor latches on to the conference call and everyone is happy to see each other. Ianto checks out the Doctor, Donna picks the worst possible moment in history to start fancying Jack, but all of this "outer space Facebook" action is wrecked by a very familiar voice. The Doctor and Sarah Jane recognize... Davros! Back from the dead! ... Again!
The Doctor takes off, and everyone goes after him. The Daleks go on alert, Jack gets his wrist strap working again with a little help from Martha's UNIT knowledge and teleports away, Sarah Jane drives off leaving Luke with Mr. Smith, Martha is ordered by UNIT to blip out and activate something called the Osterhagen key, and Rose zaps after the TARDIS.
And Rose is the one that finds him first.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: "HOSTILITY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMI--" *BLAM*
* [[The Brigadier]]: General Sanchez.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The Shadow Proclamation is finally revealed after having first been mentioned in, literally, ''[[Doctor Who
* [[Call Back]] / [[Shout-Out]]: a great many of the planets.
** "Clom, Clom's gone, who'd want Clom?" (Clom, twin world to [[Doctor Who
** "Woman Wept," a planet Rose said she visited in "[[Doctor Who
** Callufrax Minor is likely related to Calufrax, from "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S16
** "The Lost Moon of Poosh" was the subject of Dee Dee Blasco's research paper in "[[Doctor Who
** Pyrovillia was the planet of the Pyroviles, as stated in "[[Doctor Who
** And Adipose 3, which was said to have gone missing prior to "[[Doctor Who
* [[The Cameo]]: Named on screen. Richard Dawkins, famous British scientist (although best known for a book called ''The God Delusion'') appears on screen as himself. Dawkins is married to Lalla Ward, who played the second Romana.
** Paul O'Grady also appears on his chat show making light of the stolen planets.
* [[Combined Energy Attack]]: The entire world, ''calling the same phone number'' at once.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Doctor connecting the Earth being stolen with the Daleks is a reference to "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S2
** There's a direct quotation from ''The Dalek Invasion Of Earth'', when the Daleks demand that every human leave their homes: "the males, the females, the descendants".
** Also the Anti-Dalek gun that Jack is using is the modified Defabricator from "[[Doctor Who
** Sarah Jane is the only person besides the Doctor to recognise Davros, having met him back in his very first
** The Medusa Cascade is hidden beyond a Time Barrier, first introduced in the Fourth Doctor serial "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S14
** The Cascade is also [[Doctor Who
** Wilfred taking on a Dalek, and not for the first time (actor Bernard Cribbins played the cop who stumbled into the TARDIS in ''Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D'', the second Dr Who movie starring [[Peter Cushing]].)
* [[Crisis Crossover]]: Ianto, Jack and Gwen from ''[[
* [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]: Harriet.
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'''Dalek''': [[Running Gag|YES WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE]].<br />
'''Harriet''': Oh you know nothing of any human. And that will be your undoing. }}
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* [[555]]: The Doctor's cell phone number uses an 07700-900xxx number, which is Ofcom's reserved range for mobile drama numbers.
* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]], with a side order of [[Epic Hail]]
* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]]: Sarah Jane and Jack react to the Daleks this way, pulling their loved ones close and giving in to despair. Particularly notable in Jack's case, since his first death was at the hands of Daleks. It takes Harriet Jones, [[Running Gag|Former Prime Minister]], to break them out of it.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Harriet.
* [[Hollywood Science]]: The super mega cell phone call. This physically hurts if you know anything about how mobile phones work.
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* [[Hope Spot]]: A really obvious one, too; the Doctor and Rose finally see and run towards each other. Their reunion, however, is interrupted at the last second by a Dalek shooting the Doctor.
* [[I Have Just One Thing to Say]]: "After all this time...everything we saw, everything we lost...I have only one thing to say to you: ''BYE''!"
* [[Internal Homage]]: "Ladies and gentleman, we are at war" was used with slightly different inflection, by Captain Jack in "[[Doctor Who
* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]: Wilfred isn't allowed to have a webcam because they're naughty.
* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Harriet, to the companions.
* [[Laughing Mad]] / [[Evil Laugh]]: Sweet Gallifrey, Dalek Caan, the first Dalek to ever laugh.
* [[Left the Background Music On]]: when Sarah Jane says "Mr. Smith, I need you!" the Mr. Smith music plays as her [[Magical Computer]] reveals itself, as it does every time on ''[[
* [[Mad Oracle]]: Dalek Caan.
* [[Mars Needs Women]]: Wilfred's first guess as to the purpose of the invasion.
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* [[Redshirt Army]]: UNIT's American branch, who wear the same uniforms as their British counterparts.
* [[Resistance Is Futile]]: Or rather, useless.
* [[Running Gag]]:''Yes, we know who you are!''
* [[Significant Anagram]] "Osterhagen", as in the Osterhagen Key, is an anagram of "Earth's Gone".
** Possible [[Meaningful Name]] too: [[wikipedia:Osterhagen|Osterhagen]] is the name of a Nazi concentration camp 1944-1945 near the German city of the same name.
* [[There Is Another]]: There are always more Daleks.
* [[Time Is Dangerous]]: Dalek Caan is driven [[Laughing Mad]] by his accidental breach of the time-lock on the Time War.
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* [[The War Room]]: UNIT's New York office.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Subverted. (MY VISION IS ''NOT'' IMPAIRED!) That's ''both'' of the Dalek's age-old weaknesses removed. No longer will they be stymied by a third-floor walk-up and a can of spray paint!
** There's actually more. Being ''pushed over'' was shown to be a Dalek-killer in the original series. The former is implied to have been solved in the episode "[[Doctor Who
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Hoo boy. That was a Wham and a half.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Originally when the Doctor first arrives at the Shadow Proclamation, the foyer was to be packed with aliens he'd encountered over the past few seasons, all trying to make a complaint about their missing homeworlds. The Doctor is annoyed when he has to stand in line with everyone else to fill out a form, only for Alonso from "Voyage of the Damned" to appear as a cop (having been inspired by the Doctor to help others and fight evil) and help smooth the process. The idea had to be dropped because it was too expensive, but it was likely the inspiration for the scene involving Alonso in a bar full of aliens in "The End of Time".
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