Evil Sounds Deep: The Doctor's long history has included moments of him paying evil unto evil. Although Clara is successful in convincing him not to do this, the Doctor's voice drops to a terrifying register as he frightens Ashildr with his final words. The Doctor saves Anah despite knowing he's walking into a trap, because Anahson "needs her mother". The two of them proceed to witness the horrible confrontation and revelations that follow involving him, Me, and Clara... and do absolutely nothing for the remainder of the episode. At least Rigsy cared about what became of the people who saved him and them. Related to the above, Clara's fatal decision not to inform the Doctor of what she learned is the epitome of this trope. Good Cop/Bad Cop: As Clara and the Doctor split up to question residents of the trap street, she declares that they'll be using this trope. To his frustration, she assigns the Doctor the role of bad cop again in part due to the Angry Eyebrows. Ashildr, the immortal hybrid-girl, is taking care of some of the most dangerous creatures in the universe. Not everyone will get out alive; one of them must pay the price and face the raven.

Creepy Crows: The quantum shade that carries out the sentences in the trap street takes the form of a raven most of the time. Mathieson, Jamie; Moffat, Steven (writers); Bazalgette, Ed (director) (17 October 2015). " The Girl Who Died". Doctor Who. Series 9. Episode 5. BBC. BBC One. The Doctor's willing to renounce his name and call in UNIT, the Cybermen, the Daleks — anything to destroy Ashildr, the trap street, and its residents if she can't save Clara. Clara has to talk him down because she knows that the threat actually isn't completely OOC for the man once known as the War Doctor.The Doctor's ability to "speak baby" is demonstrated again in this episode. It appeared previously in the Eleventh Doctor stories " A Good Man Goes to War" and " Closing Time". [3] This name derives from the Old Norse name “Áshildr”, composed of two elements: “áss” (heathen god, god, deity), from the Proto-Germanic “*ansuz” plus “hildr” (battle, fight). In turn, the name means “God fights for us”. Williams described her role in Doctor Who as "every fan-boy's dream." [11] Liz Raftery of TV Guide described Williams's role as "highly anticipated," and Williams then went on to explain, "When you cross over to a different geeky fandom world, everyone's like, 'This is insane!'" [12]

Complexity Addiction: Ashildr could have just invited the Doctor for tea and drugged him or something — he has no real reason to suspect her. Instead she stages an elaborate deception, endangering several people's lives, because she needs to separate him from his TARDIS key and get his confession dial. A Form You Are Comfortable With: Lurkworms not only hide the street, but also make its inhabitants appear "within the compass of your expectations, your experiences."When Clara says they have twelve minutes left, her dialog does not sync with her lip movement, suggesting it was changed during post-production. Indeed, the shooting script has this line of dialog as "There’s nine minutes left."