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* The technology on Gallifrey seems somewhat low-tech for such a powerful race. The capitol has comparable surveillance, security and forensic facilities to Earth in the 1970's. | * The technology on Gallifrey seems somewhat low-tech for such a powerful race. The capitol has comparable surveillance, security and forensic facilities to Earth in the 1970's. | ||
::The Time Lord's policy of isolationism has led to some forms of technological stagnation. Even the Doctor remarks, when discussing the APC, that it would be disregarded as "junk" in some parts of the universe. | ::The Time Lord's policy of isolationism has led to some forms of technological stagnation. Even the Doctor remarks, when discussing the APC, that it would be disregarded as "junk" in some parts of the universe. | ||
::This is arguably more a result of the fact that the story in question was made on Earth in the 1970s than anything else. However, even advanced societies tend to hang on to various technologies even if they may technically be outdated; the existence of the Internet has not completely rid the world of the book, the existence of the car has not rendered the bicycle extinct, there are still places in the world where people travel via horse-and-cart. If it works, it works. | |||
* It is not explained how the Master discovered the truth about the real uses of the Rod and Sash of Rassilon, etc. when no-one else seems to know. | * It is not explained how the Master discovered the truth about the real uses of the Rod and Sash of Rassilon, etc. when no-one else seems to know. |
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