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* The Doctor references an eclipse that was due to occur soon, and the chain gang and their leader were familiar with the upcoming event. Eclipse prediction was accurate enough in the 1790s for them to all know when eclipses would occur, and in fact there was an annular solar eclipse partially visible from Paris on September 5, 1793. However, the episode takes place in July of 1794, which did have an eclipse, but it was visible only from the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. | * The Doctor references an eclipse that was due to occur soon, and the chain gang and their leader were familiar with the upcoming event. Eclipse prediction was accurate enough in the 1790s for them to all know when eclipses would occur, and in fact there was an annular solar eclipse partially visible from Paris on September 5, 1793. However, the episode takes place in July of 1794, which did have an eclipse, but it was visible only from the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. | ||
::From what I saw, they all at least seemed to have some knowledge of eclipses. But I also took what the Doctor and the chain gang were saying was just to trick the leader. | ::From what I saw, they all at least seemed to have some knowledge of eclipses. But I also took what the Doctor and the chain gang were saying was just to trick the leader. | ||
::As noted above, the "Doctor Who" universe is not precisely the same as our universe. In the "Doctor Who" universe, the eclipse in question simply happened at a different date. | |||
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