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*Jo Grant forgot her encounter with the Eighth Doctor in the 90s in ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''. | *Jo Grant forgot her encounter with the Eighth Doctor in the 90s in ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''. | ||
::The nature of her encounter involved the creation an alternate timeline. | ::The nature of her encounter involved the creation an alternate timeline. | ||
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::::::::: It would seem to me that the simplest explanation is probably the correct one - the Doc is a <u>renegade</u> Time Lord, remember. Assuming this 'only 12 regenerations' rule is something handed down by Cardinal Rassilon, or the High Council, rather than an inherent physical limitation, this could mean that he could continue to regenerate as many times as he likes, especially as Rassilon, and the rest of the High Council, along with all the other Time Lords, are trapped within the Last Great Time War. Of course, you do have to take into account the various machinations that the Master undertook in order to beg/borrow/steal another regeneration cycle, or extend his life in a variety of ways that didn't involve regeneration, but most of them took place when the Time Lords were still around, so he may have avoided doing so simply because he knew there would terrible consequences from them if he did. The Doc doesn't have that concern. Hell, for all we know, as the last of the Time Lords, he, on his own, may be the de facto High Council, and, as such, has the power to grant himself additional regeneration cycles as he sees fit - and that is something that the High Council can do, as they offered this to the Master in The Five Doctors. | ::::::::: It would seem to me that the simplest explanation is probably the correct one - the Doc is a <u>renegade</u> Time Lord, remember. Assuming this 'only 12 regenerations' rule is something handed down by Cardinal Rassilon, or the High Council, rather than an inherent physical limitation, this could mean that he could continue to regenerate as many times as he likes, especially as Rassilon, and the rest of the High Council, along with all the other Time Lords, are trapped within the Last Great Time War. Of course, you do have to take into account the various machinations that the Master undertook in order to beg/borrow/steal another regeneration cycle, or extend his life in a variety of ways that didn't involve regeneration, but most of them took place when the Time Lords were still around, so he may have avoided doing so simply because he knew there would terrible consequences from them if he did. The Doc doesn't have that concern. Hell, for all we know, as the last of the Time Lords, he, on his own, may be the de facto High Council, and, as such, has the power to grant himself additional regeneration cycles as he sees fit - and that is something that the High Council can do, as they offered this to the Master in The Five Doctors. | ||
::::::::::Russell T Davies confirmed that the '507' was a joke, and, if you add 5, 0 and 7 together, you get 12. | ::::::::::Russell T Davies confirmed that the '507' was a joke, and, if you add 5, 0 and 7 together, you get 12. | ||
:::::::::Rule #1... And Eleven usually makes a joke of it. | |||
::I like the way it's approached elsewhere in the wiki - "According to one account..." If both stories are canon, then one of the changes made to the timestream - like [[The Big Bang (TV story)|the Big Bang Reboot]] - must have invalidated [[Genocide (novel)]] in a way that means Jo doesn't remember, perhaps because she wasn't TARDIS crew when it happened. | |||
*Wouldn't Sarah Jane object to [[Tia Karim]] being in her attic and seeing Mr Smith. Previously she didn't want UNIT to know about him. | *Wouldn't Sarah Jane object to [[Tia Karim]] being in her attic and seeing Mr Smith. Previously she didn't want UNIT to know about him. | ||
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::UNIT probably knows that dangerous aliens on Bannerman Road are not uncommon, so they sent that many soldiers for "safety in numbers". Also, Tia Karim could be a very high-ranking, important member of UNIT, so that number of soldiers could be deemed nessesary for her protection. | ::UNIT probably knows that dangerous aliens on Bannerman Road are not uncommon, so they sent that many soldiers for "safety in numbers". Also, Tia Karim could be a very high-ranking, important member of UNIT, so that number of soldiers could be deemed nessesary for her protection. | ||
:::That doesn't wash for me. If shes' so important that she can't go out in public without that sort of protection (and even the Brig isn't that important), then someone else should be sent for death notices (esp. for a semi-secret organization). And there is no way they can believe Bannerman road is so dangerous that they can't travel there without a lot of guns - else they'd evacuate the area and not have the civillion population there. And even if that was the reason (and I don't buy it, as I said) then such an explanation would need to be given on screen, because it is not something the (child) audience could intuit. I think it's clearly done for "shock value" with no consideration for the fact that it makes no sense. | :::That doesn't wash for me. If shes' so important that she can't go out in public without that sort of protection (and even the Brig isn't that important), then someone else should be sent for death notices (esp. for a semi-secret organization). And there is no way they can believe Bannerman road is so dangerous that they can't travel there without a lot of guns - else they'd evacuate the area and not have the civillion population there. And even if that was the reason (and I don't buy it, as I said) then such an explanation would need to be given on screen, because it is not something the (child) audience could intuit. I think it's clearly done for "shock value" with no consideration for the fact that it makes no sense. | ||
::::But it ''does'' make some sense, once you know Tia Karim's plan. She needed to make sure that at least the one former long time companion that she could identify fell into the trap at the base. She could even have possibly had an alternate reason to bring her in all ready to go, like detection of alien tech that needed to be cleared up back and the base anyway. | |||
* Sarah Jane asked what happened to the [[sonic screwdriver]], and [[the Doctor]] said the [[Shansheeth]] had taken it off him, so how come later he says it's in the[[ TARDIS]] when the Shansheeth can't get inside to put it there in the first place. | * Sarah Jane asked what happened to the [[sonic screwdriver]], and [[the Doctor]] said the [[Shansheeth]] had taken it off him, so how come later he says it's in the[[ TARDIS]] when the Shansheeth can't get inside to put it there in the first place. | ||
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::::: Nowhere in the Links was a year stated; it could have been 150 years after [[The Crusade]] since it is stated that he never ages; presumably, this is an overstatement and he does age, but slowly. | ::::: Nowhere in the Links was a year stated; it could have been 150 years after [[The Crusade]] since it is stated that he never ages; presumably, this is an overstatement and he does age, but slowly. | ||
:::::: Also, the Crusade links are not necessarily considered canon, even by the generally open nature of it. | :::::: Also, the Crusade links are not necessarily considered canon, even by the generally open nature of it. | ||
::It's a good question, maybe somebody wanted to leave a story idea open for use later. Maybe they dropped by [[St Cedd's College]] before the time war and had an issue. | |||
* Why didn't the Shansheeth just kill the Doctor when they had the chance, instead of leaving him on that planet? Then they wouldn't even have to fake the funeral. | * Why didn't the Shansheeth just kill the Doctor when they had the chance, instead of leaving him on that planet? Then they wouldn't even have to fake the funeral. | ||
:: They're stupid, that's why. | :: They're stupid, that's why. | ||
::: Ha! Not so much, once you consider what usually happens to random unheard of baddies who just try to kill the Doctor when they have the chance. | |||
* Why do both Jo and Sarah Jane remember the same type of [[TARDIS key]] when the Doctor was using different types of keys for much of the time Sarah Jane traveled with him? | * Why do both Jo and Sarah Jane remember the same type of [[TARDIS key]] when the Doctor was using different types of keys for much of the time Sarah Jane traveled with him? | ||
:: Sarah Jane has seen the current TARDIS key during her encounters with the Tenth Doctor. | :: Sarah Jane has seen the current TARDIS key during her encounters with the Tenth Doctor. | ||
:: Haven't they established that the outer appearance of the key isn't important, that it's an atomic or subatomic structure that's being read? Of course, then we have to ask how their memories would be able to reproduce that. | |||
::: Them memory weave may be some sort of temporal presence scanner that uses the impression in their minds and the proximity to the TARDIS to scan the past of the TARDIS for the needed shape. | |||
*How can Jo remember [[Shirna]] smiling? It happened after the TARDIS left. | |||
::The production team probably didnt think you'd remember details like that. | |||
* Why is Karim refered to as a Colonel when her rank insignia clearly displays that of a Lieutenant? | |||
* I'm surprised the Doctor neglected to scold Rani for her doubt and refusal to support Sarah and Jo in finding him. Any sane Doctor mighta done so. She';s lucky the 9th Doctor is zeor there; who';d hrut her and scold ehr as he did to Van Statten and punished Adam for his betrayal. Why did the Doctor zero scold her for her betrayal? | |||
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