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===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ||
*Would a time/space machine as advanced as the TARDIS, fitted with sensors and tracking equipment which allow it to traverse the whole universe, really be susceptable to getting 'lost in the fog'? ''The Doctor is just being flippant. He doesn't want to admit he's steered it wrong again.'' | *Would a time/space machine as advanced as the TARDIS, fitted with sensors and tracking equipment which allow it to traverse the whole universe, really be susceptable to getting 'lost in the fog'? ''The Doctor is just being flippant. He doesn't want to admit he's steered it wrong again.'' | ||
*There are some obvious use of models, like the ship that crashes in part one, the tower as the Rutan climbs up it and the TARDIS | *There are some obvious use of models, like the ship that crashes in part one, the tower as the Rutan climbs up it and the TARDIS materialising and dematerialising. | ||
*It is quite obvious that the background on the top of the lighthouse is | *It is quite obvious that the background on the top of the lighthouse is done by bluescreen. The serial then compensates for that by blowing smoke machines to hide that. | ||
*The Doctor and Leela leave quite abruptly at the end of the story, without taking into account the potential danger to vessels related to an unattended, non-functional lighthouse. The least the Doctor could have done was go back and turn the switch back on. ''Given the nature of the explosion he'd just triggered, it’s doubtful any vessels within sight of the blast would have to worry about not seeing land for awhile.'' | *The Doctor and Leela leave quite abruptly at the end of the story, without taking into account the potential danger to vessels related to an unattended, non-functional lighthouse. The least the Doctor could have done was go back and turn the switch back on. ''Given the nature of the explosion he'd just triggered, it’s doubtful any vessels within sight of the blast would have to worry about not seeing land for awhile.'' | ||
*On departing Fang Rock at the end of the story, the Doctor seems rather upbeat and cheerful for leaving behind a lighthouse full of dead innocent humans, having failed to save any of them besides Leela. ''saving millions of lives is something to be chearful about.'' | *On departing Fang Rock at the end of the story, the Doctor seems rather upbeat and cheerful for leaving behind a lighthouse full of dead innocent humans, having failed to save any of them besides Leela. ''saving millions of lives is something to be chearful about.'' | ||