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*All Jenny's knowledge and abilities were given to her by the machine she was born in. This may include her gymnastics skills. It is never explained why the other soldiers do not have the same ability. ''This is more likely a Time Lord ability than a human one. The Ninth Doctor has a similar ability shown in ''[[The End of the World]]'' where he momentarily increases his perception so as to dodge fast moving fan blades. The Doctor hasn't developed this potential talent to its fullest, but Jenny has (the physical aspects of her programming would help there). Similarly, the Master is more skilled than the Doctor at hypnosis and Susan was said in [[DW]]: "[[The Sensorites]]" to have a particular knack for telepathy. Jenny also states that she is in peak physical condition, which might explain why the Doctor wouldn't be able to do it, but she would.'' | *All Jenny's knowledge and abilities were given to her by the machine she was born in. This may include her gymnastics skills. It is never explained why the other soldiers do not have the same ability. ''This is more likely a Time Lord ability than a human one. The Ninth Doctor has a similar ability shown in ''[[The End of the World]]'' where he momentarily increases his perception so as to dodge fast moving fan blades. The Doctor hasn't developed this potential talent to its fullest, but Jenny has (the physical aspects of her programming would help there). Similarly, the Master is more skilled than the Doctor at hypnosis and Susan was said in [[DW]]: "[[The Sensorites]]" to have a particular knack for telepathy. Jenny also states that she is in peak physical condition, which might explain why the Doctor wouldn't be able to do it, but she would.'' | ||
*It is not explained how Jenny would know how to fly a shuttle. ''Militants today even have some basic knowledge of how to fly an aircraft even if they aren't in a division that requires it. Its mostly just for emergencies so why should the colonists be any different.'' | *It is not explained how Jenny would know how to fly a shuttle. ''Militants today even have some basic knowledge of how to fly an aircraft even if they aren't in a division that requires it. Its mostly just for emergencies so why should the colonists be any different.'' | ||
*Four apparent facts cannot all be true at once: (a) the war has only been going on for seven days; (b) General Cobb knows about The Source and its purpose only by hearsay passed on through the generations; (c) General Cobb is in his late forties or his fifties; and (d) offspring produced by the machine emerge with the bodies and personalities of human beings in their early twenties. If Cobb is as old as he looks, he ought to have been a member of the original landing party, in which case he would know what the Source really is. ''(Cobb was not in his forties or fifties. He was created by the machine to be a general and thus "born old". As | *Four apparent facts cannot all be true at once: (a) the war has only been going on for seven days; (b) General Cobb knows about The Source and its purpose only by hearsay passed on through the generations; (c) General Cobb is in his late forties or his fifties; and (d) offspring produced by the machine emerge with the bodies and personalities of human beings in their early twenties. If Cobb is as old as he looks, he ought to have been a member of the original landing party, in which case he would know what the Source really is. ''(Cobb was not in his forties or fifties. He was created by the machine to be a general and thus "born old". As to the apparent discrepancy in the first two, the Doctor explains at the end of the episode that both can be true because the war burns through several generations in a day.)'' | ||
*If the war had only been fought for seven days that implied that no soldiers from the human side have survived past seven days otherwise they would know what happened. This is implausible.''(There is constant fighting in close quarters, with huge numbers of combatants on both sides. It is quite possible.)'' | *If the war had only been fought for seven days that implied that no soldiers from the human side have survived past seven days otherwise they would know what happened. This is implausible.''(There is constant fighting in close quarters, with huge numbers of combatants on both sides. It is quite possible.)'' | ||
*When Donna, Jenny and the Doctor are put in the cell no one searches them. This seems a major oversight. In addition to this the guard is standing right outside the door yet fails to hear the sonic screwdriver or the Doctor talking on his mobile phone. ''A very bad guard. But he does believe that they are pacifists and thus are no threat and have no weapons. The conversation on the phone was traced to The Hath as seen in one of the cut scenes'' | *When Donna, Jenny and the Doctor are put in the cell no one searches them. This seems a major oversight. In addition to this the guard is standing right outside the door yet fails to hear the sonic screwdriver or the Doctor talking on his mobile phone. ''A very bad guard. But he does believe that they are pacifists and thus are no threat and have no weapons. The conversation on the phone was traced to The Hath as seen in one of the cut scenes'' | ||
*Near the end of the episode, a softbox light can be seen inside the TARDIS, lighting the set.''(The TARDIS has lights.)'' | *Near the end of the episode, a softbox light can be seen inside the TARDIS, lighting the set.''(The TARDIS has lights.)'' | ||
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* Even allowing for far-future science, how could a ball of gas the size terraform an entire planet? And, if we grant that it could, how could anyone possibly survive being in the same room when it went off, especially considering the rate at which it strips away topsoil? Clever nanites? But even then, where does the soil go? ''Far more outlandish ideas have been proposed in science fiction. People in the same room with it survive because it is designed to allow for that when it's initialised. As for the soil, it would have to be converted into something usable or harmless.'' | * Even allowing for far-future science, how could a ball of gas the size terraform an entire planet? And, if we grant that it could, how could anyone possibly survive being in the same room when it went off, especially considering the rate at which it strips away topsoil? Clever nanites? But even then, where does the soil go? ''Far more outlandish ideas have been proposed in science fiction. People in the same room with it survive because it is designed to allow for that when it's initialised. As for the soil, it would have to be converted into something usable or harmless.'' | ||
* For that matter, why would it want to strip away the topsoil? Wouldn't that be counterproductive to the goal of turning the planet into one humans could comfortably live on? ''The topsoil's contaminated by the planet's high-ish radiation levels, and otherwise the city would remain underground. '' | * For that matter, why would it want to strip away the topsoil? Wouldn't that be counterproductive to the goal of turning the planet into one humans could comfortably live on? ''The topsoil's contaminated by the planet's high-ish radiation levels, and otherwise the city would remain underground. '' | ||
* It is highly unlikely that a military professional like the guard for the Doctor, Donna and Jenny's cell would be tricked by Jenny so easily. | * It is highly unlikely that a military professional like the guard for the Doctor, Donna and Jenny's cell would be tricked by Jenny so easily. ''(Although a "military professional" who has been given innate physical and tactical abilities, the guard is also less than a day old in terms of experience. There's no reason to believe he would know how to react "professionally" to what are likely his first ever sexual advances.)'' | ||
* If the progenation machine generates clothing as well, why wouldn't it just generate the same uniform for Jenny as the other soldiers? | * If the progenation machine generates clothing as well, why wouldn't it just generate the same uniform for Jenny as the other soldiers? | ||