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===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ||
* In the first episode, the studio floor is visible in the "white void" outside the TARDIS. | * In the first episode, the studio floor is visible in the "white void" outside the TARDIS. | ||
*The Doctor tells | *The Doctor tells Ian that they only have 5 minutes to survive in episode 2 - yet it takes over 5 minutes before they release the fast return switch. The Doctor even takes time to deliver a long and rather pointless speech when he knows that their end is only a few seconds away. | ||
* The Tardis crew do well to spot the patterns to the tardis warnings - especially since they only start in episode 2 after happening randomly in episode 1. | * The Tardis crew do well to spot the patterns to the tardis warnings - especially since they only start in episode 2 after happening randomly in episode 1. | ||
* William | * William Hartnell has a bit of a nightmare, completely throwing the other actors during one scene by saying the same line ("It's not very likely") twice, and fumbling "You knocked both Susan and I unconscious". He also omits the scripted explanation for the melted clocks. | ||
*Two floor assistants' shadows can be seen in episode 1, against the door leading into the bedroom and food machine area. | *Two floor assistants' shadows can be seen in episode 1, against the door leading into the bedroom and food machine area. | ||
*Given the cirumstances, the TARDIS' [[cloister bell]] (see ''[[Logopolis]]'') should have activated. (''In fact, a warning claxon is heard in ''[[Planet of Giants]]'', under similar peril. The safest assumption is that the ship's alarm system, too, was malfunctioning. One can then conclude that the Doctor simply modified the sound of the alarm heard in ''Giants'' into the familiar sound of the cloister bell.'') | *Given the cirumstances, the TARDIS' [[cloister bell]] (see ''[[Logopolis]]'') should have activated. (''In fact, a warning claxon is heard in ''[[Planet of Giants]]'', under similar peril. The safest assumption is that the ship's alarm system, too, was malfunctioning. One can then conclude that the Doctor simply modified the sound of the alarm heard in ''Giants'' into the familiar sound of the cloister bell.'') | ||