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Welcome to the TARDIS wiki discussion forum for Doctor Who discontinuity and plot holes. Through this page via the links below you can discuss plot holes and discontinuity (point of continuity in stories that does not make sense with regards to other stories).  
Welcome to the TARDIS wiki discussion forum for Doctor Who discontinuity and plot holes. Through this page via the links below you can discuss plot holes and discontinuity (point of continuity in stories that does not make sense with regards to other stories).


This is the main page on this wiki for the discussion of '''discontinuity in Doctor Who television stories'''. Feel free to use this list to create pages that discuss in detail all the continuity errors that you've found — or think you've found — in your favorite episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.  
This is the main page on this wiki for the discussion of '''discontinuity in Doctor Who television stories'''. Feel free to use this list to create pages that discuss in detail all the continuity errors that you've found — or think you've found — in your favorite episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


Note that the slash (/) in front of episode names is necessary in order to create a link back to this page, and to prevent a link to the main article itself. The notion of removing discontinuity sections from mainspace article pages was deemed approved by community consensus at [[Forum:Discontinuity revisited]].
Note that the slash (/) in front of episode names is necessary in order to create a link back to this page, and to prevent a link to the main article itself. The notion of removing discontinuity sections from mainspace article pages was deemed approved by community consensus at [[Forum:Discontinuity revisited]].


'''Please do not attempt to add discussion of narrative discontinuity on the episode pages themselves'''.
'''Please do not attempt to add discussion of narrative discontinuity on the episode pages themselves'''.


== [[First Doctor]] - [[William Hartnell]] ==
== [[First Doctor]] - [[William Hartnell]] ==
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*[[/The Daleks]] a.k.a. "The Mutants", "The Dead Planet"
*[[/The Daleks]] a.k.a. "The Mutants", "The Dead Planet"
*[[/The Edge of Destruction]] a.k.a. "Inside the Spaceship", "Beyond the Sun"
*[[/The Edge of Destruction]] a.k.a. "Inside the Spaceship", "Beyond the Sun"
*[[/Marco Polo (TV story)|/Marco Polo]] a.k.a. "A Journey to Cathay"
*[[Forum:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/Marco Polo (TV story)|/Marco Polo]] a.k.a. "A Journey to Cathay"
*[[/The Keys of Marinus]]
*[[/The Keys of Marinus]]
*[[/The Aztecs]]
*[[/The Aztecs]]
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===='''[[Season 7|Season Seven]]''' - '''[[1970]]'''====
===='''[[Season 7|Season Seven]]''' - '''[[1970]]'''====
*[[/Spearhead from Space]]
*[[/Spearhead from Space]]
*[[/Doctor Who and the Silurians]]
*[[/Doctor Who and the Silurians]]
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== [[Fifth Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] ==
== [[Fifth Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] ==


===='''[[Season 19|Season Nineteen]] - [[1982]]'''====
===='''[[Season 19|Season Nineteen]] - [[1982]]'''====
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*[[/Dragonfire]]
*[[/Dragonfire]]


===='''[[Season 25|Season Twenty-Five]] - [[1988]]'''====
===='''[[Season 25|Season Twenty-Five]] - [[1988]]'''''''''-[[1989]]''''''====
*[[/Remembrance of the Daleks]]
*[[/Remembrance of the Daleks]]
*[[/The Happiness Patrol]]
*[[/The Happiness Patrol]]
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* [[/The Idiot's Lantern]]
* [[/The Idiot's Lantern]]
* [[/The Impossible Planet]] / [[/The Satan Pit]]
* [[/The Impossible Planet]] / [[/The Satan Pit]]
* [[/Love & Monsters]]
* [[/Love &amp; Monsters|/Love &amp; Monsters]]
* [[/Fear Her]]
* [[/Fear Her]]
* [[/Army of Ghosts]] / [[/Doomsday]]
* [[/Army of Ghosts]] / [[/Doomsday]]
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*[[/The Next Doctor]]
*[[/The Next Doctor]]


====[[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|2009 specials]]====
===='''[[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|2009 specials]]'''====


*[[/Planet of the Dead]]
*[[/Planet of the Dead]]
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*[[/The End of Time]]
*[[/The End of Time]]


====Animated Mini-Series - [[2009]]====
===='''Animated Mini-Series - [[2009]]'''====
*[[/Dreamland]]
*[[/Dreamland]]


==[[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]==
==[[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]==
===[[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] - [[2010]]===
===='''[[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] - [[2010]]'''====
*[[/The Eleventh Hour]]
*[[/The Eleventh Hour]]
*[[/The Beast Below]]
*[[/The Beast Below]]
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*[[/The Lodger]]
*[[/The Lodger]]
*[[/The Pandorica Opens]]/[[/The Big Bang]]
*[[/The Pandorica Opens]]/[[/The Big Bang]]
====[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]====
===='''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]'''====
*[[/City of the Daleks]]
*[[/City of the Daleks]]
*[[/Blood of the Cybermen]]
*[[/Blood of the Cybermen]]
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*[[/Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]
*[[/Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]


===Christmas Special 2010===
===='''Christmas Special 2010'''====
*[[/A Christmas Carol]]
*[[/A Christmas Carol]]


===[[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] - [[2011]]===
===='''[[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] - [[2011]]'''====
[[The Impossible Astronaut]] (Not the discontinuity page yet, just the normal page)
*[[Forum: Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/The Impossible Astronaut|/The Impossible Astronaut]]


==Other==
==Other==
The following episodes are generally considered wholly discontinuous with the main series, and so therefore can't have "continuity errors" as such. Another way of looking at it is that they '''are''' continuity errors. Nevertheless, as this is a forum, they're included more or less for pure sport.  
The following episodes are generally considered wholly discontinuous with the main series, and so therefore can't have "continuity errors" as such. Another way of looking at it is that they '''are''' continuity errors. Nevertheless, as this is a forum, they're included more or less for pure sport.


====Pilot Episode====
===='''Pilot Episode'''====
*[[/The Pilot Episode]] (unaired)
*[[/The Pilot Episode]] (unaired)


====''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' Mini-Episode - [[1985]]====
===='''[[Jim'll Fix It]] Mini-Episode - [[1985]]'''====


*[[/A Fix with Sontarans]]
*[[/A Fix with Sontarans]]


===''[[Wikipedia:Search Out Science|Search Out Science]]'' Mini-Episode - [[1990]]===
===='''[[Wikipedia:Search Out Science|Search Out Science]] Mini-Episode - [[1990]]'''====
*[[/Search Out Space]]
*[[/Search Out Space]]


===[[Children in Need]] Special - [[1993]]===
===='''[[Children in Need]] Special - [[1993]]'''====
*[[/Dimensions in Time]]
*[[/Dimensions in Time]]


=== Comic Relief/Red Nose Day Special - [[1999]]===
==== '''Comic Relief/Red Nose Day Special - [[1999]]'''====
*[[/The Curse of Fatal Death]]
*[[/The Curse of Fatal Death]]

Revision as of 18:28, 24 April 2011

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Welcome to the TARDIS wiki discussion forum for Doctor Who discontinuity and plot holes. Through this page via the links below you can discuss plot holes and discontinuity (point of continuity in stories that does not make sense with regards to other stories).

This is the main page on this wiki for the discussion of discontinuity in Doctor Who television stories. Feel free to use this list to create pages that discuss in detail all the continuity errors that you've found — or think you've found — in your favorite episodes of Doctor Who.

Note that the slash (/) in front of episode names is necessary in order to create a link back to this page, and to prevent a link to the main article itself. The notion of removing discontinuity sections from mainspace article pages was deemed approved by community consensus at Forum:Discontinuity revisited.

Please do not attempt to add discussion of narrative discontinuity on the episode pages themselves.

First Doctor - William Hartnell

Season One - 1963-64

Season Two - 1964-65

Season Three - 1965-66

Season Four - 1966

Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton

Season Four - 1966-67 (continued)

Season Five - 1967-68

Season Six - 1968-69

Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee

Season Seven - 1970

Season Eight - 1971

Season Nine - 1972

Season Ten - 1972-73

Season Eleven - 1973-74

Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker

Season Twelve - 1974-75

Season Thirteen - 1975-76

Season Fourteen - 1976-77

Season Fifteen - 1977-78

Season Sixteen - 1978-79

Season Seventeen - 1979-80

Season Eighteen - 1980-81

Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison

Season Nineteen - 1982

Season Twenty - 1983

Season Twenty-One - 1984

Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker

Season Twenty-One (continued) - 1984

Season Twenty-Two - 1985

Format changes to 45-minute episodes

Season Twenty-Three - 1986

25-minute episodes resume.

Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy

Season Twenty-Four - 1987

Season Twenty-Five - 1988''''-1989'

Season Twenty-Six - 1989

Eighth Doctor - Paul McGann

Television Movie - 1996

Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston

Series 1 - 2005

Tenth Doctor - David Tennant

Children in Need Special - 2005

Christmas Special - 2005

Interactive Christmas Special - 2005

Series 2 - 2006

Christmas Special - 2006

Series 3 - 2007

Animated Mini-Series - 2007

Produced as part of the behind-the-scenes series, Totally Doctor Who.

Children in Need Special - 2007

Christmas Special - 2007

Series 4 2008

Proms Special 2008

Christmas Special 2008

2009 specials

Animated Mini-Series - 2009

Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Series 5 - 2010

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games

Christmas Special 2010

Series 6 - 2011

Other

The following episodes are generally considered wholly discontinuous with the main series, and so therefore can't have "continuity errors" as such. Another way of looking at it is that they are continuity errors. Nevertheless, as this is a forum, they're included more or less for pure sport.

Pilot Episode

Jim'll Fix It Mini-Episode - 1985

Search Out Science Mini-Episode - 1990

Children in Need Special - 1993

Comic Relief/Red Nose Day Special - 1999

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