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Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story) (edit)
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==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
*This story had a working title of | * This story had a working title of '''Nemesis of the Doctor'''. | ||
* This is the first instance of a Dalek levitating up a | * This is the first instance of a Dalek levitating up a staircase on screen. However, [[Davros]] appears to have the power of flight in ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', achieved with the same [[special effect]]. In ''[[The Chase]]'' a Dalek is seen to elevate from sand and it is implied they can move between the decks of the ''Marie Celeste''. | ||
* This was the first story to be broadcast in NICAM stereo sound. | * This was the first story to be broadcast in NICAM stereo sound. | ||
* This is the first instance of " | * This is the first instance of a "skeleton effect" caused by Dalek weapons. | ||
*The pre-credits sequence includes | * The pre-credits sequence includes clips from famous speeches including those of JFK, Charles de Gaulle, the Duke of Edinburgh and Martin Luther King. | ||
*In part 4, | * In part 4, when [[Ace]] is attacked by [[Judith Winters|The Girl]] at Mike's house, she hides behind the sofa. (''If anybody has evidence that this was a deliberate reference to the popular cliché, please share it with us.'') | ||
*This is the first story showing the inside of a Dalek(Imperial one) in a scene where | * This is the first story showing the inside of a Dalek (an Imperial one) in a scene where it's transmatting. | ||
*This is the first | * This is the first (and only) time in the series the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series has been (possibly) mentioned, by an announcer on a TV, saying: "This is BBC television, the time is quarter past five and Saturday viewing continues with an adventure in the new science fiction series ''Do''-" - and then the scene changes. | ||
===Ratings=== | ===Ratings=== | ||
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===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ||
* The gates to the junkyard bear the label "I.M FORMAN", as a nod to the junkyard seen in the first ever episode ([[An Unearthly Child]]), and as a continuity link. (The Doctor also has knowledge of the geography of the junkyard). The junkyard in Unearthly Child however, is | * The gates to the junkyard bear the label "I.M FORMAN", as a nod to the junkyard seen in the first ever episode ([[An Unearthly Child]]), and as a continuity link. (The Doctor also has knowledge of the geography of the junkyard). The junkyard in Unearthly Child however, is "I.M ''Foreman''" ''This is due to a time blip, as explained in [[The Algebra of Ice]].'' | ||
* When the Doctor is counting ten seconds until the Nitro-9 he obtained from Ace explodes, you can clearly see where the re-dubbed audio doesn't quite match the original footage. | * When the Doctor is counting ten seconds until the Nitro-9 he obtained from Ace explodes, you can clearly see where the re-dubbed audio doesn't quite match the original footage. | ||
*Various details, such as the "French Revolution" book in the science lab, match up with [[The Pilot Episode]] but not with [[An Unearthly Child]]. ''It's not known for certain if this is the exact same book Susan looked at.'' | * Various details, such as the "French Revolution" book in the science lab, match up with [[The Pilot Episode]] but not with [[An Unearthly Child]]. ''It's not known for certain if this is the exact same book Susan looked at.'' | ||
*The Doctor says that the Daleks are | * The Doctor says that the Daleks are dependent on rationality and logic, whereas Daleks are actually driven by xenophobia and race hatred (it seems an ''especially'' odd statement as one of the story's core themes is racial purity). ''The Doctor is obviously referring to their battle strategies, not to their psychology.'' | ||
*In part 2, during the scene in the undertaker's, [[Ace]]'s baseball bat suddenly switches from the Doctor's left hand to his right. ([[Sophie Aldred]] points this out on the DVD commentary.) | * In part 2, during the scene in the undertaker's, [[Ace]]'s baseball bat suddenly switches from the Doctor's left hand to his right. ([[Sophie Aldred]] points this out on the DVD commentary.) | ||
*It is strongly suggested that the events of this story take place on or about 23 November, 1963, to coincide with the first broadcast of ''Doctor Who'' in real life, yet no reference occurs to the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]] the day prior, or the subsequent death of Lee Harvey Oswald, both of which would have been dominant topics of conversation even in London. ''Although strongly suggested, it's not definitively stated that this takes place in November 1963; all we know is it takes place soon after the events of ''An Unearthly Child'' which could have taken place at an earlier or later date. The killing of Oswald didn't occur until the 24th, in any event.'' | * It is strongly suggested that the events of this story take place on or about 23 November, 1963, to coincide with the first broadcast of ''Doctor Who'' in real life, yet no reference occurs to the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]] the day prior, or the subsequent death of Lee Harvey Oswald, both of which would have been dominant topics of conversation even in London. ''Although strongly suggested, it's not definitively stated that this takes place in November 1963; all we know is it takes place soon after the events of ''An Unearthly Child'' which could have taken place at an earlier or later date. The killing of Oswald didn't occur until the 24th, in any event.'' | ||
*Also left unmentioned is the absence of teachers [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] and student [[Susan Foreman]]; if this story takes place within a few days of the events of ''An Unearthly Child'' (as suggested by the presence of the "French Revolution" book), their absence should be noted by the police and the school undertaking investigations and news reports of a missing teenager and her teachers. ''This could all still be occurring "off screen".'' | * Also left unmentioned is the absence of teachers [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] and student [[Susan Foreman]]; if this story takes place within a few days of the events of ''An Unearthly Child'' (as suggested by the presence of the "French Revolution" book), their absence should be noted by the police and the school undertaking investigations and news reports of a missing teenager and her teachers. ''This could all still be occurring "off screen".'' | ||
*The Doctor proclaiming himself as "President Elect of the High Council" contradicts ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' in which he was named full president and ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' in which it was stated that he was deposed. ''Perhaps in an unchronicled adventure, he was reelected, or his deposition was reversed when it was discovered that the Trial had been orchestrated by enemy elements, or he might have been bluffing.'' | * The Doctor proclaiming himself as "President Elect of the High Council" contradicts ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' in which he was named full president and ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' in which it was stated that he was deposed. ''Perhaps in an unchronicled adventure, he was reelected, or his deposition was reversed when it was discovered that the Trial had been orchestrated by enemy elements, or he might have been bluffing.'' | ||
*Rachel | * Rachel Jensen uses the name Dalek without having heard it. | ||
*If it is 5:15 when the TV is playing then it should be dark. In addition, | * If it is 5:15 when the TV is playing then it should be dark. In addition, the Doctor asks the others to lunch, apparently later the same day. ''Again, it's never stated exactly when during the year this story takes place. If it's mid-summer then it wouldn't be dark at 5:15. It could be argued that this isn't supported by Susan Foreman arriving at the junkyard after dark after going home from school (presumably late-afternoon) in ''An Unearthly Child'' but that story never indicates if she actually went ''straight'' home.'' | ||
*Ace is wearing a patch on her jacket of the Soviet | * Ace is wearing a patch on her jacket of the Soviet sickle & hammer, and yet no one says anything, despite 1963 being the height of the [[Cold War]]. | ||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||