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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".'' | *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 two the apparant 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.)'' | ||
*It's unclear why the progenitor would be set to create soldiers as it is a colonisation ship. ''It is stated in the episode that the machine was reprogrammed to create soldiers rather than colonists''. | *It's unclear why the progenitor would be set to create soldiers as it is a colonisation ship. ''It is stated in the episode that the machine was reprogrammed to create soldiers rather than colonists''. | ||