Theory:SJA television discontinuity and plot holes/Death of the Doctor: Difference between revisions

{{SJA discontinuity}}

:::::I see your point. However, the "canon" referred to here, I think, was meant to be referring to the main universe the three ''Whouniverse ''series are set in. (you are right, the conflicting events of novels, etc, could be true in parallel universes) As for the Doctor's regenerations, as both are in the ''Whouniverse'', us fans will do what we always do; find a reason until a "real" one is explained on screen LOL. I think that, probably, the Doctor was not being serious when talking to Clive, maybe just saying that to impress him, or because his mind was otherwise occupied, etc. Or maybe the previous statement of 13 was a lie... but I, like you, give the main series canoncical priority.

::She may have become more lenient, seeing as she has had numerous contacts with UNIT (During the Horath situation, Dalek invasion etc.)

::Seeing as it's evident that UNIT are aware she runs a anti-alien-invading force, that she's bound to have technology in there. But they aren't Torchwood, so they might let her have it.

::Perhaps even the Doctor told them to leave her her alone.

::She could have been so distraught by the news of the Doctor's death that she didn't think about them seeing Mr. Smith.

::I agree, this seems to contradict previous episodes in which Sarah tried to cover up the existance of Mr Smith from UNIT. I think the most logical explanation is that she was in shock, so forgot.

*The fact that Clyde and Rani are grounded on Earth and cannot leave the planet due to legal restrictions with the Judoon plays a major part in the episode following this one, so why is it that Clyde can go to that other planet without the Judoon taking any notice. Surely if they were grounding people on a planet, they would have measures which inform them of those people leaving it.

::Clyde and Rani can not leave the planet due to legal reasons, there is nothing physically holding them there. The robots decided to uphold the law, and did not see Clyde and Rani's presence as a threat to their mission. The Doctor doesn't care about following the law, and he needed Clyde to leave Earth if he wanted to get Earth.

 

::UNIT have called themselves the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, ever since the 2005 revival. No canon reason has been given for UNIT's change in name.

::UNIT probably knows that dangerous aliens on Bannerman Road are not uncommon, so they sent that many soldiers for "safety in numbers". Also, Tia Karim could be a very high-ranking, important member of UNIT, so that number of soldiers could be deemed nessesary for her protection.

:::That doesn't wash for me. If shes' so important that she can't go out in public without that sort of protection (and even the Brig isn't that important), then someone else should be sent for death notices (esp. for a semi-secret organization). And there is no way they can believe Bannerman road is so dangerous that they can't travel there without a lot of guns - else they'd evacuate the area and not have the civillion population there. And even if that was the reason (and I don't buy it, as I said) then such an explanation would need to be given on screen, because it is not something the (child) audience could intuit. I think it's clearly done for "shock value" with no consideration for the fact that it makes no sense.  

 

* Sarah Jane asked what happened to the [[sonic screwdriver]], and [[the Doctor]] said the [[Shansheeth]] had taken it off him, so how come later he says it's in the[[ TARDIS]] when the Shansheeth can't get inside to put it there in the first place.

::The Shansheeth took the TARDIS so the Shanseeth also took the screwdriver.