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Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/The Impossible Astronaut

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This page is for discussing the ways in which The Impossible Astronaut doesn't fit well with other DWU narratives. You can also talk about the plot holes that render its own, internal narrative confusing.

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  • The direction Canton is being driven past the White House is the wrong way for him to get to the Oval Office. By that point in the road, he would have passed the entrance to the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office was situated.
This is the Whoniverse. Things may be different to the real world.
  • The Doctor summons those he trusts the most to his wake. What about Martha, Mickey, Jack and Sarah-Jane though?
This Doctor has probably not seen Jack, Mickey, Sarah Jane, Martha, or any other pre-Eleventh Doctor companions for over 200 years. He does, however, presumably continue to interact with River for the rest of his life, and we don't know how much longer Amy and Rory continue to travel with him.
It's possible that even if he did trust them more, all of them (assuming Jack's returned to Earth) are busy with their own alien fights, while River's in Stormcage and Amy and Rory are watching movies back in Leadworth.
200 years in his future, The Doctor was aware that only he, River, Amy, Rory and Canton received the blue envelopes, so he only sent them to those people.
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