Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/Smile

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• Nardole acts coldly towards Bill, even though he showed no animosity towards her in the previous episode.

I think this is because he knows that the Doctor is planning to go "off-world" and is perhaps simply annoyed with the situation as a whole.

• Why does the Doctor neglect using his TARDIS to fly straight into the ship in the city? Why run the risk of being attacked by the bots again?

He wanted to keep Bill safe. If he flew the TARDIS into the ship then she would almost certainly want to go out with him. He wanted to make sure she stayed well out of the way.

• If the Doctor was being registered as two people because of his hearts, why did the emojibots serve him two algae portions on a single plate rather than two different plates with a helping each?

Well the emojibots could easily see the Doctor was one person, but registering two hearts confused them, maybe they thought he was pregnant.

• Why are there complete skulls and other bones below the bone grinder?

• Why would the colonists include an old woman near death's door amongst the shepherds, the "best ones, the brave ones"?