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*The Doctor gives the date of the events of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' as happening in [[2000]], although all other sources give it as the [[22nd century]]. ''The Doctor might not be telling the truth'' | *The Doctor gives the date of the events of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' as happening in [[2000]], although all other sources give it as the [[22nd century]]. ''The Doctor might not be telling the truth, but he is attatched to a lie detector'' | ||
* According to ''[[The Daleks]]'', the ancestral race of the Daleks was called "Dals." However, they are identified as [[Kaled]]s in this and all future appearances. Among the theories to explain this apparent discrepancy include that "Dal" is the name for the Kaleds in the [[Thal]] language, or that the Dals were an earlier evolutionary form of the Kaleds themselves. | * According to ''[[The Daleks]]'', the ancestral race of the Daleks was called "Dals." However, they are identified as [[Kaled]]s in this and all future appearances. Among the theories to explain this apparent discrepancy include that "Dal" is the name for the Kaleds in the [[Thal]] language, or that the Dals were an earlier evolutionary form of the Kaleds themselves. | ||
*''[[The Daleks]]'' implied that the Daleks evolved gradually into their mutated form over hundreds of years. This apparent discontinuity is usually explained by the Doctor's interference with their history in this story. Events set into motion by the Doctor's presence caused Davros to prematurely accelerate the development of the Daleks, creating unstable creatures which he could not control. | *''[[The Daleks]]'' implied that the Daleks evolved gradually into their mutated form over hundreds of years. This apparent discontinuity is usually explained by the Doctor's interference with their history in this story. Events set into motion by the Doctor's presence caused Davros to prematurely accelerate the development of the Daleks, creating unstable creatures which he could not control. | ||
* How is it possible to have a [[Thousand Year War]] between two cities only miles apart? (''Perhaps these cities managed to keep out of the war until the final stages.'') | * How is it possible to have a [[Thousand Year War]] between two cities only miles apart? (''Perhaps these cities managed to keep out of the war until the final stages.'') | ||
* If the Kaleds can get into the Thal dome so easily (right up to the door of the Thal cabinet room), then why the war of attrition? | * If the Kaleds can get into the Thal dome so easily (right up to the door of the Thal cabinet room), then why the war of attrition? | ||
