Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/School Reunion: Difference between revisions

:::Assuming that only televised canon counts as far as the TV writers are concerned (as there is no obligation for them to honor the events of comic strips and novels), and considering [[Dimensions in Time]] establishes that it's simply the Seventh Doctor and Ace all along experiencing illusions of other companions, the clear implication is that the events of The Five Doctors were erased from the Doctor's memory and that of Sarah Jane. Presumably this also occurred with the other Doctors and companions involved. Considering that story took place on Gallifrey and involved the Time Lords directly, it's not too much of a stretch to conjecture that they erased the memories to avoid temporal paradoxes with regards to the multiple Doctors (presumably the Fifth Doctor wasn't affected since he was the latest Doctor involved and was appointed President at the end). Alternately, the Doctor may have, for reasons unknown, chosen to erase Sarah Jane's memory of those events (given the precedent of Donna Noble's memories being erased).

:::The dialogue between Sarah Jane and the Doctor suggests that '''neither '''of them remembers the events of ''The Five Doctors''. Those events involved the President acting illegally (using the time scoop, for example). The Time Lords might have erased memories to cover up the illegal actions of President Borusa. Alternatively, Rassilon might have done so to ensure that word didn't get out about the trap Borusa had walked into.

*In the beginning of the episode, the TARDIS is in the school. The Doctor was going to go back in and get it to analyse the oil, but Sarah Jane mentions that she has K9 in the car, so they go to the car instead. At the end of the episode, the TARDIS is outside on a sunny day. Wouldn't the TARDIS have blown up in the explosion since we never see them go back to get it?