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*Despite jumping over the side in a suicide attempt Foon still tries to resist death. (Instinct) | *Despite jumping over the side in a suicide attempt Foon still tries to resist death. (Instinct) | ||
* When the Doctor tries to warn the fellow passengers by grabbing the microphone the singer was using, it is branded Magpie electricals; why would a Sto microphone be branded Magpie Electricals. ''It could be for the same reason the ship looks like the Titanic in that they wanted everything to be as close to earths variant as possible and that magpie electronics appeared to be a big brand name in the show and thus would be the brand they decided to style it on.'' | * When the Doctor tries to warn the fellow passengers by grabbing the microphone the singer was using, it is branded Magpie electricals; why would a Sto microphone be branded Magpie Electricals. ''It could be for the same reason the ship looks like the Titanic in that they wanted everything to be as close to earths variant as possible and that magpie electronics appeared to be a big brand name in the show and thus would be the brand they decided to style it on.'' | ||
* The opening collision between the TARDIS and the ship raises several questions: Why would a space-going vessel have a foghorn? How could a vessel in space expel a life preserver (and why would one even be needed?) And how was the captain of the ship not aware that it had not only collided with another craft, but had briefly embedded itself within it? ''The foghorn and life preserver make the | * The opening collision between the TARDIS and the ship raises several questions: Why would a space-going vessel have a foghorn? How could a vessel in space expel a life preserver (and why would one even be needed?) And how was the captain of the ship not aware that it had not only collided with another craft, but had briefly embedded itself within it? ''The foghorn and life preserver make the ship seem authentic, and more realistic like the Titanic itself'' | ||
*What happened to the Hosts? ''Most of them were destroyed within the episode, the remaining ones obviously were left on the ship.'' | *What happened to the Hosts? ''Most of them were destroyed within the episode, the remaining ones obviously were left on the ship.'' | ||
*The Doctor explicitly gives his age as 903 which, while consistent with the ages given in episodes of the revived series, contradict the last on-screen age given as 953 in ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' - ''It is possible that he gives his age based on the planet from whence whoever he is speaking to came. As different planets have different Day/Night cycles his age would fluctuate.'' | *The Doctor explicitly gives his age as 903 which, while consistent with the ages given in episodes of the revived series, contradict the last on-screen age given as 953 in ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' - ''It is possible that he gives his age based on the planet from whence whoever he is speaking to came. As different planets have different Day/Night cycles his age would fluctuate.'' | ||
