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*After indicating to Rose how important Harriet Jones becomes to Britain and planet earth ([[DW]]: ''[[World War III]]''), here he proceeds to sabotage her career.  What about his many spiels about his being forbidden to change history? ''Some events can be changed, as established in [[The Fires of Pompeii]].  This must be one of them''
*After indicating to Rose how important Harriet Jones becomes to Britain and planet earth ([[DW]]: ''[[World War III]]''), here he proceeds to sabotage her career.  What about his many spiels about his being forbidden to change history? ''Some events can be changed, as established in [[The Fires of Pompeii]].  This must be one of them''
* The Doctor states that this event will make alien life indisputable to humanity - and the UNIT tie-in website has a press release stating "Alien Life Confirmed" - but later episodes such as ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'' still establish that alien life is still unknown to some. ''Runaway Bride only established that [[Donna Noble]] was oblivious to the events of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]; [[TW]]: [[Everything Changes]] also suggested that efforts were still being made to cover up events such as Canary Wharf. However [[Voyage of the Damned]] directly references the events of this episode and addresses the Sycorax invasion as one of the reasons for the holiday-time evacuation of London two years later.''
* The Doctor states that this event will make alien life indisputable to humanity - and the UNIT tie-in website has a press release stating "Alien Life Confirmed" - but later episodes such as ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'' still establish that alien life is still unknown to some. ''Runaway Bride only established that [[Donna Noble]] was oblivious to the events of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]; [[TW]]: [[Everything Changes]] also suggested that efforts were still being made to cover up events such as Canary Wharf. However [[Voyage of the Damned]] directly references the events of this episode and addresses the Sycorax invasion as one of the reasons for the holiday-time evacuation of London two years later.''
* It's never really explained why the Doctor and Rose and her family were targeted by the Santas and the Christmas tree weapon.
* It's never really explained why the Doctor and Rose and her family were targeted by the Santas and the Christmas tree weapon. The Sycorax leader does not have any prior knowledge of the Doctor or Rose and as such had no need to send the "pilot fish" after them.


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
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