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*The destruction of the Dalek, which was supposed 'to play the Game too well' not so much demonstrates the cunning of the Doctor as the stupidity of the Dalek. | *The destruction of the Dalek, which was supposed 'to play the Game too well' not so much demonstrates the cunning of the Doctor as the stupidity of the Dalek. | ||
*''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' later established that Time Lords can always recognise each other (although this does not seem to apply to different incarnations of the same Time Lord, for example in ''[[Time Crash]]'' where the Fifth Doctor does not know who the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] is). Why, then, does the First Doctor not recognise the Master, them having been at the Academy together? ''The Master is in a non-Time Lord body and so perhaps the First Doctor will not recognise him. This is similar to the situation in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' where the Tenth Doctor cannot recognise the Master in human form.'' | *''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' later established that Time Lords can always recognise each other (although this does not seem to apply to different incarnations of the same Time Lord, for example in ''[[Time Crash]]'' where the Fifth Doctor does not know who the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] is). Why, then, does the First Doctor not recognise the Master, them having been at the Academy together? ''The Master is in a non-Time Lord body and so perhaps the First Doctor will not recognise him. This is similar to the situation in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' where the Tenth Doctor cannot recognise the Master in human form.'' | ||
*When each of the Doctors are taken out of the Doctor's timestream, only the Fifth Doctor is affected. Why aren't the Second, Third and Fourth getting the same reaction when the First Doctor is taken out and so forth? ''Perhaps the Fifth Doctor's reaction is due to the fact that the Fourth Doctor was not Time Scooped properly. The First, Second and Third Doctors had not "been" the Fourth yet, and so this would not have affected them.'' | *When each of the Doctors are taken out of the Doctor's timestream, only the Fifth Doctor is affected. Why aren't the Second, Third and Fourth getting the same reaction when the First Doctor is taken out and so forth? ''Perhaps the Fifth Doctor's reaction is due to the fact that the Fourth Doctor was not Time Scooped properly. The First, Second and Third Doctors had not "been" the Fourth yet, and so this would not have affected them. Also, it's possible their physical reactions may simply have occurred off screen or have been too minor for them to notice since the Fifth Doctor indicates his reaction is in part due to being "whittled away" which one would expect to affect the older Time Lord. The First Doctor wouldn't have anything to be whittled away. Alternately, the lack of reaction may also be due to the fact the younger Doctors were abducted earlier than the Fifth, so had more time to feel the effects.'' | ||
*Why doesn't the Fifth Doctor remember the events already (likewise the Third, Second, etc.). ''This is an issue faced by every multi-Doctor story and requires suspension of disbelief from the audience. It can be rationalized that the memories of the interaction were supressed by the Time Lords, which is supported by dialogue in [[School Reunion]] suggesting Sarah Jane and the [[Tenth Doctor]] have no memory of meeting during The Five Doctors.'' | |||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
