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*The Doctor claims that it will take the Swarm 20 minutes to reach them 100 miles away. So therefore they were moving at 300mph. However, when Christina was being chased by one it could not catch up despite her moving at a much slower speed. ''This one had been inactive for an unknown amount of time, due to the low temperature of the ship, so it's reasonable to assume this is why it was so sluggish, as most beings become slow if they are exposed to cold for a certain amount of time. It was also mentioned in the script that the swarm had been gaining speed constantly while circling the planet.'' | *The Doctor claims that it will take the Swarm 20 minutes to reach them 100 miles away. So therefore they were moving at 300mph. However, when Christina was being chased by one it could not catch up despite her moving at a much slower speed. ''This one had been inactive for an unknown amount of time, due to the low temperature of the ship, so it's reasonable to assume this is why it was so sluggish, as most beings become slow if they are exposed to cold for a certain amount of time. It was also mentioned in the script that the swarm had been gaining speed constantly while circling the planet.'' | ||
*Why did the | *Why did the Tritovores have ear pieces? They clearly don't have ears. ''The "ear pieces" were referred to as a means to communicate, not that they were meant to fit over the ears. They could just as easily have been fitted to be over the Tritovore's mouths, meaning that the fact that they fitted on human ears could have been a coincidence'' | ||
*The rays were traveling in a swarm; how did only three manage to get through when they were all going through together? ''They could have simply been farther ahead of the other rays, or scouts of the "new world. They were traveling round and round the planet. Or they could have been the rays from the | *The rays were traveling in a swarm; how did only three manage to get through when they were all going through together? ''They could have simply been farther ahead of the other rays, or scouts of the "new world. They were traveling round and round the planet. Or they could have been the rays from the Tritovore ship.'' | ||
*The bus is seen to take on damage as it travels through the worm hole, but on its way back to Earth, no more damage to the bus is sustained. '' The bus took damage because the wormhole was too small when it first traveled though, but by the time of the second trip the wormhole was much larger.'' | *The bus is seen to take on damage as it travels through the worm hole, but on its way back to Earth, no more damage to the bus is sustained. '' The bus took damage because the wormhole was too small when it first traveled though, but by the time of the second trip the wormhole was much larger.'' | ||
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*Why did Carmen not see that they were going to survive? ''Carmen may not be able to see everything, just certain things. Her visions are vague.'' | *Why did Carmen not see that they were going to survive? ''Carmen may not be able to see everything, just certain things. Her visions are vague.'' | ||
*There are tire tracks behind the bus, proving it drove to | *There are tire tracks behind the bus, proving it drove to its location. ''The tire tracks could be evidence that the bus was forces forwards when it came out of the worm-hole, which made impressions in the sand. It was shown on Doctor Who Confidential that the Doctor Who Team went to great lengths to ensure the sand was flat and undisturbed meaning they would have removed them behind the bus should they not have been needed.'' | ||
*When Christina escaped the police car at the end, why didn't all the hundreds of heavily armed UNIT troops not try to stop her when she just ran past them? ''UNIT isn't the police - quite simply, it's not their job. And considering how dismissive Capt. Magambo is of the police, they may not even know she's wanted. They could have also been a bit preoccupied with clearing up the remains of the stingrays.'' | *When Christina escaped the police car at the end, why didn't all the hundreds of heavily armed UNIT troops not try to stop her when she just ran past them? ''UNIT isn't the police - quite simply, it's not their job. And considering how dismissive Capt. Magambo is of the police, they may not even know she's wanted. They could have also been a bit preoccupied with clearing up the remains of the stingrays.'' | ||
* After seeing its fellow eaten why didn't the other | * After seeing its fellow eaten why didn't the other Tritovore just shoot the stingray with its weapon. ''It might have been panicked and done attacked the Alien Stingray instead of running. It looked like it tried to, but was too scared and got eaten before it could.'' | ||
*The cannon the UNIT troops are using is seen being fired several times out of four nozzles but only one of the rockets seems to hit the Stingrays each time. | *The cannon the UNIT troops are using is seen being fired several times out of four nozzles but only one of the rockets seems to hit the Stingrays each time. | ||
