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* According to ''[[The Daleks]]'', the ancestral race of the Daleks was called "Dals." However, they are identified as [[Kaled]]s in this and all future appearances. Among the theories to explain this apparent discrepancy include that "Dal" is the name for the Kaleds in the [[Thal]] language, or that the Dals were an earlier evolutionary form of the Kaleds themselves. They may even be another race allied with the Kaleds | * According to ''[[The Daleks]]'', the ancestral race of the Daleks was called "Dals." However, they are identified as [[Kaled]]s in this and all future appearances. Among the theories to explain this apparent discrepancy include that "Dal" is the name for the Kaleds in the [[Thal]] language, or that the Dals were an earlier evolutionary form of the Kaleds themselves. They may even be another race allied with the Kaleds | ||
*''[[The Daleks]]'' implied that the Daleks evolved gradually into their mutated form over hundreds of years. This apparent discontinuity is usually explained by the Doctor's interference with their history in this story. Events set into motion by the Doctor's presence caused Davros to prematurely accelerate the development of the Daleks, creating unstable creatures which he could not control. | *''[[The Daleks]]'' implied that the Daleks evolved gradually into their mutated form over hundreds of years. This apparent discontinuity is usually explained by the Doctor's interference with their history in this story. Events set into motion by the Doctor's presence caused Davros to prematurely accelerate the development of the Daleks, creating unstable creatures which he could not control. | ||
* How is it possible to have a [[Thousand Year War]] between two cities only miles apart? ''Perhaps these cities managed to keep out of the war until the final stages. Also, their proximity prevents the use of more destructive weapons, such as nuclear warheads and nerve gases, which would most likely destroy both cities.'' | |||
* If the Kaleds can get into the Thal dome so easily (ight up to the door of the Thal cabinet room, then why the war of attrition? ''Perhaps the both the Kaleds and Thals have honour and would not do a such a thing | |||
* How is it possible to have a [[Thousand Year War]] between two cities only miles apart? | |||
* If the Kaleds can get into the Thal dome so easily ( | |||
*At the end of Part 2, Sarah falls outside the gantry: in episode three's resolution, she falls onto a platform inside it. | *At the end of Part 2, Sarah falls outside the gantry: in episode three's resolution, she falls onto a platform inside it. | ||
*Will it really take the Daleks 1000 years to get through a blocked tunnel? '' | *Will it really take the Daleks 1000 years to get through a blocked tunnel? ''The 1000 years refers to the time it will take to recreate Davros' work following the destruction of the incubators.)' | ||
*The Daleks shown in this story are supposed to be the earliest and most primitive of the species however they are shown to be more advanced than those shown in ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. They have the solar panels on their mid-sections that were first seen in ''[[The Chase]]'' and are able to travel off of metal, an ability that was only first shown to be possible in The Dalek Invasion of Earth. ''Since this story takes place, chronologically, before these earlier episodes, maybe since then the war on Skaro had had many changes to the Daleks, and lost them many resources, so when they made more Daleks and more casing, they couldn't access the specific material or technology to create the solar panels. Being entombed, solar panels would soon become useless and would be discarded as such. Needing an alternate form of power - and not travelling outside due to being confined to the bunker, static electricity emerged as an alternative energy source.'' | *The Daleks shown in this story are supposed to be the earliest and most primitive of the species however they are shown to be more advanced than those shown in ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. They have the solar panels on their mid-sections that were first seen in ''[[The Chase]]'' and are able to travel off of metal, an ability that was only first shown to be possible in The Dalek Invasion of Earth. ''Since this story takes place, chronologically, before these earlier episodes, maybe since then the war on Skaro had had many changes to the Daleks, and lost them many resources, so when they made more Daleks and more casing, they couldn't access the specific material or technology to create the solar panels. Being entombed, solar panels would soon become useless and would be discarded as such. Needing an alternate form of power - and not travelling outside due to being confined to the bunker, static electricity emerged as an alternative energy source.'' | ||
* Why is there a switch which will effectively kill Davros located on his console in the most obvious of locations? Under what circumstances would he want his life support system to be so easily terminated? At the very least, the switch should have been concealed. ''Just in case, he been taken as prisoner of war.'' | * Why is there a switch which will effectively kill Davros located on his console in the most obvious of locations? Under what circumstances would he want his life support system to be so easily terminated? At the very least, the switch should have been concealed. ''Just in case, he been taken as prisoner of war.'' | ||
* Surely the creation of the Daleks would be a fixed point in history, meaning that the Doctor would have drastically changed history. | * Surely the creation of the Daleks would be a fixed point in history, meaning that the Doctor would have drastically changed history.''The Doctor has the full backing of the Time Lords on this adventure. It's likely that the entire Time Lord government working together would be able to stabilize history after this. After all, the Time Lord in the beginning of the episode said that destroying them before they were ever created was acceptable.'' | ||
* Sarah-Jane's loses her yellow trousers from ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' and gained a dark coloured skirt in the transmat beam. | * Sarah-Jane's loses her yellow trousers from ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' and gained a dark coloured skirt in the transmat beam. | ||
*There's no clear explanation for why Sarah-Jane changes outfit in the later episodes. | *There's no clear explanation for why Sarah-Jane changes outfit in the later episodes. | ||
