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===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ||
*It is painfully obvious that the Vardans in their dematerialised form are sheets of cellophane. ''Even in their materialised form they are unimpressive and almost comical. A version was produced which substituted CGI human-like images''. | *It is painfully obvious that the Vardans in their dematerialised form are sheets of cellophane. ''Even in their materialised form they are unimpressive and almost comical. A version was produced which substituted CGI human-like images''. | ||
*There are gaps around the collar of [[Stor]]'s armour. | *There are gaps around the collar of [[Stor]]'s armour. | ||
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*Just after the Doctor takes something similar to fit when the [[Crown of Rassilon]] is placed on his head [[Borusa]] said "This is unearthly" Even though they are [[Gallifreyan]] ''unearthly could be a phrase in many cultures, or it could be the TARDIS translation curcuit. He may also have said "This is unheard of."'' | *Just after the Doctor takes something similar to fit when the [[Crown of Rassilon]] is placed on his head [[Borusa]] said "This is unearthly" Even though they are [[Gallifreyan]] ''unearthly could be a phrase in many cultures, or it could be the TARDIS translation curcuit. He may also have said "This is unheard of."'' | ||
*If the Doctor has lost all memory of becoming President after he uses the disintegrator, why does he return to Leela and the others who are waiting for him in the TARDIS workshop? ''He might have lost all memory of the presidential part but kept some remaining memories so that he could remember what he was doing'' | *If the Doctor has lost all memory of becoming President after he uses the disintegrator, why does he return to Leela and the others who are waiting for him in the TARDIS workshop? ''He might have lost all memory of the presidential part but kept some remaining memories so that he could remember what he was doing'' | ||
* | *Why did the Doctor contacted the Vardans in the first place? ''He felt they were so dangerous that they needed to be preemptively stopped; thus, he used the pretext of serving them to identify their homeworld and trap it. This, of course, raises a host of moral issues the story fails to deal with. | ||
*The final two episodes of this story are blatently 'tacked-on' to the end to make it up to a six-parter. Why would aliens as powerful as the Vardens require to ally themselves to the Sontarans? | *The final two episodes of this story are blatently 'tacked-on' to the end to make it up to a six-parter. Why would aliens as powerful as the Vardens require to ally themselves to the Sontarans? | ||
*What is so very special about the D-Mat gun that Rassilon felt it necessary to go to such lengths to safeguard Gallifrey from it's use? ''We only see a fraction of its potential in this story. Used to full effect, it would be capable of disintergrating any object or person, located in any place or time throughout the cosmos.'' | *What is so very special about the D-Mat gun that Rassilon felt it necessary to go to such lengths to safeguard Gallifrey from it's use? ''We only see a fraction of its potential in this story. Used to full effect, it would be capable of disintergrating any object or person, located in any place or time throughout the cosmos.'' | ||
*The Doctor tells Borusa that the Vardans have 'more power than you could possibly imagine'. If so, why do they want the Great Key? | *The Doctor tells Borusa that the Vardans have 'more power than you could possibly imagine'. If so, why do they want the Great Key? | ||
*It is not explained why the Matrix attacked the Doctor. | *It is not explained why the Matrix attacked the Doctor. | ||
