The Invasion of Time (TV story): Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
→Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 111: | Line 111: | ||
===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. | ||
| Line 119: | Line 119: | ||
*Why don't the Sontaran ships just come in one at a time? The first one got through alright. ''The Transduction Barrier went back up.'' | *Why don't the Sontaran ships just come in one at a time? The first one got through alright. ''The Transduction Barrier went back up.'' | ||
*And why are there only four Sontarans in a single ship? ''Perhaps the rest of the ship's crew were off capturing other parts of the Citadel, or they could have come down in a shuttle because the Time Lords seemingly have no way of resisting''. | *And why are there only four Sontarans in a single ship? ''Perhaps the rest of the ship's crew were off capturing other parts of the Citadel, or they could have come down in a shuttle because the Time Lords seemingly have no way of resisting''. | ||
*After taking ages wandering round the TARDIS, they find their way out rather quickly. | *After taking ages wandering round the TARDIS, they find their way out rather quickly. ''The Sontarans probably have a good directional sense, but they didn't know where to go on their way in, because they'd never been there before.'' | ||
*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 | *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 circuit. 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. | *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 | *The final two episodes of this story are blatantly 'tacked-on' to the end to make it up to a six-parter. Why would aliens as powerful as the Vardans require to ally themselves to the Sontarans? ''I think the implication is that they aren't as powerful as they think, and the Sontarans, just as The Doctor did, used their inflated sense of their own power to manipulate the Vardans into "helping them".'' | ||
*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 | *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 disintegrating 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? ''Again, The Doctor ma''''y just be using the Vardans' inflated egos to manipulate them, and for it to work, he may need the others to believe the Vardans are as powerful as they themselves believe.'' | ||
*It is not explained why the Matrix attacked the Doctor. | *It is not explained why the Matrix attacked the Doctor. | ||
