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*Related to the above, the Doctor is seen using a telephone on the bridge to contact Buckingham Palace. Couldn't Frame have been instructed to "phone down" to Earth to warn them about the danger? ''As this occurs prior to [[The Stolen Earth]] the general population wasn't aware of alien life yet, and who would Frame have called? Contacting [[Torchwood 3]] or [[UNIT]] would have probably resulted in the ship being blown out of the sky, an option the Doctor would not have sanctioned.'' | *Related to the above, the Doctor is seen using a telephone on the bridge to contact Buckingham Palace. Couldn't Frame have been instructed to "phone down" to Earth to warn them about the danger? ''As this occurs prior to [[The Stolen Earth]] the general population wasn't aware of alien life yet, and who would Frame have called? Contacting [[Torchwood 3]] or [[UNIT]] would have probably resulted in the ship being blown out of the sky, an option the Doctor would not have sanctioned.'' | ||
* Why was there an English flag in the room where the TARDIS landed? ''This is once again most likely because the ship is based on the alien's perceptions of the real Earth Titanic. Many things in the ship are designed to follow this pattern. It's possible that the flag may be incorrectly placed if this were the real Titanic, but given how many other details were wrong (i.e. Christmas in general), this is consistent with the aliens having only a partial knowledge of the facts.'' | * Why was there an English flag in the room where the TARDIS landed? ''This is once again most likely because the ship is based on the alien's perceptions of the real Earth Titanic. Many things in the ship are designed to follow this pattern. It's possible that the flag may be incorrectly placed if this were the real Titanic, but given how many other details were wrong (i.e. Christmas in general), this is consistent with the aliens having only a partial knowledge of the facts.'' | ||
*The Doctor claims that he is 903 years old. This contradicts ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', in which the Doctor's age is given as 953. It also contradicts the 2005 series. In ''[[Aliens of London]]'', the Doctor claims to be 900. In [[The Claws of Axos]] the Third Doctor claims to be 'several thousand years' old. ''The Doctor has been known to mislead people about about his age '' | *The Doctor claims that he is 903 years old. This contradicts ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', in which the Doctor's age is given as 953. It also contradicts the 2005 series. In ''[[Aliens of London]]'', the Doctor claims to be 900. ''It had been 3 years since he said that -he aged.'' In [[The Claws of Axos]] the Third Doctor claims to be 'several thousand years' old. ''The Doctor has been known to mislead people about about his age '' | ||
*When Mr Copper is talking about Great Britain in the final scene, why doesn't the Doctor correct him that the country is actually called the United Kingdom, especially considering that Mr Copper actually referred to the country as the UK earlier in the episode? ''The Doctor has previously referred to the United Kingdom as Great Britain and it is probably just a habit.'' | *When Mr Copper is talking about Great Britain in the final scene, why doesn't the Doctor correct him that the country is actually called the United Kingdom, especially considering that Mr Copper actually referred to the country as the UK earlier in the episode? ''The Doctor has previously referred to the United Kingdom as Great Britain and it is probably just a habit.'' | ||
*The Doctor explained that the exchange rate from credits to pounds is 50 million to 1 million, respectively. This means that Foon Van Hoff's 5000 credit debt is only 100 pounds, or $147. How is it that they'll never be able to pay off 100 pounds? ''We don't know the wages for workers in robot mills of Sto. The Van Hoff's could earn only a credit a year, but that would be enough for them to live comfortably enough on.'' | *The Doctor explained that the exchange rate from credits to pounds is 50 million to 1 million, respectively. This means that Foon Van Hoff's 5000 credit debt is only 100 pounds, or $147. How is it that they'll never be able to pay off 100 pounds? ''We don't know the wages for workers in robot mills of Sto. The Van Hoff's could earn only a credit a year, but that would be enough for them to live comfortably enough on.'' | ||
