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* The Doctor specifies that he had regenerated "half a dozen" times since he last met her. This would be true only if the [[Fourth Doctor]] was the last Doctor she met. However, he met her in his [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''), [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Train-Flight (comic story)|Train-Flight]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]''), and [[Eighth Doctor|Eighth]] incarnations ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''). Although the Eighth Doctor adventure seems to have been overwritten, her meetings with the Seventh and Fifth have not, and the Doctor has only regenerated three times (a quarter dozen) since he last canonically met her. | * The Doctor specifies that he had regenerated "half a dozen" times since he last met her. This would be true only if the [[Fourth Doctor]] was the last Doctor she met. However, he met her in his [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''), [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Train-Flight (comic story)|Train-Flight]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]''), and [[Eighth Doctor|Eighth]] incarnations ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''). Although the Eighth Doctor adventure seems to have been overwritten, her meetings with the Seventh and Fifth have not, and the Doctor has only regenerated three times (a quarter dozen) since he last canonically met her. | ||
::Most likely reason is either the Doctor can't count or this is another production error. | ::Most likely reason is either the Doctor can't count or this is another production error. | ||
:::Assuming that only televised canon counts as far as the TV writers are concerned (as there is no obligation for them to honor the events of comic strips and novels), and considering [[Dimensions in Time]] establishes that it's simply the Seventh Doctor and Ace all along experiencing illusions of other companions, the clear implication is that the events of The Five Doctors were erased from the Doctor's memory and that of Sarah Jane. Presumably this also occurred with the other Doctors and companions involved. Considering that story took place on Gallifrey and involved the Time Lords directly, it's not too much of a stretch to conjecture that they erased the memories to avoid temporal paradoxes with regards to the multiple Doctors (presumably the Fifth Doctor wasn't affected since he was the latest Doctor involved and was appointed President at the end). Alternately, the Doctor may have, for reasons unknown, chosen to erase Sarah Jane's memory of those events (given the precedent of Donna Noble's memories being erased). | :::Assuming that only televised canon counts as far as the TV writers are concerned (as there is no obligation for them to honor the events of comic strips and novels), and considering [[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]] establishes that it's simply the Seventh Doctor and Ace all along experiencing illusions of other companions, the clear implication is that the events of The Five Doctors were erased from the Doctor's memory and that of Sarah Jane. Presumably this also occurred with the other Doctors and companions involved. Considering that story took place on Gallifrey and involved the Time Lords directly, it's not too much of a stretch to conjecture that they erased the memories to avoid temporal paradoxes with regards to the multiple Doctors (presumably the Fifth Doctor wasn't affected since he was the latest Doctor involved and was appointed President at the end). Alternately, the Doctor may have, for reasons unknown, chosen to erase Sarah Jane's memory of those events (given the precedent of Donna Noble's memories being erased). | ||
:::The dialogue between Sarah Jane and the Doctor suggests that '''neither '''of them remembers the events of ''The Five Doctors''. Those events involved the President acting illegally (using the time scoop, for example). The Time Lords might have erased memories to cover up the illegal actions of President Borusa. Alternatively, Rassilon might have done so to ensure that word didn't get out about the trap Borusa had walked into. | :::The dialogue between Sarah Jane and the Doctor suggests that '''neither '''of them remembers the events of ''The Five Doctors''. Those events involved the President acting illegally (using the time scoop, for example). The Time Lords might have erased memories to cover up the illegal actions of President Borusa. Alternatively, Rassilon might have done so to ensure that word didn't get out about the trap Borusa had walked into. | ||
::::Or quite possibly... he may have used 'half a dozen times' as a figure of speech rather then meaning it literally - as the vast majority of people do. | ::::Or quite possibly... he may have used 'half a dozen times' as a figure of speech rather then meaning it literally - as the vast majority of people do. | ||
