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* IMC still use tape spools. | * IMC still use tape spools. | ||
::In [[Genesis of the Daleks]], the Kaleds use magnetic tapes, so its not beyond possibility that governments have returned to that medium for storage, much like records/vinyls becoming popular again in the 21st Century in our world. Also, it is strongly implied that the future has become a grim, over-populated place in which resources have to be very carefully managed, in which case it is by no means unlikely that obsolete equipment would be returned to service in lieu of more sophisticated but more expensive alternatives (hence also the use of obsolete firearms). | ::In [[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]], the Kaleds use magnetic tapes, so its not beyond possibility that governments have returned to that medium for storage, much like records/vinyls becoming popular again in the 21st Century in our world. Also, it is strongly implied that the future has become a grim, over-populated place in which resources have to be very carefully managed, in which case it is by no means unlikely that obsolete equipment would be returned to service in lieu of more sophisticated but more expensive alternatives (hence also the use of obsolete firearms). | ||
* The Brigadier is fortunate that when he walks to where the TARDIS vanished and tells it to 'come back at once', that it does so in a different corner of the room. | * The Brigadier is fortunate that when he walks to where the TARDIS vanished and tells it to 'come back at once', that it does so in a different corner of the room. | ||
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* The 23rd of March 2472 will be a Thursday, not a Tuesday. | * The 23rd of March 2472 will be a Thursday, not a Tuesday. | ||
::Its possible that in the future of the Whoniverse, a Calendar changeover similar to the changeover from the [[Julian calendar]] to the [[Gregorian calendar]] which caused eleven days ([[2 September]] through [[14 September]] [[1752]]) to get "lost" will occur. | ::Its possible that in the future of the Whoniverse, a Calendar changeover similar to the changeover from the [[Julian calendar]] to the [[Gregorian calendar]] which caused eleven days ([[2 September]] through [[14 September]] [[1752]]) to get "lost" will occur. | ||
::The 23rd of March 2472 will be a Wednesday, but the date is actually the 3rd of March 2472 at least from what I saw, and that's still a correct problem (3/3/2472 is Thursday). However, remember that time is relative. We don't know what "time" reference they are using. There are different ages on Gallifrey, so it's certainly possible that 2472 in one age is a few | ::The 23rd of March 2472 will be a Wednesday, but the date is actually the 3rd of March 2472 at least from what I saw, and that's still a correct problem (3/3/2472 is Thursday). However, remember that time is relative. We don't know what "time" reference they are using. There are different ages on Gallifrey, so it's certainly possible that 2472 in one age is a few millennia away from 2472 in another age. | ||
:::And really, the above calendar change explanation still holds. | :::And really, the above calendar change explanation still holds. | ||
* Why would the most powerful super-weapon ever devised, capable of destroying stars, and having a huge control room, have a simple self-destruct mechanism triggered by pulling a single lever? For one thing it could easily be accidentally knocked by a passer-by. | * Why would the most powerful super-weapon ever devised, capable of destroying stars, and having a huge control room, have a simple self-destruct mechanism triggered by pulling a single lever? For one thing it could easily be accidentally knocked by a passer-by. | ||
* If I might ask, what exactly was going on with the ownership of the planet? Was it always intent on being a mining planet that accidently got also labelled a planet for colonising, or was there actual intent for Uxarieus to both be mined and colonised? (Which Dent was completely against) | |||
[[Category:DW TV discontinuity]] | [[Category:DW TV discontinuity]] | ||
