Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/Dalek: Difference between revisions

*How can van Statten (who seems to own the President) not know what a Dalek is, even though they stole and attacked the Earth 3 years earlier in ''The Stolen Earth'' and ''Journey's End''?

::Again, History may have been changed. Also, there is as yet no indication that any Dalek "remains" survived the Medusa Cascade incident for study. And the episode establishes van Statten as a megalomaniac - he may have simply made up the name Metaltron because he liked it better than Dalek; he says he'd rather find out the Metaltron's real name, but he could have been testing the Doctor. Note he doesn't make a big deal of it once the Dalek's name is revealed. In addition, later stories (but earlier events) establish that some Daleks have names ([[Dalek Caan]], for instance); who is to say van Statten wasn't looking for this information? '''' ''''''' Amy Pond in DW:Victory of the Daleks does not know of the Daleks' existence which leads one to believe the memory may have been wiped from the minds of all humans.''

*The Dalek begs the Doctor for pity. It was established in [[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and other stories that the Daleks cannot feel pity, having no concept of it.