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* When Susan says "I like walking through the dark" neither Ian nor Barbara seem bothered about the thought of a teenage girl walking alone at night. | * When Susan says "I like walking through the dark" neither Ian nor Barbara seem bothered about the thought of a teenage girl walking alone at night. | ||
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* Why does Susan ask Barbara for a book about the [[French Revolution]] and then leave it in the classroom (as revealed when [[Ace]] finds the book in ''Remembrance of the Daleks'')? | * Why does Susan ask Barbara for a book about the [[French Revolution]] and then leave it in the classroom (as revealed when [[Ace]] finds the book in ''Remembrance of the Daleks'')? | ||
:As far as she is concerned at this point she will be at school the next day. | :As far as she is concerned at this point she will be at school the next day. | ||
::When last seen, Susan is reading the book and stating "that's not right" in response to what she was reading. Perhaps she thought the book was unsuitable and abandoned it. Or she might have sped-read the book right then and there; later, the Doctor would be shown on several occasions to have this ability. It could also have been a different printing of the book as this is a chunky brown book while the version in Remembrance of the Daleks is sleek and black with gold lettering. | ::When last seen, Susan is reading the book and stating "that's not right" in response to what she was reading. Perhaps she thought the book was unsuitable and abandoned it. Or she might have sped-read the book right then and there; later, the Doctor would be shown on several occasions to have this ability. It could also have been a different printing of the book as this is a chunky brown book while the version in Remembrance of the Daleks is sleek and black with gold lettering.'' | ||
* At the end of episode one the caveman shadow is seen to extend much further than it really should. ''That depends on the angle of the light source. | * At the end of episode one the caveman shadow is seen to extend much further than it really should. ''That depends on the angle of the light source. | ||
* We see Horg leave to go and capture the travellers at the end of episode three, but at the beginning of episode four he is back with other members of the tribe, waiting for the rest to come back. | * We see Horg leave to go and capture the travellers at the end of episode three, but at the beginning of episode four he is back with other members of the tribe, waiting for the rest to come back. | ||
* Whatever happens to the Doctor's bag? It's recovered by his fellow travellers after he gets captured, yet they clearly lose access to it when they too are caught. But why did they not ask for it back? The Doctors matches were in it, thus it would make their fire-making much easier. Not to mention leaving it in the tribe's possession could prove disastrous to history. | * Whatever happens to the Doctor's bag? It's recovered by his fellow travellers after he gets captured, yet they clearly lose access to it when they too are caught. But why did they not ask for it back? The Doctors matches were in it, thus it would make their fire-making much easier. Not to mention leaving it in the tribe's possession could prove disastrous to history. | ||
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*How do the cavemen see inside the cave during the night (while orb is not shining) if they don't have fire? | *How do the cavemen see inside the cave during the night (while orb is not shining) if they don't have fire? | ||
:Moonlight and natural phosphorescence in some rocks, plus vision that has adapted to having little light. | :Moonlight and natural phosphorescence in some rocks, plus vision that has adapted to having little light. | ||
*It is scientifically impossible for an object to be bigger on the inside. | |||
:Dimensional transcendentalism is a scientifically plausible hypothetical construct which contends that the "inside" of the TARDIS is actually in a different dimension that the "outside" - i.e., when you pass through the opening of the police box exterior, you cross a dimensional threshold to a completely different dimension, which could certainly be much larger. | |||
