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::Martha had said in an earlier episode that Owen can't bruise, and as was revealed by him cutting his hand open in [[Dead Man Walking]], he doesn't bleed either. If one considers this and the fact that he can't feel pain and was wearing clothes that covered most of his body, he could have suffered considerable physical trauma and he and the viewer would not be aware of it. Also, it might just be a storytelling device -- irony. Also, the explosion was down to chance. Chance doesn't decide which person is most 'fragile.' Another thing is that he may be wearing some form of protection underneath his clothing in order to protect himself more than normal. | ::Martha had said in an earlier episode that Owen can't bruise, and as was revealed by him cutting his hand open in [[Dead Man Walking]], he doesn't bleed either. If one considers this and the fact that he can't feel pain and was wearing clothes that covered most of his body, he could have suffered considerable physical trauma and he and the viewer would not be aware of it. Also, it might just be a storytelling device -- irony. Also, the explosion was down to chance. Chance doesn't decide which person is most 'fragile.' Another thing is that he may be wearing some form of protection underneath his clothing in order to protect himself more than normal. | ||
*The depiction of UNIT as a rather malevolent organization that keeps human prisoners in stark conditions (including filthy cells with no beds) with no rights is at odds with the depiction of the organization in the 1968-89 episodes, as well as the later ''[[The Sontaran | *The depiction of UNIT as a rather malevolent organization that keeps human prisoners in stark conditions (including filthy cells with no beds) with no rights is at odds with the depiction of the organization in the 1968-89 episodes, as well as the later ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]''. | ||
::Jack covers this by referring to the then-current (political/security) climate; UNIT's behaviour parallels real-world criticisms of the United States and others in the War on Terror era. Also, UNIT was never thoroughly profiled; it may have had a dark side, much as Torchwood did. This is also implied in dialogue when [[Martha Jones]] tells the Doctor she wants to change the organization from the inside out in [[The Sontaran | ::Jack covers this by referring to the then-current (political/security) climate; UNIT's behaviour parallels real-world criticisms of the United States and others in the War on Terror era. Also, UNIT was never thoroughly profiled; it may have had a dark side, much as Torchwood did. This is also implied in dialogue when [[Martha Jones]] tells the Doctor she wants to change the organization from the inside out in [[The Sontaran Stratagem]]. Also it is not known who is in charge of UNIT at this point in time as the relationship of former UNIT head [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] -- a more benevolent character -- have not been fully established; note, for example, UNIT's involvement with the world-destroying [[Osterhagen Key]] in [[Journey's End]]. There is also nothing in the Sontaran Stratagem or the Poison Sky that contradicts the depicton of UNIT in this episode. In fact it reinforces it, with Donna and the Doctor both taking an exceedingly dim view of UNIT and it's practices . | ||
*The killing of the Torchwood 3 team on Dec. 31, 1999 take place on the same day as the [[Eighth Doctor]] fought [[the Master]] in [[San Francisco]], an incident punctuated by news coverage of unusual weather and other odd events. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who: the Movie]]'') Yet there's no mention of this at Torchwood, an organization that should know. | *The killing of the Torchwood 3 team on Dec. 31, 1999 take place on the same day as the [[Eighth Doctor]] fought [[the Master]] in [[San Francisco]], an incident punctuated by news coverage of unusual weather and other odd events. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who: the Movie]]'') Yet there's no mention of this at Torchwood, an organization that should know. | ||
