Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/The Leisure Hive

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• One would think that 500 years of induced ageing would have some effect upon the Doctor's clothes as well, but the burgundy costume looks as good as new when he emerges from the Generator.

There is no indication that clothing would be affected by the device, as it is intended for living beings.

Yet it seems to have no issues when it comes to cloning copies of Pangol's clothes and the helmet, not to mention considerately providing appropriate Argolin baby clothes even in its death throes ...

• The video monitor in the boardroom shows that Visitor Loman has been decapitated by the Recreation Generator. This makes the Doctor's assessment of him as having been "terribly hurt" a monumental understatement.

As is made clear at the resolution to episode one's cliffhanger, what we see on the monitor may not be a reliable indicator of what is actually happening inside the generator. The man's injuries may not be as bad as they appeared to the people watching.

One would have hoped that Visitor Loman had been transferred to the sick bay rather than left to bleed to death in the Generator, however. The dialogue that announces his death ("Visitor Loman has died") also implies that he passes away some time after incurring his injuries, which would seem unlikely if the Generator had yanked his head off.

Perhaps the generator rendered him unstable and he continued to fall to bits after extraction, though one can hardly commend the Argolin medical team for laying the bits out in a scarcely dignified fashion ... Not that Argolin post-mortem customs are dwelt on in any detail.