When Doctor Who mentions his age, it seems to vary enormously between stories. In 'The Tomb of the Cybermen', the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) tells Victoria that he's 450 Earth years old (Since Gallifrey's other qualities are Earth like, and since the Doctor continually boasts of his age to humans, we might assume that there's not much difference between Gallifreyan and Earth years). However, by the time of 'Time And The Rani' (in "real time" 20 (Earth) years later) the Doctor (now Sylvester McCoy) claims that his age is '953'. [The fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) went on a midnight errand during his first story "Robot" - the results of this undocumented adventure came back to haunt him in Leela's first story "Face of Evil". Therefore the 30 year chronicle of his adventures is incomplete and his personal timeline (and age) is not tied to ours.]Doctor Who (1963) - 64 corrections
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When Doctor Who mentions his age, it seems to vary enormously between stories. In 'The Tomb of the Cybermen', the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) tells Victoria that he's 450 Earth years old (Since Gallifrey's other qualities are Earth like, and since the Doctor continually boasts of his age to humans, we might assume that there's not much difference between Gallifreyan and Earth years). However, by the time of 'Time And The Rani' (in "real time" 20 (Earth) years later) the Doctor (now Sylvester McCoy) claims that his age is '953'. [The fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) went on a midnight errand during his first story "Robot" - the results of this undocumented adventure came back to haunt him in Leela's first story "Face of Evil". Therefore the 30 year chronicle of his adventures is incomplete and his personal timeline (and age) is not tied to ours.] Lady Cassandra (the skin woman) is claimed to be the last remaining human, but in previous stories set at the end of the world (The Ark and Frontios) other, normal looking humans are seen. [She actually says that she is the last 'pure' human, all the 'others' were 'mongrels' in that they had bred with other species.] Throughout the show, the doors on the inside of the TARDIS (white with circular panels) are different from those on the outside (usually blue police box doors). Numerous shots disprove the notion of two sets of doors. The most obvious incident is the shot near the beginning of the Sensorites that tracks out through the TARDIS doors. [The TARDIS exterior is an automatic "mask" for what is inside, that changes to fit the surroundings (it broke and got stuck as a police box.) When the doors are opened, both the inside and the outside of the doors appear from the outside to match the exterior appearance otherwise opening the door would spoil the illusion.]The Daleks (series 1)
Why does the Daleks' prison have beds? The Daleks don't need them. [No doubt the beds are there in case they are able to capture any of the now humanoid Thals.]100,000 BC (series 1)
Before Ian gets zapped by the console, somebody in the studio calls out a cue, which can be heard on the soundtrack of this episode. [This only happens in the unaired pilot, not in the aired episode.]The Dalek Invasion of Earth (series 2)
The Doctor suddenly gains his coat after Baker gets him off the operating table. [A significant amount of off-screen time happens before the Doctor is seen again - enough for Baker to grab the coat off the floor and put it back on the Doctor.] Notice at the beginning of Episode 3 Dortam is playing with only white chess pieces on the board. [It is difficult to tell, but the pieces are white and gray. Notice that there are two queens on the board, which would be impossible if the pieces were all white.]The Web of Fear (series 5)
When talking about 'underground trains', the Doctor says that this is 'a little after your time, I think, Victoria'. As Victoria comes from 1866 he's wrong: the first underground line (between Farringdon and Edgware Road) opened in 1863, so Victoria would have been around at the time. [More of a character error. The Doctor said he "thought" they were after Victoria's time, not that he "knew" they were.]The Ice Warriors (series 5)
Penley says they is no way of knowing the cause of Jamie's paralysis. The cause should be fairly obvious...Jamie was shot. How could Penley miss that - or is a bullet hole not obvious enough? [Jamie was shot with a sonic gun (and a glancing blow at that) not a projectile weapon. So there would be no visible wound and Penley probably doesn't understand the Martian weapons well enough to know what damage they may have done.]The Krotons (series 6)
The Doctor says he isn't a Doctor of medicine, but in the earlier story 'The Moonbase' he said he was sure that he was medically qualified. [The Doctor studied medicine under Joseph Lister in 1885. While he presumably hasn't taken the exams required to officially become an MD, he does have the skills to be considered qualified.]Inferno (series 7)
When he meets the Doctor for the first time, the Alternate version of Stahlmann refers to Lethbridge-Stewart as "Brigadier", even though his rank in this universe is "Brigade Leader". [Stahlman mumbles the line somewhat, but he's definitely saying "Brigade Leader."]Colony in Space (series 8)
The Master calls the enquiry a "tribunal". How can it be if there's only one of him? Tribunals tend to be made up of three people, hence the name..."tri" meaning "three" [The word "tribunal" originally referred to the court presided over by an ancient Roman magistrate known as a "tribune", and has nothing to do with having three people on it.] The reel-to-reel tape recorder seen in this story is wonderfully anachronistic. The first cassette and cartridge tape players/recorders were invented some eight years before this story was made and were already being sold in Britain. [According to others on this board, this episode takes place in the 25th Century, at which time ANY 20th Century recording device would be anachronistic. The argument of technological advancement could be used against the original War of the Worlds because we now know there aren't any Martians. (Are there?) I think this mistake should be junked.] Corrected by Bob BlumenfeldThe Claws of Axos (series 8)
In episode 1, as Filer is driving along in his car, listening to the radio, notice that through the window to his right you can see a blue CSO screen which is completely blank – the superimposed backdrop that should be there is completely missing... [It's not blue, but a washed-out gray - the same color as the cloudy sky in the location shots.]The Mind of Evil (series 8)
In episode 3, the Master has the Doctor brought to his office and proceeds to inform him that he intends to steal the "nuclear" weapon from UNIT. Yet it had been quite stated on several occasions that it is a GAS weapon, not 'nuclear' [The missile is a nuclear-powered gas weapon.]
Terror of the Autons (series 8)
The only surviving Nestene control sphere has changed colour. It was previously red-pink but is now light blue. Except in the scene where the Master brings the first Autons to life, when it is pink... [The Nestene sphere is light blue because it is inactive, it becomes pink when the master "wakes it up".]The Green Death (series 10)
A calendar seen in the story is for February 1972. (It is a leap year...there are 29 days on the calendar, and February only has 29 days once every four years). However, an ambulance seen later in the same story has an "L" suffix on its licence plate. "L" suffixes were only issued for the period 1 August 1972 to 31 July 1973, so the calendar must be months out of date... [Maybe no-one remembered to turn the calendar to the new month?] Some of the 'maggots' used in filming 'The Green Death' were, in fact, inflated 'Durex' condoms. [How is this a mistake.It's trivia but definetely not a mistake.] When Jo is calling for help she keeps saying "Calling Greyhound One..." then when Benton answers he says "Station to Greyhound One."...so which one of them is "Greyhound One", Jo - or Benton? [Answer: neither of them. The callsign 'Greyhound One' is actually the callsign of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, who uses it in at least two stories ('Invasion of the Dinosaurs' and Season 25's story 'Battlefield'). So why is Benton answering using the Brigardier's callsign? Hasn't he got one of his own? Perhaps that's another error althogether...]Planet of the Daleks (series 10)
The entire "running out of oxygen" plotline in episode one creates numerous contradictions with previous episode. We have seen the TARDIS materialize on the moon, in space and in other environments without oxygen so it must have its own air system. In addition, the TARDIS has been established to be vast, making it highly unlikely one comatose time lord could use up the entire air supply. [The plant thing growing on the door is sucking the oxygen out of the TARDIS.]You may also like: Doctor Who (2005) | Star Wars | The Simpsons | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Friends