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Neither the humans nor Spiders use the word "Spider", instead referring to them as "Eight-Legs". But when the colonists go off to attack the Spider lair, you can hear some of the extras shouting "Death to the Spiders" instead of "Death to the Eight-Legs". [That's the entire point of the scene. They are rebelling against the spiders and using the forbidden word as an act of defiance.]
Eckersely - who supposedly knows the mines better than even the natives of Peladon - drags the queen through the same set twice - once each way. [Duplicate entry.]
It's an unexplained mystery as to how Irongron's men managed to get Linx's ship into the castle cellar without taking out half the wall or even denting the ship's bodywork... [Considering that Linx's ship is in need of massive repair, it's not unreasonable that he could have taken it apart for transport.]
The English county of "Wessex" ceased to exist after the Norman Invasion in 1066. This episode is set in the 12th century (and Irongron specifically references the Normans), so the use of Wessex is an anachronism. [The earldom of Wessex ceased to exist, but the name would not have simply vanished from the language, even though it no longer referred to a specific political entity. It is, in fact, still in use today to describe the appropriate area.]
Corrected by Tailkinker
At the climax, the Doctor and Morbius engage in a mental duel. When the Doctor appears to be losing, the faces of the First Doctor appears, followed by several other adult male faces in various period clothing. The suggestion appears to be that these are previous incarnations of the Doctor prior to William Hartnell's version. Indeed, this was the idea at the time the story was broadcast (the faces themselves were those of various production members). However, if the William Hartnell incarnation was not the first Doctor Who, but the fourth (at least) that goes against the entire continuity of every Doctor Who story.. [There are unknown faces shown, but Morbius was a Time Lord, too; they are HIS past incarnations.]
There is more than one giant rat in the sewers, so what happened to the rest of them? [If you listen carefully, the rats only survive because of Weng-Chiang's tinkering with their biology and constant feeding. They will presumably starve to death without him.]
When Doctor Who tried to light the fuse of the 'gas bomb' he has constructed with a "Lucifer" match, watch carefully. The first match snaps in two without lighting; the second match lights...but also snaps and falls to the floor. The Doctor only successfully lights the fuse at the THIRD attempt. [But he *does* light it with the third match. Lots of people have trouble striking matches - especially 19th century ones. More trivia than a goof.]
When the gang of Weng-Chiang's henchmen attack Bullard (the Hansom Cab Driver), the Doctor and Leela go to his rescue. However, Bullard is set upon by FOUR henchmen...at the end of the scene, the Doctor and Leela chase away FIVE henchmen. [Actually, Bullard is set upon only by Mr. Sin. The thugs then show up to drag him away - a four man job. It's quite possible a fifth man was in the vicinity keeping watch or something and joined in when the fight broke out (the filming is confused and chaotic making it impossible to keep track of all the combatants).]
When the Doctor recovers from being made unconscious as a result of the Dragon Ray, he suddenly sits bolt upright, and says to Litefoot and Jago: "There's a one eyed yellow idol to the North of Khatmandu. There's a little marble cross below the town." "Kipling?", Litefoot asks. "Harry Champion, 1920", replies the Doctor. However...it was a certain J.Milton Hayes who wrote those lines, and many years AFTER the period in which this story is set. [This isn't the only occasion where The Doctor just makes something up. I believe it was supposed to be "impishly amusing" rather than incorrect.]
In episode three, after SV7 leaves Toos' quarter, we see Leela banging on the door of the lounge. Just after the scene starts, the gold statue in the foreground lights up as thought the lighting cue came in a bit late. [It could have been on a movement sensor, and the delayed reaction was due to the sensor not picking up the movement soon enough.]
Sorris (the guard sent to kill the Doctor) is shot in the shoulder, but dies clutching his stomach. [The guard doesn't clutch his stomach, he just falls over.]
A newly formed planet would be molten rock for several million years and thus totally impossible for human life to exist on (or in). Any spaceship caught up in such evolutionary processes would be crushed immediately. [This anomaly is explained within the story. The "planet" has formed by the gravitational effect of the ship attracting a build-up of rocks and debris around the outside of it.]
These events take place on Lammas Eve, 31st July, yet everybody in the bar Leela visits wears winter clothing and the woods are shrouded in mist. It must have been the coldest July on record... [Perhaps it was. England is not known for its summery spells. This could also have been influenced by the Fendahl.]
At the start of the story 'The Stones of Blood' there are three Ogri. One falls off a cliff, but later there are still three Ogri. [The Doctor only mentions three, acknowledging the one destroyed. Only two attack the circle, only two attack the campers, only two return to hyperspace with Vivian, one is destroyed by the Megara, the other follows Romana to Earth and back to the ship. There are never three seen after the one tumbles off the cliff.]
Neutron stars are one step away from being Black Holes. Anything such as Erato's ship approaching one would be dragged down to its surface and instantly crushed by enormous gravitational forces. It is therefore impossible to catch a Neutron Star in a net... [A typical neutron star is a long way from being a black hole (a couple of solar masses away), and neither neutron stars nor black holes suck orbiting objects into them unless they are within the event horizon.]
'City of Death' is set very definitely in Paris in 1979. There's even location filming in Paris to establish this (it was the first time ever a Doctor Who story was filmed outside the UK). Yet EVERYONE in this story speaks English. Even the TV News report in the cafe (reporting that the Mona Lisa had been stolen) was in English. Couldn't the film makers find anyone in Paris who spoke French? After all there's about two million people to choose from. [The Doctor has the ability to understand any language (not all aliens speak English), a timelord ability that is extended to anyone who travels with him. Thus, Romana would have the same ability and other companions who are not from Galifrey would be able to share it. This fact is established by the Doctor himself in a later story.]
In episode 3, there are no crowds outside the Louvre when the Doctor runs up to it (just two gendarmes). It seems unusually quiet for the what the Doctor described earlier in this story as "the most famous art gallery in the universe"... [We only see a close-up of one entrance, not a wide-shot. And given that the prize of the Louvre collection has just been stolen, it's likely that the Louvre is closed to tourists.]
This episode has a number of people who die unconvincingly, but none more so than the first guy in white to be killed by the Daleks. He lowers his head so slowly to the ground it seems he's afraid a hair will fall out of place. He can be seen breathing afterwards too, if you look at his stomach. [Considering that we find out later that Lan isn't dead, this isn't really a goof.]
Peter Davison's hair is blonde, however when he has just regenerated from Tom Baker, it is dark black. [And what does this reveal, exactly? His body's just been effectively torn apart and reconstituted and it's established that the regeneration energies remain in the body for several hours after the event. Hardly unreasonable, given that he doesn't establish anything even close to equilibrium for some considerable time after the event, that, when we see him post-regeneration, his hair colour, which, by the way, is hardly dark black, more a light brown, might not quite have settled down yet.]
Corrected by Tailkinker
Much is made of the fact that Tigella revolves anti-clockwise, as though that was unusual. Eight of the nine planets that orbit our Sun revolve anti-clockwise. The one exception is Venus, and it revolves so slowly clockwise (a mere 4mph) that it is barely rotating at all. [Romana is talking nonsense to the Gaztaks to buy time to escape.]
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