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Planet of the Spiders (season 11, episode 5)

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Plot hole: At the climax of episode 2, the Doctor is about to catch Lupton when the latter simply teleports to safety. So why didn't he do that in first place - before engaging in a 15-minute chase.

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Marco Polo (season 1, episode 4)

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Factual error: The story is set in 1289, when Marco Polo was anxious to leave China against Kublai Khan's wishes, so what's Polo doing on the Pamir Plateau?

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The Daleks (season 1, episode 2)

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Visible crew/equipment: About 90 seconds into Episode Two, the shadow of the boom mic crosses Ian's face.

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Marco Polo (season 1, episode 4)

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Other: In episode seven, Kublai Khan refers to backgammon as a game of cards....obviously he's not an experienced backgammon player.

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Factual error: "Peking" is mentioned several times in this story, but this is an anachronism - this story is set in the year 1289 when Peking (now called Beijing) was known as "Khan-balik".

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Inside the Spaceship (season 1, episode 3)

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Revealing: You can see the studio floor in the "white void" outside the TARDIS door in early shots during episode one of this story.

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100,000 BC (season 1, episode 1)

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Continuity: When Ian and Barbara enter the TARDIS for the first time, Susan operates the door switch. Later on, when the Doctor electrocutes Ian, he uses the exact same switch.

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The Keys of Marinus (season 1, episode 5)

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Plot hole: Yartek tried to disguise himself as Arbitan, by wearing Aribtan's robes, and pulling the hood over his giant rubber head. Strangely enough, no-one seems to notice that "Arbitan" is now suddenly speaking with completely different voice, and now has a two-foot-tall-head.

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100,000 BC (season 1, episode 1)

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Revealing: Susan is supposed to be running through a forest. It is painfully obvious that, in fact, she is simply running on the spot against a back-projected film, and the branches that hit her are simply studio stagehands, hiding just out of shot, hitting the actress with twigs.

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Inside the Spaceship (season 1, episode 3)

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Other: William has a bit of a nightmare, completely throwing the others during one scene by saying the same line ("It's not very likely") twice, and fumbling the line "You knocked both Susan and I unconscious". He also omits the scripted explanation for the melted clocks.

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The Ice Warriors (season 5, episode 3)

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Continuity: At the start of the story (the beginning of episode 1) the TARDIS materialises on its side, but at the end of the story (the end of episode 6)The TARDIS dematerialises right side up.

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The Keys of Marinus (season 1, episode 5)

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Visible crew/equipment: In episode one, when the Doctor is near the pyramid, someone's leg can be seen just before the shot ends.

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Marco Polo (season 1, episode 4)

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Continuity: The caption slide at the end of episode two reads: 'Next Episode: The Cave of Five Hundred Eyes'. While the title slide comes up at the start of episode 3, it simply says "Five Hundred Eyes".

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Remembrance of the Daleks (season 25, episode 1)

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Factual error: The events depicted are supposed to have taken place at the time of the broadcast of the first Doctor Who Story...Saturday 23rd November 1963 at 5:15pm. However, the non-wintry weather and the bright evenings don't fit late November/early December.

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The Invisible Enemy (season 15, episode 2)

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Plot hole: The damage caused by the shuttle crashing into the Bi-Al Foundation is seen BEFORE it actually happens.

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The Pirate Planet (season 16, episode 2)

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Revealing: When the Doctor sabotages the inertia neutralizer, the wall wobbles.

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The Daleks (season 1, episode 2)

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Visible crew/equipment: The boom mic shadow makes an apperance in Episode Two, moving across the console as the Doctor suggests abandoning Barbara.

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The Space Museum (season 2, episode 7)

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Continuity: In episode one, Vicki passes her hand through a museum display, making the point that the crew can not interact with their environment. A moment later, she bumps into a statue, making it wobble.

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The Keys of Marinus (season 1, episode 5)

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Revealing: In episode one, the Voord that falls down the pyramid shaft is very obviously a cardboard cutout.

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The Invasion of Time (season 15, episode 6)

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Continuity: When the Doctor shoots Stor with the De-Mat Gun, the flash starts on Stor's left-hand side, engulfs him, then jumps substantially to the right before whiting out the frame.

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