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Aliens of London (1) - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Harriet Jones is hiding in the closet and spying on the Slitheen attacking General Asquith, wide shots of the closet door have it in shadow, but close-ups of Harriet have the part of her face that is visible illuminated.

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Blink - S3-E10

Other mistake: When Sally is taking the key from the angels, she squats down out of the frame to reveal an angel behind her that has lowered its hands from its face. When the shot cuts back to Sally, there is another angel standing in front of the window on the other side of the room whose hands are also lowered from its face. The two angels with lowered hands are directly across from each other: they should have been frozen in place from this point due to their quantum lock.

Night Terrors - S6-E10

Other mistake: When the Doctor gets George's psychic cry for help, he's shown reading the message without opening the wallet containing the psychic paper. This despite the fact that all previous instances of the Doctor receiving psychic messages this way has required him to open the wallet, suggesting that the wallet itself does not display the message. (00:02:02)

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The Impossible Astronaut - S6-E2

Audio problem: When the Doctor sits in the Oval Office chair, Secret Service Agents aim their revolvers at him. As they do, the sound of a pistol slide racking is heard. None of them are doing anything except raising and aiming their revolvers at him.

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The Witch's Familiar - S9-E3

Continuity mistake: After Missy hooks Clara up to the Dalek armour, she takes her hands away from Clara's temples. However, in shots facing her for the next several shots until she stands up and backs away, her arms are still raised. (00:22:24)

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Last Christmas - S9-E1

Continuity mistake: When the Doctor hands out of the base manuals to the expedition crew for the dream test, Albert Smith is shown with his manual open in shots from behind him several shots before he's shown opening it in a shot facing him. (00:35:56)

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Rosa - S11-E4

Factual error: At the end, when the Doctor shows her companions the asteroid named for Rosa Parks, it's depicted in a dense asteroid field which looks absolutely nothing like the (very sparse) asteroid belt does in real life.

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Dark Water - S8-E11

Continuity mistake: When it's revealed that the dream patch is on Clara's hand, it's in her right palm. But in the wide shot when she's getting up as the Doctor explains the true nature of the patches, it's on her left hand instead. (00:13:21)

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Mummy on the Orient Express - S8-E8

Continuity mistake: When Clara tells Maisie that "Difficult people can make you feel all sorts of things", as she finishes the sentence the view cuts from a close-up of her to a wide shot, and the light and shadows cast onto her face change with it. (00:17:20)

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Chosen answer: The Master knows that deep down, he deserves death for the crimes that he's committed throughout his life, and since he regards The Doctor as his arch-foe, he expects it to be at his hands. The fact that The Doctor is still willing to forgive him for all of his crimes hurts him more deeply than death would.

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