21st Feb 2006
The Battle - S1-E9
Question: When Picard is preparing to use the Stargazer to attack the Enterprise, Data states that all its main systems are intact, and that only some minor damage was caused by fires during the earlier battle. If the Stargazer's in such good shape, why did Picard have to abandon it?
27th Jan 2006
Destiny of the Daleks - S17-E1
Factual error: Davros comments that, between them, The Daleks are carrying half a megaton of explosives - in other words, roughly twenty-five times more explosive force than the Hiroshima or Nagasaki bombs. An explosion of that size should cause enormous destruction (vaporizing everything within roughly two kilometers), yet when the Doctor detonates them they explode with about as much power as a small stick of dynamite each.
9th Dec 2005
Factual error: An early nuclear warhead would be totally inadequate for destroying an asteroid 10KM in diameter - you'd need a bomb roughly FIFTY THOUSAND times more powerful than the Project Trinity bomb.
3rd Dec 2005
Continuity mistake: The registry on the shuttle that brings Paris to Voyager keeps changing between "NCC 71225" and "NCC 1701-D".
28th Sep 2005
Revealing mistake: When Ftumch hits Saunders, some of Ftumch's red make-up rubs off onto Saunders' face.
23rd Sep 2005
Revealing mistake: When Henry Mancini hands his conductor's baton over to the animated Pink Panther in the title sequence, he pushes it straight through the Panther's hand.
15th Sep 2005
Resurrection of the Daleks - S21-E4
Audio problem: Davros' lips don't move when he says, "Now for The Daleks," just before he releases the Dalek-killing virus.
2nd Aug 2005
The Trial of a Time Lord 5-8 (aka Mindwarp) - S23-E2
Continuity mistake: When Kiv wakes up in Peri's body, (s)he orders Crozier to kill the body Kiv was using before. Crozier responds that it's already dead, but in the previous shot the old body could be seen breathing.
1st Jul 2005
City at the Edge of the World - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: The probe Vila uses to collapse the door's forcefield vanishes when the forcefield actually collapses. (00:24:05)
16th Jun 2005
Audio problem: Just before Kenny explodes from eating all of Mr. Broflovski's antacid tablets, we hear Kyle, Stan and Cartman shout out Kenny's name. One problem - Cartman isn't in the room with them. He isn't even on their debate team. (00:10:35)
5th Jun 2005
Revealing mistake: The footage of Kroll eating Harg is obviously reversed, as evidenced by the fact that the smoke from the pipe is heading into it, whereas in every other shot it's flowing out of it. (00:23:00)
19th May 2005
Destiny of the Daleks - S17-E1
Revealing mistake: Right after Davros yells "The Daleks will rule the universe," in Episode 3, one of the Dalek operators accidentally starts to lift the top off his Dalek before the scene ends. (00:17:35)
10th May 2005
Continuity mistake: During Kroll's attack on the refinery, several pieces of the refinery get broken off and then reappear in subsequent shots.
26th Mar 2005
Continuity mistake: Just before Warsog emerges from the network building for the first time, Mrs. Marsh is shown to be stood next to a couple of random townspeople. In the very next shot Mrs. Cartman, Mrs. Broflovski and a third nondescript have appeared.
19th Mar 2005
The Daemons - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: After completing the third summoning ritual, the Master turns towards the spot where Azal is about to appear. He has his arms lowered and Jo is stood to his left. In the next shot his arms are up, and Jo has moved to being in front of him.
3rd Mar 2005
Plot hole: When the Liberator returns to the planet, Travis remarks that their orbit is too far away to use their matter transmitter. Since Travis had only found out that they even HAD a matter transmitter (which the Federation hasn't managed to develop yet) when he spoke to a technician just before that, how would he know what the range was? (00:43:50)
1st Mar 2005
The Way Back - S1-E1
Revealing mistake: When the prison ship launches, the cloud of smoke reveals the black wires that are lifting it up.
9th Feb 2005
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor and Ian encounter the Frankenstein monster in episode four, you can see a Dalek behind them, even though it's long before The Daleks arrive in this time zone.
4th Feb 2005
The Invasion - S6-E3
Trivia: The episode was intended to prove that Earth-based stories could be produced cheaply and effectively. Ironically, it was the most expensive Doctor Who episode ever produced when made, and remained so for several years.
18th Jan 2005
Continuity mistake: 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.
22nd Dec 2004
Remembrance of the Daleks - S25-E1
Continuity mistake: After the Special Weapons Dalek blows up the gate to Ratcliffe's warehouse, you can see that some of The Daleks were slightly damaged by the explosion. In all the following shots, they have been repaired.
6th Dec 2004
Continuity mistake: After Warsog gives his "statement" to the townspeople, he removes his glasses when telling them to direct their complaints to a nearby wall. Then, as he walks back inside, his glasses are back on his head. (00:15:05)
12th Nov 2004
Continuity mistake: When the second version of Allman appears, he has his arms folded. In the next shot, they're down by his side. (00:01:25)
3rd Nov 2004
The Daleks' Master Plan - S3-E4
Trivia: Originally the Time Destructor's core was made out of "Vitaranium." It was changed to "Taranium" after William Hartnell kept calling it "Vitamin."
30th Oct 2004
16th Sep 2004
Revenge of the Bog People - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: When Doleman is roleplaying with McKern, initially the chains are properly attached to his handcuffs. But when they start talking about spikes, he's holding the chains in his hands.
26th Aug 2004
Revealing mistake: When Hightower throws his frisbee to Proctor and sends him flying, Proctor starts flying away before he catches the frisbee.
25th Jul 2004
Character mistake: Near the end of the film, Kirk mentions that he had a brother once, to which Spock appears surprised. Kirk then responds that he was lucky to get him back, referring to Spock's death and rebirth in the second and third films. One problem - Kirk DID have a brother, who died at the end of the original series' first season. Spock doesn't seem like the kind of person to forget about such things, especially as he was nearly killed by the same parasites. Spock's memory may still have been incomplete, although you'd think he'd know such a major detail about his best friend. However, McCoy should definitely remember Kirk's brother, especially seeing as he was the one who pronounced him dead.
22nd Jul 2004
Continuity mistake: When Clouseau hits Cato with a nunchaku, Cato is holding his pole in the middle. In the next shot, his hands have moved to the bottom of the pole.
8th Jul 2004
Continuity mistake: In the initial robbery at the Kwik-E-Mart, Apu doesn't realise what's going on until the fake Krusty demands the money from him. Yet in the video shown in court, he turns to face the fake Krusty right as Homer screams.
8th Jun 2004
Time Keeps on Slipping - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: After the end of the basketball game, Leela's tights briefly disappear. (00:07:35)
7th Jun 2004
Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Leela's nose disappears when Zoidberg shoves her into his armpit. (00:09:40)
30th May 2004
14th May 2004
Continuity mistake: When Clouseau takes the Bomb into the disguise shop, the fuse has nearly burnt away, but when we see him back in the shop, there are several inches more of the fuse remaining.
3rd May 2004
Continuity mistake: When the soldier demonstrates the bazooka on a truck, the projectile hits the front of the truck, but the explosion comes from near the back of the truck.
20th Apr 2004
Revealing mistake: When Ursus is giving his speech in the Ape city, many of the Chimpanzees and Orang-utans are wearing incredibly fake-looking masks. (00:17:15 - 00:19:50)
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Chosen answer: The Stargazer was seriously damaged in the previous battle, which is why she had to be abandoned. When the Ferengi salvaged her, they repaired the damage to the major systems in order to get her functional, but didn't bother with the minor fire damage.
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