Factual error: It is stated that removing all the plants caused carbon dioxide levels to drop. But plants absorb carbon dioxide, so removing them would create an increase.
Josman
10th Mar 2011
Doctor Who (1963)
2nd Jan 2011
Doctor Who (1963)
The Invasion - S6-E3
Trivia: In the animated reconstruction, released in 2006, the words "Bad Wolf" can be seen on a wall at one point. The phrase was a major plot point in the first season of the new series, where it turned out in the season finale, "The Parting of the Ways", that companion Rose Tyler had scattered them across time and space as a message to herself while temporarily possessing the power of the entire Time Vortex.
9th Nov 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Easter egg: On the second disk, go to the subtitles menu, scroll to the second option down and press right. This will bring up the words "Doctor Who" underneath. Press enter to watch him standing trial before two sock puppets.
8th Nov 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
20th Sep 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Factual error: The Doctor meets Jamie at a time after the Battle of Culloden. But here Jamie says he met him in 1745. Culloden took place in 1746.
2nd Aug 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Plot hole: In "The Five Doctors", Susan tells Turlough that she can pilot the TARDIS to some extent. During series 1 and 2, it was clear that she couldn't pilot it at all. She couldn't have been taught between episodes as the Doctor had little idea himself at the time.
15th Jul 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Destiny of the Daleks - S17-E1
Plot hole: The Daleks spend a lot of time and effort mining down to where Davros is, despite the fact that there is a window on that level and Davros is on the ground floor.
15th Jul 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Continuity mistake: The Doctor somehow manages to secure his scarf across the catwalk, despite having only gone on seconds before the Master. He then manages to put it on again during the seconds it takes for the Master to alter the angle.
19th Jun 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Revealing mistake: When K-9 is cutting through the wall of the hut, the cut overtakes his laser at one point.
12th Apr 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Invasion of the Dinosaurs - S11-E2
Revealing mistake: When the Brigadier is using a flare to ward off a dinosaur in the tunnel, the smoke instantaneously vanishes as it hits the split screen.
1st Apr 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Plot hole: Jo is surprisingly skeptical about the TARDIS being able to move, considering she saw it dematerialise in the last episode.
23rd Mar 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Question: Why does this serial only survive in black and white. If it was made in colour, why did the BBC have black and white copies in the first place?
Chosen answer: The reason this serial only exsists in black and white when it was recorded in colour is because in the 60's and 70's the BBC wiped and reused video tapes, some of which were Doctor Who. Luckily copies were made and sent to other countries, most of which didnt have colour TV's. These copies were later found and returned to the BBC archive.
19th Mar 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Revealing mistake: When the resistance are storming the landing bay, one of them punches at least a foot to the right of a guard's face, but he still collapses.
18th Feb 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Other mistake: In part one, one of the gunmen shoots at a bottle behind the bar and it takes several seconds for the bullet to travel only a few feet.
9th Jan 2010
Doctor Who (1963)
Question: Out of all the robotic arms The Daleks could have equipped themselves with, why did they select toilet plungers?
Chosen answer: Because Dalek toilet technology is the only area where they are inferior to the rest of the universe. Approximately 1960's. You'd have to ask the designer of The Daleks. It is shown in the new series to be a very nasty weapon indeed, some sort of point singularity projection device, like a mini-black hole launcher.
There are lots of documentaries and DVD special features about The Daleks and how they made. It was due to budget costs that they use the plunger the idea was that it was able to suck or stick to anything push and pull.
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