Continuity mistake: When the Doctor enters the desert room in addition to his coat, he is wearing a brown waistcoat with a white shirt underneath. When the shot cuts away and the back to the Doctor, we see him take off his coat but he is no longer wearing the waistcoat. Later when he collects his coat after the acid bath scene and he starts to look through the wardrobe for a disguise he is mysteriously wearing the waistcoat again.
Factual error: One of the characters in this story is called "Lord Ravensworth." Yet the story is set in 1813, and Sir Henry Liddell was not ennobled and raised to the Peerage to become Lord Ravensworth until 1821 (eight years later).
Continuity mistake: The amount of dirt on the Doctor's face changes between the Bath House and the exterior filming.
Plot hole: Peri goes to a fair bit of trouble to bolt the door on the bath house when rescuing the Doctor. When the Rani and the Master arrive, they simply open the door. Now this, in itself, isn't a mistake, as the Master has a special gadget for opening locked/bolted doors, but both the Master and the Rani seem surprised that someone is in the bath house.
Other mistake: Oscar really does keep a clean restaurant. Even after Shockeye has stabbed him with a knife, the knife is clean, with no unsightly blood to be seen.
Plot hole: The Bandrils not only know of the Time Lords but are capable of connecting to them, yet the Bandril are barely capable of space travel and can't produce their own food. So, the Bandrils are not very technologically advanced it seems, so why do they have ties with the High Council of the Time Lords? And how does either party benefit from such an association?
Revelation of the Daleks - S22-E6
Visible crew/equipment: In the first scene of episode 2 you can see a member of the crew casually walking in the background.
Revelation of the Daleks - S22-E6
Plot hole: The DJ fires the ultrasonic gun, to demonstrate it to Peri. The glass in the doors breaks. When The Daleks arrive the glass in the doors is unbroken. It then doesn't break the glass in the doors in any of the other times he fires the weapon.
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.
The Trial of a Time Lord 9-12 (aka Terror of the Vervoids) - S23-E3
Revealing mistake: In episode 12, while the Vervoids are dying, look out for the ones wearing sneakers and tracksuit pants (complete with drawstrings)...
The Trial of a Time Lord 13-14 (aka The Ultimate Foe) - S23-E4
Audio problem: All of the scenes of the trial have some sort of sound problems. Among other things, sound bites from earlier on appear from seemingly nowhere, and, if you listen carefully, you can hear someone calling out the cue "Take 6", which should have been edited out quite easily, but wasn't.
The Trial of a Time Lord 13-14 (aka The Ultimate Foe) - S23-E4
Factual error: The Master states that Earth and its entire constellation were moved, but constellations are merely patterns of stars (as viewed from a given point, like Earth) that may be nowhere near each other - the Earth could not really be described as being in a constellation as any sort of specific entity that could be moved.
The Trial of a Time Lord 13-14 (aka The Ultimate Foe) - S23-E4
Revealing mistake: In the final episode, Glitz and the Master leave the console room while the Doctor is driven into submission, but they are quite obviously standing by the scanner screen.
Delta and the Bannermen - S24-E3
Plot hole: The Doctor says the explosion of the sonic cone will destroy everyone, so why doesn't it?
Suggested correction: In the Doctor Who universe, the saying "The Doctor lies" is a well-known concept, particularly highlighted by River Song. While not a literal rule, it's a reminder that the Doctor is capable of deception and often uses lies or half-truths to achieve his goals, even if it's for the greater good or to protect others. This isn't necessarily malicious; it's often a pragmatic approach to complex situations, especially when dealing with time travel and high-stakes scenarios.
Delta and the Bannermen - S24-E3
Revealing mistake: The bodies lying on the ground during the initial battle are rather too obviously rubber dummies rather than real people.
Delta and the Bannermen - S24-E3
Continuity mistake: The Doctor can be seen wearing glasses in some long shots of him riding a motor bike. Normally, Sylvester McCoy (who played the Doctor at this time) removed his glasses before filming. Seems as though he either forgot, or could not ride a motorbike without them.
Delta and the Bannermen - S24-E3
Continuity mistake: Due to some sloppy editing of the "cliffhanger ending" at the end of episode 2, and again at the start of episode 3, the Doctor, Mel and Burton are seen to freeze in place for no apparent reason, just BEFORE we see the Bannermen line up and aim their guns at them.
Delta and the Bannermen - S24-E3
Plot hole: In episode 3, the swarm of "bees" attacking Gavrok and his men look nothing like real bees, being far too large when they approach the camera's position. (In fact, stock footage of a swarm of locusts was used.).
Dragonfire - S24-E4
Revealing mistake: At several points in the story the 'huge heavy ice cliffs' get blown fractionally upward by people running past them, showing that they are made of very thin, very light plastic.
Dragonfire - S24-E4
Plot hole: At the end of episode 1, the 'cliffhanger' ending is that the Doctor climbs over some railings, and then, by looping his umbrella on the railing, he begins to climb down. He looks down and it seems to be a very long way down. This is resolved in episode 2 by having Glitz walk around and let the Doctor step on his shoulders. Not only is it silly, but because Glitz walked around, it also makes the previous 'cliffhanger ending' totally meaningless.
