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Partners in Crime - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, Donna piles suitcases in the Doctor's arms in preparation to leave with him in the TARDIS, and places a striped hat box on top. The bags stay that way for a while as the camera cuts back and forth between them, and you can see the stack of luggage as the camera films the Doctor from behind. Then, as soon as the camera cuts back to the Doctor's face when Donna leaves to give her mother the car keys, suddenly he has one bag under his arm and another in his hand, and the rest of the bags are on the ground with the hat box stacked neatly on top. In addition, when the scene cuts from Donna closing the hatch of her car to her and the Doctor standing by the TARDIS, a large floral-patterned suitcase has appeared, which she was not shown removing from the vehicle. (00:43:15)

Silence in the Library (1) - S4-E8

Continuity mistake: After Miss Evangelista is killed, we see her communicator as her "ghost" slowly fades. In one shot we see from a slight distance the lights left lit tick down to 3, then a short while passes, we cut back and the lights are back to 4. They then tick down to 3 again.

Jon Sandys

Planet of the Dead - S4-E15

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, the police are chasing the bus and they give the numberplate as "Whiskey nine four seven Golf Hotel Mike." That is W947 GHM, but later on when the flying bus comes through the rift in time/space, the numberplate is completely different. This is because whilst filming in Dubai, the original bus broke down and had to be replaced. (00:17:58)

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Forest of the Dead (2) - S4-E9

Continuity mistake: Near the end of "Silence in the Library," a sweeping shot shows that they're standing between two freestanding bookshelves. But at the beginning of this one, when they're supposed to be in the same place, they're able to break through a wall into a separate room.

The End of Time - S4-E17

Continuity mistake: After the Master changes all humans into copies of himself and Wilf says, "What have you done, you monster!?", it goes to all the different Masters in the room saying, "Are you talking to me?" The Abigail Naismith-Master is shorter than the Joshua Naismith-Master. In another shot they are the same height. The Abigail Naismith-Master is wearing very high heels and should be taller than the other Masters. (00:56:00 - 00:56:50)

The Stolen Earth (1) - S4-E12

Continuity mistake: In the scene toward the end where the Doctor is shot by the Dalek, when the camera is shooting from Rose's point of view, the Doctor is gasping and struggling for breath. However when the camera shows the Doctor from behind, he's lying completely still in Rose's arms. The camera cuts back to Rose's POV and he's struggling again, with no time in between for the change in his movements. (00:43:35)

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The Waters of Mars - S4-E16

Continuity mistake: When Gadget is driven to the TARDIS so the Doctor can retrieve it, the landscape around it is much flatter and without the large boulders strewn around the TARDIS when the Doctor arrived on Mars at the beginning. (00:52:41)

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The Waters of Mars - S4-E16

Continuity mistake: When the Doctor leans on the railing above the glacier while telling Adelaide about the Ice Warriors, he rests his left hand a ways out on the railing, in a spot where it should be visible but isn't in the next shot from behind him. (00:28:57)

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Journey's End (2) - S4-E13

Continuity mistake: When Martha arrives at Osterhagen Station 1, she unbuckles the belt of her teleport backpack, but in the wide shot immediately afterwards the belt is still buckled. In the next shot, it's back to being undone as she takes it off. (00:18:47)

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The Stolen Earth (1) - S4-E12

Continuity mistake: When the TARDIS is breaking through the time limit to reach the stolen planets, the console room catches on fire from the strain. But after reaching its destination, the console room is abruptly back to normal. (00:35:05)

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Turn Left - S4-E11

Continuity mistake: After the TV signal cuts out due to the crash of the Titanic, when Sylvia says "It's gone dead" while searching for a channel, she moves her arm with the remote forward the same as she did in the previous, wider shot. (00:18:57)

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New Earth - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: As the camera zooms out when Rose is captured and Cassandra is about to "go" into Rose, the psychograft disappears, but in the next shot of Rose it appears again. (00:11:45)

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Question: 1. Why was Rose not allowed to touch her past self without creating a paradox and causing those creatures to appear and eat everyone, but Amy was allowed to touch her younger self without any repercussions? 2. Why was Rose able to have the time vortex in her head for a few minutes and it only knocked her unconscious whereas the Doctor had it inside him for about 30 seconds and it basically killed him and caused his regeneration?

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Chosen answer: 1) When Stephen Moffat took over he ignored a lot of what had been developed before (there is not in-universe answer). 2) It would have killed Rose, so the Doctor absorbed the energy. His body regenerated before the energy could do a significant amount of damage that would prevent regeneration.

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