The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: Tintin is on a train, reading a newspaper saying Sanders is in a deep coma and the man next to him says there'll be more to come. When the man starts talking, he is seen with a pipe in his mouth, but in the next shot, the pipe is suddenly longer. (00:03:05)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: After General Alcazar performs his knife throwing act, Tintin says he knew General Alcazar in South Africa. At this moment, Alcazar is onstage standing on his own, but in the next shot, a stage hand has suddenly appeared onstage beside him. The knife holster has also suddenly reappeared onstage. (00:05:25)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: At the theatre performance, Ragdalam the Fakir is shown putting Madame Yamilah into a state of hypnosis. When Ragdalam starts telling Madame Yamilah that he is putting her into a state of hypnosis, she is facing the audience, but in the next shot, she has suddenly turned 90° to face Ragdalam. (00:05:45)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Bianca Castafiore begins singing, Tintin and Haddock are shown in the booth looking astonished, but Snowy is nowhere to be found. In the next shot, Snowy has suddenly appeared beside Tintin. (00:07:25)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin tells Thomson and Thompson that they should warn the other members of the expedition, Tintin places his left hand on his phone and pushes it to the other side of the table. In the closeup, it's now his right hand, and the telephone wire moves too. (00:10:25)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin goes to phone the members of the expedition, he places his address book beside the phone a few inches from it, and the phone is near the centre of the table. In the next shot, the phone and the address book are suddenly nearer to the edge of the table. (00:11:15)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Falconer is in the taxi, driving to Tintin's apartment, the number plate is white, but when the taxi arrives at the apartment, the number plate is red. (00:11:55)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Snowy is sniffing along the floor, the detective can be seen standing along the carpet by the door, but when he asks Tintin about his dog, he is suddenly standing far away from the door. (00:20:25)
The Seven Crystal Balls: Part 1 - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: Just after Alcazar does his knife trick, the shot cuts to Tintin where he says "General Alcazar, I knew him in South America." As he says this, he turns his head around to Captain Haddock. In the next shot, his head is now directly facing Alcazar.
Chosen answer: It is a pill that makes alcohol taste disgusting.