| The Moonbase: |
 | ep 2 - |
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When a Cyberman shoots at Polly (she is tending Jamie at the time), he misses, but Polly falls over anyway. |
 | ep 2 - |
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The Cyberman that gets off the bed in the sick-bay nearly
sends the whole thing flying. |
 | ep 4 - |
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After Dr. Evans knocks out the Gravitron operator, he takes his hat and puts it on backwards. Next time we see him, it's on the right way around - demonstrating an admirable amount of fashion sense, despite being infected by a deadly virus. |
 | ep 4? - |
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When the Cybermen blast a hole in the dome, they also blow a few holes in the story's credibilty - like, how can such a powerful laser only make a small hole in the plastic dome? Why does the air get sucked out into space so slowly? And just how long would that flimsy tray really hold out against a total vacuum? (Anybody have a spare moonbase I can borrow, to test this out for real?) |
 | ep ? - |
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Cockney sailor Ben inexplicably becomes a scientist for the duration of the story -- so a bloke who normally thinks that a particle accelerator is a type of hoover suddenly knows that interferon is a viral antibody and that nail polish remover contains acetone. (For this one, you can blame Jamie's last-minute addition to the cast, which meant that lines had to be moved around between characters.) |
| Tomb of the Cybermen: |
 | ep 3 - |
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The scene where Toberman is lifted up in the air by the Cybercontroller features an embarrassingly large and painfully visible safety harness. |
 | ep 3 - |
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Just after our heroes close the hatch on a Cyberman who then punches at it, we see the same Cyberman appear at the bottom of the ladder
with the sleeve of his costume obviously giving way around the shoulder. |
 | ep 3 - |
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During the same scene, a mysterious human voice goes "Ooooooooh" over the soundtrack. (It's not any of the characters on-screen, and it doesn't sound like the Cyberman.) |
 | ep 3 - |
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The end of Klieg's X-ray laser flies off when he first fires it. Clearly they don't make futuristic weapons like they used to. |
 | ep 4 - |
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When the hatch is being closed for good, Jamie stumbles and nearly knocks Victoria over. |
 | ep 4 - |
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When Toberman lifts up the Cybercontroller, it's all too obviously an empty costume. |
| The Ice Warriors: |
 | ep 1,6 - |
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In episode 1, the TARDIS materialises on its side, but at the end of the story it dematerialises right side up. |
 | ep 1 - |
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Clent gets it wrong when explaining how the Ice Age came about. He says that too many plants were destroyed, and as plants produce carbon
dioxide, that meant a shortage of CO2 in the atmosphere, hence the Ice Age.
However, plants use up CO2, so getting rid of them would raise the temperature (under current scientific thinking, anyway - this is the same principle behind the greenhouse effect). Poor old Clent obviously wasn't paying attention in science class. |
 | ep 4 - |
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Another gas-related blunder occurs when it is stated that Mars has an atmosphere mainly composed of nitrogen. In fact, it's 95% carbon dioxide and only 3% nitrogen. |
| The Dominators: |
 | ep 2,3,5 - |
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The zip on the back of Zoe's Dulcian costume causes her quite a bit of trouble, as it comes undone on more than one occasion (for example, when the survey headquarters is being destroyed by the Quarks). |
 | ep 2,4 - |
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Toba proclaims on two separate occasions that the Dominators are "masters of the ten galaxies", but while taking over the Dulcian council, Rago more modestly claims that the Dominators "control an entire galaxy". |
 | ep 3 - |
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There is no "Episode 3" caption at the beginning of this episode. |
 | ep 4 - |
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As Jamie and Cully try to get out of the bomb shelter, the rubble which was blocking the hatch suddenly vanishes as they climb out. |
 | ep 5 - |
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As the Doctor runs towards the Dominators' spacecraft to plant the atomic "bomb" on board, the camera strays a little too close and the face of Patrick Troughton's stunt double can clearly be seen. |
| The Mind Robber: |
 | ep 1 - |
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When the Doctor pushes Jamie & Zoe back into the TARDIS, the caption
"Producer, PETER BRYANT" is visible on the TARDIS scanner. |
 | ep 1 - |
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In the same scene, look at Zoe's back. As the Doctor pushes her back into the TARDIS, he presses so hard that he leaves a handprint on the back of her jumpsuit which stays visible for several minutes. |
 | ep 1,2 - |
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After the TARDIS has been ripped apart, we see the console
floating about with Zoe and Jamie sprawled over it. When you see it from
a distance, Zoe is lying on her right side (legs going off to the left), but the
close-up shot has her lying on her left side (legs going off to the right). The camera switches between these two shots a couple of times, so this becomes quite noticeable. |
 | ep 2 - |
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Jamie's voice at the beginning of the episode clearly belongs to Hamish Wilson and not Frasier Hines. (Jamie supposedly gains his
new voice only after the Doctor incorrectly reassembles his face later in the episode.) |
 | ep 2,3 - |
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No wonder the Doctor doesn't get Jamie's face right the first time - Fraser Hines's features are only included in the second set of choices. |
 | ep 3 - |
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After the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe enter the house leading into the
labyrinth, the wooden door creaks shut beind them -- but the sound cuts off and
repeats itself halfway through. The door is well shut by the time the sound effect finishes. |
 | ep 3 - |
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The map of the maze displayed on the Master's screen doesn't
correspond to what Zoe says about following a pattern of 1 left turn, 2 right turns, 3 left turns and so on. Judging from the map, if the Doctor and Zoe had gone the way Zoe claims, they would have made it to the
centre of the maze after the second right turn. |
 | ep 3 - |
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The second time Jamie uses the tickertape, he reads it upside down. He stands in such a way so that the newly printed tape comes out to his right - which means the text must be upside down, unless the tickertape is printing the story backwards! (If you're in any doubt, the earlier shot of Jamie using the tickertape shows him reading it from the correct side.) |
 | ep 4 - |
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It's painfully clear that the shelves and books in the library
are just cardboard cut-outs. Look at how the shadows fall on them. |
 | ep 4 - |
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When the Doctor & co. first meet the Master, he boasts "For twenty-five years I've delivered five thousand words every week!". Zoe replies, "Why, that's well over half a million words!". It certainly is -- in fact, it's six and a half million words. (Zoe is obviously thinking in non-Aristotelian arithmetic.) |
 | ep 5 - |
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When the Doctor and Master hold their climactic battle of wits, the Master manages to spit all over the place while uttering the line "Change weapons to Destructor Beams!". Childish, I know, but somehow amusing. |
| The Invasion: |
 | ep 2 - |
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In one scene, Zoe mispronounces 'integer' -- using a hard 'G' instead of a soft 'J'. |
 | ep 3 - |
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When Packer is sent to see Professor Watkins, he gets into
the lift and pushes the button for the 3rd floor. Later, the Doctor
and Jamie escape while being led to the professor, and flee into the lift. When the Doctor tries to sabotage it, Jamie complains "but we're 6 floors up!", and Packer confirms a few minutes later that they are indeed on the 6th floor -- so obviously that's where the professor is. (Perhaps the toilet is on the 3rd floor?) |
 | ep 3 - |
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When Jamie and the Doctor are climbing up the lift shaft to escape
from the I.E. henchmen, look at the cables behind them. Considering they're
supposed to be holding up a lift, the cables look worryingly loose. (Clearly they should have taken the stairs.) |
 | ep 5 - |
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After Vaughan has consulted with the Cyber Controller, he sits down and talks to Packer. Look behind Vaughan at this point and you'll
notice that the panel concealing the Cyber Controller has an awful lot
of trouble closing. |
 | ep 7,8 - |
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Why exactly do Cybermen need lace-up shoes?
(You can see them in close-up while they're marching through
the streets of London.) |
 | ep 8 - |
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The Cyberman falling from the roof is plainly just an empty costume. |
 | ep ? - |
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When the Cyberman comes out of the box (when they try to use the Professor's machine on him), part of the fabric gets stuck to him.
The camera switches to a view of his back, and you can see the fabric being pulled away. |
| The Krotons: |
 | ep 1 - |
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At the very start of the story, watch out for the sliding door which refuses to open. |
 | ep 1 - |
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After the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe leave the TARDIS,
they start to climb some rocks -- but Fraser Hines comes down too fast and crashes
into Wendy Padbury, who is thrown back several feet. |
 | ep 4 - |
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When one of the Gonds has his legs trapped under a rock,
just before the Doctor and Zoe can help him he shifts his legs slightly
and the "rock" wobbles considerably. It's then quite amusing to watch Pat
Troughton and Wendy Padbury pretend the lump of polystyrene is heavy. |
 | ep 4 - |
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While Jamie and Beta are making the sulphuric acid, at one point
they walk backwards into each other. At this moment, Beta's face mask has
slipped below his nose - but we then immediately see a shot from another
camera in which the mask is in place again. |
 | ep 4 - |
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The one time we see a whole Kroton (as it emerges from the
Machine), spot the bulge in the bottom section where the operator's leg is
moving. |
 | ep ? - |
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Keep an ear out for Pat Troughton's tendency to say "Joey"
instead of "Jamie, Zoe" ? |
 | ep ? - |
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When the Doctor and Zoe are being taken into the Krotons, we see
Jamie coming to stop them. The strange thing is, we see Jamie starting
to run from a standstill, but supposedly he has just being running from
somewhere else. |
| The Seeds of Death: |
 | ep 1,2 - |
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In episode 2, Fewsham tells Miss Kelly that Osgood killed Locke when he tried to fuse the controls, but back in episode 1, Locke told Radner and Miss Kelly that it was Osgood who died. |
 | ep 2 - |
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The microphone is out of range when Miss Kelly gives her line about having enough fuel reserves to reach the moon. |
 | ep 3 - |
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In the storeroom, when Zoe says "I think I heard something", she opens the door to the sight of an Ice Warrior standing right outside the door. But when we cut to a shot from the corridor showing Zoe looking out, the Ice Warrior has magically teleported itself several yards down the corridor and is facing the other way! |
 | ep 4 - |
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Phipps lifts Zoe up too high to get through the air vent,and she bumps her head. |
 | ep 5 - |
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When Eldred points to the Weather Control Bureau on a map, notice that it's actually in the opposite corner of the map to the one he's pointing to. |
 | ep ? - |
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The Doctor's hair goes through remarkable changes in length and thickness throughout the course of the story.
An example: He finds out Radner hasn't received the message to make it rain,
and comes to the conclusion that Jamie and Zoe have gone to the weather
control centre themselves. Radner then says that this was where the
Ice Warrior was last seen and the Doctor rushes out. (He's very hirsute at
this point). Outside, the Doctor is running fast, probably trying to make
up the time lost when he went for his haircut -- as his hair is suddenly an awful lot shorter! Obviously a regenerating hairstyle is one of those mysterious Time Lord gifts. |
 | ep ? - |
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Watch the scene in the storage room where Jamie is fighting with an Ice Warrior. At some point one of them knocks against the wall, and it wobbles quite distinctly. |
 | ep ? - |
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Watch for when one of the crew on the Moonbase is attacked
by the Ice Warrior. He collapses across the main control console, which
wobbles like a piece of cardboard, amazingly enough. |
 | ep ? - |
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When the Doctor enters the Weather Control Building (which is full of those suds), he and Zoe race down a corridor, then stop and talk
for a few seconds. They then start to rush off to find Jamie when Zoe says,
"No, this way" and points. Wendy Padbury starts going in that direction but
slips on the mess of suds that is all over the floor. She bumps into the
Doctor (who is also having balancing problems) almost knocking him over in
the process... Finally, they both stagger off the screen.
Pure slapstick! |
 | ep ? - |
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Take a look at one of the Ice Warriors approaching the Weather Control station. There is a head-and-shoulders shot in which several
strands of long black hair are sticking out from beneath the back of his
helmet... (Though of course, we don't know whether or not Ice Warriors
actually do have hair - who knows what they're hiding under that armour?) |
 | ep ? - |
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Watch carefully for the scene where Zoe's pants are falling down. She's in the background and looks very silly! |
 | ep ? - |
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During the scene in the space museum when they're building the rocket, you can distinctly hear the sound of a wrench (or some other metal
tool) being dropped on the cement floor. |
 | ep ? - |
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Zoe refers to Slaar by name, though none of the other characters seem to know his name, and never mention it. |
| The War Games: |
 | ep 2 - |
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The Doctor is in a tree with Zoe, and he's looking through a mini-telescope at some troop movements. However, when the scene switches
back to the Doctor and Zoe, the picture is still cropped into a circle for
a brief moment. |
 | ep 7 - |
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The Doctor tells Zoe and Russell that he is sending them back to the 1917 zone, but they end up in the American Civil War zone instead. |
 | ep 7,8 - |
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The cliffhanger and reprise don't match - observe
the order in which the Doctor, Security Chief and guards file into the
SIDRAT in both. |
 | ep ? - |
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Zoe has supposedly memorised the names of the resistance leaders, yet she doesn't know who the Mexican is. |
 | ep ? - |
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At one point, Zoe seems to be trying hard to hold her pants up. The story goes that her buckle and zipper broke, but the filming was so far behind schedule that they told her to keep going regardless. What a trooper. |