The Curse of Fenric: | ||
 | ep 1-4 – | The roadside signposts visible throughout the story should have been removed in 1943 as part of the defence preparations against possible invasion. |
 | ep 1,2 – | The idea of using the Ultima machine to translate the Viking inscriptions (expressed by both Judson and Millington) makes no sense. Translating a language has nothing in common with deciphering an encrypted message, and a computer would be of no help at all in "decoding" a message in an unknown language. |
| ep 1 – | The inhabitants of 1943 shouldn't readily know who Jane Russell is — she didn't become famous until her debut film The Outlaw was a box-office hit three years later.
[Although the film originally had a limited release in the US in 1943, it was quickly withdrawn by the censors and not released widely until 1946.] |
| ep 2-4 – | As Jean and Phyllis run into the water to go swimming, they seem to be wearing dark shoes or sandals. But in most of their appearances as Haemovores later in the story, they are wearing bright white (and suspiciously modern-looking) sneakers. |
| ep 2 – | When the Russian soldier is enticed into the water by the now-Haemovores Jean and Phyllis, watch the amazing behaviour of his helmet, which he drops into the water as he moves towards them. When the camera angle changes to a shot of him from the front, we see his helmet slowly drift from directly behind him out to the right of screen. Then we cut to a shot of Jean and Phyllis, then back to the soldier — whereupon his helmet again drifts from directly behind him off to the right! Finally, when the other Haemovores drag him down into the water, look behind him and you'll see the helmet, sitting quietly on the beach well above the waterline! |
| ep 3 – | When Ace is at the top of the ladder her underpants are black. By the time she gets down, they have changed to white. |
| ep 3 – | As Sorin leads his men through the graveyard (just before he sees Ace being attacked), they somehow manage to avoid seeing the group of Haemovores which are plainly visible in the background, attempting to break through the church door. |
| ep 3 – | When the Russian soldiers are running to save Ace from the Haemovores, the shadow of somebody can be seen casually walking in the opposite direction. |
| ep 3 – | When Ace is being attacked by the Haemovores, she bops one of them on the head, causing its mask to go up and revealing part of the actor's neck. |
| ep 3 – | After the Nitro-9 explosion which Ace uses to blow up the wall sealing up the mine shaft, the wall is clearly still standing, unaffected by the blast. But after a quick cutaway to the Doctor and Ace, it has vanished completely by the next shot. |
| ep 4 – | Despite all the apparent torrential rain, most of the exterior shots in this episode show blue sky and white clouds. |
| ep 4 – | When Fenric/Sorin knocks the white king over, you can see a piece of tape has been attached to its underside to stop it rolling on the chessboard. |
| ep 4 – | At the end, when Ace and the Doctor run out of the exploding bunker, the Doctor stumbles in the mud and puts his hand out to stop himself falling, getting mud all over it, which he even stops to look at in an almost symbolic gesture. Then they go in for the close-ups with him and Ace and when he puts his hand up to rub her nose (same hand), it's perfectly clean. |
| ep 4 – | Somebody's finger is holding the door open for the Great Haemovore.
[The finger was painted out for the DVD Special Edition.] |