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From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus)
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Subject: Re: more inconsistencies in "Five Doctors"
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 18:22:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  2 18:22:00 1986
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> Something else that's been bothering me about The 5 Doctors for quite
> awhile:  when Troughton's Doctor is confronted with the images of Zoe
> and Jamie, he deduces that they can't be real, because the real Zoe and
> Jamie were returned to their respective times by the Time Lords and
> made to forget their time with the Doctor.  HOW DID HE - the 2nd Doctor
> - KNOW?

What with all the other responses, I never even realized how simple
the answer to this question is.  The second Doctor knew that Jamie
and Zoe were returned to there own times and their memories erased --
the Time Lords disposed of his companions before they regenerated him.
It is not unnatural to assume that Troughton's Doctor, since he
was actually taken out of his own timestream, would have the memory
which he had just before his regeneration into Pertwee.

BTW, speaking of regenerations, did anyone notice the great similarities
between the third Doctor's condition shortly after regeneration in
"Spearhead from Space" and the fourth Doctor's condition at the
very beginning of "Robot"?  They both escape from their beds, are
seen hiding in the corridors while in their pajamas, almost immediately
search for the TARDIS keys, and both have it hidden in their shoes.

Also BTW, I made the mistake of re-watching "Planet of the Spiders"
to refresh my memory before "Robot" came on yesterday.  The problem
is that I was too sad about Pertwee's "death" to enjoy much of the
humor in "Robot" -- I never imagined it would be that way.  It's good
that the BBC had a few-month-gap between "Spiders" and "Robot."

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