Where does the Doctor get his disturbingly large number of sweet from? His pocket, obviously.



Aliens always invading the UK? You might as well ask why, in American films and shows, aliens always invade in the USA.

How come Unit were so nice to the Doctor.....

An alien man with a ship that can travel through time and space who has incredible knowledge of science and the future... Unit a shadow multi government body that's about protecting the earth and doesn't need to worry about answering to the public and can bend morals in-order to achieve their goals... After meeting the Doctor they give him a job and just let him wonder about to is heart content...

That's very nice of this military organisation to do that rather than oh I don't know take The Doctor into custody question him and torture him if necessary in-order to get out of him information on the future, knowledge about all the various aliens that are around them in the galaxy (military information, their weaknesses etc), knowledge of advance technology that will benefit the Earth and help them defend the planet and help them go out into the universe, information on advance science so our scientists would have better understandings, for him to explain how they can control the Tarids (which they would have in their possession) which they could then use for military and exploratory mission, I mean imagine they could turn up on a planet like the Daleks and let off bombs or do black ops missions to damage alien facilities all with the intent of making Humans of Earth the strongest species, giving them the best advantage...

It would of been a bit of a different take on the third Doctor era if they had done something like this.. doesn't quite mesh with the easy going vibe that era was going for haha... But it is funny how a military organisation go so easy on him (relatively)....

They could of set up perhaps that the Doctor could resist all types of torture and they couldn't/wouldn't get anything out of him if the Doctor didn't wish it... and therefor they also had no hope of getting anything out of the Tardis either..so Unit decide to work with The Doctor and be nice to him in-order to get whatever help and knowledge out of him that they can... Also maybe they were scared of the Doctor, after all he had amazing knowledge and a Tardis, for all they know if they tried to do anything against him he could unleash a world of pain that they have no understanding of...

Like in The Dominators, when Troughton uses it to create a hole in a wall...

Hahaha

Why does the Doctor appear to think that liquorice allsorts are "jelly babies"? [Image of the Fendahl, Part Two, for instance.] Do Gallifreyan babies resemble living liquorice allsorts? And what kind of nightmare figure does that make the Kandy Man?

Good question! In the Pirate Planet, when the Doctor asks where Romana got her jelly babies from after she steals his thunder ("Same place as you." "Where??" "Your pocket.") we see two scenes where the sweets are used as a trail for a particularly stupid guard. And they're clearly allsorts. My sense of realism was completely undermined. Shame, as the rest of the story was completely convincing, especially the superbly realised Robot parrot.

(I think the story is great fun, really!)

For the most part I try and avoid the kind of analytical thinking described in the OP because I know I would absolutely tear the entire story, nay, the entire show concept, to shreds by doing so most of the time. So, I deliberately put my BS-ometer on a very low setting when I watch... but I still think I'm irked far more by some of the nonsense than the average viewer :P

Note, I'm not saying I turn off my critical faculties, nor do I feel I should ever have to to enjoy the show (that would be the time to stop watching it), I just give a very lenient allowance in the logic and science department.

I will say that one absolute necessity to enjoy the show is to treat it as fantasy, NOT real science fiction. It falls some millions of light years below the standard of real science fiction. And that has always been the case, it's not intended as a criticism of the current show.

BUT, one thing I cannot stand is the creators of the show taking too much license from the above philosophy and feeling they can make the show nonsensical. That has happened a few times in recent series: 'Kill the Moon', 'Forest of the Night', 'Robots of Sherwood', the whole Viking and Zygon things last season, which I cannot rewatch and genuinely eroded my affection for the show a little (first time I've considered not watching the following week since I 'rejoined' the show in Season 5). As long as the writers are conscientious I give them a lot of leeway. If they simply dash off rubbish then its a different matter.

But simply start thinking about any of the most basic aspects of the show (everyone in the entirety of space-time speaks English for example... the TARDIS translating is NOT a credible explanation because it's ability to do so basically amounts to magic, unless we are to believe every language to have ever existed anywhere is in it's databanks. 'Translation devices' are one of the worst plot devices in all science fiction for this reason) and it falls apart... so you have to just give it that allowance if you value the strengths of the show enough to permit it those weaknesses.

I think this one is very easy to explain: they need him. Earth is screwed if they don't have this man's co-operation and that co-operation cannot be coerced from him... and they are aware of that. It's simply pragmatic on their part. Personally, I find it totally credible. The human race isn't quite stupid enough to look such a gift horse in the mouth... really.

And in regard to the classic series I always felt as though the above pragmatism came primarily from the Brigadeer. The character was played as if he was conscientious of the above. I also have the feeling that having the trust of the Doctor, and a certain amount of respect from him was what gave the Brigadeer his position in UNIT, even though he was always pissing off the 'higher ups'. Keeping the Doctor co-operative would be the single most valuable and desirable skill anyone in military, intelligence, or any sort of government position could have, and it's one that probably gave the Brigadeer a LOT of power, influence and leeway, should he have decided to capitalize on it.

In real life one's license really is governed by their usefulness. To me it is one of the aspects of the show that I would actually consider very realistic. By my reckoning any associate of the Doctor probably couldn't even get arrested. Clara could probably literally get away with murder.

Space lions would be waaay more cooler. Moffat should write that next. "Attack of the Space Lions".

How come 11 failed to rescue and return Melody /River to Amy and Rory when she was little ?

How come 11, Amy and Rory were ok with her being in prison as an adult while they were off having fun across time and space ?.

How come Amy never asked 11 to try and heal her when she found out she couldn't have another baby ?

How come the doctor never tried to trace Rivers message and stop her going to the library ?. Always believed it was sabotaged someone wanted her dead.

I bet the Doctor didn't tell that to Lucie.

How come no matter where The Doctor goes there is a threat

- Thats not true, they have many adventures and go to many places where there is no threat, we only see the ones with a threat, more interesting to watch than them walking, sight seeing and shopping with nothing happening for 45min

- Jelly babies and Liq allsorts - how do you know thats what they called on Gallfry - all we know is that Liq and Jeloly babies are same thing. Your assuming based on reality on earth. Same with alot of things here.

- Cybermen will delete a child, if can will use the child. But its interesting we never seen any child like aliens.

- Human have been scattered accross the universe, it was explained many time, some are not human but humonid similar to humans/hybrids. Suppose its easier

I would say that all of the above was for the same reason that he couldn't save Adric. Melody/River had interacted with and influenced previous events that could not be changed. The reason why Rory and Amy 'allowed' River to remain in prison was because to them, her prison time had already happened, and by the time they found out who River was, she had earned her pardon.