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"Attack of the Cybermen" Blooper (Spoilers)

EJA

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I've only just realised that the Colin Baker story Attack of the Cybermen contains a major continuity blunder, in that the Sixth Doctor remembers meeting Lytton when he was working for the Daleks in Resurrection of the Daleks....but they never actually encountered one another in Resurrection, so how can the Doctor possibly recognise him?
 
Oh, sorry. The Sixth Doctor does not make errors. Prior to this story, he traveled in time to meet Lytton, then returned just in time for this story, so he could remember it. Timey wimey and all that.
 
I've only just realised that the Colin Baker story Attack of the Cybermen contains a major continuity blunder, in that the Sixth Doctor remembers meeting Lytton when he was working for the Daleks in Resurrection of the Daleks....but they never actually encountered one another in Resurrection, so how can the Doctor possibly recognise him?

The Doctor's body might change but he still has all his memories of his past selves, I don't see the error.
 
EJA means that while Lytton would know of the Doctor (as he was working for the Daleks who were setting a trap for the Doctor), the Doctor never really meets Lytton.
Lytton interrupts to stop the Daleks exterminating the Doctor (in the way that often happens just after a cliffhanger!), but otherwise they don't meet onscreen in any meaningful way, down to Lytton's name never being mentioned in the Doctor's earshot.
But there might be an offscreen scene. Or an untransmitted story (I'm sure Big Finish would have done one by now if Maurice Colbourne was still alive).
 
EJA means that while Lytton would know of the Doctor (as he was working for the Daleks who were setting a trap for the Doctor), the Doctor never really meets Lytton.
Lytton interrupts to stop the Daleks exterminating the Doctor (in the way that often happens just after a cliffhanger!), but otherwise they don't meet onscreen in any meaningful way, down to Lytton's name never being mentioned in the Doctor's earshot.
But there might be an offscreen scene. Or an untransmitted story (I'm sure Big Finish would have done one by now if Maurice Colbourne was still alive).

Lytton does try to kill the Doctor in the final shootout, so it's no wonder the Doctor is alittle wary of him.
 
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