Theory:Doctor Who prose discontinuity and plot holes/The Dark Path


 * How did neither the Doctor not The Master know that Ailla was a Time Lord?
 * If the Master suffers at the hands of Chronovores here, why is he so ignorant of the, in The Time Monster(set later)?
 * In Terror of the Autons, the Master is clearly coming to seek revenge on the Doctor, yet the Doctor is not even the one responsible for the Master's problems at the end of The Dark Path.
 * The Doctor is, however indirectly, responsible for the Master's state at the end of the novel. Additionally, the Master may feel that had the Doctor not interfered, the whole thing would have gone smoother.


 * Multiple stories and interviews stress the significance of the Doctor and the Master being the only two offworld Time Lords at this time, yet the Doctor has no idea who this mysterious stranger calling himself 'Koschei' is.
 * This may be known of the Council, but the Doctor has not been in contact with Gallifrey for some time, to say nothing of the fact that Koschei left Gallifrey after the Doctor.
 * From The Glorious Dead(comic) Part 9:

The Master:"You have not seen a fraction of the horror we have sculptured. For all your high-flown 'morality', we are uncannily alike, Doctor. The only difference is that I am now aware of it. We left Gallifrey on the same day by the same means.'''
 * I doubt when you're presumably running for your life one would stop and see if the guards are on alert for one reason or another. That is, even with the Doctor and the Master leaving Gallifrey on the same day, the original counterpoint can still stand for the most part. Either the Doctor left first, or was unaware that the Master had fled as well. And actually, if there were only two offworld Time Lords at this time, what do those sources make of the Monk(or the Rani for that matter)? If the Doctor is aware of the 'two offworld Time Lords' including himself, but unaware that Koschei is offworld, he could simply believe the Monk is the other Time Lord referred to. Though presumably the Monk's TARDIS was obtained legally.


 * To say nothing of Ailla.
 * See first counterpoint/explanation above regarding Koschei. It should be noted that Ailla was not a renegade or exile, but merely operating under instructions from the Time Lords.