Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/The Massacre


 * The story suggests that Dodo might be a descendant of Anne Chaplet; however, it has often been pointed out that this would only be possible if Anne married someone who shared her surname or if she had a male illegitimate child.
 * Or perhaps her time with The Doctor and Steven fostered a progressive attitude in her, and she kept her name when she got married. Of course, the fact Anne and Dodo look identical is certainly cause for much raising of eyebrows.


 * Although there is similarity in appearance, Anne and Dodo are not "identical". They are played by different actresses. We also do not know definitively that Dodo is truly a descendant of Anne, although as stated, the story does suggest that to be the case.


 * In other words: something that is only suggested (not stated as fact), has a two possible explanations - if it were fact. How is that a discontinuity?


 * The actual massacre occurred on St Bartholomew's Day, not St Bartholomew's Eve.
 * Events in the Whoniverse are different than our world and maybe the date of the massacre is not a fixed point in time.


 * The story chronicles events that took place on the eve of the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. That is, what happened the day before the massacre.


 * In spite of the title, the story does depict the massacre as taking on St Bartholomew's Day.


 * Dodo doesn't think that it is in anyway odd that the TARDIS is bigger on the inside than on the outside? She doesn't even seem to realise that it isn't a police box until they dematerialise.
 * She had apparently just witnessed an accident. She could understandably be in a state of shock.