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


 * It sounds a bit odd (to me) for Vicki, who is from the 22nd century, to use the term The Holy Land.
 * From what Vicki has revealed she was thoroughly educated and must have a comprehensive knowledge of the history of the civilized world. When she realizes they have landed in the time of a Crusade of Richard the Lionheart she uses the appropriate term for the location.


 * We don't know Vicki's from the 22nd century; they traveled in time after leaving Dalek-invaded Earth. (But then she's more likely to be from farther in the future, not less far—the novels establish it as the 25th century.)


 * But at any rate, gather some atheists or very-liberal CoE types, and ask them what they'd call that area in that era, and I'll bet a lot more say "the Holy Land" than "Outremer" or "Ayyubid Palestine" or some other term. Why should we expect that to be any different in 150 years, or 300?