Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/Mindwarp


 * How does the Inquisitor know the events at the stories end - she's supposed to be impartial, and is supposed to be watching this for the first time?
 * Although she is indeed probably seeing the evidence for the first time during the trial, there's no reason to assume she wasn't briefed on it beforehand to some degree. That would be consistent with actions around many trials held on Earth, for example.


 * Why hasn't Leela or Romana testified for the Doctor as they are on Gallifrey?
 * The trial is clearly established as not taking place on Gallifrey. And Romana is in E-Space.
 * In Leela's case, this could well be set long after her lifetime.


 * What actually happens? After Part 1 of Mindwarp, is the rest a lie? Are parts of the story lies? Is the Doctor behaving erratically? Is this actually an alternate Doctor created by the Valeyard? Did the beach interrogation actually take place at all?
 * We only see the altered version, and there is no need for us to go back and see how it all "really" happened. As explained during the story, much of what was shown is inaccurate. It either didn't happen at all or happened a different way.
 * The Master later claims that most of what was shown was true, so possibly, the beach interrogation took place as shown. However, the Valeyard might have chosen to omit mitigating evidence (such as the Doctor realising that the whole interrogation would be monitored by the Mentors, and thus not such a great opportunity for privately communicating with Peri as he might have intended).