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


 * As Tegan notes, the Doctor seems to forget the reason that they went to the town in the first place.
 * Why did the Malus not finish the job it was sent to do back during the real civil war? Why did it become dormant if it had the power to heighten aggressive behaviour and perpetuate the conflict?
 * The entrance to the underground passageway in the church, operates by simply pressing the face of the Malus down. Surely not the best method of concealment for a secret door in the form of a floor slab? Anyone might step on it!
 * The production team did not research the English Civil War very thoroughly. The Roundheads and Cavaliers were Victorian romanticisms perpetuatd in the 19th Century, and the terms were used as insults between the two sides!