Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/The Evil of the Daleks


 * In episode two, part of a camera appears as the Dalek questions Victoria.


 * Why not just kidnap the Doctor and Jamie?
 * This would be much harder to achieve without drawing unwanted attention by the authorities, than merely luring them to the shop with the TARDIS.


 * Since Jamie is so essential to Dalek plans, why are the traps set for him so lethal?
 * The Daleks have been known to kill anyone, even people they need.


 * The Doctor agrees to work for The Daleks when they threaten to destroy the TARDIS - but on other occasions the TARDIS has been unable to be destroyed for example, the Daleks tried to attack it in The Chase and failed.
 * DW: Journey's End clearly shows they are capable of destroying it when the defenses are down. Further, the Doctor is shown later in the story to have his own ulterior reasons to pretend to be working for the Daleks.


 * Just how long have the Daleks been planning this for? Watterfield must have been in 1966 for a while to set up a fake life style and become the owner of a shop before he could track down the Doctor and Jamie for the Daleks.


 * How do the Daleks know that it will be the Second Doctor? - this is on the same day as the First Doctor story DW: The War Machines, so it could have easily been him and not the Second Doctor.
 * They didn't necessarily know. The pictures of Jamie and the Doctor appear to have been taken recently - i.e., during this visit to Earth.


 * This was before the Daleks were divided into "Renegade" and "Imperial". During that period in Dalek history, the Daleks were ruled by the "Supreme Council" and the "Dalek Supreme" (and later the "Renegade Daleks" were ruled in the same system), and the Emperor was ruler of the "Imperial Daleks". So if the Imperial Daleks didn't exist yet, how could there be a Dalek Emperor? That big grey dalek that was the "Emperor Dalek", could this actually be the "Dalek Supreme" and if it is, why was it called the "Emperor Dalek"?
 * The Daleks at this point do have an Empire of planets which they have conquered, therefore it is appropriate to call their leader an Emperor. The Supreme Dalek, could have been the leader of the Military, where as the Emperor is leader of the whole Dalek race. Much like WW2, where Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of the Armies. Additionally, it is never clearly indicated exactly when in Dalek history these Daleks originated.