Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/Dragonfire


 * It's not exactly an "error", in the sense that the production team intended it, but the literal cliffhanger at the end of part one is a big, ol' cheat. At the end of part one, the Doctor looks down an almost bottomless cliff of ice. But by the start of the next, the camera shifts to reveal that there's a handy little ledge, onto which Glitz is able to pull the Doctor.
 * It's unclear why the Doctor, went out on the ledge.
 * This occurred because an important scene was removed which would have justified it.


 * Why hide the Dragonfire on the part of the planet that Kane can get to?
 * Why does Kane kill his mercenaries, having gone to the trouble of collecting them?
 * In a bizarre (and oft-repeated) piece of scripting, the word "mercenaries" is often used completely misleadingly, as Kane's frozen zombie army are most definitely slaves.
 * As shown when he tried to recruit Ace, Kane relied on them being foolish enough to take his money -- as mercenaries -- in order to lure them into becoming (in effect) his slaves.


 * Why does Kracauer stand still and let Kane kill him?
 * Why does Stellar run around an ice planet in a dress?
 * At the end, why doesn't Stellar's mother behave as if there's been a massacre (which there has)?