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


 * Who wrote Clara's full name on her tombstone? The Latimers didn't even know her true first name, let alone her middle and last. Does she possibly have a family? Clearly the Doctor had nothing to do with writing her name, as he only saw it for the first time after it was already up. Was the bartender notified and he gave them her name? The Snowmen is probably the episode in the history of Doctor Who with the least amount of plot holes, so that's the only thing that doesn't really make sense to me. SmallerOnTheOutside ☎  23:52, January 13, 2013 (UTC)
 * Francesca and Digby Latimer have teddy bears ten years before they were introduced. Doug86 ☎  05:27, January 15, 2013 (UTC)
 * The story implies that the Great Intelligence did not come into being until it fed on Simeon's memories and emotions, which contradicts earlier sources which identify it as one of the Great Old Ones of the previous universe (as well as its first story, which establishes it was around at least by the 1730s). Doug86 ☎  05:27, January 15, 2013 (UTC)
 * When the Great Intelligence outlives Simeon, the Doctor realises that he was wrong when saying that it was created by Simeon's emotions. It could have been a Great Old One, but was wandering aimlessly and injured, going from planet to planet looking for someone with enough emotions to feed it, and finally stumbled upon Simeon and gained strength.
 * Please sign your posts. The GI says something like "now the puppet has become the puppeteer" and that he's outlived his creator. I think it's made pretty obvious in the episode that it was created as a reflection of Simeon but grew so strong that it outgrew its origins and became its own entity. The episode clearly shows that this is the GI's origins, directly contradicting the other Old Great One account. I guess it's possible that the original snow was Yog-Sohoth seeking form, but I'm inclined to think that one account is incorrect. SmallerOnTheOutside ☎  01:58, January 22, 2013 (UTC)