History Fridge / DoctorWho2011CSTheDoctorTheWidowAndTheWardrobe

* What if the Doctor and Co. had shown up when the Doctor intended? They'd either be caught in the middle of the acid rain, or they'd be in the middle of a sea of battery acid.

** They're ''alien'' trees with the ability to evacuate a planet that's become unsuitable for them. They could have abandoned Androzani Minor when the war broke out and dispersed to any number of worlds.

** Jerusalem cherry, African and French marigolds, Spanish moss - they'd hardly be the first plant specie with a NonIndicativeName.

** Time travel, mate. They were in a war during "Caves of Androzani," but that could have been centuries earlier. Or later.

** Alternately, the trees wanted a female carrier because their concept of TheArk is a ''pine cone'', i.e. the female ''part'' of a coniferous tree. A woman who'd borne children was simply the closest mammalian equivalent of a seed-bearing cone.

* Crossing over with Fridge Horror, the forest is consistently referred to as being made of ''Androzani'' trees. As in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "The Caves of Androzani"]]. As in the planets Androzani Major and Minor, which in that serial were engaged in a rather brutal war. In fact, it's implied that the forest is on Androzani Minor. And yet the Doctor describes the planet with the forest as "This is one of the safest planets I know! There's never any danger here . . ." (Yes, that ends up not being the case.) ''Excuse'' me?

* Crossing over with Fridge Horror, the forest is consistently referred to as being made of ''Androzani'' trees. As in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "The Caves of Androzani"]]. As in the planets Androzani Major and Minor, which in that serial were engaged in a rather brutal war. In fact, it's implied that the forest is on Androzani Minor. And the Doctor describes the planet with the forest as "This is one of the safest planets I know! There's never any danger here . . ." (Yes, that ends up not being the case.) ''Excuse'' me?

* Crossing over with Fridge Horror, the forest is consistently referred to as being made of ''Androzani'' trees. As in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "The Caves of Androzani"]]. As in the planets Androzani Major and Minor, which in that serial were engaged in a rather brutal war. In fact, it's implied that the forest is on Androzani Minor. And the Doctor describes the planet with the forest as being "One of the safest places I know. There's never anything ''bad'' here." (Yes, that ends up not being the case.) ''Excuse'' me?

* FridgeBrilliance: Christmas trees, being pines, are monoecious, meaning that they have both "male" and "female" parts on the same tree. They're actually a terrible choice for a story which pulls the "mothers are strong" trope, since they're a "single gender" species. So then, why do these Christmas trees make a big deal about gender? ''They're not really Christmas trees''. They're an alien species that ''resembles'' Christmas trees.

* FridgeHorror: What if the Doctor and Co. had shown up when the Doctor intended? They'd either be caught in the middle of the acid rain, or they'd be in the middle of a sea of battery acid.
* FridgeLogic: Why is Cyril sleeping with his glasses on?

** Alternately, the trees wanted a female carrier because their concept of a "mother ship" is a ''pine cone'', i.e. the female ''part'' of a coniferous tree. A woman who'd borne children was simply the closest mammalian equivalent of a seed-bearing cone.

* FridgeLogic: Why is Cyril sleeping with his glasses on?

* FridgeHorror: What if the Doctor and Co. had shown up when the Doctor intended? They'd either be caught in the middle of the acid rain, or they'd be in the middle of a sea of battery acid, essentially.
* FridgeLogic: Christmas trees, being pines, are monoecious, meaning that they have both "male" and "female" parts on the same tree. They're actually a terrible choice for a story which pulls the "mothers are strong" trope, since they're a "single gender" species. (It also makes the Doctor's talk about how motherhood is a fundamentally engrained part of life more obviously an example of ArtisticLicenseBiology .)
** Why is Cyril sleeping with his glasses on?

* FridgeLogic: Christmas trees, being pines, are monoecious, meaning that they have both "male" and "female" parts on the same tree. They're actually a terrible choice for a story which pulls the "mothers are strong" trope, since they're a "single gender" species. (It also makes the Doctor's talk about how motherhood is a fundamentally engrained part of life more obviously an example of ArtisticLicenseBiology .)

* FridgeHorror: What if the Doctor and Co. had shown up when the Doctor intended? They'd either be caught in the middle of the acid rain, or they'd be in the middle of a sea of battery acid, essentially.

Why don't the kid age at all in the 3 year TimeSkip? Cyrill at the very least should have shot up like a bean pole in the intervening time but he doesn't.

He pilots an Airplane. How the HELL does an airplane [[spoiler: Fly into the time vortex?!]] How. The. Hell.
** [[spoiler: Well, when the girl opening the time portal is thinking SOLELY about the airplane, and he's following a time machine that can clear the danger out of the way...]]

** [[spoiler: WEll, when the girl opening the time portal is thinking SOLELY about the airplane, and he's following a time machine that can clear the danger out of the way...]]

He pilots an Airplane. How the HELL does an airplane [[spoiler: Fly into the time vortex?!]] How. The. Hell.

He pilots an Airplane. How the HELL does an airplane [[Spoiler: Fly into the time vortex?!]] How. The. Hell.

Why don't the kid age at all in the 3 year TimeSkip? Cyrill at the very least should have shot up like a bean pole in the intervening time but he doesn't.