History Headscratchers / DoctorWhoSeries2

*** Or he's an aide who happens to ''agree'' that she looks tired, and passes on the idea to others out of genuine concern that Harriet is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Or he's an aide who doesn't ''want'' to remain just an aide, and members of the political opposition promise him a better post if he does so. Or Harriet genuinely ''is'' tired, and her aide starts encouraging her to go on vacation because the Doctor called that matter to his attention, and during her hiatus there's a backlash against her administration that's been brewing for a while, as various MPs who resent her lightning-fast rise from obscurity seize the opportunity to get rid of her. Remember, she was a complete political nobody just a year earlier, who only rose to prominence because she happened to walk out of Downing Street's smoldering ruins in front of the TV cameras; there's no ''way'' her hold on authority can be rock-solid.

** As for why they just imprisoned him permanently (with failsafes to kill him if he escapes) rather than killing him outright, same reason we imprison criminals IRL in prisons guarded by men with guns rather than just shooting the the criminals immediately.

** This is one of the things that attracts fans to the show. One viewer can be convinced the Doctor andSarah Jane had an intense Romantic relationship, another that it was quite physical, another that it was completely platonic, and others everywhere in between. The perceived hints can be taken many ways, and cause much searching of heads and YMMV.