History WhatAnIdiot / DoctorWho

'''You'd Expect:''' The colonists would read their history and act accordingly. Even if we accept that the story is set before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]" and pretend that the Daleks invasions and incursions on Earth in future stories were either covered up or hadn't yet happened due to the TimeyWimeyBall, you'd think they'd at least remember the Dalek invasion of Earth in the story ''called'' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]". \\

'''You'd Expect:''' The colonists would read their history and act accordingly. Even if we accept that the story is set before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]" and ignore the invasions in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]" (which weren't written for another four decades), you'd think they'd at least remember the Dalek invasion of Earth in the story ''called'' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]". \\

'''You'd Expect:''' The generals to agree to give the Doctor the time he needs, but call for a nuclear strike on the lab to hit in roughly 18 minutes time to incinerate any trace of the bacteria before it spreads, just in case the Doctor is unsuccessful. Okay, this'd have the ''slight'' disadvantage of killing everyone in the nearby town, but compared to handing over control of the world to a bunch of RealityWarper SufficientlyAdvancedAliens, it's very much the lesser of two evils.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' The Doctor would explain all this while everyone is going to the other end of the ship to find Bill before she is alone for several years.\\
'''Instead:''' He does the explanation right there. It takes him ''ten minutes'' to explain the situation.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' The generals to order an immediate nuclear strike on the lab, in order to incinerate any and all traces of the bacteria before it spreads. Okay, this'd have the ''slight'' disadvantage of killing everyone in the nearby town, but compared to handing over control of the world to a bunch of RealityWarper SufficientlyAdvancedAliens, it's very much the lesser of two evils.\\

'''Instead:''' She asks Douglas to do all the work for that day, and a mishap involving an incorrectly placed decimal point results in him inadvertently creating a form of bacteria that instantly kills and liquefies any organic matter it comes into contact with. Which, thanks to the massive FailsafeFailure the lab suffers from, results in said bacterial nearly being released into the atmosphere and ''wiping out all life on Earth''.

'''You'd Expect''': The Royal Navy to keep a massive armed guard on The Master, ready to fill him full of lead whether The Doctor likes it or not. And, The Doctor might warn them about his [[IncrediblyLamePun mastery]] of disguise. Oh, and you'd think the crew of the hovercraft might keep an accurate count of their own members. ''AND'', if that wasn't enough, that they would always make sure more than one person was guarding a piece of military equipment on the order of a hovercraft.\\
'''Instead''': The Master is apparently left by himself with one sailor to guard him ''on a small hovercraft.'' He somehow has time to hypnotize the sailor, place a PerfectLatexDisguise on him and palm him off as The Master's own corpse. Then, as The Doctor and the Royal Navy troops are gawking at the reveal, The Master makes off with the hovercraft. ''This was the serial that the Royal Navy chose, out of all ''Doctor Who'', to endorse and lend the BBC resources for.''

'''You'd Expect''': The Royal Navy to keep a massive armed guard on The Master, ready to fill him full of lead whether The Doctor likes it or not. And, The Doctor might warn them about his [[IncrediblyLamePun mastery]] of disguise. Oh, and you'd think the crew of the hovercraft might keep an accurate count of their own members. ''AND'', if that weren't enough, that they would always make sure more than one person is guarding a piece of military equipment on the order of a hovercraft.\\

'''You'd Expect''': The Royal Navy to keep a massive armed guard on The Master, ready to fill him full of lead whether The Doctor likes it or not. And, The Doctor might warn them about his [[IncrediblyLamePun mastery]] of disguise. Oh, and you think the crew of the hovercraft might keep an accurate count of their own members. ''AND'', if that weren't enough, that they would always make sure more than one person is guarding a piece of military equipment on the order of a hovercraft.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' For them to arm up with special ammunition, like UNIT did back in "Battlefield."\\
'''Instead:''' They use ordinary bullets, and there is absolutely no mention of them having any kind of special weaponry, nor do they even seem to recognize the Daleks and Cybermen at all.\\

'''Instead''': Ambrose, after being taunted by Alaya, electrocutes her to death which worsens Human/Silurian relations.

'''As a Result:"'' Due to the wasted time, Bill has spent several years alone, she is completely broken as a result and everyone arrives too late to save her from getting turned into a Cyberman.

'''You'd Expect''': The colonists would read their history and act accordingly. Even if we accept that the story is set before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]" and ignore the invasions in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]" (which weren't written for another four decades), you'd think they'd at least remember the Dalek invasion of Earth in the story ''called'' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]". \\
'''Instead''': They accept these supposed servants at face value. This leads directly to the Daleks manufacturing dozens more, and exterminating around half of the colonists.

'''You'd Expect''': Gharman would realise there's no way in Hell Nyder would turn on Davros now, after everything else he's done.\\
'''Instead:''' Gharman tells Nyder ''everything''. The minute Nyder's got what he needs, he bludgeons Gharman unconscious and hands him to Davros, who plans to lobotomise Gharman.

'''You'd Expect''': Mestor to just get on with it and possess the Doctor, who is quite literally asking for it.\\
'''Instead''': He possesses ''Azmael'', just to be a {{Jerkass}} and attempt to intimidate the Doctor prior to taking him over. Azmael, by the way, is a vastly experienced Time Lord who isn't suffering post-regenerative trauma. Result: the Doctor successfully destroys Mestor's body, and then Azmael retakes control of his own body and commits suicide, taking Mestor with him.

'''You'd Expect''': Tekker to shoot the Borad dead while the latter is busy spilling the details of his plan to the Doctor. Then he can dispose of the Doctor, persuade the Bandrils to call off their attack, and set himself up as the planet's new supreme ruler.\\
'''Instead''': He steps in front of the Borad and gives a speech about how he will not let his people be destroyed. The Borad, by the way, is sat in a chair equipped with a time-acceleration ray that can age people into dust in mere seconds. Not at all surprisingly, Tekker is soon just a pile of bones on the floor, and it's only through the Doctor having enacted his own plan that the Borad is defeated.

'''Instead:''' She leaves Chloe alone and unsupervised. Again. Even Rose calls her out on her stupidity when she gets back, and it eventually results in everyone in the Olympic Stadium being abducted by Chloe, and very nearly ''everyone in the entire world'' before Rose is able to get the Isolus to leave Chloe's body.

'''You'd Expect''': Rassilon to humor the Master and tell him what he wants to hear long enough for him to keep the Doctor from foiling his plan and then dispose of him when convenient.\\
'''Instead''': Rassilon immediately rejects the Master, saying "You're diseased!" and explaining how he could never join them. This [[BerserkButton infuriates the Master]], who attacks Rassilon and provides the Doctor with the distraction he needs.

** The Doctor has just realised the colony ship they are on is suffering from TimeDilation thanks to the nearby black hole. Time is moving slower in the end of the ship he, Missy and Nardole are at; at the other end of the ship, where Bill is, time is moving at a much faster pace and he reasons the difference is several minutes at his end equals several years on Bill's.\\

'''Instead:''' He does the explanation right there. In the ten minutes it takes, Bill has spent several years alone, she is completely broken as a result and everyone arrives too late to save her from getting turned into a Cyberman.

** A group of UNIT soldiers surround a potential Zygon base and are aware that Zygons can shapeshift. The mother of one of the soldiers steps out followed by relatives of the other soldiers who claim the Zygons held them captive. One soldier naturally decides to question their identities.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' When these "relatives" start to become evasive when asked to verify their identity and start to tell everyone to follow them into the building they were apparently held captive in, they would become suspicious and definably not follow them. If they are still wondering whether these people are their relatives, then you might think the soldiers would try to capture them alive.\\
'''Instead:''' The soldiers believe that the very evasive "hostages" are real and follow them into the building where they are subsequently vaporised.

'''Instead''': The Master is apparently left by himself with one sailor to guard him ''on a small hovercraft.'' He somehow has time to hypnotize the salor, place a PerfectLatexDisguise on him and palm him off as The Master's own corpse. Then, as The Doctor and the Royal Navy troops are gawking at the reveal, The Master makes off with the hovercraft. ''This was the serial that the Royal Navy chose, out of all ''Doctor Who'', to endorse and lend the BBC resources for.''

'''Instead:''' She asks Douglas to do all the work for that day, and a mishap involving an incorrectly placed decimal point results in him inadvertently creating a form of bacteria that instantly kills and liquefies any organic matter it comes into contact with. Which, thanks to the massive FailsafeFailure the lab suffers from, results in said bacterial nearly being released into the atmosphere and ''wiping out all life on Earth''.

'''Instead:''' The soldiers believe that the very evasive "hostages" are real and follow them into the building where they are subsequently vaporised.

'''Instead:''' The Doctor believes every word and is convinced that he truly ''is'' a monster for just trying to do the right thing.

** A group of UNIT soldiers surround a potential Zygon base and are aware that Zygons can shapeshift. The mother of one of the soldiers steps out followed by relatives of the other soldiers who claim the Zygons held them captive. One soldier naturally decides to question their identities.\\ '''You'd Expect:''' When these "relatives" start to become evasive when asked to verify their identity and start to tell everyone to follow them into the building they were apparently held captive in, they would become suspicious and definably not follow them. If they are still wondering whether these people are their relatives, then you might think the soldiers would try to capture them alive.\\

** A group of UNIT soldiers surround a potential Zygon base and are aware that Zygons can shapeshift. The mother of one of the soldiers steps out followed by relatives of the other soldiers who claim the Zygons held them captive. One soldier naturally decides to question their identities.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' When these "relatives" start to become evasive when asked to verify their identity and start to tell everyone to follow them into the building they were apparently held captive in, they would become suspicious and definably not follow them. If they are still wondering whether these people are their relatives, then you might think the soldiers would try to capture them alive.\\

** A group of UNIT soldiers surround a potential Zygon base and are aware that Zygons can shapeshift. The mother of one of the soldiers steps out followed by relatives of the other soldiers who claim the Zygons held them captive. One soldier naturally decides to question their identities.

** A group of UNIT soldiers surround a potential Zygon base and are aware that Zygons can shapeshift. The mother of one of the soldiers steps out followed by relatives of the other soldiers who claim the Zygons held them captive. One soldier naturally decides to question their identities.\\

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion The Zygon Invasion]]", a group of UNIT soldiers surround a potential Zygon base and are aware that Zygons can shapeshift. The mother of one of the soldiers steps out followed by relatives of the other soldiers who claim the Zygons held them captive. One soldier naturally decides to question their identities.\\

'''Insted''': He just tosses it aside and never even looks at or mentions it again.

* During his debut in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma The Twin Dilemma]]", the Sixth Doctor unsuccessfully tries to kill the story's BigBad, Mestor, who in announces that he intends to possess the Doctor's body and absorb his mind. The Doctor's former tutor, Azmael tries to warn him that this would be easy for Mestor considering the Doctor's mind is still screwed up from his recent regeneration, but the Doctor brushes off the warning and actually ''demands'' that Mestor try to possess him.\\