Fridge / Doctor Who S37 E2 "The Ghost Monument"

• How come the robot guards are such lousy shots? Of course the Doctor and her companions have Plot Armor, but it could also be that the scientists who were forced to develop the robots against their will built them that way on purpose.
  • It might also be disrepair as it looks like Desolation has not been inhabited in a long time. Or maybe the Stenza left the factory reject robots on the planet when leaving.
  • Or, if those particular robots were being used specifically to keep the scientists from escaping their captors, they may have been programmed to herd their quarry for recapture rather than kill them outright. Dead scientists don't make many breakthroughs.
• How is it that, on an entire planet, both Angstrom and Epzo land so close to each other? The simplest explanation is that the information they got at the last checkpoint in the rally included both Desolation's (former) location and the spot on Desolation that Ilin's tent would be projected. So both approached the planet already aiming for the same landing site.
• Likewise, the "ghost monument" is reported to only appear once every thousand rotations, but the team happen to arrive on the exact day. Ilin likely did this deliberately, timing the contestants' expected arrival to coincide with the monument's appearance. The only reason the TARDIS doesn't appear until after Ilin and his tent have gone, is that the shortcut through the tunnels helped them arrive early.
• People with dyspraxia can benefit from occupational therapy, becoming better at an activity through repetition. Ryan was so eager to pick up a gun and shoot because he felt that this was an activity he'd done often enough to have developed some skill at it — likely a rare thing for him when it comes to physical stuff.