Continuity mistake: During the sepia-toned explanation of the Doctor and Clara's initial investigation into Sweetville, when they pose as a married couple to infiltrate the place, are accepted, and the Doctor says "The missus and I couldn't be more chuffed, could we love?" in a bad Northern accent, Clara's fake smile goes from closed-mouth to open-mouth between shots. (00:19:57)
skater49th
23rd Nov 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
14th Nov 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
The Snowmen - S7-E7
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor offers Clara a TARDIS key, he's holding it differently between shots. (00:44:35)
4th Jan 2020
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor hands out of the base manuals to the expedition crew for the dream test, Albert Smith is shown with his manual open in shots from behind him several shots before he's shown opening it in a shot facing him. (00:35:56)
19th Dec 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
Dark Water - S8-E11
Continuity mistake: As Clara nods and says "Fair enough" when she thinks the Doctor has told her to leave, her arms go from crossed to by her sides between the closeup and the wide shot. (00:14:29)
5th Jan 2020
Doctor Who (2005)
The Magician's Apprentice - S9-E2
Continuity mistake: During the exchange where the Doctor says "You flatter me" and Davros responds "A pity. I intended to accuse", Davros' hand goes from just under his chin to resting on his chair's control panel. (00:40:15)
4th Jan 2020
Doctor Who (2005)
Dark Water - S8-E11
Continuity mistake: When it's revealed that the dream patch is on Clara's hand, it's in her right palm. But in the wide shot when she's getting up as the Doctor explains the true nature of the patches, it's on her left hand instead. (00:13:21)
9th Nov 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor finds Joe's corpse, he walks up to him and puts his hand on his shoulder. In the next shot, facing Joe, the Doctor is suddenly in a completely different position relative to him, behind him as opposed to next to him. (00:15:06)
16th Apr 2018
Doctor Who (2005)
The Family of Blood (2) - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: When Sister of Mine enters the school's courtyard after the battle with the scarecrows, her right hand is holding her balloon at the bottom, with the bottom of the string wrapped around her left hand. In the next shot, facing her, her right hand is at her side, with the balloon floating above her left hand. The balloon proceeds to jump between positions until Sister of Mine murders the headmaster. (00:18:00)
16th Nov 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Skaldak grabs Professor Grisenko's head and announces that Martian law decrees the destruction of the Earth, his hands change position on Grisenko's head between shots. (00:31:47)
15th Mar 2018
Doctor Who (2005)
The Snowmen - S7-E7
Continuity mistake: While confronting Dr. Simeon in an alleyway, when Vastra picks up some snow and remarks about how interesting it is, the fingers of the hand she's holding the snow with change from being extended to curled up and back again between shots. (00:08:58)
15th Mar 2018
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Amy's holding a revolver while arguing with the Doctor, just before she accidentally fires it a second time, she goes from holding it pointed to her right to holding it pointing to the ground in front of her between shots. (00:23:53)
9th Nov 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
The Wedding of River Song - S6-E14
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor realises he's picked up a model of the TARDIS in Amy's office, it rotates in his hand between shots, as indicated by the positioning of the sign on the front door. (00:20:55)
23rd Oct 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Amy is floating in space outside the TARDIS, her hair is down around her shoulders in the shots of her from above, but floating around her head in the close-ups of her face. (00:03:08)
10th Oct 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
Daleks in Manhattan (1) - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor turns the newspaper towards Martha so she can read the headline, in the wide shot, the corner in his right hand is bent back towards him. In the close-up showing the headline, the corner is straightened with his hand in a different position. (00:04:29)
7th Oct 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When the Connollys are watching TV, in the shots facing the chair and sofa, the chair Eddie was sitting in is further away from the couch than in the shots from above, where the chair is almost touching the couch. (00:04:46)
9th Apr 2018
Doctor Who (2005)
The Doctor Dances (2) - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor is looking at Rose's hands, turning them over repeatedly, while she's describing how she was hanging from a barrage balloon, there's one moment where her hands are turned palm-up in a shot facing her, but back-up in a shot facing him. (00:18:25)
25th Sep 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Rose is telling Auton Mickey that she thinks they should stay away from the Doctor because he's dangerous, a lock of her hair in front of her face tucks itself behind her ear when the shot changes to a close-up. (00:24:42)
15th Oct 2011
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: The Doctor is in a room talking to Amy, Rory and everyone else. He sits at a table where there is a house of cards. The house of cards changes between shots. (00:21:56)
24th Aug 2010
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor grabs the rope there are several metres more behind him. But, as he's hoisted off the ground, he is almost at the end. (00:03:34)
11th Oct 2017
Doctor Who (2005)
Visible crew/equipment: When Amy is guesstimating Amelia's age, the camera pans to the right and into a crew member's arm. (00:13:49)
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