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 From: glyn.kennington@ox.spam.compsoc.net 
  
 Richard Collier  announced: 
 >  "Rob Wynne"  wrote in message 
 >  news:42B728C8.6010206@america.net... 
 > > Now, given that that was the END of Troughton's tenure, Troughton's 
 > > appearance in The Five Doctors must have been from some time prior to 
 > > his trial in The War Games.  So how can he remember it? 
 > > 
 > > There's a bit of fanwank that suggests there was a "Season 6b", where 
 > > the Doctor did work on behalf of the Time Lords before arriving on earth 
 > > as PertweeDoc.  This makes absolutely no sense from a dramatic point of 
 > > view, but it does help explain the inconsistency introduced in The Five 
 > > Doctors. 
 > 
 >  The simplest explaination is that Pertwee's doc told him in the Three 
 >  Drs 
  
 In that case, he'd have known about the events of The War Games before 
 they happened, including that he'd need to call the Time Lords, and that 
 they wouldn't treat him very nicely.  All that causes some serious 
 problems, I think. 
  
 Glyn 
  
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