The resistance is attacks the Starkiller Base with what appears to be pretty small time ammunition even by modern earth missiles, which requires a long running sequence of repeated flybys. The objective, IIRC was to destroy a critical piece of machinery on the surface which would then destabilize the entire planet/weapon (feel free to correct in edit if I remember incorrectly). OK cool, but then why the force wouldn't they just drop a nuclear bomb on it? Have nuclear weapons been used any other time in Star Wars (including EU), or, like smart phones, have they just not been invented in that world?
So after it was established that Missy is actually both the Master, and the "woman in the shop" who gave Clara the TARDIS number... ...why didn't The Doctor or Clara recognize her right away? I remember the Tenth Doctor in The Sound of Drums stating that Timelords had a way of recognizing other Timelords no matter if they had regenerated. And Clara should have recognized her as well... I'm hoping for a better explanation than "Moffat screwed up", and that I actually missed something after two watchthroughs of the episode. Answer There seems to be a lot of in-canon uncertainty as to the extent to which Time Lords can recognise one another which far pre-dates Moffat's tenure. From the Time Lords page on Wikipedia : Whether or not Time Lords can recognise each other across regenerations is not made entirely clear: In The War Games, the War Chief recognises the Second Doctor despite his regeneration and it is implied that the Doctor knows him when they fir
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