10 Doctor Who Moments That Make NO SENSE
1. Bye Bye Boatswain
Remember this guy from Series 6's The Curse of the Black Spot? You probably don't, and there's a very good reason for that.
The Eleventh Doctor and the Ponds end up on a pirate ship where the crew are being haunted by a Siren, which comes for anyone who sustains even the slightest of injuries.
Heading up the buccaneers is Captain Henry Avery, played by Hugh Bonneville. His fellow sea dogs include a character known simply as the Boatswain, portrayed by Lee Ross.
This guy is just sort of there to begin with, until he gets wounded about halfway through. And then, he just vanishes. Into thin air.
If you think we're exaggerating, we're not – the Boatswain literally disappears from the story and only emerges at the very end, reunited with his crew. It's never explained what happened to him, or where he went.
Apparently, there was a whole subplot filmed about this character that was cut during editing, creating a significant continuity error in the final episode.
Shall we start taking bets on Big Finish plugging the gap with a series of audio adventures? "The Boatswain Adventures." It'd fly off the shelves!