10 Doctor Who Moments That Make NO SENSE

6. Captain Jack Goes Handhunting

Doctor Who The Christmas Invasion the Doctor's hand Captain Jack Harkness
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In David Tennant's first proper outing as the Tenth Doctor, he engages in a swordfight with the Sycorax leader, which costs him one of his hands. Thankfully, he's able to grow a new "fightin' hand!" in its place, which is rather good at throwing satsumas.

That severed limb would serve as a critical plot point later down the line, as Ten is able to use it to stave off regeneration, leading to the creation of the Metacrisis Doctor.

Before that however, he's reunited with his lost appendage thanks to Captain Jack Harkness, who gives it to him in the Series 3 finale.

Doctor Who Utopia hand
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Question is... how the hell did Jack get it?

Sure, Jack works for Torchwood, and can use some wizzy-wozzy super-duper Doctor detector. But he still would've needed to track it down very quickly after it was lost in order to preserve it so well.

The bigger sticking point is the fact that the hand fell over London (directly into the Eastenders title sequence, by the looks of it), while Jack is based in Cardiff – a good 150 miles away.

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