Why'd they change it?

If memory serves, didn't Liz Shaw get particularly screwed? I don't think she ever got a farewell scene, and her departure was just written off with a throwaway line in the first episode of the next season.
Jo Grant had a pretty good exit though, mainly for how hard the Doctor took it.

If memory serves, didn't Liz Shaw get particularly screwed? I don't think she ever got a farewell scene, and her departure was just written off with a throwaway line in the first episode of the next season.
Jo Grant had a pretty good exit though, mainly for how hard the Doctor took it.

Agreed. The Angels had fairly clear rules laid out from their first appearance, so any creative license makes for big holes in logic.
There were at least a few scenes where Angels were looking at each other in the episode. And even though the Statue of Liberty was basically just a cute idea for added impact, it makes…

Agreed. The Angels had fairly clear rules laid out from their first appearance, so any creative license makes for big holes in logic.
There were at least a few scenes where Angels were looking at each other in the episode. And even though the Statue of Liberty was basically just a cute idea for added impact, it makes…

They've been saying it ever since the series came back: with Rose making the Doctor "better", in the Christmas episode with Donna, and in the ending of The Waters of Mars.

They've been saying it ever since the series came back: with Rose making the Doctor "better", in the Christmas episode with Donna, and in the ending of The Waters of Mars.

I don't know if there's ever been a consistent rule— Not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but Sally Sparrow's friend got sent back to the 20s and was dead long before her grandson came back to deliver her letter.

I don't know if there's ever been a consistent rule— Not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but Sally Sparrow's friend got sent back to the 20s and was dead long before her grandson came back to deliver her letter.

For South Carolina, obviously.

For South Carolina, obviously.

"Nobody likes Milhouse!" from the episode always gets me, too.

"Nobody likes Milhouse!" from the episode always gets me, too.

Ed Helms is going to have to find some room in his schedule between the end of The Office and Hangover 3.

Ed Helms is going to have to find some room in his schedule between the end of The Office and Hangover 3.

The logo has been tying into the episode every week— Dalek bumps for Asylum, reptilian-skinned for Dinosaurs, and wood-grained for Mercy. The logo was supposed to look like the corners of the cubes.
There were also some different lightning effects in the opening this week. I think they're just tweaking it every week to…

The logo has been tying into the episode every week— Dalek bumps for Asylum, reptilian-skinned for Dinosaurs, and wood-grained for Mercy. The logo was supposed to look like the corners of the cubes.
There were also some different lightning effects in the opening this week. I think they're just tweaking it every week to…

For a second, I thought that he was actually going to fall, and that his staying home to recover was how they were going to write him into the spinoff.

For a second, I thought that he was actually going to fall, and that his staying home to recover was how they were going to write him into the spinoff.

Another great thing about Celebrity Jeopardy is the story that Norm Macdonald thought of the sketch just as an excuse to do his Burt Reynolds.