From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: jameskuyper{at}verizon.net
Subject: "The Angles take Manhattan" - ground transport?

I was unavoidably unable to watch this episode when it aired, nor could
I arrange to record it for later viewing. I don't mind spoilers, and I'm
unwilling to wait for it to be re-run, so I viewed the description at
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Angels_Take_Manhattan>. It seems
fairly complete - but if so, there seems to be a gaping hole in the plot
(which is not exactly unusual :-( ). Possibly it's explained better in
the actual show?

The issue is this: there's a hypervolume of space-time, of unspecified
spatial and temporal extent, but including New York around 1938, which
the TARDIS cannot enter due to the density of time distortions. The
Doctor works around the problem by traveling to ancient China and
leaving a message on a vase which will eventually end up within that
hypervolume.
However, wouldn't it be simpler to take the TARDIS to say, Chicago in
1938, and then hop on a train to New York?
-- 
James Kuyper

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