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Originally Posted by J. Garrett
[...]Not all plot holes are created equal, is what I'm getting at.
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I agree. For a start some holes are built into the original premise. To take up my Dr Who example: crossing his own timeline is built-in unless he only ever moves forward in time, but they have to say "oh no, I can't do that" in certain places or the particular story they're creating just won't work. And we happily go along with it.
Normally I'd say that the big "no no" is to break your own rules - but even that doesn't hold in something like Dr Who. Maybe the rule is more like: don't break your own rules unless you do it deliberately. Seeing a writer stumble accidentally is like watching someone trip over their own feet, we can't help but be amused even though (or perhaps because) we do it ourselves and know how embarrassing and sometimes painful it can be.