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[Classic Doctor Who] Why does the Doctor sometimes quote mistakes and misunderstandings from human scientists?

The most striking example is the 4th quoting that "it's scientifically impossible for bees to fly", something that was believed by humans at the time but later turned out to be a mistake from a human mathematician that got propagated.


Thing is, the Doctor was educated in science and mathematics on Galifrey, by scientists far superior to those available to humans at the time, so why is he quoting silly human errors?
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He was making a point about "impossible" things being possible. In this case, someone bypassing a robot's prime directive to not kill.

In this case quoting a Terran certainty of the aerodynamic impossibility of bee flight was quite pertinent, since it demonstrated that there was something unknown that would make it appear possible.