It was a teleporter (malfuntioning) that he got off of one of the androids chasing him. He needed a charge. He took a device that was of the same frequency/energy that the androids used and used it to get away. Missy was just explaining how she used the same principal.
I think Moffat likes to play with 'time'. Before him, the Daleks had no concept of Mercy (unless they were an emperor - and only to mock with), but whereas the alternate time-line, they had that concept (and it might not have surprised Eleven at the time), Twelve has no knowledge of that. Remember, Eleven never heard them ask for mercy. WE did, but he never did. To Twelve, the concept may be foreign, but for Eleven (whose timelines change according to the future, not the past), this would be a given...because he had always known them to understand that concept.
I'm explaining this rather badly.
It is a time-concept my husband and I like to bandy about, so I see what Moffat did there. Also? My kiddos are six and nine. If I ever get confused, I can ask them, lol!!
Personally, I loved the parallels within the parallels. The enemy who is a friend. The friend who is an enemy. The two bad guys telling truths, even as they come up with new tricks. The insight into the Daleks and how they function and behave. How they are trapped by what they CANNOT say, even should they wish to. The way things we saw a season or two ago can be explained currently.
As for continuity...I have a 'Discontinuity Guide' from the Classic series. It was printed in the middle of the Sixth Doctor's Era, I believe. And it shows how the whole show is RIDDLED with discontinuity, even within one doctor's timelines. In the end, they put it down to 'it's a show about time travel' and left it at that. Or (as Ten would say) wibbley-wobbley-timey-wimey. LOL!!
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I think Moffat likes to play with 'time'. Before him, the Daleks had no concept of Mercy (unless they were an emperor - and only to mock with), but whereas the alternate time-line, they had that concept (and it might not have surprised Eleven at the time), Twelve has no knowledge of that. Remember, Eleven never heard them ask for mercy. WE did, but he never did. To Twelve, the concept may be foreign, but for Eleven (whose timelines change according to the future, not the past), this would be a given...because he had always known them to understand that concept.
I'm explaining this rather badly.
It is a time-concept my husband and I like to bandy about, so I see what Moffat did there. Also? My kiddos are six and nine. If I ever get confused, I can ask them, lol!!
Personally, I loved the parallels within the parallels. The enemy who is a friend. The friend who is an enemy. The two bad guys telling truths, even as they come up with new tricks. The insight into the Daleks and how they function and behave. How they are trapped by what they CANNOT say, even should they wish to. The way things we saw a season or two ago can be explained currently.
As for continuity...I have a 'Discontinuity Guide' from the Classic series. It was printed in the middle of the Sixth Doctor's Era, I believe. And it shows how the whole show is RIDDLED with discontinuity, even within one doctor's timelines. In the end, they put it down to 'it's a show about time travel' and left it at that. Or (as Ten would say) wibbley-wobbley-timey-wimey. LOL!!
*HUGS*