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There are others (that was just a new one that occurred to me) like Clara falling into the ravine. So she originally fell into the ravine because Doc wasn't there to save her. Then she didn't fall into the ravine because Doc presumably picked her up from the station as requested by the town Mayor. Then (because he was now busy talking to Marty and forgot) she almost fell in again, until he saved her because he just happened to be within ear shot. That part has always seemed pretty sketchy.
I do love BttF3 though but I also love thinking these things out.
Apart from it being a good way to demonstrate for the audience that that possibility has been eliminated (in a more fun way that than just saying it) it also seems like a scientific thing for Doc to do to establish exactly how fast he could go with horses, so he's got that data to factor into other possible horse based solutions he might have been considering.
It's fair to assume that "mad dog" is easily irrational enough to kill Doc anyway and that Doc has provoked Griff's anger far beyond that point by the time Marty arrives to tell Doc what will happen because Griff is angry.
I do love BttF3 though but I also love thinking these things out.
No, the real plot hole of the movie is why Doc (or Marty, for that matter), even need to run an experiment to know that no, no horse, or team of horses, can reach anywhere near 90 MPH.
Apart from it being a good way to demonstrate for the audience that that possibility has been eliminated (in a more fun way that than just saying it) it also seems like a scientific thing for Doc to do to establish exactly how fast he could go with horses, so he's got that data to factor into other possible horse based solutions he might have been considering.
(Or why Doc doesn't simply pay Griff off.)
It's fair to assume that "mad dog" is easily irrational enough to kill Doc anyway and that Doc has provoked Griff's anger far beyond that point by the time Marty arrives to tell Doc what will happen because Griff is angry.
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