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comic name= The Lodger|
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companions= [[Rose Tyler]]|
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writer= [[Gareth Roberts]]|
|main character= [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]]
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|featuring= Tenth Doctor
artist= [[Mike Collins]]|
|featuring2= Rose Tyler
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|featuring3=Jackie Tyler
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|enemy= [[Bandrigan]]s
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] 368|
|setting= [[London]], [[2007]]
publication_dates= 26 April [[2006]]|
|writer= Gareth Roberts
publisher= |
|editor= [[Clayton Hickman]], [[Scott Gray]]
format= Comic - 1 part |
|adapted into = The Lodger (TV story)
previous story= [[The Betrothal of Sontar]]|
|penciller= [[Mike Collins]]
next story= [[F.A.Q.]]|
|inker = [[David A. Roach]]
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|colourist=[[James Offredi]]
|letterer = [[Roger Langridge]]
|publication= [[DWM 368]]
|reprint=The Betrothal of Sontar (graphic novel)
|release date= 30 March 2006
|cover date= 26 April 2006
|publisher= Panini Comics
|format= Comic - 1 part  
|prev= The Betrothal of Sontar (comic story)
|next= F.A.Q. (comic story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a one-part comic story in the pages of [[DWM 368]]. It featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Mickey Smith]], with [[Rose Tyler]] in a reduced role. It served as the basis for [[Gareth Roberts]]' [[Eleventh Doctor]] [[The Lodger (TV story)|television story of the same name]].


==Summary==
''The Lodger'' was notable for giving readers a glimpse into Mickey's life outside of his relationship with Rose and the Doctor, which proved useful for contemporaneous readers, as it premiered at the start of the broadcast of [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 2]], with rumours abounded about Mickey joining [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crew, allowing a new audience to be reminded and informed of Mickey's past with the Doctor and Rose, as well as foreshadow some of the tensions between the Doctor and Mickey that played out over the course of the second series.
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==Characters==
== Summary ==
*[[Tenth Doctor]]
The [[Tenth Doctor]] lands [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] in present-day [[London]], but before [[Rose Tyler]] can emerge, the TARDIS dematerialises because the Doctor forgot to lock the time settings. The TARDIS jumps a [[time track]] and moves ahead several days. Left stranded in London while he waits for Rose to catch up — only a few seconds will have passed for her — the Doctor needs somewhere to stay. After an aborted attempt at visiting [[Jackie Tyler]], who is occupied with one of her suitors, the Doctor decides to crash at [[Mickey Smith's flat]], where he proceeds to be a less-than-welcome houseguest for [[Mickey Smith]]. Meanwhile, a [[Bandrigan]] fleet approaches Earth with plans to destroy it.
*[[Rose Tyler]]


==References==
== Plot ==
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==Notes==
== Characters ==
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* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Gina (The Lodger)|Gina]]
* [[Chris (The Lodger)|Chris]]
* [[Big Robbo]]
* [[Little Robbo]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Jackie Tyler]]


==Continuity==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* Mickey lies to his workmates by telling them Rose moved away to [[Northampton]].
* Mickey attempts to get the Doctor to use the alias "John from [[Southampton]]".
* Gina expresses a desire to follow in the footsteps of singer [[KT Tunstall]].
* The Doctor drinks a [[Pepsi]] at Mickey's flat.
* Mickey is shown sticking [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] into his mouth. Sticking a sonic screwdriver into one's mouth results in [[tooth]] extraction, but the screwdriver is capable of putting them back in.
* The Bandrigan threat is only minor, and only their vessels are seen on Mickey's [[television]] before the Doctor masks the Earth from their sensors, tricking them into leaving.
* The Doctor is a skilled [[football]] player.
* The Doctor is savvy enough with video games to find a way to win a shoot-em-up without resorting to digital violence. He also adjusts Mickey's TV so that it picks up TV programmes from a decade in the future, as well as images of an [[alien]] fleet in space.
* While four days pass for the Doctor and Mickey, only a few seconds pass for Rose.
* The Doctor tells Rose to watch ''[[EastEnders]]''.


==External Links==
== Story notes ==
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== Continuity ==
* Mickey loses his teeth when he mistakenly uses [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] as a [[toothbrush]], something the Ninth Doctor once warned Rose not to do in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Love Invasion (comic story)|The Love Invasion]]''.
* The Doctor offers to take Rose to [[Oxyveguramosa]], a [[planet]] previously mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (novelisation)|The Ultimate Foe]]''.
* The Doctor once again plays video games with Mickey, and shows off his remarkable skills with them., something that had previously occured in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]''.
* Mickey makes reference to the Doctor's recent [[regeneration]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' and how he was abducted by the [[Nestene Consciousness]] when Rose was "stole[n]" from him by the [[Ninth Doctor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.


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The Lodger was a one-part comic story in the pages of DWM 368. It featured the Tenth Doctor and Mickey Smith, with Rose Tyler in a reduced role. It served as the basis for Gareth Roberts' Eleventh Doctor television story of the same name.

The Lodger was notable for giving readers a glimpse into Mickey's life outside of his relationship with Rose and the Doctor, which proved useful for contemporaneous readers, as it premiered at the start of the broadcast of Series 2, with rumours abounded about Mickey joining the TARDIS crew, allowing a new audience to be reminded and informed of Mickey's past with the Doctor and Rose, as well as foreshadow some of the tensions between the Doctor and Mickey that played out over the course of the second series.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor lands his TARDIS in present-day London, but before Rose Tyler can emerge, the TARDIS dematerialises because the Doctor forgot to lock the time settings. The TARDIS jumps a time track and moves ahead several days. Left stranded in London while he waits for Rose to catch up — only a few seconds will have passed for her — the Doctor needs somewhere to stay. After an aborted attempt at visiting Jackie Tyler, who is occupied with one of her suitors, the Doctor decides to crash at Mickey Smith's flat, where he proceeds to be a less-than-welcome houseguest for Mickey Smith. Meanwhile, a Bandrigan fleet approaches Earth with plans to destroy it.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Mickey lies to his workmates by telling them Rose moved away to Northampton.
  • Mickey attempts to get the Doctor to use the alias "John from Southampton".
  • Gina expresses a desire to follow in the footsteps of singer KT Tunstall.
  • The Doctor drinks a Pepsi at Mickey's flat.
  • Mickey is shown sticking the Doctor's sonic screwdriver into his mouth. Sticking a sonic screwdriver into one's mouth results in tooth extraction, but the screwdriver is capable of putting them back in.
  • The Bandrigan threat is only minor, and only their vessels are seen on Mickey's television before the Doctor masks the Earth from their sensors, tricking them into leaving.
  • The Doctor is a skilled football player.
  • The Doctor is savvy enough with video games to find a way to win a shoot-em-up without resorting to digital violence. He also adjusts Mickey's TV so that it picks up TV programmes from a decade in the future, as well as images of an alien fleet in space.
  • While four days pass for the Doctor and Mickey, only a few seconds pass for Rose.
  • The Doctor tells Rose to watch EastEnders.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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