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The Lodger

Key crew

Writer:

Gareth Roberts

Director:

Catherine Morshead

Producer:

Tracie Simpson

Release details

Story number:

211

Premiere broadcast:

12 June 2010

Premiere network:

BBC One

Format:

1x45 minute episode

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The Lodger was the eleventh episode of series 5 of Doctor Who.

Based on a comic strip of the same name, it was the third instance, after Human Nature and Dalek, of a story from another medium being directly adapted for television. It was also a companion-lite story, somewhat like Midnight. This adventure provided the first hints of the Silence's presence on Earth, though they were not seen until the following season. The audience is also introduced to a new problem for the TARDIS; it cannot land somewhere where there has been numerous time loops until the source creating them has been "removed".

The Lodger introduced the recurring character Craig Owens and his girlfriend Sophie. Craig especially would play an integral part in the following series. The actor portraying his character, James Corden, was also a close friend of Matt Smith. They engaged in several humorous shenanigans on set, as seen in Doctor Who Confidential and in the extras for the series 5 releases.

The episode also gave Matt Smith the opportunity to play football; he had considered becoming a professional footballer before he went into acting.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

A mysterious force blocks the TARDIS — with Amy inside it — from landing, keeping it stuck in a materialisation loop. It's up to the Doctor to work out what that force is, lest Amy be lost forever along with his home/motor. As he investigates, the Doctor learns of a house on Aickman Road, with a staircase which people walk up but never come back down. To solve this mystery, the Doctor must pass himself off as a normal human and share a flat with Craig Owens.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS materialises in a park in Colchester. The Doctor pops his head out and realises they have not arrived at the Fifth Moon of Sinda Callista, apologising to Amy for the mistake; he notes he can see a Ryman's near by. Before he can pull his head back in to set the proper course, a jolt pushes the Doctor outside as the door closes and the TARDIS dematerialises, with a screaming Amy still inside. The Doctor is left on his back, looking completely shocked and calling for Amy.

Later, a student named Steven enters a house to help an elderly gentleman calling to him for assistance in the top floor flat. In the flat below, Craig Owens and his friend, Sophie, discuss their usual plans for the evening - "pizza, booze, telly". Sophie points out that a rot stain on the ceiling is growing before receiving a call from her friend Melina, who is upset over a recent break-up. Sophie asks Craig if he minds her skipping out on their plans, but he has no qualms with it. She packs up her things while subtly trying to have Craig ask her to stay, but Craig points out that they're only having pizza. Unknown to Craig, Sophie glances back, sad, before she leaves.

Once Sophie has gone, Craig berates himself for being a coward; he's in love with Sophie but hasn't worked up the courage to tell her. He gets himself hyped up, determined to tell Sophie his feelings for her the next time they meet. Hearing the doorbell ring, he notices that Sophie forgot her keys to his flat. Picking them up, he rushes to the door, opening it and saying "I love you". However, it's not Sophie at the door; it's the Doctor, who replies "Oh, that's good to know, cause I'm your new lodger".

Craig meets the Doctor.

The Doctor takes Sophie's keys, thinking they are for him, but Craig takes them back and explains that he is not sure if he wants the Doctor there. Believing the problem may be about rent, the Doctor hands him a paper bag with some money in it — three thousand pounds; he tells Craig he cannot tell if the amount is too much. The Doctor introduces himself, greeting Craig with cheek kissing, thinking it's how humans greet each other these days. Stepping into the entrance hallway, the Doctor wonders who lives in the upstairs flat. Craig explains that he doesn't really know but they tend to keep to themselves and stay quiet. At that point, a loud bang comes from upstairs; "Usually," Craig then adds.

Proceeding into Craig's flat, the Doctor notices the rot stain on the ceiling and warns Craig to keep away from it, accidentally calling himself "the Rotmeister" because he's an expert in rot. Saying that he'll take the room, the Doctor is reminded by Craig that he hasn't even seen it yet. Craig shows the Doctor the room, telling him that it was previously used by Mark, the building's owner and friend of Craig's, until a month ago, when an uncle Mark had never heard of died and left a large sum of money in his will to him. The Doctor finds this "very convenient". Using the psychic paper, the Doctor presents credentials and references to convince Craig that his title is legitimate. To Craig's surprise, the Doctor has a reference from the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Doctor explains that he's his "special favourite".

The Doctor notices Sophie's picture.

To ease Craig's uncertainty, the Doctor prepares omelettes for the two of them, using a strange array of ingredients. He notices a picture of Sophie and Craig taped to the refrigerator and wonders who she is. Craig explains that they work together at a call centre. He quickly segues into a narrative about his job and how he could make their work more efficient, though his bosses won't listen to him because he is merely a phone drone. He absently wonders why he's telling the Doctor all about his life when they've only just met. The Doctor half-jokes that he has a face people never stop blurting their plans out to. When Craig wonders where the Doctor's luggage is, the Doctor assures him that it will materialise if all goes according to plan, confusing Craig even further.

Meanwhile, the TARDIS has attempted another landing at the park but fails. Inside the console room, Amy screams and grips the console as the equipment backfires and sends up sparks. She yells at the time machine, demanding to know why it won't land. The TARDIS vanishes again, stuck in a materialisation loop.

After enjoying the omelettes, Craig wonders where the Doctor learned how to cook. The Doctor says Paris in the 18th century, but realises that isn't recent and attempts to correct himself by first saying the 17th century, then the 20th century, adding that he isn't "used to doing it in the right order". Craig asks if the Doctor has ever been told he's a bit weird, to which the Doctor responds by telling him people never really stop. Craig explains he doesn't like travelling, prompting the Doctor to explain it's obvious by the state of Craig's sofa; he's starting to look like it. Amused, Craig decides that even through the Doctor is weird, he can cook, which is all he needs to know, and he gives the Doctor a set of keys. Craig then explains that if either of them needs time alone with a girlfriend or -after giving the Doctor a look over- a boyfriend, they would respect each other's privacy and stay out of the flat for the night. The Doctor, not knowing what exactly Craig means, agrees to shout "I was not expecting this!"

That night, the Doctor contacts Amy through an earpiece. He asks her what she knows about what normal human men do, finding her answers - drinking and playing football - easy to do, but boring. Amy holds the phone to the TARDIS engine, letting the Doctor know it's stuck in a materialisation loop to try landing, and he gravely explains that whatever is preventing it from landing is big — scary big. To stay incognito, he must avoid using alien tech like the sonic screwdriver, or risk alerting whoever lives on the second floor. He can only use the earpiece because anyone else hearing their conversation will think he's saying complete gibberish, due to a built-in scrambler.

Meanwhile, outside the building, a young woman is lured into the upstairs flat by a man who calls for help.

Inside Craig's flat, Craig overhears the Doctor through the wall, only hearing silly sentences formed of random words. He speaks to Sophie over the phone, who warns him to be careful of the Doctor. She suggests he might be a drug dealer because of the large sum of cash he had. Suddenly, the young woman in the upstairs flat screams, and everyone apart from the Doctor and Amy — time travellers — become stuck in a time loop, where their actions are repeated over and over again. The TARDIS shakes more violently and the Doctor orders Amy to use the zigzag plotter on the console. With everything now stabilised, the Doctor goes out and collects parts for a scanner, returning late at night with a cart full of junk.

The next day, the Doctor showers while Craig impatiently waits in the hallway for his turn. Hearing a loud bang from the floor above, Craig goes upstairs to check on the lodger. An old man answers the door, telling Craig that he needs no help, sending him back downstairs. The Doctor realises Craig went to investigate the loud bang and hurries to save him. Falling out of the shower, he scrambles to grab his sonic screwdriver.

The Doctor discovers he has mistaken a toothbrush for his sonic screwdriver.

With his towel wrapped around him, the Doctor rushes to the hall, pointing the device; however, he discovers that he grabbed Craig's electric toothbrush. Putting the silly moment behind them, the Doctor wonders about the upstairs lodger. Craig explains that nothing was wrong and goes back into his flat. The Doctor heads up the stairs to check for any abnormalities but is stopped by Sophie, who has come to visit Craig.

During Sophie's visit, the Doctor picks up on Craig and Sophie's feelings for each other and wonders how there got to be so many humans if they're always like this — unable to express their feelings to each other. A phone call distracts Craig, while Sophie is left embarrassed. Before the Doctor can return to his bedroom to get dressed, Craig invites him to fill an open spot on his pub league football team, the King's Arms, which the Doctor agrees to after, initially mistaking a pub league for a drinking competition. While the Doctor dresses in a spare football outfit, he tells Amy over the earpiece that if he stayed in the flat all the time, the "man" upstairs would get suspicious of him. Amy congratulates him on doing something normal. However, the Doctor is confused as to what the sport actually is, asking if it's "the one with the sticks".

Walking to the match, the Doctor is questioned again by Craig about what his name is, but no avail. Unlike Craig, Sophie is okay with not knowing the Doctor's name. At the match, the Doctor meets Craig's fellow football teammate, Sean, who asks him where he's strongest; the Doctor responds "arms". Craig then explains that Sean means where on the football field is the Doctor best at playing. Not knowing, the Doctor decides to find out by trying. As the match starts, he makes several kicks straight into the goal, showing incredible skill and talent, growing to love the game, and earning cheers from the bystanders, who chant his name. By the end of the game, the Doctor has earned the admiration of the entire team, making Craig jealous.

Craig becomes jealous of the Doctor.

While the team celebrates their win, Sean says that with the Doctor, they'll annihilate the other teams. The Doctor mistakes this for actual killing and begins to give a speech, but then realises his mistake and offers his assistance in football whenever they need it. Just then, everyone apart from the Doctor becomes stuck in another time loop as an older woman is lured into the flat above Craig's. The TARDIS simultaneously begins to shake violently, but the zigzag plotter does not work this time. The Doctor informs Amy that unless he discovers what is causing the time loops, she and the TARDIS could be thrown off into the time vortex without any hope for return.

Later at the flat, Craig knocks on the Doctor's room, surprised to see him open it holding a traffic cone. Craig tells the Doctor that Sophie is coming over and asks the Doctor to keep out of the way for the evening. The Doctor insists that Craig will hardly know he's there, but is quickly distracted by a bang from upstairs. The Doctor slams the door in Craig's face before he can respond, returning to the scanner that he is constructing. Craig overhears the Doctor's exclamations, but leaves him to return to his plans with Sophie.

As Craig and Sophie enjoy some wine by candle-light, she notices that the rot on the ceiling has gotten much larger since the previous day. Craig ignores her concern and begins a prepared speech about his feelings for her. However, right as it seems Sophie has caught on and they are about to kiss, they surprised by the Doctor, who has appeared behind the sofa. He asks them where the "on switch" is on a regular screwdriver. Craig tries sending the Doctor away by asking if he had something to do elsewhere, but the Doctor says he has nothing planned. Sophie then invites the Doctor to join them for some wine, much to Craig's frustration.

While the Doctor continues inspecting a variety of electrical wires for the scanner, Sophie tells him of her dreams to go to Africa and work with animals. The Doctor uses reverse psychology to make Sophie admit she doesn't want to keep working in the call centre, thereby inspiring her to look at care programs to send her abroad. As Craig walks Sophie out, they talk about her dream and what could be keeping her here. Both unable to express their love, Sophie leaves. Unbeknownst to them, the "person" upstairs has overheard them and light crackles from behind the door.

Meanwhile, the Doctor returns to his room and finishes the scanner, but the readings for the second story appear normal. Over the earpiece, the Doctor orders Amy to look up the building schematics while he recruits a spy.

In the kitchen, Craig is cleaning up and decides to investigate the rot. He momentarily hesitates, but after remembering the Doctor's oddness has caused him nothing but headaches, he ignores the Doctor's previous warning and touches it. He instantly pulls his hand back in pain but then dismisses it and continues cleaning.

The next morning, the Doctor has prepared breakfast for Craig but finds him in a near-death state in his bedroom. The Doctor examines Craig's hand to find that he's been poisoned by the rot. He hits Craig's chest to make him breathe, mixes a remedy to reverse the enzyme decay, and encourages him to get some rest. Craig protests, as he has a business meeting to attend, but soon falls asleep.

The Doctor is given permission to terminate a client.

Waking mid-afternoon, Craig is horrified that he's late and rushes off to work. There, he finds the Doctor has rudely terminated one of Craig's clients, with the approval of his boss. Craig asks why the Doctor is there, to which his boss explains that the Doctor went to the planning meeting as Craig's representative; thanks to him, they are now more efficient. Sophie brings the Doctor some tea and tells Craig that she is going to start working with animals as a volunteer, but Craig — blinded by anger — insists he is fine, disappointing her. Craig is told to return home by the Doctor as he looks pale. Craig storms off in response, and upon returning home, takes a spare key to the Doctor's room, unlocking it and discovering the scanner the Doctor has constructed.

The Doctor returns home at the end of the day and happens upon the cat that he sent upstairs. He learns from the cat that there are many people up there who have never come back down. Craig, who is playing darts, overhears the Doctor and looks out the peephole to see him speaking to the cat. This being the final straw with all his oddness, Craig opens the door and asks the Doctor to leave, babbling about how the Doctor's popularity has overshadowed him and driven Sophie away, even showing he knows about the odd device, which the Doctor tries to pass off as art. The Doctor tells Craig that he cannot see himself living anywhere else except this flat, just like him, calling a better town a dump to reinforce his statement. However, Craig remains insistent that the Doctor should leave. Seeing that diplomacy cannot work, the Doctor grabs Craig by the collar and headbutts him. Craig sees memories of the Doctor's past via telepathic contact. Craig is shocked to learn that the Doctor is a time-travelling alien, to which the Doctor calls himself the "eleventh". He then adds specifics with another headbutt, informing Craig about the current situation. Craig then babbles about the Doctor using the non-technological technology of Lammasteen to build his scanner to keep it hidden. Writhing in pain, the Doctor covers Craig's mouth, yelling for him to shut up. Once his headache passes, he shows Craig a note that was left to him by Amy, though he admits that "his" Amy hasn't written it... yet.

Meanwhile, Sophie has come to the flat to speak to Craig, but is drawn upstairs by a little girl asking for help.

In his room, the Doctor calls Amy to ask if she has found the schematics to the flat; Craig can understand the Doctor's conversation now that he has some of the Doctor's knowledge. The Doctor goes on the explain the time loop is caused by people getting burned up in the upstairs flat, which is causing the rot in Craig's ceiling. However, a new time loop then starts; Craig momentarily is stuck repeating his shock about the Doctor's comment, but snaps out of the time loop thanks to his knowledge about it. They rush out of the flat, finding Sophie's keys in the lock to the flat and realising she was lured upstairs. About to enter, they are contacted by Amy, who explains the building schematics don't have an upstairs.

Opening the door, Craig and the Doctor discover that the flat is actually a spaceship. Sophie comes out of the shadows, screaming as an invisible force pulls her towards the control console. The Doctor manages to deactivate it. A hologram materialises inside the room, explaining that it is functioning as an auto-pilot. Posing as a rescue worker, the Doctor learns that the spaceship has crashed and that the crew are dead, so the hologram is now testing humans in search of a suitable replacement. Realising that the Doctor is an alien, the hologram begins pulling him to the console, thinking he is the correct pilot. Amy suggests that perhaps the Doctor could fly the ship safely, but the Doctor explains that he is too much for the ship and if he were to touch the console, the resulting explosion would destroy the entire solar system.

The spaceship revealed on the roof of Craig's flat.

The Doctor remembers Craig's previous encounter with the "lodger", and deduces that Craig was told he wasn't needed because Craig possesses no desire to leave; Sophie, on the other hand, was pinpointed by the hologram as suitable as soon as she expressed some desire to travel to Africa. The Doctor encourages Craig to touch the console and focus on the reason he doesn't want to leave — Sophie. Craig confesses his love to Sophie and begs her to stay. She calls him an idiot and tells him that she loves him, too, before slamming her hand on top of his. The pair kiss, cementing their desire to stay with each other. This shuts the ship down but also causes it to implode. The trio narrowly escapes into the street, where they see the spaceship appear in place of the false second floor before vanishing into oblivion. Craig is confused as to why the passers-by did not notice the top of the flat vanish. The Doctor explains a perception filter tricked their memories.

Later, Craig and Sophie snog happily, deciding that they could do anything together with their lives. They proceed to continue snogging as the Doctor sneaks in to return his spare keys to the flat. However, when the Doctor turns to leave, he is stopped by Craig. The Doctor promises the couple that he will come back, but Craig dismisses this, knowing it's not true because he's seen the Doctor's thoughts. Nevertheless, Craig still gives the Doctor a set of keys to the flat as a gift. Glad to have met a human friend who understands him, the Doctor accepts the keys.

A crack begins to open in Craig's flat.

Reunited with Amy back in the TARDIS, the Doctor orders her to write the note to his past self, which will eventually direct him to the flat. While searching the Doctor's jacket pocket for a pen, she discovers the jewellery box containing her engagement ring. Stunned, she opens the case and examines it.

In Craig's flat, a crack appears in the wall. It widens and light spills out.

In the TARDIS, Amy stares ahead with a very confused and scared look on her face.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Goalkeeper, Call centre worker - Jon Davey^[1]
Avatar (voice) - Ben Peyton^[2]
Avatar Man - Michael Burrell^[3]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Executive Producers Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis


Written by Gareth Roberts	Produced by Tracie Simpson	Directed by Catherine Morshead	Director of Photography Simon Archer	Production Designer Tristan Peatfield	Visual Effects BBC Wales Graphic Design

Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Costume Designer Ray Holman	Edited by Jamie Pearson	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer • Title sequence by Framestore • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales • Conducted and orchestrated by Ben Foster • Recorded by Gerry O'Riordan • Mixed by Jake Jackson

General production staff

Script department

Script Editor - Lindsey Alford

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Stunt Co-ordinator - Crispin Layfield

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

VFX Editor - Cat Gregory
Colourist - Jon Everett

Sound


Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Craig's former roommate, Mark, moved out because he received an inheritance from an uncle he'd previously never heard of.
After the Doctor "shares" his knowledge, Craig sees brief flashes of the Doctor's first, second, third, fourth, eighth, ninth and tenth incarnations, as well as Cybermen, Rose Tyler, an Ood, a Racnoss, and a Weeping Angel.
Sophie mentions Melina having a "Dylan crisis" and a "Clare crisis".

Animals[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor gets information from a cat.
Sophie once saw an orangutan sanctuary on TV.

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor sings "La donna è mobile" in the shower.

Events[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Craig's fridge, there is a postcard advertising the Vincent van Gogh exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay.

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor makes himself and Craig an omelette with cheese, ham, mayonnaise, Solesta and other ingredients.
The Doctor does not appear to enjoy wine, as after drinking some, he spits it back into the glass.
The Doctor uses tea and other ingredients, some even pulled out of the trash, to cure Craig after he is poisoned by the rot on his wall.
Craig has a leaflet for Jubilee Pizza in his flat.

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Craig was offered a job in London, which he turned down.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

After gaining the Doctor's knowledge, Craig realises that his scanning device is based on the "non-technological" technology of the Lammasteen.
According to the Doctor, the ship is an attempt by someone to build a TARDIS. However, it is too weak to link with a Time Lord but too strong for a human.

The TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS has a zigzag plotter.
The Doctor asks Amy to use the TARDIS databank to get information on Craig's house.

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

This episode was mistakenly entitled Reality Check.
The working titles for the episode were Mrs. Meglos, Something at the Top of the Stairs and Don't Go Up The Stairs. (REF: The Brilliant Book 2011)
The "Next Time" trailer for the episode only features clips from the pre-titles sequence.
Gareth Roberts originally wanted Meglos to be the main villain, as the plot involved someone manipulating time. Steven Moffat was amused by the idea of bringing back an obscure villain (the Doctor would even admit to having forgotten their previous encounter) and because the alien would be disguised as a little old lady, the episode became facetiously known as Mrs Meglos. This was abandoned for two reasons - The End of Time introduced the cactus-like Vinvocci and Amy's Choice also featured extraterrestrials masquerading as senior citizens. When it was realised that more money was available for the episode than had been anticipated, Moffat suggested that Meglos should be replaced with the grander notion of a malfunctioning time machine and its metamorphosing Avatar.
This is an Amy-lite episode, similar to the Donna-lite episode TV: Midnight and in the vein of the Doctor and Rose-lite episode TV: Love & Monsters and the Martha (and Doctor)-lite episode TV: Blink. However, Amy features throughout this story, while in Midnight, Donna was completely absent, apart from the beginning and the ending.
This is the first time in the new series that the Doctor has definitively stated how many incarnations he has had — he tells Craig he is the eleventh face.
- This is later clarified in TV: The Name of the Doctor through The Time of the Doctor. They reveal he is actually in his final incarnation, having an aborted regeneration in TV: Journey's End, while not acknowledging the War Doctor. His reference here means that he is the eleventh incarnation to refer to himself as the Doctor.
The Doctor wears a football kit, playing for Craig's pub team, the King's Arms. He wears a jersey with 11 on it when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5.
The Doctor making Craig an omelette may be a reference to Gavin and Stacy, the series which James Corden starred in and wrote, in which the only food Stacy's mum ever seemed to cook was omelettes.
When the Doctor introduces himself to the time ship's Avatar, he claims to be "Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue," which is a reference to both Captain Troy Tempest from Stingray and International Rescue from Thunderbirds, both series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
The Doctor says "Please state the nature of your emergency", which was the catchphrase of The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager.
The flat's address on Aickman Road was an homage to Robert Aickman, the author of numerous supernatural “strange stories” found in collections such as Cold Hand in Mine.
The Doctor playing football in the episode is a coincidental reference to the fact that Matt Smith originally wanted to become a professional footballer before a back injury, caused him to focus on acting instead. However, Gareth Roberts has stated that the football scene was always going to be carried over from the comic story and he began writing it prior to the casting of Smith.^[4]
The 2010 FIFA World Cup England vs USA match kicked off just as the episode finished, on a rival channel (ITV), the timing noted by Gareth Roberts as a "happy accident".^[4]
The Doctor wears only a blue bath towel for one scene. Matt Smith appears similarly in Secret Diary of a Call Girl as one of Billie Piper's clients. An online stir was caused when many viewers claimed that Smith briefly 'flashed' the camera when his towel fell. However, the BBC and Smith have denied he was completely naked for that scene. ^[5]
In interviews given in April 2011, Neil Gaiman revealed that The Doctor's Wife was originally intended to be the eleventh episode of this season. When this proved to be not possible (for technical and budgetary reasons) the Neil Gaiman story was pushed back to Series 6 Episode 4, and this was commissioned instead.
The Doctor's bow tie is blue for this episode, despite the 2010 setting. The Doctor wears a red tie in episodes of Series 5 grounded in the present and future (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang), but he wears a blue tie in those set in the past (Victory of the Daleks, The Vampires of Venice, Vincent and the Doctor). The only other exception in Series 5 is the episode Amy's Choice, where the Doctor wears a blue tie in the Upper Leadworth dream but a red tie in both the cold TARDIS dream and the epilogue concluding the two dream narratives. This may be due to the fact that the Doctor had originally planned to go to the Fifth Moon of Sinda Callista.
On Craig's fridge, an advert can be seen for a Van Gogh exhibit, but not the one visited by Amy and the Doctor in the previous episode, since that one was in Paris.
When Gareth Roberts began writing for the episode, he knew the series' overarching plot but was not aware who was to be cast as the Eleventh Doctor. He based the Doctor's lines on those written in Steven Moffat's completed scripts and further characterization was added by Matt Smith's reading of the lines.
There was originally a fourth victim of the Avatar, a middle-aged man named Martin who would leave behind a holiday magazine which would later serve as an additional clue that the Avatar is targetting people who want to get away.
The script originally lifted scenes from the original comic strip, such as the Doctor beating Craig in a first-person-shooter videogame by making peace with their intended targets, and the Doctor annoying the participants in a pub quiz by getting every answer right (the latter sequence was dropped to reduce the number of locations). Having been conceived to take Mickey's place, Craig initially retained a lot of the mistrust of the Doctor which had been part of Mickey's character when the comic was published. This trait was dropped when Gareth Roberts realised that it no longer had a justification.
Gareth Roberts originally pitched the idea for Series 2. Rose and Jackie Tyler would be the ones trapped in the future with the TARDIS, and stuck in the present day, the Doctor would be forced to live with Mickey Smith until his scheme to plant instructions for Rose in old nursery rhymes helped her pilot the TARDIS back to him. Roberts ultimately decided to use the flat-sharing core of this narrative for a comic strip. Steven Moffat subsequently suggested to Russell T Davies that it might be worthy of developing for television, but by this stage, the Tylers were being written out of the show.
Another character present in early drafts was a woman who regularly appeared outside Craig's house, commenting on the action.
At one stage, the climax saw Craig rescue Sophie while the Doctor shut down the rogue time machine; it was Steven Moffat who suggested combining these two elements.
The Doctor was originally going to indicate that the time ship had crashed into Craig's building, killing its crew.
This episode formed Block Seven of season five alongside Amy's Choice.
The design of the rogue time machine drew upon ideas which concept artist Matthew Savage had developed the previous spring. They were originally intended for the new TARDIS console room, which was introduced in The Eleventh Hour.
An unused scene saw the Doctor get on a bus with an obnoxious man playing loud music and subsequently humiliate him by changing the song to “Save All Your Kisses for Me” by Brotherhood of Man, humiliating the man into running off in tears.
The reason the ship kept killing every human is that it needed bio-electricity; which Silents could supplement with their ability to siphon it from their environments.

Comparison with comic version[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lodger is also a comic strip story by Gareth Roberts, who also wrote this episode. Roberts has confirmed this story is an adaptation of the basic premise of the other. However he has stated that they differ quite a lot in that the comic was written for different characters (the Tenth Doctor and Mickey Smith) and focused on the "domestic set-up" while the TV story involves "something at the top of the stairs".^[4] However, a number of the beats in the eight-page comic do make their way into the televised story.

In both stories, the Doctor's TARDIS jumps a time track and the Doctor is forced to wait several days for it to arrive, precipitating his need for lodging. In the comic's case, it's because the Tenth Doctor has been careless. In the television story, the TARDIS-like thing on the top of the Aickman Road house is actively preventing its landing. In both cases, the companion is sidelined from the narrative because she is trapped inside the travelling TARDIS.
Though they take up about the same percentage of the story, Amy and Rose have totally different parts to play. Rose shows up only at the very end of the story and is oblivious to the fact that there's been a problem with the TARDIS at all. Amy is seen in brief interludes throughout the television story and her life is actively imperilled by the out-of-control TARDIS.
Like Craig, Mickey is uncertain about what to do about his romantic life. Mickey's main motivation throughout the story is to try to get some sort of functional relationship with a woman — though he seems far more capable at getting a date with Gina than Craig was with Sophie.
Like the Eleventh Doctor, the Tenth Doctor tries to prove his normalcy by cooking an omelette for his new roommate.
The Doctor's sonic screwdriver goes into the toothbrush holder in both bathrooms. Mickey picks it up and accidentally sonics out his teeth, while the Eleventh Doctor accidentally picks up Craig's toothbrush and tries to sonic the door atop the stairs with it.
While the Eleventh Doctor is busy building a weird device in the privacy of his bedroom, the Tenth Doctor spends his days trying to improve the tech in Mickey's flat. He makes it so that Mickey is receiving TV programmes from the future and otherwise maximises Mickey's kit.
Both Doctors play some local football; both totally dominate the competition; both leave their roommates feeling glum about their own skills.
The two Doctors have different attitudes towards their respective football matches. Craig asks a bewildered Eleventh Doctor to play, whereas the Tenth Doctor actively volunteers for Mickey's squad. Indeed, the Tenth Doctor is far more confident in his knowledge of the game and his abilities. This obviously fits into DWM continuity, as the Eighth Doctor was shown to be a football enthusiast in another Gareth Roberts story, Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game. It also jibes with Aliens of London, where the Ninth Doctor tells Mickey that the TARDIS can pick up football matches on its scanner. In contrast, the Eleventh Doctor suggests to Amy and Craig that he has no idea what football is.
Like Craig, Mickey tries to convince the Doctor not to introduce himself to the football team as "the Doctor". Like the Eleventh Doctor, the Tenth Doctor does so anyway and the players have no problem with the name.
Mickey's football side is considerably more relaxed than Craig's. Whereas the Eleventh Doctor is given a proper uniform with a big number "11" on it, the Tenth Doctor, like the rest of the team, is dressed in nothing special.
The Tenth Doctor is far more socially adept than the Eleventh. He spends time at a pub after the match, where he helps his team beat a trivia machine. In one frame, he's also seen smiling and having a pint. This contrasts with the Eleventh Doctor's awkwardness — which later episodes suggest may have been an act — and his apparent disdain for wine.
Whereas the Eleventh Doctor tries to encourage Craig and Sophie to get together, he actively breaks up Mickey and Gina, saying that Mickey "would never have gone through with it". Otherwise, the scene of Mickey's date with Gina is very similar to that of Craig's with Sophie. In both, the roommate is surprised to find the Doctor home and sternly tells the Doctor to stay in his room. Then the Doctor comes into the living room just looking for "some wire". He's invited to stay by both dates, who offer him a drink. He enchants both dates, urging them to do something extraordinary with their lives. Both Gina and Sophie seem prepared to apply for careers that will take them far away from Mickey and Craig.
Both stories are resolved by an affirmation of love. The televised story has Craig declaring his love for Sophie as the reason he doesn't want to leave — thus ending the threat of what we later come to know as the Silents' TARDIS. The comic story ends with the Doctor playing Cupid between Rose and Mickey. Realising that he's cramped Mickey's style of late, he invents a problem on the finally-arrived TARDIS so Mickey and Rose can have some alone time together.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official viewing overnight figures was 5.98 million viewers.
Official UK final viewing rates were 6.44 million viewers.^[6]

Rumours[[edit] | [edit source]]

Either the Timoreen, the Ha'rik, or the Skarkish will appear – primarily because these were all listed as "new aliens" to appear in Series 5. None of them appeared
This episode will be the one that features the Blue Peter Competition TARDIS console. The design itself did not appear, but another ship console design did.
As this episode is before the finale, it most likely will have a foreshadowing (like in TV: Fear Her and TV: The Waters of Mars) or link right into the finale (like TV: Utopia and TV: Turn Left). This was proved true.
It is likely that this episode will lead directly into the next as Claudio played by Marcus O'Donovan is listed to appear in both this episode and the following one, TV: The Pandorica Opens. The episode did not directly lead to the next, but it did have something very related to the next episode. (However, Claudio did not appear in this episode).
Amy will remember, or begin to remember, Rory by the end of the episode. Although she never remembered him enough to say it, she did find her wedding ring in the Doctor's coat.

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

79 Westville Road, Cardiff (Craig Owens' house)
Mill Gardens, Westville Road, Cardiff (where the TARDIS tries - and fails - to materialise)
Victoria Park, Canton, Cardiff (where the Doctor plays football)

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

A cameraman's reflection can be seen in the painting hanging on the hallway wall when it is shown during a conversation later in the episode.
When Sophie looks up the stairs towards the girl, the door behind her seems to open itself. The shot then changes to show Sophie looking up at the camera as if it was upstairs. When the shot changes back to behind Sophie, the door appears to open again.
When the electric currents go on the Doctor's chest they move to his hand and in the next shot, it's going from his chest to his hand again.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Craig's fridge is a post card advertising a Vincent van Gogh art display, which the Doctor, Amy and van Gogh himself visited. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)
In the Doctor's room in Craig's flat there is a print on the wall which appears to be a variation of a van Gogh sketch of a wheat harvest from one of the artist's letters written in August 1884. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)
The Third Doctor also (at least once) sang while he showered himself. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
While searching the Doctor's pockets for a red pen, Amy finds her engagement ring from Rory. (TV: Cold Blood)
This is not the first time, nor the last, that the Doctor has battled an automated spacecraft system, the crew all dead. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace, The Curse of the Black Spot)
The Doctor once again mentions that bow ties are cool. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, Amy's Choice, Vincent and the Doctor)
Craig says "Geronimo!" (TV: The End of Time, The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, The Big Bang)
The Doctor refers to himself as "the Oncoming Storm". (TV: The Parting of the Ways, The Girl in the Fireplace, Journey's End, Amy's Choice)
The Doctor seems to have regained the fondness for cats embraced by his sixth incarnation, (TV:The Twin Dilemma, et al.) after losing that fondness in his tenth. (TV: Fear Her)
The scene in which the Doctor surprises everyone with his skill in football bears a striking resemblance to his surprising skill when he played a game of cricket. (TV: Black Orchid)
The centre of the faux-TARDIS resembles the actual TARDIS's control room used by the Seventh and Eighth Doctors, (TV: Doctor Who) as well as one later used by the Eleventh. (TV: The Snowmen, et al.) However, the centre console has large orbs for control devices, a characteristic usually seen in Dalek designs. (TV: The Chase, Remembrance of the Daleks, et al.)
When in the shower, the Doctor sings Verdi's "La donna è mobile," which he previously sang in his third incarnation. (TV: Inferno)
The Doctor used tea to aid his own revival after his tenth regeneration. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
When the Doctor is in the time ship, he notices the corpse of the supposed original pilot, seems concerned, then looks away and seemingly forgets. Also, the corpse's hands possessed four fingers. Both of these are traits associated with the Silents. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon)
In the Silence lair that River Song discovers underneath the warehouse to which she tracked her younger self, the centre console in the room resembles the interior of this ship. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)
The Doctor later finds a similar ship to the one featured here. He notes that it was "very Aickman Road". (TV: Day of the Moon)
The Doctor engages Craig in a telepathic conference as they butt heads, allowing the Doctor to quickly provide Craig with background information on himself and the situation. His tenth and twelfth incarnations preferred a gentler method of placing their fingers on the recipient's temples. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace, Journey's End, The Pilot)
The Doctor suggests that Craig and Sophie try to beat the record for the current population; they soon after have a baby, Alfie. (TV: Closing Time)
The Doctor makes a piece of technology out of non-technological things, in this case a scanner made from a lampshade, bike wheel, washing line, ironing board, umbrella and a clock, just like he did when making a time flow analogue out of a cup of tea, a wine bottle, a set of keys and two forks. (TV: The Time Monster)
When the Doctor hands Craig the bag of money, he tells him, "Don't spend it all on sweets." The Ninth Doctor said the same thing to Adam Mitchell when he gave him a credit stick. (TV: The Long Game)
The Doctor had previously drank wine before spitting it back out in his ninth incarnation, (TV: World War Three) and will do so again later on in his current incarnation. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 5 Volume 4 DVD Cover

DVD & Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 5, Volume Four was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in region 2/B on 6 September 2010 and region 4/B on 7 October 2010. The volume features Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang, and the featurette The Monster Diaries.
The episode was later released in the Complete Fifth Series boxset on both DVD and Blu-ray, in region 1/A on 9 November 2010, in region 2/B on 8 November 2010 and in region 4/B on 2 December 2010. This set was itself included in the Series 1-7 box set released in 2013 and as part of The Complete Matt Smith Years in November 2014.
A DVD-only release of Series 5, Part Two, containing the latter seven episodes of the series, was released in region 1 on 26 July 2016.

Digital releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the United Kingdom, this story is available on BBC iPlayer. It was previously available on Netflix.
In the US, this episode along with the rest of modern Doctor Who can be streamed on Amazon Prime.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lodger at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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+'''''The Lodger''''' was the eleventh episode of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
+Based on a [[The Lodger (comic story)|comic strip of the same name]], it was the third instance, after ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' and ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', of a story from another medium being directly adapted for television. It was also a [[companion-lite]] story, somewhat like ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''. This adventure provided the first hints of [[the Silence]]'s presence on [[Earth]], though they were not seen until the [[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|following season]]. The audience is also introduced to a new problem for the TARDIS; it cannot land somewhere where there has been numerous [[time loop]]s until the source creating them has been "removed".
+''The Lodger'' introduced the recurring character [[Craig Owens]] and his girlfriend [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]]. Craig especially would play an integral part in [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|the following series]]. The actor portraying his character, [[James Corden]], was also a close friend of [[Matt Smith]]. They engaged in several humorous shenanigans on set, as seen in ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' and in the extras for the series 5 releases.
+The episode also gave Matt Smith the opportunity to play [[football]]; he had considered becoming a professional footballer before he went into acting.
 == Synopsis ==
+A mysterious force blocks [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] — with [[Amy Pond|Amy]] inside it — from landing, keeping it stuck in a materialisation loop. It's up to [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] to work out what that force is, lest Amy be lost forever along with his home/motor. As he investigates, the Doctor learns of a house on [[Aickman Road]], with a staircase which people walk up but never come back down. To solve this mystery, the Doctor must pass himself off as a normal [[human]] and share a flat with [[Craig Owens]].
+== Plot ==
+[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] materialises in a park in [[Colchester]]. [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] pops his head out and realises they have not arrived at the [[Fifth Moon of Sinda Callista]], apologising to [[Amy Pond|Amy]] for the mistake; he notes he can see a [[Ryman's]] near by. Before he can pull his head back in to set the proper course, a jolt pushes the Doctor outside as the door closes and the TARDIS dematerialises, with a screaming Amy still inside. The Doctor is left on his back, looking completely shocked and calling for Amy.
+Later, a student named [[Steven (The Lodger)|Steven]] enters a house to help an elderly gentleman calling to him for assistance in the [[79B Aickman Road|top floor flat]]. In the [[79A Aickman Road|flat below]], [[Craig Owens]] and his friend, [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]], discuss their usual plans for the evening - "[[pizza]], [[Alcohol|booze]], [[Television|telly]]". Sophie points out that a rot stain on the ceiling is growing before receiving a call from her friend [[Melina (The Lodger)|Melina]], who is upset over a recent break-up. Sophie asks Craig if he minds her skipping out on their plans, but he has no qualms with it. She packs up her things while subtly trying to have Craig ask her to stay, but Craig points out that they're only having pizza. Unknown to Craig, Sophie glances back, sad, before she leaves.
+Once Sophie has gone, Craig berates himself for being a coward; he's in love with Sophie but hasn't worked up the courage to tell her. He gets himself hyped up, determined to tell Sophie his feelings for her the next time they meet. Hearing the doorbell ring, he notices that Sophie forgot her keys to his flat. Picking them up, he rushes to the door, opening it and saying "I love you". However, it's not Sophie at the door; it's the Doctor, who replies "Oh, that's good to know, cause I'm your new lodger".
+[[File:S5211promo.jpg|thumb|left|Craig meets the Doctor.]]
+The Doctor takes Sophie's keys, thinking they are for him, but Craig takes them back and explains that he is not sure if he wants the Doctor there. Believing the problem may be about rent, the Doctor hands him a paper bag with some money in it — three thousand pounds; he tells Craig he cannot tell if the amount is too much. The Doctor introduces himself, greeting Craig with cheek [[kiss]]ing, thinking it's how humans greet each other these days. Stepping into the entrance hallway, the Doctor wonders who lives in the upstairs flat. Craig explains that he doesn't really know but they tend to keep to themselves and stay quiet. At that point, a loud bang comes from upstairs; "Usually," Craig then adds.
+Proceeding into Craig's flat, the Doctor notices the rot stain on the ceiling and warns Craig to keep away from it, accidentally calling himself "the Rotmeister" because he's an expert in rot. Saying that he'll take the room, the Doctor is reminded by Craig that he hasn't even seen it yet. Craig shows the Doctor the room, telling him that it was previously used by [[Mark (The Lodger)|Mark]], the building's owner and friend of Craig's, until a month ago, when [[Mark's uncle (The Lodger)|an uncle]] Mark had never heard of died and left a large sum of money in his will to him. The Doctor finds this "very convenient". Using the [[psychic paper]], the Doctor presents credentials and references to convince Craig that his title is legitimate. To Craig's surprise, the Doctor has a reference from the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]; the Doctor explains that he's his "special favourite".
+[[File:Van Gogh The Lodger.jpg|thumb|200px|The Doctor notices Sophie's picture.]]
+To ease Craig's uncertainty, the Doctor prepares [[omelette]]s for the two of them, using a strange array of ingredients. He notices a picture of Sophie and Craig taped to the refrigerator and wonders who she is. Craig explains that they work together at a call centre. He quickly segues into a narrative about his job and how he could make their work more efficient, though his bosses won't listen to him because he is merely a phone drone. He absently wonders why he's telling the Doctor all about his life when they've only just met. The Doctor half-jokes that he has a face people never stop blurting their plans out to. When Craig wonders where the Doctor's luggage is, the Doctor assures him that it will materialise if all goes according to plan, confusing Craig even further.
+Meanwhile, the TARDIS has attempted another landing at the park but fails. Inside the console room, Amy screams and grips the console as the equipment backfires and sends up sparks. She yells at the time machine, demanding to know why it won't land. The TARDIS vanishes again, stuck in a materialisation loop.
+After enjoying the omelettes, Craig wonders where the Doctor learned how to cook. The Doctor says [[Paris]] in the [[18th century]], but realises that isn't recent and attempts to correct himself by first saying the [[17th century]], then the [[20th century]], adding that he isn't "used to doing it in the right order". Craig asks if the Doctor has ever been told he's a bit weird, to which the Doctor responds by telling him people never really stop. Craig explains he doesn't like travelling, prompting the Doctor to explain it's obvious by the state of Craig's sofa; he's starting to look like it. Amused, Craig decides that even through the Doctor is weird, he can cook, which is all he needs to know, and he gives the Doctor a set of keys. Craig then explains that if either of them needs time alone with a girlfriend or -after giving the Doctor a look over- a boyfriend, they would respect each other's privacy and stay out of the flat for the night. The Doctor, not knowing what exactly Craig means, agrees to shout "I was not expecting this!"
+That night, the Doctor contacts Amy through an [[earpiece]]. He asks her what she knows about what normal human men do, finding her answers - drinking and playing football - easy to do, but boring. Amy holds the phone to the TARDIS engine, letting the Doctor know it's stuck in a materialisation loop to try landing, and he gravely explains that whatever is preventing it from landing is big — scary big. To stay incognito, he must avoid using alien tech like the [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], or risk alerting whoever lives on the second floor. He can only use the earpiece because anyone else hearing their conversation will think he's saying complete gibberish, due to a built-in scrambler.
+Meanwhile, outside the building, a young woman is lured into the upstairs flat by a man who calls for help.
-A mysterious force blocks the TARDIS from landing - with Amy inside it - keeping it stuck in a materialization loop, and it's up to the Doctor to work out what that force is, or Amy could be lost forever. As he investigates, he learns of a house on Aickman Road, with a staircase which people walk up but never down. To solve this mystery, the Doctor must pass himself off as a normal human being and share a flat with [[Craig Owens]].
+Inside Craig's flat, Craig overhears the Doctor through the wall, only hearing silly sentences formed of random words. He speaks to Sophie over the phone, who warns him to be careful of the Doctor. She suggests he might be a drug dealer because of the large sum of cash he had. Suddenly, the young woman in the upstairs flat screams, and everyone apart from the Doctor and Amy — [[time travel]]lers — become stuck in a [[time loop]], where their actions are repeated over and over again. The TARDIS shakes more violently and the Doctor orders Amy to use the [[zigzag plotter]] on the console. With everything now stabilised, the Doctor goes out and collects parts for a scanner, returning late at night with a cart full of junk.
-== Plot ==
+The next day, the Doctor showers while Craig impatiently waits in the hallway for his turn. Hearing a loud bang from the floor above, Craig goes upstairs to check on the lodger. An old man answers the door, telling Craig that he needs no help, sending him back downstairs. The Doctor realises Craig went to investigate the loud bang and hurries to save him. Falling out of the shower, he scrambles to grab his sonic screwdriver.
-The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] materialises in a park in [[Colchester]] as the Doctor opens the door to see that they are not at their chosen destination. Before [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] can get back in, he is thrown out. The TARDIS then dematerialises with [[Amy Pond|Amy]] still inside, leaving the Doctor behind. A day later, a young man enters a house to help an elderly gentleman and enters the top floor.
+[[File:Lodger_1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Doctor discovers he has mistaken a toothbrush for his sonic screwdriver.]]
+With his towel wrapped around him, the Doctor rushes to the hall, pointing the device; however, he discovers that he grabbed Craig's electric toothbrush. Putting the silly moment behind them, the Doctor wonders about the upstairs lodger. Craig explains that nothing was wrong and goes back into his flat. The Doctor heads up the stairs to check for any abnormalities but is stopped by Sophie, who has come to visit Craig.
+During Sophie's visit, the Doctor picks up on Craig and Sophie's feelings for each other and wonders how there got to be so many [[human]]s if they're always like this — unable to express their feelings to each other. A phone call distracts Craig, while Sophie is left embarrassed. Before the Doctor can return to his bedroom to get dressed, Craig invites him to fill an open spot on his pub league [[football]] team, the [[King's Arms, Colchester|King's Arms]], which the Doctor agrees to after, initially mistaking a pub league for a drinking competition. While the Doctor dresses in a spare football outfit, he tells Amy over the earpiece that if he stayed in the flat all the time, the "man" upstairs would get suspicious of him. Amy congratulates him on doing something normal. However, the Doctor is confused as to what the sport actually is, asking if it's "the one with the sticks".
+Walking to the match, the Doctor is questioned again by Craig about what his name is, but no avail. Unlike Craig, Sophie is okay with not knowing the Doctor's name. At the match, the Doctor meets Craig's fellow football teammate, [[Sean (The Lodger)|Sean]], who asks him where he's strongest; the Doctor responds "arms". Craig then explains that Sean means where on the football field is the Doctor best at playing. Not knowing, the Doctor decides to find out by trying. As the match starts, he makes several kicks straight into the goal, showing incredible skill and talent, growing to love the game, and earning cheers from the bystanders, who chant his name. By the end of the game, the Doctor has earned the admiration of the entire team, making Craig jealous.
+[[File:CraigOwensFootball.jpg|thumb|200px|Craig becomes jealous of the Doctor.]]
+While the team celebrates their win, Sean says that with the Doctor, they'll annihilate the other teams. The Doctor mistakes this for actual [[kill]]ing and begins to give a speech, but then realises his mistake and offers his assistance in football whenever they need it. Just then, everyone apart from the Doctor becomes stuck in another time loop as an older woman is lured into the flat above Craig's. The TARDIS simultaneously begins to shake violently, but the zigzag plotter does not work this time. The Doctor informs Amy that unless he discovers what is causing the time loops, she and the TARDIS could be thrown off into the [[time vortex]] without any hope for return.
+Later at the flat, Craig knocks on the Doctor's room, surprised to see him open it holding a traffic cone. Craig tells the Doctor that Sophie is coming over and asks the Doctor to keep out of the way for the evening. The Doctor insists that Craig will hardly know he's there, but is quickly distracted by a bang from upstairs. The Doctor slams the door in Craig's face before he can respond, returning to the scanner that he is constructing. Craig overhears the Doctor's exclamations, but leaves him to return to his plans with Sophie.
+As Craig and Sophie enjoy some [[wine]] by candle-light, she notices that the rot on the ceiling has gotten much larger since the previous day. Craig ignores her concern and begins a prepared speech about his feelings for her. However, right as it seems Sophie has caught on and they are about to [[kiss]], they surprised by the Doctor, who has appeared behind the sofa. He asks them where the "on switch" is on a regular screwdriver. Craig tries sending the Doctor away by asking if he had something to do elsewhere, but the Doctor says he has nothing planned. Sophie then invites the Doctor to join them for some wine, much to Craig's frustration.
+While the Doctor continues inspecting a variety of electrical wires for the scanner, Sophie tells him of her dreams to go to [[Africa]] and work with animals. The Doctor uses reverse psychology to make Sophie admit she doesn't want to keep working in the call centre, thereby inspiring her to look at care programs to send her abroad. As Craig walks Sophie out, they talk about her dream and what could be keeping her here. Both unable to express their love, Sophie leaves. Unbeknownst to them, the "person" upstairs has overheard them and light crackles from behind the door.
+Meanwhile, the Doctor returns to his room and finishes the scanner, but the readings for the second story appear normal. Over the earpiece, the Doctor orders Amy to look up the building schematics while he recruits a spy.
-Meanwhile, in the flat below, a man called [[Craig Owens|Craig]] and his friend, [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]], discuss their plans for pizza and TV this night. Sophie has to leave as her friend is upset over a recent break up, but not before discussing a growing rot on the ceiling in the corner. Craig begins telling himself to confess his love for his friend when the doorbell rings. Believing it to be Sophie, who has forgotten her keys again, he opens the door saying "I love you", before realising it is the Doctor. The Doctor greets him politely, taking Sophie's keys from Craig as he explains he fits the qualification on Craig's available lodger opening. Craig quickly takes Sophie's keys back and tells the Doctor he can't stay. The Doctor agrees, thinking its because he hasn't given him rent yet, and hands him a paper bag containing a large amount of money, later revealed to be 3000 pounds.
+In the kitchen, Craig is cleaning up and decides to investigate the rot. He momentarily hesitates, but after remembering the Doctor's oddness has caused him nothing but headaches, he ignores the Doctor's previous warning and touches it. He instantly pulls his hand back in pain but then dismisses it and continues cleaning.
-The Doctor walks into the building and gives Craig a euro kiss, which he incorrectly believes to be how humans greet each other, possibly due to recently observing van Gogh doing it. The Doctor then proceeds to explore the house, wondering who lives in the second storey flat. Craig doesn't really know who lives there, but says he's usually quiet.The Doctor says for Craig to call him the Doctor then examines the parlor and tells Craig he's a man of impeccable taste, and seeing the rot on the ceiling, tells Craig they shouldn't touch it and to call him the "Rotmeister" because he's an expert on rot. The Doctor realizes he gave himself a ridiculous nickname and quickly tells Craig not to call him the Rotmeister. Craig shows the Doctor to his room, explaining that the man who owns the flat moved out a month ago after an uncle he never heard of died and he left a load of money in his will. The Doctor comments that it's VERY convenient, wondering if he did that himself. Hearing a bang from the second floor, the Doctor tells Craig he'll take the room. The Doctor interchanges his psychic paper behind his back to represent credentials and references. Craig is surprised that the Archbishop of Canterbury is listed as one of the Doctor's references, to which the Doctor explains that he's a special favorite.
+The next morning, the Doctor has prepared breakfast for Craig but finds him in a near-death state in his bedroom. The Doctor examines Craig's hand to find that he's been poisoned by the rot. He hits Craig's chest to make him breathe, mixes a remedy to reverse the enzyme decay, and encourages him to get some rest. Craig protests, as he has a business meeting to attend, but soon falls asleep.
-To take Craig's mind off the matter, the Doctor says he's hungry. He grabs random ingredients from the fridge and begins cooking. The Doctor notices a picture of Sophie on Craig's fridge and asks who she is. Craig explains Sophie's his friend and that they work together at a call center, while complaining he has an idea on how to make the job more efficient, but he thinks his bosses won't listen to him because he just a phone drone. He then stops himself and wonders why he's telling the Doctor about his life. The Doctor then jokes that he's got a face people can't resist blurting out their plans to. Craig wonders where the Doctor's luggage is and the Doctor tells him it will "materialize" if all goes according to plan.
+[[File:Craig's Boss Michael.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Doctor is given permission to terminate a client.]]
+Waking mid-afternoon, Craig is horrified that he's late and rushes off to work. There, he finds the Doctor has rudely terminated one of Craig's clients, with the approval of his boss. Craig asks why the Doctor is there, to which his boss explains that the Doctor went to the planning meeting as Craig's representative; thanks to him, they are now more efficient. Sophie brings the Doctor some [[tea]] and tells Craig that she is going to start working with animals as a volunteer, but Craig — blinded by anger — insists he is fine, disappointing her. Craig is told to return home by the Doctor as he looks pale. Craig storms off in response, and upon returning home, takes a spare key to the Doctor's room, unlocking it and discovering the scanner the Doctor has constructed.
-Meanwhile, the TARDIS has attempted landing again, but fails with Amy screaming inside it from the chaos of backfiring equipment in the console room. At the same time, and Craig have finished eating omelettes he cooked and Craig wonders where the Doctor learned to cook, to which the Doctor replies Paris in the 18th century. The Doctor eventually corrects his mistake after saying the 17th century and finally the 20th, claiming he is not used to doing them in the right order. He is given his keys.
+The Doctor returns home at the end of the day and happens upon the cat that he sent upstairs. He learns from the cat that there are many people up there who have never come back down. Craig, who is playing darts, overhears the Doctor and looks out the peephole to see him speaking to the cat. This being the final straw with all his oddness, Craig opens the door and asks the Doctor to leave, babbling about how the Doctor's popularity has overshadowed him and driven Sophie away, even showing he knows about the odd device, which the Doctor tries to pass off as art. The Doctor tells Craig that he cannot see himself living anywhere else except this flat, just like him, calling a better town a dump to reinforce his statement. However, Craig remains insistent that the Doctor should leave. Seeing that diplomacy cannot work, the Doctor grabs Craig by the collar and headbutts him. Craig sees memories of the Doctor's past via telepathic contact. Craig is shocked to learn that the Doctor is a time-travelling alien, to which the Doctor calls himself the "[[regeneration|eleventh]]". He then adds specifics with another headbutt, informing Craig about the current situation. Craig then babbles about the Doctor using the non-technological technology of [[Lammasteen]] to build his scanner to keep it hidden. Writhing in pain, the Doctor covers Craig's mouth, yelling for him to shut up. Once his headache passes, he shows Craig a note that was left to him by Amy, though he admits that "his" Amy hasn't written it... yet.
-That night, the Doctor contacts Amy using an earpiece. Amy lets the Doctor know what the TARDIS engines sound like through he TARDIS phone. Amy wonders why the Doctor hasn't done anything yet and he tells her that what ever is keeping the TARDIS from materializing properly is big--SCARY big. He goes on explain that he can't use higher technology like his sonic screwdriver and the only reason he's able to communicate is because his earpiece on scramble, making anyone else hearing him to talk mishear his words as complete gibberish. In the meantime, a young man calls from the second floor speaker to a woman passing the flat and asks her for help as an accident had occurred. Meanwhile, in Craig's room, he's taking to Sophie over the phone about the Doctor, who she thinks might be a dealer since he happened to have 3 grand in a paper bag. At the same time, everything except the Doctor, who is immune since he is a time traveler, gets stuck in a time loop for a brief moment as the Doctor tells Amy to pull the "zig-zag plotter" to keep the TARDIS safe from the loop's aftershocks. The Doctor tells Amy to keep doing so when the turbulance occurs as he has to get parts for a scanner. He leaves briefly, but soon returns with a cart full of junk.
+Meanwhile, Sophie has come to the flat to speak to Craig, but is drawn upstairs by a little girl asking for help.
-The next day, the Doctor is showering with Craig impatient for his turn to shower. Hearing a loud bang, Craig goes upstairs to check on the other lodger. The Doctor panics [[file:Lodger_1.jpg|thumb|The Doctor discovers he has mistaken a toothbrush for his sonic screwdriver]]and fears Craig is in danger, so mistakenly grabs Craig's toothbrush instead of his sonic screwdriver. The elderly man answers Craig, telling him he can't help, sending him back downstairs as the Doctor, wearing a towel, rushes to find Craig safe. While he tries to investigate the upstairs lodger, the Doctor unexpectedly meets Sophie, who had come just come in; he also gives her a Euro kiss. The Doctor begins heading back to his room to get dressed when Craig, in the middle of a phone call, says his pub football league and his team lack a player. The Doctor volunteers, but the asks if it's the "one with the sticks" (presumably [[Cricket]]).
+In his room, the Doctor calls Amy to ask if she has found the schematics to the flat; Craig can understand the Doctor's conversation now that he has some of the Doctor's knowledge. The Doctor goes on the explain the time loop is caused by people getting burned up in the upstairs flat, which is causing the rot in Craig's ceiling. However, a new time loop then starts; Craig momentarily is stuck repeating his shock about the Doctor's comment, but snaps out of the time loop thanks to his knowledge about it. They rush out of the flat, finding Sophie's keys in the lock to the flat and realising she was lured upstairs. About to enter, they are contacted by Amy, who explains the building schematics don't have an upstairs.
-At the football match, the Doctor seems unfamiliar with the game but immediately shows he has skill and talent, scoring many goals. While celebrating their win, another of Craig's friends says that with the Doctor's help they can annihilate another team. The Doctor misinterprets this, taking the phase literally, says he will not allow this, and calls himself "the Oncoming Storm". He then corrects his mistake after realising they just want to beat the team in another game. Back at the flat, a woman is lured into the upstairs flat by the image of a little girl. Craig and his friends then become stuck in a time loop while opening a beer can at the football game, and the TARDIS simultaneously shakes violently. The shaking soon subsides, but the Doctor tells Amy he's worried she could be lost in the TARDIS forever in the [[Time Vortex]] if the turbulance continues as it has been.
+Opening the door, Craig and the Doctor discover that the flat is actually a spaceship. Sophie comes out of the shadows, screaming as an invisible force pulls her towards the control console. The Doctor manages to deactivate it. A [[hologram]] materialises inside the room, explaining that it is functioning as an auto-pilot. Posing as a rescue worker, the Doctor learns that the spaceship has crashed and that the crew are dead, so the hologram is now testing humans in search of a suitable replacement. Realising that the Doctor is an alien, the hologram begins pulling him to the console, thinking he is the correct pilot. Amy suggests that perhaps the Doctor could fly the ship safely, but the Doctor explains that he is too much for the ship and if he were to touch the console, the resulting explosion would destroy the entire solar system.
-Later at the flat, Craig asks [[the Doctor]] to keep out of his way while he is with Sophie so he can profess his love for her. The Doctor tells Craig he'd hardly know he's there while a bang is heard from the upstairs. The Doctor shuts his door and returns to building his scanner, proclaiming it to be "a beauty", confusing Craig outside the room, but he dismisses the thought since he finds the Doctor funny. While Craig and Sophie talk about what they should do for the night, she notices the rot on the ceiling has gotten even bigger since the previous day. Craig ignores this and begins to try telling Sophie his feelings. However, right before Craig can get to the point of his rambling, the Doctor pops up behind the couch, asking where the button on a regular screwdriver is. Craig tries to get rid of the Doctor by telling Sophie that he's on his way out, [[File:TheLodger.PNG|thumb|left|[[The Doctor]] accidentally interrupts [[Craig]]'s attempts to reveal his true feelings to Sophie.]]but the Doctor tells him a lie about fixing the electrics in the flat to stay and continue working on his scanner. Sophie, Craig and the Doctor drink some wine (which the Doctor is not fond of as he spits it back out) as Sophie talks about her dream to take care of animals. The Doctor uses reverse psychology to get Sophie to admit she doesn't want to keep working in a call center and encouraged her to work with Orangutangs as she dreams. After Sophie leaves, the Doctor returns to his room, where he has finished his scanning device in an attempt to discover the nature of the threat on the second floor, but finds it normal. Disturbed by this, the Doctor tells Amy to look up the building schematics of the flat to see if he can find any clues from it while he decides to "recruit a spy". Later that night, Craig, dismissing the Doctor's previous warning about the rot on his ceiling, touches the rot only to pull his hand back in burning pain.
+[[File:Timeship.jpg|thumb|right|The spaceship revealed on the roof of Craig's flat.]]
-In the morning, the Doctor has prepared breakfast for Craig since it's something "normal". But he finds him nearly dead. The Doctor hits Craig to get him to breathe and then makes a remedy out of teabags to reverse the decay of Craig's enzymes for him to drink. Craig claims there is a business meeting he needs to go to, but is told to rest by the Doctor as he is too weak to move. In the afternoon, Craig wakes up to see how late his is and rushes to work to find the Doctor at his desk insulting a rude client of his. His manager then says the Doctor was Craig's representive at the meeting and has come up with a more efficient business plan, upsetting Craig. Sophie gives the Doctor some coffee and biscuits and asks Craig what he thinks of her being able to start working with animals as a volunteer. Craig, too angry with the Doctor to notice what she's saying, tells her he's okay with it. Craig is now extremely jealous of the Doctor for being better than he is at he job and Soccer. Now, he's worried he could lose the woman he loves.
+The Doctor remembers Craig's previous encounter with the "lodger", and [[deduce]]s that Craig was told he wasn't needed because Craig possesses no desire to leave; Sophie, on the other hand, was pinpointed by the hologram as suitable as soon as she expressed some desire to travel to Africa. The Doctor encourages Craig to touch the console and focus on the reason he doesn't want to leave — Sophie. Craig confesses his love to Sophie and begs her to stay. She calls him an idiot and tells him that she loves him, too, before slamming her hand on top of his. The pair kiss, cementing their desire to stay with each other. This shuts the ship down but also causes it to implode. The trio narrowly escapes into the street, where they see the spaceship appear in place of the false second floor before vanishing into oblivion. Craig is confused as to why the passers-by did not notice the top of the flat vanish. The Doctor explains a [[perception filter]] tricked their memories.
-Later, at the flat, Craig asks the Doctor to leave after discovering the Doctor's scanner when he returned home to see what he'd been up to and sees him talking to a cat about people never coming down from upstairs. The Doctor tries his best to try getting Craig to understand he can't leave, ultimately headbutting him to reveal his history telepathically and then repeats it with what he is doing in the flat as well as showing a note from future Amy telling him to go to the flat. Sophie walks in to say hello to Craig, but a little girl calls for help upstairs. A time loop soon begins, but Craig is now aware of it as he and the Doctor race up the stairs to save the person being killed. Amy then reveals, using the building plans, that it is in fact a single storey building and there is no top floor. Opening the door, they find a space ship.
+Later, Craig and Sophie snog happily, deciding that they could do anything together with their lives. They proceed to continue snogging as the Doctor sneaks in to return his spare keys to the flat. However, when the Doctor turns to leave, he is stopped by Craig. The Doctor promises the couple that he will come back, but Craig dismisses this, knowing it's not true because he's seen the Doctor's thoughts. Nevertheless, Craig still gives the Doctor a set of keys to the flat as a gift. Glad to have met a human friend who understands him, the Doctor accepts the keys.
-Sophie is seen being pulled towards a console but is suddenly stopped. A man appears and is revealed to be a hologram functioning as an auto-pilot. It states the ship has crashed. As the pilots are dead, the program began testing humans to find a suitable replacement. However, the humans aren't able to handle it and have all burnt up. The Doctor calls the hologram stupid for continuously trying to use humans to launch the ship as the program begins forcing the Doctor to touch a console. Over the earpiece, Amy says that would be a good thing since the Doctor isn't human, but the Doctor tells her that if he's tried as a pilot, it will blow up the solar system. He realises Craig was not wanted by the ship, as he wanted to stay at the flat to be with Sophie because he loves her. The auto-pilot wanted people who sought to leave. Sophie says she loves Craig too, and they kiss while touching the console. This causes the ship to shut down. As they wanted to stay here, the ship complies but begins to implode. Fleeing, they see the ship vanish along with the entire top floor. No one else notices due to the perception filter it used to trick their memories.[[file:Timeship.jpg|thumb|right|The space ship revealed on the roof of Craig's flat]]
+[[File:Crack Behind Craig's Fridge.jpg|thumb|A [[Cracks in Time|crack]] begins to open in Craig's flat.]]
+Reunited with Amy back in the TARDIS, the Doctor orders her to write the note to his past self, which will eventually direct him to the flat. While searching the Doctor's jacket pocket for a [[pen]], she discovers the [[jewellery]] box containing her engagement ring. Stunned, she opens the case and examines it.
-The Doctor tries to sneak away while Craig and Sophie make out, but is caught. The Doctor says he'll come back, but Craig, having had some of the Doctor's memories put in his head, knows he's lying, but gives the keys to the flat to the Doctor as a gift. Unbeknowst to Craig and Sophie, right after the Doctor leaves, a [[crack]] appears by his fridge behind the garbage can.
+In Craig's flat, a [[Time field|crack]] appears in the wall. It widens and light spills out.
-In the TARDIS, the Doctor tells Amy they have to get that note up in the paper shop window while he changes the will from which the flat's owner had inherited money. Amy asks if the Doctor has a pen, and tells her to find a red pen in his coat. Amy searches his pockets, and finds her old ring. Stunned, Amy opens it and examines the ring. In the meantime, the time field begins coming out of the crack in Craig's parlor as it expands.
+In the TARDIS, Amy stares ahead with a very confused and scared look on her face.
-==Cast==
+== Cast ==
-*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
+* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
-*[[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
+* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
-*[[Craig Owens]] - [[James Corden]]
+*[[Craig Owens|Craig]] - [[James Corden]]
 *[[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] - [[Daisy Haggard]]
-*[[79B Aickman Road|Auto Pilot]] - [[Darrell Heath]]
 *[[Steven (The Lodger)|Steven]] - [[Owen Donovan]]
 *[[Sean (The Lodger)|Sean]] - [[Babatunde Aleshe]]
-*[[Michael (The Lodger)|Michael]] - [[Jem Wall]]
+* [[Michael (The Lodger)|Michael]] - [[Jem Wall]]
 *[[Sandra (The Lodger)|Sandra]] - [[Karen Seacombe]]
-*[[Clubber]] - [[Kamara Bacchus]]
+*[[Clubber (The Lodger)|Clubber]] - [[Kamara Bacchus]]
+===Uncredited cast===
+*[[Goalkeeper]], Call centre worker - [[Jon Davey]]<ref>[https://jondavey.com/doctor-who/ Doctor Who - Jon Davey]</ref>
+*Avatar (voice) - [[Ben Peyton]]<ref>[[THWR 34]]</ref>
+* Avatar Man - [[Michael Burrell]]<ref>[[DWM 480]]</ref>
-==Crew==
+==Crew ==
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-== References ==
+==Worldbuilding==
-===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]===
+===Individuals===
-*The Doctor uses a regular screwdriver and asks where the on switch is.
+*Craig's former roommate, [[Mark (The Lodger)|Mark]], moved out because he received an inheritance from an uncle he'd previously never heard of.
-*When the Doctor rushes out of the shower in fear of Craig's safety he grabs Craig's toothbrush rather than his [[Sonic screwdriver]].
+* After the Doctor "shares" his knowledge, Craig sees brief flashes of [[the Doctor]]'s [[First Doctor|first]], [[Second Doctor|second]], [[Third Doctor|third]], [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]], [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] incarnations, as well as [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], [[Rose Tyler]], an [[Ood]], a [[Racnoss]], and a [[Weeping Angel]].
-*The Doctor knows how to play [[football]] (although he initially confused it with Cricket, which the [[Fifth Doctor]] was good at).
+*Sophie mentions [[Melina (The Lodger)|Melina]] having a "[[Dylan (The Lodger)|Dylan]] crisis" and a "[[Clare (The Lodger)|Clare]] crisis".
-*After the Doctor 'shares' his knowledge with Craig, he sees brief flashes of: [[the Doctor]]'s [[First Doctor|first]], [[Second Doctor|second]],[[Third Doctor| third]], [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]], [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] incarnations; [[Cybus Cybermen|Cybermen]], [[Rose Tyler]], an [[Ood]], and a [[Weeping Angel]]. He also describes himself as "Eleventh" to explain himself to Craig.
-*The Doctor shares a psychic connection with a [[cat]].
-*The Doctor introduces himself to the alien timeship as "Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue. Please state the nature of your emergency", referencing ''Stingray'' (Captain Troy Tempest, the main hero of the show), [http://gerryanderson.wikia.com/wiki/Misc._Parodies_and_references Thunderbirds] (International Rescue is the name of their organisation)<ref name="DWMSE27">''[[Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 27]]'', Page 62</ref> and [[Star Trek (franchise)|Star Trek: Voyager]] ("Please state the nature of the medical emergency" is the first thing Voyager's [[W:C:StarTrek:The Doctor|Emergency Medical Hologram]] - also, coincidentally, referred to as "the Doctor" - says on boot up).
-*The Doctor sings ''[[La donna è mobile]]'' in the shower, a tune he sang previously in [[DW]]: "[[Inferno]]".
-===[[:Category:Events|Events]]===
+===Animals===
-*On Craig Owen's fridge is a postcard advertising the [[Vincent van Gogh]] exhibition at the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
-*Twice whilst in the TARDIS, Amy calls out to someone off screen then seems to forget them.
-===[[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and beverages]]===
+* The Doctor gets information from a [[cat]].
-*The Doctor makes himself and Craig an omelette with [[cheese]], [[ham]], [[mayonaise]] and other ingredients.
+* Sophie once saw an [[orangutan]] sanctuary on TV.
-*The Doctor does not appear to enjoy [[Alcohol|wine]], as after drinking some, he spits it back into the glass.
-*The Doctor uses [[Tea|tea]] to cure Craig after he is poisoned by the rot on his wall, stating that it would 'reverse the enzyme decay'.
-===[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]===
+===Music===
-*Craig was offered a job in [[London]], which he turned down. This may be a reference to the fact [[Stephen Moffat|Moffat]] is keeping the fifth series away from the sterotypical setting in London.
-===[[:Category:Technology|Technology]]===
+* The Doctor sings "[[La donna è mobile]]" in the shower.
-*After gaining the Doctor's knowledge, Craig realises that his scanning device is based on the "non-technological"'' ''technology of the [[Lammasteen]].
+===Events===
+*On Craig's fridge, there is a postcard advertising the [[Vincent van Gogh]] exhibition at the [[Musée d'Orsay]].
+===Foods and beverages===
+*The Doctor makes himself and Craig an [[omelette]] with [[cheese]], [[ham]], [[mayonnaise]], [[Solesta]] and other ingredients.
+*The Doctor does not appear to enjoy [[wine]], as after drinking some, he spits it back into the glass.
+*The Doctor uses [[tea]] and other ingredients, some even pulled out of the [[trash]], to cure Craig after he is poisoned by the rot on his wall.
+*Craig has a leaflet for [[Jubilee Pizza]] in his flat.
+=== Locations ===
+*Craig was offered a job in [[London]], which he turned down.
+===Technology ===
+*After gaining the Doctor's knowledge, Craig realises that his scanning device is based on the "non-technological" technology of the [[Lammasteen]].
+*According to the Doctor, the ship is an attempt by someone to build a TARDIS. However, it is too weak to link with a [[Time Lord]] but too strong for a human.
+===The TARDIS===
+*The TARDIS has a [[zigzag plotter]].
+*The Doctor asks Amy to use the [[TARDIS databank]] to get information on Craig's house.
 ==Story notes==
-*This episode was mistakenly entitled '''Reality Check''' and '''Don't Go Up The Stairs'''.
+*This episode was mistakenly entitled ''Reality Check''.
-*"[[The Lodger (comic story)|The Lodger]]" is also a comic strip story by Gareth Roberts. Roberts has confirmed this story is an adaptation of the basic premise of the other. However he has stated that they differ quite a lot in that the comic was written for different characters (the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Mickey Smith]]) and focused on the "domestic set-up" while the TV story involves "something at the top of the stairs".<ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/10/“the-lodger”-interview/</ref> This isn't the first adaption on the TV series, [[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' being [[Human Nature (TV story)|a previous example]].
+*The working titles for the episode were ''Mrs. Meglos'', ''Something at the Top of the Stairs'' and ''Don't Go Up The Stairs''. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Brilliant Book 2011]]'')
-*Several previous Doctors appeared in brief flashed when The Doctor knocked heads with Craig.
+*The "Next Time" trailer for the episode only features clips from the pre-titles sequence.
-*This is an Amy-lite episode, similar to the [[Donna Noble|Donna]]-lite episode [[DW]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'' and in the vein of the Doctor and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]-lite episode [[DW]]: ''[[Love and Monsters]]'' and the [[Martha Jones|Martha]] (and Doctor)-lite episode [[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]''. ''However, Amy features throughout this story, while in Midnight, Donna was completely absent, apart from the beginning and the ending.''
+* [[Gareth Roberts]] originally wanted [[Meglos]] to be the main villain, as the plot involved someone manipulating time. [[Steven Moffat]] was amused by the idea of bringing back an obscure villain (the Doctor would even admit to having forgotten their previous encounter) and because the alien would be disguised as a little old lady, the episode became facetiously known as ''Mrs Meglos''. This was abandoned for two reasons - ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' introduced the cactus-like [[Vinvocci]] and ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'' also featured extraterrestrials masquerading as senior citizens. When it was realised that more money was available for the episode than had been anticipated, Moffat suggested that Meglos should be replaced with the grander notion of a malfunctioning time machine and its metamorphosing Avatar.
-*This is the first time in the new series that the Doctor has definitively stated how many incarnations he has had &mdash; he tells Craig he is the eleventh.
+*This is an Amy-lite episode, similar to the [[Donna Noble|Donna]]-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'' and in the vein of the Doctor and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'' and the [[Martha Jones|Martha]] (and Doctor)-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]''. However, Amy features throughout this story, while in ''Midnight'', Donna was completely absent, apart from the beginning and the ending.
-*The Doctor wears a football kit, playing for [[Craig Owens|Craig]]'s pub team, the King's Arms. He wears a jersey with the number 11 on it when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5.
+*This is the first time in the new series that the Doctor has definitively stated how many incarnations he has had — he tells Craig he is the eleventh face.
-*The Doctor playing football in the episode is a coincidental reference to the fact that Matt Smith originally wanted to become a professional footballer before a back injury, caused him to focus on acting instead. However writer Gareth Roberts has stated that the football scene was always going to be carried over from the comic story and he began writing it prior to the casting of Smith <ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/10/“the-lodger”-interview/</ref>.
+**This is later clarified in [[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'' through ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. They reveal he is actually in his final incarnation, having an aborted regeneration in [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', while not acknowledging the [[War Doctor]]. His reference here means that he is the eleventh incarnation to refer to himself as the Doctor.
-*The 2010 FIFA World Cup England vs USA match kicked off just as ''The Lodger'' finished, on a rival channel (ITV), the timing noted by writer Roberts as a "happy accident" <ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/10/“the-lodger”-interview/</ref>.
+*The Doctor wears a football kit, playing for [[Craig Owens|Craig]]'s pub team, the King's Arms. He wears a jersey with 11 on it when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5.
-*The Doctor making Craig an omelette may be a reference to ''Gavin and Stacy'', the series which James Corden starred in and wrote, in which the only food Stacy's mum ever seemed to cook was omeletts.
+*The Doctor making Craig an [[omelette]] may be a reference to ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_%26_Stacey Gavin and Stacy]'', the series which [[James Corden]] starred in and wrote, in which the only food Stacy's mum ever seemed to cook was omelettes.
-*The Doctor wears only a blue bath towel for one scene. Incidentally [[Matt Smith]] appears similarly in the show ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' as one of [[Billie Piper]]'s clients. An online stir was caused when many viewers claimed that Smith briefly 'flashed' the camera when his towel fell. However the BBC and Smith have denied he was completely naked for that scene <ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a226815/matt-smith-wasnt-naked-in-doctor-who.html/</ref>.
+*When the Doctor introduces himself to the time ship's Avatar, he claims to be "Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue," which is a reference to both [[Captain]] [[Troy Tempest]] from ''[[Stingray (series)|Stingray]]'' and [[International Rescue]] from ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'', both series created by [[Gerry Anderson|Gerry]] and [[Sylvia Anderson]].
-*Gareth Roberts, the writer of this episode, revealed in an interview in [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM 423|Issue 423]] that he had planned to return the classic enemy [[Meglos]] in this story, but decided against it after the similar-looking aliens the [[Vinvocci]] made an appearence in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. The magazine also showed an early draft of the script which showed the meeting of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Meglos]] in which Meglos remembered the Doctor but the Doctor didn't remember Meglos.
+*The Doctor says "Please state the nature of your emergency", which was the catchphrase of [[startrekwiki:The_Doctor|The Doctor]] on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager Star Trek: Voyager].''
-*When the Doctor hands Craig the bag of money, he tells him "Don't spend it all on sweets." The Ninth Doctor said the same thing to [[Adam Mitchell]] when he gave him the credit stick in [[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]''.
+*The flat's address on Aickman Road was an homage to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aickman Robert Aickman], the author of numerous supernatural “strange stories” found in collections such as ''Cold Hand in Mine''.
-*In interviews given in April 2011, writer Neil Gaiman revealed that his Doctor Who script ("''The Doctor's Wife''") was originally intended to be the 11th episode of this series. When this proved to be not possible (for technical and budgetary reasons) the Neil Gaiman story was pushed back to Series 6 Episode 4, and ''The Lodger'' was comissioned instead
+*The Doctor playing football in the episode is a coincidental reference to the fact that [[Matt Smith]] originally wanted to become a professional footballer before a back injury, caused him to focus on acting instead. However, Gareth Roberts has stated that the football scene was always going to be carried over from the comic story and he began writing it prior to the casting of Smith.<ref name="sfx" />
+* The 2010 FIFA World Cup England vs USA match kicked off just as the episode finished, on a rival channel ([[ITV]]), the timing noted by Gareth Roberts as a "happy accident".<ref name="sfx" />
+* The Doctor wears only a blue bath towel for one scene. Matt Smith appears similarly in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Diary_of_a_Call_Girl Secret Diary of a Call Girl]'' as one of [[Billie Piper]]'s clients. An online stir was caused when many viewers claimed that Smith briefly 'flashed' the camera when his towel fell. However, the BBC and Smith have denied he was completely naked for that scene. <ref>[https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a226815/matt-smith-wasnt-naked-in-doctor-who/ Matt Smith 'wasn't naked in Doctor Who']</ref>
+* In interviews given in April 2011, [[Neil Gaiman]] revealed that ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' was originally intended to be the eleventh episode of this season. When this proved to be not possible (for technical and budgetary reasons) the Neil Gaiman story was pushed back to Series 6 Episode 4, and this was commissioned instead.
+*The Doctor's bow tie is blue for this episode, despite the 2010 setting. The Doctor wears a red tie in episodes of Series 5 grounded in the present and future ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''/''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]''/''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''/''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''), but he wears a blue tie in those set in the past (''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]''). The only other exception in Series 5 is the episode ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'', where the Doctor wears a blue tie in the Upper [[Leadworth]] dream but a red tie in both the cold TARDIS dream and the epilogue concluding the two dream narratives. This may be due to the fact that the Doctor had originally planned to go to the Fifth Moon of Sinda Callista.
+*On Craig's fridge, an advert can be seen for a [[Vincent van Gogh|Van Gogh]] exhibit, but not the one visited by Amy and the Doctor in the previous episode, since that one was in [[Paris]].
+*When Gareth Roberts began writing for the episode, he knew the series' overarching plot but was not aware who was to be cast as the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. He based the Doctor's lines on those written in Steven Moffat's completed scripts and further characterization was added by Matt Smith's reading of the lines.
+*There was originally a fourth victim of the Avatar, a middle-aged man named Martin who would leave behind a holiday magazine which would later serve as an additional clue that the Avatar is targetting people who want to get away.
+*The script originally lifted scenes from the original comic strip, such as the Doctor beating Craig in a first-person-shooter videogame by making peace with their intended targets, and the Doctor annoying the participants in a [[pub]] quiz by getting every answer right (the latter sequence was dropped to reduce the number of locations). Having been conceived to take Mickey's place, Craig initially retained a lot of the mistrust of the Doctor which had been part of Mickey's character when the comic was published. This trait was dropped when Gareth Roberts realised that it no longer had a justification.
+*Gareth Roberts originally pitched the idea for [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 2]]. Rose and [[Jackie Tyler]] would be the ones trapped in the future with the TARDIS, and stuck in the present day, the Doctor would be forced to live with [[Mickey Smith]] until his scheme to plant instructions for Rose in old nursery rhymes helped her pilot the TARDIS back to him. Roberts ultimately decided to use the flat-sharing core of this narrative for a comic strip. Steven Moffat subsequently suggested to [[Russell T Davies]] that it might be worthy of developing for television, but by this stage, the Tylers were being written out of the show.
+*Another character present in early drafts was a woman who regularly appeared outside Craig's house, commenting on the action.
+*At one stage, the climax saw Craig rescue Sophie while the Doctor shut down the rogue time machine; it was Steven Moffat who suggested combining these two elements.
+*The Doctor was originally going to indicate that the time ship had crashed into Craig's building, killing its crew.
+* This episode formed Block Seven of season five alongside ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]].''
+*The design of the rogue time machine drew upon ideas which concept artist [[Matthew Savage]] had developed the previous spring. They were originally intended for the new TARDIS console room, which was introduced in ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]].''
+* An unused scene saw the Doctor get on a bus with an obnoxious man playing loud music and subsequently humiliate him by changing the song to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Your_Kisses_for_Me “Save All Your Kisses for Me]” by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Man Brotherhood of Man], humiliating the man into running off in tears.
+*The reason the ship kept killing every human is that it needed bio-electricity; which [[Silent/Appearances|Silents]] could supplement with their ability to siphon it from their environments.
+=== Comparison with comic version===
+''[[The Lodger (comic story)|The Lodger]]'' is also a comic strip story by [[Gareth Roberts]], who also wrote this episode. Roberts has confirmed this story is an adaptation of the basic premise of the other. However he has stated that they differ quite a lot in that the comic was written for different characters (the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Mickey Smith]]) and focused on the "domestic set-up" while the TV story involves "something at the top of the stairs".<ref name="sfx">[https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/e2809cthe-lodgere2809d-interview/ The Lodger Interview | GamesRadar+]</ref> However, a number of the beats in the eight-page comic do make their way into the televised story.
+*In both stories, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] jumps a [[time track]] and the Doctor is forced to wait several days for it to arrive, precipitating his need for lodging. In the comic's case, it's because the Tenth Doctor has been careless. In the television story, the TARDIS-like thing on the top of the [[Aickman Road]] house is actively preventing its landing. In both cases, the [[companion]] is sidelined from the narrative because she is trapped inside the travelling TARDIS.
+*Though they take up about the same percentage of the story, [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] have totally different parts to play. Rose shows up only at the very end of the story and is oblivious to the fact that there's been a problem with the TARDIS at all. Amy is seen in brief interludes throughout the television story and her life is actively imperilled by the out-of-control TARDIS.
+*Like Craig, Mickey is uncertain about what to do about his romantic life. Mickey's main motivation throughout the story is to try to get some sort of functional relationship with a woman — though he seems far more capable at getting a date with Gina than Craig was with Sophie.
+*Like the [[Eleventh Doctor]], the Tenth Doctor tries to prove his normalcy by cooking an [[omelette]] for his new roommate.
+* [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] goes into the [[toothbrush]] holder in both bathrooms. Mickey picks it up and accidentally sonics out his teeth, while the Eleventh Doctor accidentally picks up Craig's toothbrush and tries to sonic the door atop the stairs with it.
+*While the Eleventh Doctor is busy building a weird device in the privacy of his bedroom, the Tenth Doctor spends his days trying to improve the tech in Mickey's flat. He makes it so that Mickey is receiving TV programmes from the future and otherwise maximises Mickey's kit.
+*Both Doctors play some local [[football]]; both totally dominate the competition; both leave their roommates feeling glum about their own skills.
+*The two Doctors have different attitudes towards their respective football matches. Craig asks a bewildered Eleventh Doctor to play, whereas the Tenth Doctor actively volunteers for Mickey's squad. Indeed, the Tenth Doctor is far more confident in his knowledge of the game and his abilities. This obviously fits into ''DWM'' continuity, as the [[Eighth Doctor]] was shown to be a football enthusiast in another Gareth Roberts story, ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game]]''. It also jibes with ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', where the [[Ninth Doctor]] tells Mickey that [[the TARDIS]] can pick up football matches on its scanner. In contrast, the Eleventh Doctor suggests to Amy and Craig that he has no idea what football is.
+*Like Craig, Mickey tries to convince the Doctor not to introduce himself to the football team as "the Doctor". Like the Eleventh Doctor, the Tenth Doctor does so anyway and the players have no problem with the name.
+* Mickey's football side is considerably more relaxed than Craig's. Whereas the Eleventh Doctor is given a proper uniform with a big number "11" on it, the Tenth Doctor, like the rest of the team, is dressed in nothing special.
+*The Tenth Doctor is far more socially adept than the Eleventh. He spends time at a pub after the match, where he helps his team beat a trivia machine. In one frame, he's also seen smiling and having a pint. This contrasts with the Eleventh Doctor's awkwardness — which later episodes suggest may have been an act — and his apparent disdain for wine.
+*Whereas the Eleventh Doctor tries to encourage Craig and Sophie to get together, he actively breaks up Mickey and [[Gina (The Lodger)|Gina]], saying that Mickey "would never have gone through with it". Otherwise, the scene of Mickey's date with Gina is very similar to that of Craig's with Sophie. In both, the roommate is surprised to find the Doctor home and sternly tells the Doctor to stay in his room. Then the Doctor comes into the living room just looking for "some wire". He's invited to stay by both dates, who offer him a drink. He enchants both dates, urging them to do something extraordinary with their lives. Both Gina and Sophie seem prepared to apply for careers that will take them far away from Mickey and Craig.
+*Both stories are resolved by an affirmation of love. The televised story has Craig declaring his love for Sophie as the reason he doesn't want to leave — thus ending the threat of what we later come to know as the [[Silent]]s' TARDIS. The comic story ends with the Doctor playing Cupid between Rose and Mickey. Realising that he's cramped Mickey's style of late, he invents a problem on the finally-arrived TARDIS so Mickey and Rose can have some alone time together.
+=== Ratings===
+*Official viewing overnight figures was 5.98 million viewers.
+*Official UK final viewing rates were 6.44 million viewers.<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date Doctor Who Ratings - UK final]</ref>
-=== Ratings ===
+===Rumours===
-Offical viewing figures was 5.98 million viewers.
+*Either the Timoreen, the Ha'rik, or the Skarkish will appear – primarily because these were all listed as "new aliens" to appear in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5]]. ''None of them appeared''
+*This episode will be the one that features the [[Blue Peter|''Blue Peter'']] Competition TARDIS console. ''The design itself did not appear, but another ship console design did.''
-=== Rumours ===
+*As this episode is before the finale, it most likely will have a foreshadowing (like in [[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') or link right into the finale (like [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]''). ''This was proved true.''
-* Either the Timoreen, the Ha'rik, or the Skarkish will appear – primarily because these were all listed as "new aliens" to appear in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]]. ''None of them appeared''
+* It is likely that this episode will lead directly into the next as [[Claudio]] played by [[Marcus O'Donovan]] is listed to appear in both this episode and the following one, [[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''. ''The episode did not directly lead to the next, but it did have something very related to the next episode. (However, Claudio did not appear in this episode).''
-* This episode will be the one that features the [[Blue Peter]] Competition TARDIS console. ''The design itself did not appear, but another ship console design did.''
-* As this episode is before the finale, it most likely will have a foreshadowing (like in [[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'') or link right into the finale (like [[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''). ''This was proved true.''
-*It is likely that this episode will lead directly into the next as [[Claudio]] played by [[Marcus O'Donovan]] is listed to appear in both this episode and the following one, [[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''. ''The episode did not directly lead to the next, but it did have something very related to the next episode. (However Claudio did not appear in this episode).''
 *Amy will remember, or begin to remember, [[Rory Williams|Rory]] by the end of the episode. ''Although she never remembered him enough to say it, she did find her wedding ring in the Doctor's coat.''
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 *79 Westville Road, Cardiff (Craig Owens' house)
 *Mill Gardens, Westville Road, Cardiff (where the TARDIS tries - and fails - to materialise)
-*Victoria Park, Canton, Cardiff (where the Doctor plays football)
+* Victoria Park, Canton, Cardiff (where the Doctor plays football)
-=== Production errors ===
+===Production errors ===
-*When giving Craig tea through the spout of the teapot, the angle from above the Doctor shows the liquid to be clear, much unlike tea, and unlike some of the liquid which dribbles from Craig's mouth.
+{{discontinuity}}
-*After cooking the omelette for Craig and himself the Doctor is shown licking his thumb, but in the next shot his hand is positioned differently and he is wiping his mouth with a finger.
-*When the Doctor is about to eat his custard cream biscuit, the man gives it to him then in a nano second the Doctor is already munching away at it.
-*Near the end of the episode when the alien hologram says "The correct pilot has been found" and it cuts to Amy in the TARDIS she says "He means you, Doctor, doesn't he?" Her lips don't seem to quite match what she is saying.
 *A cameraman's reflection can be seen in the painting hanging on the hallway wall when it is shown during a conversation later in the episode.
 *When Sophie looks up the stairs towards the girl, the door behind her seems to open itself. The shot then changes to show Sophie looking up at the camera as if it was upstairs. When the shot changes back to behind Sophie, the door appears to open again.
-*The second time The Doctor Headbutts Craig when slowed down a little it is obvious that the Doctor's head goes nowhere near Craig's.
+*When the electric currents go on the Doctor's chest they move to his hand and in the next shot, it's going from his chest to his hand again.
-*When the electric currents go on the Doctor's chest they move to his hand and in the next shot it's going from his chest to his hand again.
-{{discontinuity}}
+==Continuity==
+*On Craig's fridge is a post card advertising a [[Vincent van Gogh]] art display, which the Doctor, Amy and van Gogh himself visited. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
+*In the Doctor's room in Craig's flat there is a print on the wall which appears to be a variation of a van Gogh sketch of a [[wheat]] harvest from one of the artist's letters written in August 1884. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
+*The [[Third Doctor]] also (at least once) sang while he [[shower]]ed himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
+*While searching the Doctor's pockets for a red [[pen]], Amy finds her [[engagement]] [[ring]] from [[Rory Williams|Rory]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'')
+* This is not the first time, nor the last, that the Doctor has battled an automated [[spacecraft]] system, the crew all dead. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]'')
+*The Doctor once again mentions that [[bow tie]]s are cool. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
+*Craig says "[[Geronimo]]!" ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]], [[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
+*The Doctor refers to himself as "the Oncoming Storm". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'')
+*The Doctor seems to have regained the fondness for [[cat]]s embraced by his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], ([[TV]]:''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'', et al.) after losing that fondness in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
+*The scene in which the Doctor surprises everyone with his skill in football bears a striking resemblance to his surprising skill when he played a game of [[cricket]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
+*The centre of the faux-TARDIS resembles the actual TARDIS's control room used by the [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') as well as one later used by the Eleventh. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', et al.) However, the centre console has large orbs for control devices, a characteristic usually seen in [[Dalek]] designs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', et al.)
+*When in the shower, the Doctor sings Verdi's "[[La donna è mobile]]," which he previously sang in his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
+*The Doctor used tea to aid his own revival after his tenth regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
+*When the Doctor is in the time ship, he notices the corpse of the supposed original pilot, seems concerned, then looks away and seemingly forgets. Also, the corpse's hands possessed four fingers. Both of these are traits associated with the [[Silent]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' / ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
+*In the Silence lair that [[River Song]] discovers underneath the warehouse to which she tracked her younger self, the centre console in the room resembles the interior of this ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
+* The Doctor later finds a similar ship to the one featured here. He notes that it was "very Aickman Road". ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
+*The Doctor engages Craig in a [[telepathic conference]] as they butt heads, allowing the Doctor to quickly provide Craig with background information on himself and the situation. His tenth and twelfth incarnations preferred a gentler method of placing their fingers on the recipient's temples. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')
+*The Doctor suggests that Craig and Sophie try to beat the record for the current population; they soon after have a baby, Alfie. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')
+*The Doctor makes a piece of technology out of non-technological things, in this case a scanner made from a lampshade, bike wheel, washing line, ironing board, umbrella and a clock, just like [[Third Doctor|he]] did when making a time flow analogue out of a cup of tea, a wine bottle, a set of keys and two forks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
+*When the Doctor hands Craig the bag of money, he tells him, "Don't spend it all on sweets." The Ninth Doctor said the same thing to [[Adam Mitchell]] when he gave him a credit stick. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')
+*The Doctor had previously drank wine before spitting it back out in his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') and will do so again later on in his current incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
-== Continuity ==
+==Home video releases==
-*A post card advertising a [[Vincent van Gogh]] art display is stuck to Craig's fridge, which the Doctor, Amy and van Gogh himself visited in the previous story. ([[DW]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
+[[File:Series-5-volume-4-dvd-cover.jpg|thumb|Series 5 Volume 4 DVD Cover]]
-*In the Doctor's room in Craig's flat there is a print on the wall which appears to be a variation of a van Gogh sketch of a wheat harvest from one of the artist's letters written in August 1884 ([[DW]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]''). [http://www.vggallery.com/letters/sketches/p_0508.htm]
-*This is not the first time the Doctor has showered himself on screen. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'')
+=== DVD & Blu-ray releases ===
-*The Doctor once again mentions that bow ties are cool. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
-*Craig says "Geronimo!" ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below]], [[The Big Bang]])''
+*Series 5, Volume Four was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in region 2/B on [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] and region 4/B on [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] 2010. The volume features ''Vincent and the Doctor'', ''The Lodger'', ''The Pandorica Opens'' and ''The Big Bang'', and the featurette ''The Monster Diaries''.
-*The Doctor refers to himself as "the Oncoming Storm" again. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice]]'' and it was first mentioned in the [[New Adventure]] ''[[Love and War]].''
+*The episode was later released in the Complete Fifth Series boxset on both DVD and Blu-ray, in region 1/A on [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] 2010, in region 2/B on [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] 2010 and in region 4/B on [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 2010. This set was itself included in the Series 1-7 box set released in [[2013 (releases)|2013]] and as part of ''The Complete Matt Smith Years'' in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]].
-*While searching the Doctor's pockets, Amy finds her engagement ring from [[Rory Williams|Rory]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Cold Blood]]'')
+*A DVD-only release of Series 5, Part Two, containing the latter seven episodes of the series, was released in region 1 on [[26 July (releases)|26 July]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]].
-*The Doctor seems to have regained the fondness for [[cat]]s embraced by his [[Sixth Doctor |Sixth]] incarnation and later reverted into a dislike by his Tenth. ([[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'')
-*The scene in which the Doctor surprises everyone with his skill in football bears a striking resemblance to his surprising skill when he played a game of [[cricket]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]].''
-*The TARDIS protects objects and people inside it from time catching up with them. ([[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks]]'')
-*Clips from [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels]]'', ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'', ''[[Cold Blood]]'', were shown in the "next time" trailer.
-*According to the Doctor, the ship is an attempt by someone to build a TARDIS. However, it is too weak to link with a [[Time Lord]] but too strong for a human.
-*When seeing the Faux-TARDIS, Craig goes "What, What...What?", much like the Tenth Doctor.
-*The center of the Faux-TARDIS resembles the actual TARDIS' control room seen in the [[Doctor Who (1996)|90s movie]]. However the center console has large orbs for control devices, a characteristic usually seen in [[Dalek]] designs.
-*When in the shower, the Doctor sings Verdi's "La donna è mobile," which he previously sang at the beginning of [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]''.
-*When Craig goes upstairs to see what the man upstairs is doing, he says "I heard a big bang." This is the title of the last episode of series 5, ''[[The Big Bang]]''.
-*The Doctor used tea to aid his own revival after his ninth regeneration. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
-*The Doctor's bow tie is blue for this episode, despite the 2010 setting. The Doctor wears a red tie in episodes of Series 5 grounded in the present and future ([[DW]]: [[The Eleventh Hour|''The Eleventh Hour'']], [[The Beast Below|''The Beast Below'']], [[The Time of Angels|''The Time of Angels'']]/[[Flesh and Stone|''Flesh and Stone'']], [[The Hungry Earth|''The Hungry Earth'']]/[[Cold Blood|''Cold Blood'']], [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|''The Pandorica Opens'']]/[[The Big Bang|''The Big Bang'']]), but he wears a blue tie in those set in the past ([[Victory of the Daleks|''Victory of the Daleks'']], [[The Vampires of Venice|''The Vampires of Venice'']], [[Vincent and the Doctor|''Vincent and the Doctor'']]). The only other exception in Series 5 is the episode [[Amy's Choice|''Amy's Choice'']], where the Doctor wears a blue tie in the Upper [[Leadworth]] dream but a red tie in both the cold TARDIS dream and the epilogue concluding the two dream narratives.
-*This episode may hold the first "appearances" of [[the Silence]]. First when the time loop happens at the football match when the The Doctor is talking to Amy and says the effect is "almost unbelievably powerful and dangerous" Amy looks off to her right with surprise and then calls out "Hey" to someone before looking away slightly confused as if she had forgotten something. The second time is when the Doctor is in the time ship, he notices the corpse of the supposed original pilot, seems concerned, then looks away and seemingly forgets. In ''[[Day of the Moon]]'', the Doctor mentions the ship was "abandoned," despite the fact that he saw the pilot's body and even heard from the on-board emergency system that the ship had crashed and the pilot had died, further evidence of the details being erased from his memory. Also, the corpse's hands possessed four fingers, just as the Silence do.
-*In the Silence lair that [[River Song]] discovers underneath the warehouse to which they have tracked the [[Little Girl (The Impossible Astronaut)|little girl]], the center console in the room resembles the interior of the ship featured here. ([[DW]]:''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
-*The Doctor later finds a similar ship to the one featured here. He notes that it was "very Aickman Road." ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'')
-==[[Eleventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
+=== Digital releases ===
-*This story occurs after: [[DYD]]: ''[[Judoon Monsoon]]''
-*This story occurs before: [[DYD]]: ''[[Empire of the Wolf]]''
-== Home video releases ==
+*In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]]. It was previously available on Netflix.
-[[File:Series-5-volume-4-dvd-cover.jpg|thumb]]
+* In the US, this episode along with the rest of modern ''Doctor Who'' can be streamed on Amazon Prime.
-[[BBC Video]] - ''Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Four'' features ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'', ''The Lodger'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' and ''[[The Big Bang]]''. It was released on Monday 6th September 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-ray.<ref>DWM 421, Page 18</ref>
 ==See also==
-*[[The Lodger (comic story)]], a comic strip that this episode is based on.
+*''[[The Lodger (comic story)|The Lodger]]'', a comic strip that this episode is based on.
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