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|name = Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1
|image =  Meanwhile_in_the_TARDIS.jpg
|series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS]]''
|season number = [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] (DVD/Bluray exclusive)
|story number =
|doctor = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|companions = [[Amy Pond]]
|enemy =
|setting = [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]
|writer = [[Steven Moffat]]
|director = [[Richard Senior]]
|producer = [[Annabella Hurst-Brown]]
|broadcast date = [[8 November]] [[2010]]
|format = 1x3 minute, mini episode
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|next = Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2
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'''''Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1''''' was the first of two scenes produced exclusively for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Complete Fifth Series DVD and Blu-ray box sets. It was written by [[head writer|showrunner]] [[Steven Moffat]].
'''''Meanwhile in the TARDIS''''' is the title of two mini-scenes produced exclusively for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Complete Fifth Series DVD and Blu-ray box sets. They were written by [[head writer|showrunner]] [[Steven Moffat]].
 
The scene immediately follows [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', and immediately precedes  [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]''.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
[[Amy Pond|Amy]] asks the [[Eleventh Doctor]] many questions without pausing: how does [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] retain its air supply? Why did he label a time machine "police box"? Where are the other windows which are on the exterior of the TARDIS? What is a police box and is the Doctor a policeman? Has he seen his haircut? Shouldn't he change the bulb on top the TARDIS? She also thinks the box is made of wood and his bow tie is a cry for help.
=== [[Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1|First Episode]] ===
 
On her first trip in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] questions the [[Eleventh Doctor]] on how the time machine works, why it takes the shape of a police box, and whether he is an alien. The Doctor answers most of her questions, and then opens the TARDIS doors to reveal that thy are in deep space. When Amy doesn't believe what she is seeing, the Doctor pushes her though the doors.
The Doctor answers most of these questions. Amy asks again if he's an alien. The Doctor says that, from his perspective, she's the alien. Amy wonders if the Doctor is a space squid or a tiny slug zipped in a human suit, but the Doctor dismisses her theories, stating he's as human as he appears. Amy admits she's done with her questions, but the Doctor tells her she's just begun; he throws a switch on the TARDIS console, opens the door and show her outer space.


When Amy says it looks like special effects in a studio, the Doctor proves it's real by pushing her out of the TARDIS.
=== [[Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2|Second Episode]] ===
As Amy continues her attempts to seduce him, the Doctor explains to her true reason why he travels with a companion. She tricks him into asking the TARDIS to display visual records of previous inhabitants, before he decides to go find [[Rory Williams|Rory]] at his bachelor party.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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== References ==
== References ==
*When asked why the TARDIS looks like a police box, the Doctor explains to Amy in detail how the [[chameleon circuit]] scans the surroundings upon materialisation, decides on the best disguise, but then disguises the craft as a 1963 police box anyway.
* When Amy accesses [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s visual records of the inhabitants, the TARDIS plays black-and-white visual records on the round screen of many female companions, from [[Barbara Wright]] to [[Donna Noble]].
 
== Story notes ==
* This story is set entirely in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction]], [[Children in Need Special]], [[Time Crash]], [[Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2]], [[Amy's Choice]], [[Space (TV story)|Space]]''/''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'', ''[[Death is the Only Answer]], [[Bad Night]], [[Good Night]]'')
 
=== Production errors ===
''to be added''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* At the end of this mini-episode, the Doctor pushes Amy out into (presumably) an [[air corridor]] in space. Amy is still floating outside the TARDIS, with the Doctor tethering her from floating away, in [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]''.
* These stories are set entirely in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction]], [[Children in Need Special]], [[Time Crash]], [[Amy's Choice]], [[Space (TV story)|Space]]''/''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'', ''[[Death is the Only Answer]], [[Bad Night]], [[Good Night]]'', ''[[Good as Gold]]'')


== Timeline ==
== Timeline ==
'''First Episode:'''
* This story occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''
* This story occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''
* This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]''.
* This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]''.
'''Second Episode:'''
* This story occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]''.
* This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]''.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==


=== DVD releases ===
=== DVD releases ===
* This episode is one of two additional scenes specially filmed for "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.
* The episodes were specially filmed for "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.


=== Blu-ray releases ===
=== Blu-ray releases ===
* This episode was also released on the Blu-ray version of "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.
* The episodes were also released on the Blu-Ray version of "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.
 
== External links ==
''to be added''


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Revision as of 10:33, 16 July 2012

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Meanwhile in the TARDIS is the title of two mini-scenes produced exclusively for the Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD and Blu-ray box sets. They were written by showrunner Steven Moffat.

Plot

First Episode

On her first trip in the TARDIS, Amy questions the Eleventh Doctor on how the time machine works, why it takes the shape of a police box, and whether he is an alien. The Doctor answers most of her questions, and then opens the TARDIS doors to reveal that thy are in deep space. When Amy doesn't believe what she is seeing, the Doctor pushes her though the doors.

Second Episode

As Amy continues her attempts to seduce him, the Doctor explains to her true reason why he travels with a companion. She tricks him into asking the TARDIS to display visual records of previous inhabitants, before he decides to go find Rory at his bachelor party.

Cast

Crew

References

  • When Amy accesses the TARDIS's visual records of the inhabitants, the TARDIS plays black-and-white visual records on the round screen of many female companions, from Barbara Wright to Donna Noble.

Continuity

Timeline

First Episode:

Second Episode:

Home video releases

DVD releases

  • The episodes were specially filmed for "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.

Blu-ray releases

  • The episodes were also released on the Blu-Ray version of "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.