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|series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS]]''
|series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS]]''
|season number = [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] (DVD/Bluray exclusive)
|season number = [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] (DVD/Bluray exclusive)
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|producer = [[Annabella Hurst-Brown]]
|producer = [[Annabella Hurst-Brown]]
|broadcast date = [[8 November]] [[2010]]
|broadcast date = [[8 November]] [[2010]]
|format = 1x4 minute, mini episode
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'''''Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2''''' was the second 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 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]].  


The scene immediately follows [[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'', and immediately precedes  [[DW]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]''.
The scene immediately follows [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', and immediately precedes  [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]''.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
After almost being seduced by her, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] forces [[Amy Pond|Amy]] back into [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. She leans on the console with an expectant gaze directed at the Doctor, who ignores it and pulls the door release lever next to her to lock the TARDIS doors.
[[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 exterior of the TARDIS? She also thinks the box is made of wood and his bow tie is a cry for help.


Amy asks if she did something wrong. She thinks she is getting "mixed messages" from the Doctor. She unlocks the doors. The Doctor re-locks them and asks Amy how she's getting mixed messages. Amy says he showed up in the middle of the night to take her for a ride in his time machine. Amy insists that it's an obvious signal, telling her to "Get your coat, love, the Doctor's in."
The Doctor answers most of these questions, and is asked again by Amy if he's an alien. The Doctor informs Amy 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 in appearance 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 as he opens the door, showing her the cold void of space outside.


The Doctor hurriedly explains he didn't bring her with him because he found her attractive. He proudly insists that he's like [[Gandalf]] in space. Amy says he acts like a regular bloke, showing off for the girls and laughing at other guys, making fun of Rory's nose.
When Amy says it looks like special effects in a studio, the Doctor proves it's real by pushing her out of the TARDIS.
 
The Doctor tells Amy that he can't "see it" any more. He's made time and space his back yard for over nine hundred years, so everything about it is now just facts to him. But Amy can "see it", which lets the Doctor see it as well. That is his only reason. Amy wonders if there have been others before her.
 
The Doctor reluctantly admits that he's had "a few" companions, but Amy won't let go. She wonders how many were girls. The Doctor admits girls made up " a bit over half" of his companions. Amy tricks the Doctor into accessing the TARDIS's visual records. To his dismay, the TARDIS plays black and white visual records on the screen of many female companions -- leaving out the men and [[K9]] -- from [[Barbara Wright]] to [[Donna Noble]], in random order. Amy wonders about one of the Fourth Doctor's companions, [[Leela]]. She appears repeatedly in a leather bikini.
 
Embarrassed, the Doctor decides to collect [[Rory Williams|Rory]] to have Amy focus on her life. Amy informs him Rory is having his bachelor party. With a smirk, the Doctor tells her, "Well, let's make it a great one" before starting up the TARDIS.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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== References ==
== 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]].
*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.


== Story notes ==
== 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 1]], [[Amy's Choice]], [[Space (TV story)|Space]]''/''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'', ''[[Death is the Only Answer]], [[Bad Night]], [[Good Night]]'')
* 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]]'')


=== Ratings ===
=== Production errors ===
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=== Myths ===
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=== Filming locations ===
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=== Production errors ===
*The Doctor moves a lever on the console next to Amy into the up position. When Amy  moves the lever down, the Doctor moves it back up again. When the camera cuts back to Amy, the level is still down.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* 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]]''.


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


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

Revision as of 13:25, 29 June 2012


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 showrunner Steven Moffat.

The scene immediately follows DW: The Eleventh Hour, and immediately precedes DW: The Beast Below.

Plot

Amy asks the Eleventh Doctor many questions without pausing: how does 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 exterior of the TARDIS? She also thinks the box is made of wood and his bow tie is a cry for help.

The Doctor answers most of these questions, and is asked again by Amy if he's an alien. The Doctor informs Amy 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 in appearance 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 as he opens the door, showing her the cold void of space outside.

When Amy says it looks like special effects in a studio, the Doctor proves it's real by pushing her out of the TARDIS.

Cast

Crew

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.

Story notes

Production errors

to be added

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.

Timeline

Home video releases

DVD releases

  • This episode is one of two additional scenes specially filmed for "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.

Blu-ray releases

  • This episode was also released on the Blu-ray version of "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset.

External links

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