The Lodger (TV story)

The Lodger
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond (cameo)
Main enemy:	TBA
Main setting:	Aickman Road
Key crew
Writer:	Gareth Roberts
Director:	Catherine Morshead
Producer:	Tracie Simpson
Release details
Story number:	211
Release number:	Series 5
Premiere broadcast:	12th June 2010
Format:	1 x 45 minute episode
Production code:	1.11

The Lodger is the eleventh episode of Series 5.

Synopsis

The Doctor forgets to set the TARDIS controls leaving Amy trapped inside as she ends up travelling one week into the future, without the Doctor. This leaves the Doctor trapped on Earth as he awaits the return of his TARDIS.

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Craig Owens - James Corden
• Sophie - Daisy Haggard
• Avatar Man - Darrell Heath
• Steven - Owen Donovan
• Sean - Babatunde Aleshe
• Michael - Jem Wall
• Sandra - Karen Seacombe
• Clubber - Kamara Bacchus

Production crew

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References

• The Doctor when playing the football match, will have the number 11, which references the fact the he is the Eleventh Doctor and in real life referes to the fact that it is the 11th episode of series 5

Story notes

• This episode was mistakenly entitled Reality Check, A Clinical Finish and Don't Go Up The Stairs.
• "The Lodger" is also a comic strip story by Gareth Roberts. It is unknown if this story is a adaption of the other -- though set report evidence seems to confirm it as a adaptation, and having the same title and writer makes it seem more likely.
• The Doctor will wear a football kit and play on a football team with Craig in the episode.

• The Doctor gets blown out of the TARDIS.

Ratings

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Rumours

• It is rumoured that 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, and have not appeared in the first 10 episodes (although Ha'rik has also been rumoured to be an unused name for the Eknodine inside Mrs Poggit).
• This episode will be the one that features the Blue Peter Competition TARDIS console. It is thought that, considering the content of this story's comic strip counterpart and the details for the aforementioned competition, that perhaps the TARDIS jumps a time track and is unable to get back to the Doctor's time (perhaps a larger time track), so the Doctor will begin the lengthy operation of building a makeshift TARDIS to find the original, incorporating the Blue Peter winner's design.
• As this episode is before the finale, it may have a foreshadowing (Like in Fear Her and The Waters of Mars) or link right into the finale (Like Utopia and Turn Left).
• The creature up the stairs may be a Cyberman or a group of Cybermen because you can see blue electricity like when the Cybermen delete people. If this is true it could lead straight on to Pandorica Opens.
• A Classic monster has been rumoured to appear but is a more uncommon one like the Macra in Gridlock.

Filming locations

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Production errors

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Continuity

• In the next time trailer a flyer for the Van Gogh Exhibition seen in the previous episode. Vincent and the Doctor

Home video releases

BBC Video - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Four will feature The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang. It will be released on Monday 6th September 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-ray.

See also

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External links

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