The Lodger (TV story)

The Lodger
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond (cameo)
Main enemy:	TBA
Main setting:	Aickman Road, 2010
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. While the Doctor waits, he discovers there's a house on Aickman road with a staircase that people go up, but never down... To solve the mystery of the man upstairs, the Doctor must pass himself off as a normal human being, and share a flat with Craig Owens.

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
• Claudio - Marcus O' Donovan

Production crew

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References

• The Doctor wears a shirt with 11 on when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5.

Story notes

• This episode was mistakenly entitled Reality Check, A Clinical Finish, Don't Go Up The Stairs, and Something At the Top Of 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. This wouldn't be the first time that a non-televised story had been adapted on the TV series, the Human Nature story being an example of adaption to the TV series.
• 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.
• The Doctor will wear some kind of ear piece as seen in the trailer and the picture above.
• The football team the Doctor and Craig play for is called the King's Arms.
• The Doctor was good in sports in DW: Black Orchid when he played good during a game of cricket.
• Four clips of the episode show the Doctor saying that he doesn't know why people call him the Doctor and Craig Owens showing him the dampness in the corner of the wall, Craig showing him his room and cooking a meal, after eating the meal, giving him his keys and looking at the dampness in the corner of the wall again and the Doctor and Craig playing football, the Doctor playing very well, Sophie taking a liking to him and Craig feeling bad because Sophie is really liking the Doctor because he scored a goal, were all released on the BBC Doctor Who website on the 10th of June 2010.
• A teaser has implied that several Doctors including the First and Second will appear, mentiong a charatcer appearing for the fourth time (First Doctor) this series, another for the third time (Second Doctor), and the rest for the second (all the other Doctors). [1]
• A certain number of clues and spoilers were released on SFX here is the list
• The first line is very funny
• A guest character from last week’s episode shows up a few times
• There’s the first gay allusion this series (sort of)
• The Doctor has more interesting adventures with food and drink
• Matt Smith fans will be freeze-framing one particular revealing moment
• A can of beer is opened at an important moment
• The Doctor commits an act of physical violence, sort of…
• A certain face shows up for the fourth time this series; another for a third; and others for a second time
• There’s lots of witty dialogue
• A regal couple put in an appearance
• Amy discovers something
• One of the most uttered phrases of series five comes up again
• It’s the most unusual ever episode of Doctor Who Confidential!
• It’s back
• Someone says the G-word
• There’s a monster’s hand in a drawer
• The psychic paper serves several purposes
• It’s rather a sweet love story and James Corden is actually quite likeable
• Someone says, “I love you”
• The Doctor is helped by some feline intuition[2]

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.
• This episode will be the one that features the Blue Peter Competition TARDIS console.
• As this episode is before the finale, it most likely will have a foreshadowing (like in Fear Her and The Waters of Mars) or link right into the finale (like Utopia and Turn Left).
• 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 DW:The Lodger and DW:The Pandorica Opens.

Filming locations

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Production errors

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Continuity

• On Craig Owen's fridge is a ticket to the Vincent van Gogh exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay, which the Doctor, Amy and later van Gogh himself visit in the previous episode (DW: 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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