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The Lodger (TV story)

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The Lodger[1] is the eleventh episode of Series 5.

Synopsis

There’s a house on Aickman road, and a staircase that people go up, but never down. To solve the mystery of the man upstairs, the Doctor faces his greatest challenge yet – he must pass himself off as a perfectly normal human being, and share a flat with Craig Owens. [2]

Plot

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Cast

Production crew

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References

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Story Notes

  • This episode was mistakenly entitled Reality Check 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.

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[10], and have not appeared in the first 9 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.

Filming locations

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Production errors

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Continuity

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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.[11]

See also

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External links

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Footnotes

  1. Post by Tom Spilsbury on Gallifrey Baseaccessed 27th May 2010
  2. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/dont-go-up-the-stairs-6219.htm
  3. DWM 421, Page 12 - More cast members confirmed for Series One
  4. DWM 421, Page 12 - More cast members confirmed for Series One
  5. DWM 421, Page 12 - More cast members confirmed for Series One
  6. DWM 421, Page 12 - More cast members confirmed for Series One
  7. DWM 421, Page 12 - More cast members confirmed for Series One
  8. DWM 421, Page 12 - More cast members confirmed for Series One
  9. DWM 421, Page 12 - More cast members confirmed for Series One
  10. DWM418
  11. DWM 421, Page 18

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