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'''''The Lodger''''' was the eleventh episode of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the fifth series]] of the revived series of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Based on a [[The Lodger (comic story)|comic strip of the same name]], it was the third instance, after ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' and ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', of a story from another medium being directly adapted for television. It was also a [[companion-lite]] story, like ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''. This | '''''The Lodger''''' was the eleventh episode of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the fifth series]] of the revived series of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Based on a [[The Lodger (comic story)|comic strip of the same name]], it was the third instance, after ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' and ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', of a story from another medium being directly adapted for television. It was also a [[companion-lite]] story, somewhat like ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''. This adventure provided the first hints of the [[Silent]]'s presence on [[Earth]], though they were not seen until the [[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|following season]]. | ||
''The Lodger'' introduced recurring character [[Craig Owens]] and his girlfriend [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]]. Craig especially would play an integral part in [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|the following series]]. The actor portraying his character, [[James Corden]], | ''The Lodger'' introduced recurring character [[Craig Owens]] and his girlfriend [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]]. Craig especially would play an integral part in [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|the following series]]. The actor portraying his character, [[James Corden]], was also a close friend of [[Matt Smith]]. They engaged in several humorous shenanigans on set, as seen in ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' and in the extras for the Series 5 releases. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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* This is an Amy-lite episode, similar to the [[Donna Noble|Donna]]-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'' and in the vein of the Doctor and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'' and the [[Martha Jones|Martha]] (and Doctor)-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Blink]]''. ''However, Amy features throughout this story, while in ''Midnight'', Donna was completely absent, apart from the beginning and the ending.'' | * This is an Amy-lite episode, similar to the [[Donna Noble|Donna]]-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'' and in the vein of the Doctor and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'' and the [[Martha Jones|Martha]] (and Doctor)-lite episode [[TV]]: ''[[Blink]]''. ''However, Amy features throughout this story, while in ''Midnight'', Donna was completely absent, apart from the beginning and the ending.'' | ||
* This is the first time in the new series that the Doctor has definitively stated how many incarnations he has had — he tells Craig he is the eleventh. | * This is the first time in the new series that the Doctor has definitively stated how many incarnations he has had — he tells Craig he is the eleventh. | ||
* * This later | * * This is later clarified in ''[[The Name of the Doctor]] ''through'' [[The Time of the Doctor]]''. They reveal he is actually in his final incarnation, having an aborted regeneration in [[Journey's End (TV story)|''Journey's End'']], while not acknowledging the [[War Doctor]]. His reference here means that he is the eleventh incarnation to refer to himself as the Doctor. | ||
* The Doctor wears a football kit, playing for [[Craig Owens|Craig]]'s pub team, the King's Arms. He wears a jersey with 11 on it when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5. | * The Doctor wears a football kit, playing for [[Craig Owens|Craig]]'s pub team, the King's Arms. He wears a jersey with 11 on it when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5. | ||
* The Doctor playing football in the episode is a coincidental reference to the fact that Matt Smith originally wanted to become a professional footballer before a back injury, caused him to focus on acting instead. However writer Gareth Roberts has stated that the football scene was always going to be carried over from the comic story and he began writing it prior to the casting of Smith <ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/10/“the-lodger”-interview/</ref>. | * The Doctor playing football in the episode is a coincidental reference to the fact that Matt Smith originally wanted to become a professional footballer before a back injury, caused him to focus on acting instead. However writer Gareth Roberts has stated that the football scene was always going to be carried over from the comic story and he began writing it prior to the casting of Smith <ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/10/“the-lodger”-interview/</ref>. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* On Craig's fridge is a post card advertising a [[Vincent van Gogh]] art display, which the Doctor, Amy and van Gogh himself visited | * On Craig's fridge is a post card advertising a [[Vincent van Gogh]] art display, which the Doctor, Amy and van Gogh himself visited. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | ||
* In the Doctor's room in Craig's flat there is a print on the wall which appears to be a variation of a van Gogh sketch of a [[wheat]] harvest from one of the artist's letters written in August 1884 ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]''). [http://www.vggallery.com/letters/sketches/p_0508.htm] | * In the Doctor's room in Craig's flat there is a print on the wall which appears to be a variation of a van Gogh sketch of a [[wheat]] harvest from one of the artist's letters written in August 1884 ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]''). [http://www.vggallery.com/letters/sketches/p_0508.htm] | ||
* This is not the first time the Doctor has [[shower]]ed himself on screen, nor sung in the shower. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | * This is not the first time the Doctor has [[shower]]ed himself on screen, nor sung in the shower. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
