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5x011 The Lodger (Grading/Discussion) SPOILERS!!

Grade "The Lodger

  • Who da Man?!

    Votes: 36 33.6%

  • Good

    Votes: 50 46.7%

  • Average

    Votes: 10 9.3%

  • Poor

    Votes: 8 7.5%

  • What episode? The crack erased it

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Total voters
    107
  • Poll closed .
I thought tonight was amazing. I was worried it would be like the peter kay episode but I enjoyed all the character interaction and I enjoyed it a lot more than the England game. Good old dr who never disapoints.
I'm really excited about next week but im concerned it wont tie up everything well in just 2 hours. Especially if they wait till the end of the first part to reveall what the pandorica is. I don't like the two parters using this trick. it may make for a good cliffhanger but often leaves the 2nd part rushed. Whilst the first part feels padded.
 
I can die happy now. He is just so adorable, especially wearing nothing but a towel. :drool: :drool: :drool:

As for the story... what was with all the headbutting? It was funny, but wouldn't something less painful have worked just as well? And what was the point of Craig having to kiss Sophie? I couldn't catch a lot of the dialog there. And at the end, was Amy remembering Rory, or does she think the Doctor's about to propose? :lol:
 
Thor Damar said:
Is it just me or did the hologram that talked to Craig look and possibly sound like...
the first doctor?:wtf:
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Yeah...I noticed that too right away - both the look and the sound made me immediately think that...not to mention, the whole
set they where on...
 
Lonemagpie said:
Allyn Gibson said:
Lonemagpie said:
It was the RTD-era TARDIS set, stripped down...
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Interesting. I knew they hadn't struck the set. That raised the question -- might we see it again...? Interesting that it's turned up.
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I think they've struck it now, but needed (bits of) it for this first
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Which means it would have still been standing when the finale was shot and could have been used then, as "The Lodger" was part of the last filming block...
 
The build-up of the mystery was great, the Doctor was great and that upstairs turned out to be a TARDIS was great, too.
However, I honestly didn't understand what exactly was going on with that other TARDIS? Who was actually building it? Why would it destroy the Solar System and how did this hand scanner thing work? :confused:
I didn't care for the b-plot with Craig and his girlfriend, it was a bit too corny for me. Overall, I guess, it's an average episode for me.
The preview for next week looks exciting. I'm almost tempted to go read spoilers for it.
 
I thought the build-up for the mystery was pretty weak, though the payoff was better than expected. The Doctor being foiled by a perception filter is one of those a-ha moments, where staples get turned on him, ie the Time Lord Prison (Genesis Ark).

Largely, I thought this episode was average-above average, but I wasn't expecting much either. Smith shined through (I love that he's weirder than Tennant) and he always means well.

And thankfully, no embarrassingly bad monsters this week, unlike last week.

I can name some worse episodes from this series, but I want to be positive. This was a pretty light, but still dependable, episode. I dig these more character-driven stories.

(oh, and yes, I got the Voyager reference)
 
Gep Malakai said:
Great episode all around. Whoever said upthread that it felt very RTD was spot on, and that's a good thing. :techman:
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There was even a gay reference.

Craig: "In case you want to bring someone round. A girlfriend or...boyfriend..."

OMG! The 'Gay Agenda' is back! :eek:



addendum:

Oh, how could I forget:

Craig: "Is that a reference from the Archbishop of Canterbury?!"

The Doctor: "I'm his special favorite. Shhhh."

Wow. Best innuendo since the 'rubbish beard'.
 
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Well this was brilliant! I thought it had a "Blink" vibe going for it myself and thought Craig and Sophie were pretty good. Why didn't the Doctor use his John Smith alias? What exactly was the Tardis console design? The scanner that the Doctor created or the weird Tardis console inside the ship? The trailer for next weekend looks epic as hell. Can't wait.
 
The counterfeit TARDIS looks like a darn TARDIS to me, with the four dimensions, faux exterior, and remarkably similar console room: I like how it's ostensively flashier than the Doctor's own TARDIS, but is in actual fact more rough round the edges and primitive. The lighting and decor is somewhat similar to the interior of the Eighth Doctor's gothic TARDIS. I really hope this is the introduction of a mysterious new faction who rival the Time Lords and Daleks. Oh and I must say James Corden was a dreadful guest star.
 
Count Zero said:
Yeah, I think it's safe to say it's on tonight.
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It would have to be; ever since mid-season when we learned June 26 was the start of it all, Moff tied in the story arc with the broadcast date.

If The Lodger had been delayed a week, the finale would air a week later than it should.
 
I enjoyed it. I get the non-love for Corden, and the girl was a bit of a drip, but overall I've seen worse. The Doctor's quirkiness and eccentricity really shone in this - the football game was funny, he doesn't seem like a team player. :lol:

The resolution was a bit so-so, but the story wasn't about that, it was two odd guys sharing a house, one of them is desperately in love but doesn't know how to say it.

Mind you... "Can't see the point of Paris/London"? :rolleyes: Can't stand that attitude.
 
TedShatner10 said:
The counterfeit TARDIS looks like a darn TARDIS to me, with the four dimensions, faux exterior, and remarkably similar console room: I like how it's ostensively flashier than the Doctor's own TARDIS, but is in actual fact more rough round the edges and primitive. The lighting and decor is somewhat similar to the interior of the Eighth Doctor's gothic TARDIS. I really hope this is the introduction of a mysterious new faction who rival the Time Lords and Daleks. Oh and I must say James Corden was a dreadful guest star.
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Well remember it was a crashed ship. So it's entirely possible that the ship is a TARDIS that's being slowly regrown/rebuilt. What we could have seen is a TARDIS sans the desktop theme.

Quick theory:
That the reason the Emergency Hologram sounded and looked like the 1st Doctor is that it was a avatar of the 1st Doctor and the ship was saw was the TARDIS. Which explains why the TARDIS was having trouble landing. And it could tie back to the destruction of the TARDIS at the end of the season.
 
I loved it. Delightfully off-concept.

And with the TARDIS, the Doctor doesn't have to ever miss one of Craig's pub league football matches. :)
 
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