Stories Television Doctor Who Series 6 Doctor Who S6 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Doctor’s Wife 2 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 5 Statistics Quotes 10 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, May 14, 2011 Production Code 2.3 Written by Neil Gaiman Directed by Richard Clark Runtime 45 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Body Possession, Distress Signal, Doctor kisses, Mind Control Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Melody Pond Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Hypercube, Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Bubble Universe UK Viewers 7.97 million Appreciation Index 87 Synopsis The Eleventh Doctor receives a message from an old Time Lord friend. The message brings him, Rory Williams and Amy Pond to another universe where they meet an alien who eats TARDISes. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith Amy Pond Karen Gillan Rory Williams Arthur Darvill Idris House The Ood TARDIS First Appearance Spoiler!Click to reveal 👀 Show All Characters (7) How to watch The Doctor’s Wife: Watch on iPlayer Doctor Who Confidential Blu-Ray The Complete Sixth Series [Steelbook] Blu-Ray The Complete Sixth Series DVD The Complete Sixth Series Blu-Ray Series 6: Part 1 DVD Series 6: Part 1 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 5 reviews 25 February 2025 · 15 words Review by ThePlumPudding 1 a great story and a fun time, direct to you from the worst being imaginable. ThePlumPudding View profile Like Liked 1 14 January 2025 · 8 words Review by Mittens 1 Hatsune Miku is my favourite Doctor Who writer Mittens View profile Like Liked 1 8 January 2025 · 70 words Review by BSCTDrayden 1 Some of the dialogue is a lot more cringe than I remembered - especially from the TARDIS - but when performances, script (other than aforementioned dialogue), ideas and feelings are all this good who cares! House is a great villain, and I love the way He messes with Amy and Rory. And of course the TARDIS and Doctor stuff is delightful when not cringe and "haha aren't we so wacky" 💖 BSCTDrayden View profile Like Liked 1 23 September 2024 · 49 words Review by AndyUK 1 Had some brilliant ideas, such as House, the Frankenstein-like body parts, Amy and Rory's scenes in the TARDIS corridors and of course The Doctor and The TARDIS actually being able to talk to each other after all of those years. The latter could have been cringeworthy but it worked. AndyUK View profile Like Liked 1 24 April 2024 · 214 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! Very occasionally a story will come along which makes the show slightly turn on its axis, one that gently changes the show forever. At the heart of this story is Idris and The Doctor; Doctor Who and the TARDIS. It redefines their relationship by making it more explicit, by giving the machine a voice. Neil Gaiman builds a whole world in The Doctor’s Wife, one that sits perfectly within the context of the show, but also one that could sit independently of it. There’s a small number of characters but an epic scale. House and it’s three creations all have a spooky charm which is played perfectly. Quirky, but never silly. Our regulars are on fine form. Matt Smith when he discovers that the cries of Time Lords is in fact just the distress signal cubes, is something to behold. Karen and Arthur slowly going mad in the TARDIS is another excellent turn. Another stand out moment is the mind bending quality of seeing Tennent’s TARDIS out of context, where it shouldn’t be. I remembered loving this, but I didn’t expect to get quite so swept up in it. This is the beauty of a less remembered era, your absolute favourites can take you by surprise. 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating719 members 4.06 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,320 votes 4.27 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1482 Favourited 206 Reviewed 5 Saved 4 Skipped 0 Owned 16 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite AMY: You want to be forgiven. DOCTOR: Don't we all? — The Doctor’s Wife Show All Quotes (10) Open in new window Transcript + Script [Spaceship] (A young woman is led in by an older woman. She speaks to a man wearing a tattered Confederate Army uniform.) IDRIS: Will it be me, Uncle?UNCLE: Yes, it's going to be you. I only wish I could go in your place, Idris. Nah, I don't, because it's really going to hurt. (An Ood with glowing green eyes appears behind Idris.) IDRIS: It's starting. What will happen?AUNTIE: Oh. Er, Nephew will drain your mind and your soul from your body and leave your body empty. Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)