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Doctor Who S5 • Episode 11

The Lodger

3.33/ 5 552 votes

First aired Saturday, June 12, 2010
Production Code 1.11
Written by Gareth Roberts
Directed by Catherine Morshead
Runtime 45 minutes
Story Type Companion-Lite
Time Travel Present
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Deadlock Seal Shape Shifting
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Crack in time Silence Will Fall
UK Viewers 6.44 million
Appreciation Index 87
Synopsis

A mysterious force blocks the TARDIS — with Amy inside it — from landing, keeping it stuck in a materialisation loop. It's up to the Doctor to work out what that force is, lest Amy be lost forever along with his home/motor. As he investigates, the Doctor learns of a house on Aickman Road, with a staircase which people walk up but never come back down. To solve this mystery, the Doctor must pass himself off as a normal human and share a flat with Craig Owens.

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