Doctor Who The Lodger June 12th 2010

After stepping out of the TARDIS in modern-day Colchester, the Doctor is blown off his feet by a ...After stepping out of the TARDIS in modern-day Colchester, the Doctor is blown off his feet by a blast of air, and the TARDIS, Amy still inside, dematerialises into the time vortex, refusing to rematerialise. With Amy's help, the Doctor tracks the disturbance to the second floor of a house. The Doctor opts to take a room for rent offered by the downstairs tenant, Craig Owens, in order to determine what is present on the second floor without alerting it to his Time Lord nature. Neither Craig nor the Doctor are aware of people being lured into the second floor flat and never leaving, but the Doctor is conscious of localised time loops and disturbances aboard the TARDIS that coincide with noises from the second floor.

Over two days, the Doctor attempts to adapt to human life and learns about Craig more; an office worker with little aspiration to move onward, Craig is stuck in a platonic relationship with his co-worker Sophie. The Doctor becomes overly involved in Craig's life, becoming the star player in Craig's local football club, filling in for him at the call centre when Craig falls ill, and convincing Sophie to follow her dreams to travel overseas to help animals before Craig can profess his love for her. Craig, upset at the Doctor's influences, accosts the Doctor and demands he leave, forcing the Doctor to reveal his history and his reason for being in that flat to Craig

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