With the TARDIS send spinning off through the vortex without him, the Doctor needs to find out what is causing the interference preventing the ship from properly materialising and in the process becomes a lodger to Craig, played by James Cordon.
A bit of a rom-com episode with Craig and his friend Sophie being absolutely useless at admitting their true feelings for each other. I mean if even the Doctor, with his lack of social awareness, can see it then it's staggering that it takes them so long to admit their love for each other.
So many funny moments in this story, just what was needed after the rather heavy episode from yesterday. I love the way the Doctor takes a massive swig of wine before casually spitting it back out into the glass with it not being to his taste. The third Doctor would certainly not approve, he was a man who liked his wine if Day Of The Daleks is anything to go by. Unfortunately for the eleventh Doctor we will later discover that he hates wine as it doesn't taste anything like the gums which is a fair point I suppose.
We also get a scene of the Doctor playing football! I remember seeing pictures of the football game when this episode was being filmed and just assumed that they were from a bit of down time between filming scenes. The Doctor couldn't possibly be playing football. I suppose the fifth Doctor was partial to the odd game of cricket so it's not that unusual. Matt Smith is obviously a very good footballer, I believe he was planning on that as his career before an injury ruled it out. But seeing the Doctor playing football I just couldn't stop thinking that this is supposed to be the same man as played by William Hartnell and I certainly couldn't imagine him darting round a football field!
This episode was great and it's a real showcase for Matt Smith and his version of the Doctor. It's interesting that I really can't see any other Doctor in this story, except maybe Tom Baker. Any other Doctor would have seem to have more awareness of how humanity socialises and it's the eccentricity of the Doctor as he has to get used to living a normal life that makes this episode so much fun.
840 days done, with just 60 left to go. The final two months of this epic two and half year challenge. The end is in sight!
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