The one where Amy has a breakdown.
A series of YouTube-released mini-episodes, Written by Chris Chibnall. Similar to the "Night and the Doctor" mini-episodes, these have a Minimalist Cast of just Amy, Rory, and the Doctor. And an Ood. They can be watched here
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April: The Doctor leaves a voicemail for Amy and Rory's home phone. So far, he escaped from the Sontarans through surfing on lava, met Mata Hari, and made a rap record. The call ends with the Doctor having the usual TARDIS issues.
Then Rory and Amy have a drink like they're playing some kind of drinking game with their voicemail...
May: The Doctor drops in on Amy and Rory asleep in bed. The Doctor tells them that the planet is in danger, but apparently he got them at the wrong time. Then the Doctor tells them that the future is really safe. Really, really safe.
June: Rory is about to go to the bathroom but finds something inside there. After a double take, Amy walks in to the hallway. The two of them look inside. It's an Ood!
July: The Ood continues to live with Amy and Rory as their butler. The Doctor promises he'll come pick it up eventually, but first he has to deal with the TARDIS about to implode.
August: The Doctor calls the Ponds to say he picked up the Ood and that he popped round for a visit, but they weren't home. He tells them to call him if they need him, but ends up deleting the message right before Amy comes back to an empty house. Flashback to Rory leaving in anger after the couple had a big argument.
Tropes:
- Alternative Hip Hop: The Doctor made a rap record.
- Between My Legs: We see the Doctor between Mata Hari's legs, right after her Dress Hits Floor.
- Blatant Lies: After making a big show of running in on Amy and Rory in bed (again) to tell them that the Earth is in danger, the Doctor immediately rescinds his comment on finding out that he came too early, and says that the future is safe. Really, really safe.
- Continuity Nod: Sharp-eared viewers will hear the Doctor mention the Androvax Conflict. Whether they're referring to the same Androvax from The Sarah Jane Adventures or simply recycling the name is unclear.
- Downer Ending: August, the last month featured, ends following a huge argument between the Ponds. This is revealed to be because Rory was considering having another child and Amy didn't want to tell him she was rendered sterile.
- Drinking Game: Rory and Amy seem to play one whilst listening what the Doctor's been up to.
- Flashback: The reason for the Mood Whiplash is related to one: Amy and Rory arguing about something. The reason for it is revealed in the first episode of Series 7.
- Gray Rain of Depression: When the Doctor finally turns up at the Ponds and they're not there because they've split up, it's raining.
- Literal Metaphor: The Doctor once mentions that he'll be at the couple's place any day. Literally any day.
- Missed Him by That Much: The Doctor erases his invitation to call him just before Amy plays the message, at a time when she really wants the Doctor's support.
- Mood Dissonance: "August" has typical Eleven silliness in a voiceover with a visual of Amy and Rory arguing.
- Mood Whiplash: The first four are pure comedy, and then suddenly Amy and Rory have split up.
- Mythology Gag: It appears Jon Pertwee was wrong. The only thing more frightening than a "Yeti on your loo in Tooting Bec" is an Ood on the Ponds' loo.
- No Sense of Personal Space: The Doctor walks in on Amy and Rory in bed, then sits down on the bed. There are rules about the bedroom!
- Noodle Incident: The Doctor has walked in on Amy and Rory before.
- He also may have accidentally invented pasta.
- What the Doctor was doing at the Battle of Hastings is never explained for us. It involved arrows. One hit the Heimlich Regulator on the TARDIS.
- He also may have accidentally invented pasta.
- Pretty Fly for a White Guy: Or for a Time Lord. Again, rapping Doctor.
- Slice of Life: A rare Doctor Who example in that we see what "Pond Life" is like outside of the Doctor's adventures.
- Something Else Also Rises: The Doctor's bread as he watches Mata Hari's Dress Hits Floor.
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: The Ood that briefly ends up living with Amy and Rory as their butler. In a inversion, he does a brilliant job, but they feel guilty about having a Slave Mook working for them.
- Visual Pun: Faced with a nude Mata Hari while toasting a bread product, the Doctor can't take his eyes off the crumpet.
- Wham Episode: "August" shows the Happily Married Ponds in a big argument.
