History Recap / DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife

** Compare the line about people being BiggerOnTheInside with Creator/NeilGaiman's own page quote.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Amy and Rory asking the Doctor not to give them a bunk bed in their new bedroom, as the old one got destroyed in that battle with House. A bunk bed is not conducive for ...fun time.
--->'''The Doctor:''' No, bunk beds are cool! A bed -- with a ''ladder!'' You can't beat that!
** The Doctor is doing some work on an electrical system during this conversation. Right after they vanish from the screen to head off to their new bedroom, two plugs are coupled together and make a very big spark right before the shot changes.
** When the Doctor explains a bit incoherently that Sexy is the TARDIS in Idris' body, [[InvokedTrope Amy's response]] is "[[RoboShip Did you wish]] ''[[RoboShip really]]'' [[RoboShip hard?]]"
** After stating that there's a word on the tip of her ''tongue'', Sexy Thing suggestively moves towards the Doctor and says she has "a new idea about kissing".

-->'''The TARDIS:''' Are all people like this?\\

-->'''Amy:''' It's always you and her, isn't it? A boy and his box, off to see the universe.

** Also, there is a fun CallBack to Eleven's first episode: the TARDIS insists her name is [[RoboShip "Sexy"]].

** The Doctor has travelled to an alternate universe using only a TARDIS console before, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]".

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The spirit of the TARDIS possessing a human female.]] [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Even]] [[Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures older]] [[Literature/FactionParadox than]] [[OlderThanTheyThink they think]].

* TakeMeInstead: {{Inverted|Trope}} and PlayedForLaughs. [[CrossingTheLineTwice At the same time.]]

** The Doctor offhandedly mentions that being trapped in a rift outside of the confines of the universe should give the TARDIS plenty of time to recharge. The TARDIS needing to recharge at the Cardiff rift was a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown recurring]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia plot point]] during the RussellTDavies-helmed era of the show.

** Amy refers to this trope by name at the end:

The TARDIS is in flight. There's a knock on the door, and when opened, a far-away cube of light is seen. When beckoned, it hits the Doctor in the chest, whizzes about and then actually comes to him. "I've got mail," the Doctor says with glee.

-->'''Rory:''' I had a PE teacher like you once...

The one where the TARDIS is in the flesh, Ten's desktop is back, and Rory dies. Except he didn't. ''Also'' the one where [[TearJerker we all cry]]. Continuously... and very hard.

** In the original script the TARDIS says "I forgive you", implying the Doctor is able to get ''over'' being TheAtoner.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: While the Doctor has proven time and time again that he will, if necessary, ''end your existence'', this time The TARDIS proves that while she is usually just a police box shaped alien ship, she also ''survived the goddamn Time War'' in a shape relatively close to one piece and is equally as dangerous as the Doctor is if given the chance. Like sexy like thief, it seems.

** Reportedly, the line of gibberish Idris spouts in her cell was originally intended to be "the only water in the forest is the river".

* YankTheDogsChain: Sorry, Doctor, but you are indeed the last Time Lord.

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: House is never shown to try to MindRape Rory. It's later revealed in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E11TheGodComplex The God Complex]]", when a similar entity tries to pull the same trick and fails, that you simply ''can't'' due to his 1,894-year heroic run as the Last Centurion. Rory no longer fears anything.

--->'''The TARDIS:''' "Borrowing" implies an eventual intention to return the thing which was taken. What makes you think I would ''ever'' give you back?

* IronicEcho: The Doctor repeats his threat from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]", but this time, his BerserkButton has been pushed.

* MathematiciansAnswer: After being asked how you can leave the universe, the Doctor replies "With immense difficulty".

* {{Revision}}: Gaiman does a masterful job of revising the Doctor's origin story. The Doctor wanted to see the universe, so he "borrowed" a TARDIS and ran away from Gallifrey. Turns out, the TARDIS wanted to see the universe, ''so she stole a Time Lord'' (by leaving her doors unlocked for the Doctor. She was the ''only'' one unlocked.) and ran away from Gallifrey. Turns out they both got exactly what they wanted.

* SacrificialLamb: Poor Idris. An innocent girl whose soul is sucked out by House in the prime of life in the opening moments of the episode, and whose body turns into an unwitting vessel for the TARDIS and fails on her and evaporates into nothing.

* ManlyTears: Eleven sheds a few when he realizes the TARDIS must revert back to being just a ship he can't communicate with, and from her perspective, it may be once and for all. The only time he will ever get to talk to her and all those questions will be left unanswered for all of time.
'''The Doctor:''' [-''Please'' don't go...-]

The one where the TARDIS is in the flesh, Ten's desktop is back, and Rory dies. Except he didn't. ''Also'' the one where we all cry. Continuously... and very hard.

The one where the TARDIS is in the flesh, Ten's desktop is back, and Rory dies. Except he didn't.

* GenreSavvy:
** Amy gets the honour this episode, and is right on the mark.
--->'''Amy:''' Doctor, listen to me. Don't get emotional, because that's when you make mistakes.\\\
'''Amy:''' It's just what [Time Lords are] called. It doesn't mean [the Doctor] actually knows what he's doing.\\\
'''Amy:''' No sonic screwdriver, also the doors seem to have locked behind us. Rory believes there's a perfectly innocent explanation, but '''I''' think you lied to us.
** Rory also displays some by knowing that the villain never wants to just kill someone when there's a chance to psychologically torture them instead.

** The Doctor offhandedly mentions that being trapped in a rift outside of the confines of the universe should give the TARDIS plenty of time to recharge. The TARDIS needing to recharge at the Cardiff rift was a [[[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown recurring]] [[[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia plot point]] during the RussellTDavies-helmed era of the show.

** The Doctor finds that many Time Lords went to the junkyard at the end of the universe. Earlier, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]", Captain Jack Harkness said the end of the universe was the perfect place for a Time Lord to hide from the Time War.

* FauxAffablyEvil: House acts like a gentleman who is providing hospitality to travellers, but he's actually luring them into a trap.

-->'''The TARDIS''' "[[spoiler:So much bigger on the inside]]."