In the opening scene of this Amy-lite story, the TARDIS takes off without the Doctor, leaving him stranded in present-day Colchester and forcing him to move in with Craig Owens, played by James Corden. Craig, initially happy to have found an amusingly weird lodger, soon finds the Doctor to be more than he bargained for...
This is a fairly simplistic story, and one which is outside the usual Doctor Who genre. It's rather like a Perspective Flip on the standard Romantic Comedy plotline. The antagonist, however, is a rather bizarre choice that feels rather out-of-place, although it's an interesting enough concept and as viewers we expect there to be some form of menace, so I'm not complaining about the antagonist's presence.
This is a very silly, lighthearted episode, and it's great fun. Blending in with humans has never been the Doctor's strong suit, so it's rare that we get to see the him attempting to live a reasonably everyday life, and naturally he comes across as quite the eccentric. He is, however, an insightful eccentric, moreso than he initially appears.
One thing I've been consistently impressed with this series is Matt Smith's portrayal of the Doctor. If I may be controversial for a moment: David Tennant took the role of the Doctor and made it his own, and he did so superbly. But Smith plays the Doctor, and perfectly captures everything that makes the character great.
Now, I don't know how popular that opinion is, but either way, I have to agree with considerably less controversial assessment that the Doctor rocks.
The Lodger
In the opening scene of this Amy-lite story, the TARDIS takes off without the Doctor, leaving him stranded in present-day Colchester and forcing him to move in with Craig Owens, played by James Corden. Craig, initially happy to have found an amusingly weird lodger, soon finds the Doctor to be more than he bargained for...
This is a fairly simplistic story, and one which is outside the usual Doctor Who genre. It's rather like a Perspective Flip on the standard Romantic Comedy plotline. The antagonist, however, is a rather bizarre choice that feels rather out-of-place, although it's an interesting enough concept and as viewers we expect there to be some form of menace, so I'm not complaining about the antagonist's presence.
This is a very silly, lighthearted episode, and it's great fun. Blending in with humans has never been the Doctor's strong suit, so it's rare that we get to see the him attempting to live a reasonably everyday life, and naturally he comes across as quite the eccentric. He is, however, an insightful eccentric, moreso than he initially appears.
One thing I've been consistently impressed with this series is Matt Smith's portrayal of the Doctor. If I may be controversial for a moment: David Tennant took the role of the Doctor and made it his own, and he did so superbly. But Smith plays the Doctor, and perfectly captures everything that makes the character great.
Now, I don't know how popular that opinion is, but either way, I have to agree with considerably less controversial assessment that the Doctor rocks.