Doctor Who:
The Lodger
By Gareth
Roberts
“Bow ties
are cool.”
The Lodger
is a nice episode that does not have many complicated scenarios going on. In
other words this is a classic filler episode. The Lodger is the last story of
the season before the grand finale of the season. So in essence it makes sense
to have a light story that doesn’t require much brain work.
The Lodger
is a unique story as it takes place on Earth and the Doctor has lost his TARDIS
and Amy. The TARDIS took off without the Doctor due to what was in a house that
the Doctor must get into to figure out how to get the TARDIS and Amy back and
that means shacking up with a man named Craig.
The central
figures in this story are Craig and Sophie.
Craig and Sophie is a couple who don’t know it yet. It appears that the
two of them have trouble telling each other how the other one feels. It isn’t
until the Doctor enters their lives does that fact appears apparent. Despite
his good intentions of blending with the Doctor appears to do more damage that
good. What makes The Lodger a pretty good story is that it takes a different
approach and is actually funny and light hearted and not really a serious
story.
There is a
problem brewing between Craig and The Doctor.
Craig becomes incredible jealous of the Doctor seen pretty evident at
the soccer game. It appears the Doctor is a pretty good player and that drives
Craig furious especially when Sophie starts cheering for the Doctor. It was pretty good timing with this sequence
as the World Cup match between England and the USA took place after the
episode. (Which ended in a tie by the way.)
I liked this
story. It was different and humorous and tried something different. It also was
another story in which the Doctor had to use his intelligence to figure out
what was wrong and how to solve the problem. It was great to see the Sonic Screwdriver
ineffective again. I liked it when the writers do not use that device. Having
the Doctor dependent on it seems to cheapen the resolution. I liked the gizmo
that the Doctor made in his bed room out of junk that he found around the
street. Kind of took me back to old school Doctor Who when the Doctor would do
that all the time mainly in the 3rd Doctor era.
This story
was pretty good as it showed a lot of emotion and you were wondering if Craig
would actually tell Sophie his feelings for her. When he did it made for a nice
happy ending the type that doesn’t happen all the time in Doctor Who. So in all
The Lodger is a nice awkward Doctor Who love story that isn’t all that
complicated to enjoy but was very joyful to watch.
Grade B+
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