Meanwhile in the TARDIS

"Amy Pond, you've barely started..."

Writer: Steven Moffat

Format: TV

Released: 8th November 2010

Series: Series 5 Extra 01/02

Featuring: Eleventh Doctor, Amy  

Synopsis 

Two scenes that take place after The Eleventh Hour and Flesh and Stone entirely in the TARDIS and lead into the following episode of the TV series.

Verdict 

Meanwhile in the TARDIS was a great double minisode and I really liked the use of filling in the 'gaps' between the two episodes mentioned in the synopsis. Scene one was terrific and I really loved how Amy was quite overwhelmed at what the TARDIS was capable of. She was so full of questions which I'm sure, deep down, the Doctor loved. I loved how the Doctor talked of his pride at how the TARDIS could blend itself in, only to tell Amy that it was stuck. The way he acted as if it hadn't been happening for long was just magnificent. As seen in The Beast Below's opening scene, Amy was outside the TARDIS in space and now we know why. The Doctor literally pushed her out to make her believe that it wasn't just 'special effects.' 

Scene two was great and after the events of Flesh and Stone, Amy was now used to her TARDIS setting and what the Doctor was all about. And she was feeling rather flirtatious believing that the Doctor had took a shine to Amy (who could blame him) and was using his time machine as a way of getting her into bed! And judging by Amy's actions if that were a plan of the Doctor's, of course it wasn't, then it worked! The beautiful description of the Doctor explaining why Amy was on the TARDIS was incredibly poignant. To him, the universe was just stuff. He'd seen it all before but when somebody new sees things beyond their wildest dreams then it's like he's seen them for the first time. I thought that was lovely. The humour when Amy asked of the gender of former companions and then tricked the Doctor into showing her, the flashbacks of the likes of Leela, Peri and Rose were just magnificent! They then set off to surprise Rory and lead into The Vampires of Venice. Overall, two fantastic minisodes! 

Rating: 9/10