Episode #218 : The Lodger.

Craig: Has anyone ever told you that you're a bit weird?
The Doctor: They never really stop.

Episode #218:      The Lodger.
Companions:        The 11th Doctor and Amy Pond.
Air Date:              12th June 2010.

A mysterious force blocks the TARDIS — with Amy inside it — from landing, keeping it stuck in a materialisation loop. It's up to the Eleventh Doctor to work out what that force is, lest Amy be lost forever along with his home. As he investigates, he learns of a house on Aickman Road, with a staircase which people walk up but never come back down. To solve this mystery, the Doctor must pass himself off as a normal human and share a flat with Craig Owens.

The Lodger is a fantastic story, not because of some cool science fiction or big battles, but because it is just funny. This adventure is companion lite as Amy is trapped aboard the TARDIS and the Doctor does all the hard work. The Doctor having to live as a normal everyday human just makes for some classic laugh out loud moments. Sometimes it just has to be as simple as that to make a good episode.

Ultimately though this is just another filler episode before the big end of season story. The only real element of this one that fits the rest of the story arc is that the source of the mystery appears to have a dead body that resembles a Silence from the next season. Coincidence or setting up? Who knows.

There isn't much more to this one so just enjoy this story for the comedy value and for James Corden in the role of Craig Owens.