Series 7, Episode 10 | 1 part | First broadcast: 27 April 2013 | Writer: Stephen Thompson | Director: Mat King
Cast
- Matt Smith as the Doctor
- Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald
- Ashley Walters as Gregor Van Baalen
- Mark Oliver as Tricky Van Baalen
Summary
A salvage crew of three brothers attempting to strip the TARDIS for scrap accidentally causes a catastrophic engine breach, hurling the Doctor, Clara, and the salvagers deep into the ship’s cavernous, ever-shifting interior in a race against time before it explodes. As they journey through rooms holding secrets from the Doctor’s past, Clara stumbles across information that threatens to reveal too much about her own impossible nature.
Interesting Facts
- This episode gives an extended, visually ambitious look inside the TARDIS beyond its familiar console room, exploring its vast interior architecture.
- The story flirts with revealing major secrets about Clara’s true nature, though a time-reset ending ultimately spares her those memories.
- The Van Baalen brothers, revealed to include android duplicates unaware of their own nature, echo the series’ recurring fascination with questions of identity.
- Deleted scenes and reshoots led to a notably compressed final cut compared to the story’s original ambitions.
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