Meanwhile in the TARDIS - Scene Two

This specially commissioned scene takes place between the ending of Flesh and Stone and the beginning of The Vampires of Venice. It shows Amy's continuing attempts to seduce the Doctor until he sorts her and Rory's relationship out in the next episode.

The minisode begins with the Doctor leading Amy into the TARDIS after the final moments of Flesh and Stone. Amy continues to try and seduce the Doctor into sleeping with her saying that "he looks like an ordinary bloke and blokes need to still 'Do Things'". The Doctor is repulsed by Amy's stance and refers to himself as Gandalf from Lord of the Rings and also that little green one from Star Wars. 

This shows that this new Doctor while more youthful in appearance, is actually much older at heart trying to stay away from romantic entanglement with his companions. The scene continues in the same vein with Amy questioning the Doctor on whether or not he has had previous companions travelling with him. She tries to get the TARDIS to show previous in habitants but it's voice locked so the Doctor would have to say "Show me all previous TARDIS inhabitants". The TARDIS then shows all previous female companions with a particular emphasis on Leela, who was a savage and companion to the Fourth Doctor. This doesn't deter Amy and the Doctor sets course for Rory's stag party to put right what went wrong.

Both of these minisodes allow the Doctor and Amy relationship to be fleshed out more and create an interesting dynamic between them as throughout the first five episodes, the Doctor and Amy are discovering more and more about each other which will lead to Amy affectionately calling the Doctor "Raggedy Man or Raggedy Doctor". While these scenes aren't pivotal to the story arc or even specific episodes from the series, they allow for some nice character moments between our two series leads and both Matt Smith and Karen Gillan play them fantastically.

NEXT TIME: THE VAMPIRES OF VENICE