Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
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| Directed by | Mat King | ||||
| Written by | Stephen Thompson | ||||
| Produced by | Marcus Wilson | ||||
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| Incidental music composer | Murray Gold | ||||
| Series | Series 7 | ||||
| Length | 45 minutes | ||||
| Originally broadcast | 27 April 2013 | ||||
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"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" is the tenth episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who and was broadcast on 27 April 2013, and stars Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald. This episode was written by Stephen Thompson and is about an adventure into the inner depths of the TARDIS. The episode also includes three brothers from an intergalactic salvage crew, played by Ashley Walters, Mark Oliver and Jahvel Hall.
The Doctor, sensing animosity between Clara and the TARDIS, decides to teach Clara how to operate it and disables its shields to enable its "basic mode". However, the TARDIS is caught by the magnetic tractor beam of a space salvage ship, damaging the TARDIS. Clara pleads with the Doctor to fix it, but he claims there is no "big friendly button" that can fix everything. Clara spots a strange egg-like device roll across the floor and tries to grab it but burns her hand. The ship jolts and the two are thrown into darkness.
The Doctor awakes to find himself on the salvage ship, manned by the stern Gregor Van Baalen, his brother Bram, and a human-looking android named Tricky with enhanced sensory devices, whom Gregor treats poorly. The Doctor tries to convince Gregor to help him rescue Clara, allowing them to salvage some parts of the ship. Gregor agrees, but when the three join the Doctor inside, he assures cooperation by locking the doors and setting a self-destruct countdown; he will disable it once Clara is rescued. They begin exploring the TARDIS, with Gregor attempting to assess the value of it, though the Doctor warns removing key parts will make the TARDIS angry. Despite this, Gregor orders Bram to start salvaging the console, during which he is killed by an ossified humanoid creature. After removing part of the architectural reconfiguration system, Gregor, Tricky, and the Doctor become trapped in a loop of corridors; the TARDIS is preventing the theft of its systems.
Clara, meanwhile, wakes up in a TARDIS corridor and tries to find her way to the console room. She is pursued by an ossified creature and hides in various rooms, including the TARDIS library where she reads from The History of the Time War before she's forced to flee. Her hand continues to ache from the burn, but she sees the burn marks resolving into letters. She ends up in the console room, where another ossified creature, mimicking her movements, approaches her.
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