Howling:Attic in The Lodger vs. 3rd floor on Amy's house

In The Eleventh Hour, there is a shot with Young Amy and The Doctor, when he tells her to look in the corner of her eye. Very clearly, the extra door can be seen, as well as a set of stairs leading to a higher floor.

They are, at this point, on the second floor, because the Doctor runs downstairs to get back out to the TARDIS. However, there is no third floor on Amy's house, either during Young Amy's time or in Older Amy's time:



The stairs are also shown when Kiss-O-Gram Amy has the Doctor handcuffed to the radiator. There is not enough information given in the New Timeline to determine whether this happens then also.

This is essentially the same thing that happened in The Lodger, down to the whole "no third floor" thing. Has this been discussed yet? I searched the forum and sit and wasn't able to come up with anything. I don't think this is a plot hole; I mean, it was very obviously shown in the above shot. Is it even relevant anymore, given the whole New Timeline thing? - Ummwhat 19:09, November 24, 2010 (UTC)

What new timeline? It's just the universe restored. The cracks had always existed, both before (The Next Doctor) and after (Flesh and Stone) The Big Bang. Following The Big Bang, River will meet a two pre-Big Bang Doctors who will eventually learn about the cracks, something that she had already experienced in her timeline. The same apples vice versa: the Doctor will meet pre-Big Bang River loads of times after he has experienced it already, and she will go on to. It's the same universe.

As for the supposed "third floor"... it is a real house. There really is a second staircase well before they ever filmed there. It leads into the house attic. Delton Menace 10:56, November 25, 2010 (UTC)