Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS was the tenth regular episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It was notable for marking the first time the Doctor told Clara Oswald about her multiple lives and deaths.

Synopsis
The TARDIS has crashed, Clara is lost inside, and the Doctor has 30 minutes before his ship explodes!

Plot
Clara is lost in the depths of the TARDIS which is invaded by an intergalactic salvage crew who want to sell it for scrap, but the Doctor threatens to destroy the TARDIS by putting it in lock down and activating the self destruct if the salvage crew doesn't help him find Clara.

Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Clara Oswald - Jenna-Louise Coleman
 * Gregor van Baalen - Ashley Walters
 * Bram van Baalen - Mark Oliver
 * Tricky - Jahvel Hall

Books

 * The History of the Time War is a book unfolding the history of the Last Great Time War. Clara is reading the book while in The TARDIS' library.

Story notes

 * The name of the episode was influenced by the novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
 * This is the first televised story to include the word "TARDIS" in its title.

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Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity

 * Clara glimpses the TARDIS swimming pool. (TV: The Invasion of Time, The Eleventh Hour, Day of the Moon)
 * Clara hides in the TARDIS's library. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)
 * Inside the library, the Doctor has kept a book outlining the history of the Time War. (Rose, The Unquiet Dead, et al)
 * Clara comes across The Doctor's cot. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War, GAME: The Gunpowder Plot)
 * As the TARDIS leaks the past, the voices of Susan Foreman and Ian Chesterton from TV: An Unearthly Child and the Ninth Doctor from TV: Rose could be heard. The Third Doctor, Martha Jones and Amy Pond may also be heard.
 * This is the third time the Doctor has forced others into helping him by threatening to blow the TARDIS up, the first was TV: Attack of the Cybermen the second was TV: Victory of the Daleks.
 * Seventh Doctor's umbrella from Paradise Towers.
 * The Eye of Harmony is seen within the TARDIS (TV: Doctor Who)

Home video releases
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