Craig Owens

Craig Owens appeared in series 5 episode 11, The Lodger. He lived in a downstairs flat of a supposedly two-storey building on Aickman Road.

He placed an ad for a flatmate in a local shop window and The Doctor turned up on his doorstep later that same day due to a helpful note from Amy Pond in the future. Since Amy was stuck in the TARDIS without a way to land it on her own, and The Doctor found the source to be in the upstairs flat of Craig's building, he applied to live there.

The Doctor turned up with a paper bag full of 3000 pounds cash and no luggage. Craig said he was "weird", but after trying one of the Doctor's impromptu omlette's, which he found to be delicious, he decided to let him stay. He grew suspicious of The Doctor's strange quirks, especially after looking in his room to find a strange spinning contraption made out of bits of garbage. The Doctor shared information with Craig via telepathy to explain his predicament in a short span of time and gain assistance in confronting the enemy upstairs.

Craig was secretly in love with his friend Sophie, who he often invited over for a night of pizza, beer, and television. By the end of the episode, he had told her he loved her and learned that she loved him in return.

The telepathic exchange he shared with the Doctor is implied to have imparted some advance technological knowledge. This may mean Craig has become one of the lucky few people, such as Donna Noble and Bayldon Copper, whom the Doctor meets and respects enough to leave with some manner of becoming incredibly wealthy.(DW: The Lodger)