The Eye of Ashaya ( comic story ) Summary . Part one . Majorca , Spain : After a series of stressful adventures , Amy Pond and Rory Williams are dropped off by the Doctor on the island of Majorca in the Mediterranean Sea for a relaxing vacation . Unfortunately , the time they materialise in is less than ideal . Whilst waiting at the airport for a flight out , Amy complains that the hotel that looked so nice in the brochure isn ' t actually built yet , it rain ed the whole time , and the only " exotic food " available was soggy fish and chips at a fake English pub . Rory , whose dogged attempts at optimism are repeatedly stymied by Amy ' s complaints , finally manages to point out , " At least we ' ll be home soon , eh ? " This turns out not to be true either , as an announcement immediately informs them that flights off the island are delayed indefinitely . Before Amy can finish threatening a dire fate for the people in charge , Lady Christina de Souza appears , striding confidently to the front of the queue , explaining that she has a private jet and a pressing engagement in Utah . Before Rory ' s open admiration of Christina and her jet can get him in too much trouble with Amy , the Doctor saves the day by materialising the TARDIS in the middle of the airport and offering the couple tickets to " the most luxurious star - liner in the galaxy . " Delighted that her holiday might not be a total disaster , Amy accepts the tickets over Rory ' s assurances that all they wanted was to go home . After a brief altercation with the local police is settled with judicious use of the psychic paper , the three head off to the star - liner " Excelsis " , which is travelling through the Ashaya Nebula , " a couple of years " in the future and " a few galaxies over , " according to the Doctor . Captain Vorch of the star - liner " Excelsis " is introduced to Ambassador Trelayce of the Karkaptan Inheritance by his Ashayan first mate . The captain dismisses his first mate X . O . ' s attempts and asks him to go see if anyone needs their drinks refreshed . " These Ashayans forget their place , " Vorsh explains to the ambassador apologetically . Trelayce acknowledges that the sight of the dying red giant at the nebula ' s core is beautiful to look at , but suggests that the native Ashayans might not find it so lovely to see their world die along with their sun . Vorch rejects the notion that the Ashayans are trapped on their planet , noting that the Vodiran Bloc has offered them all positions as vassals and thralls . Lady Christina de Souza strides in then , having somehow made it off Earth and on to the star - liner before the TARDIS and its crew . She introduces herself to the captain and allows him to flirt shamelessly while her disgusted alien companion , a catlike creature she calls Neko , abandons her shoulder in order to mingle and cough up a hairball , not necessarily in that order . Meanwhile , something is screwy with the TARDIS . As the Doctor tinkers with its controls , sparks fly from the console . The Doctor tells Amy and Rory to go ahead while he tries to fix things . Upon exiting the TARDIS the Ponds find themselves falling , realising the phone box is somehow parked at a ninety degree angle and perhaps a metre off the floor . The Doctor agrees that parking sideways was a bit odd . The scene shifts back to Lady Christina and Captain Vorch . The captain is still flirting , but Lady Christina manages to get him to explain that the ship ' s shields are powered by the Eye of Ashaya , the largest diamond in the galaxy , plucked from the centre of the red giant the ship is approaching . In fact , it seems that the extraction process is responsible for causing the star to die and dooming the Ashayan homeworld . " The price we pay for progress , " says Vorch . " So much easier when someone else pays , " Lady Christina replies , a look of disdain on her face . The two walk by Amy and Rory , who are shocked to realise she is the same woman they had seen at the airport on Earth not long before . With Christina out of sight , the Doctor interrupts the Ponds to give them the quick version of the mysterious woman ' s backstory : she is a thief , billionaire , socialite , and bus driver who he had last seen on the run from U . N . I . T . Amy tells him they saw her in Majorca , where she had announced her intention of going to Utah . " Of course , " says the Doctor to himself . " The Vault . Christina , you sly fox . " Meanwhile , Neko silently observes three Ashayans conspiring in a dark corridor . Two bald Ashayans urge X . O . to consider helping them with their plan , which the first mate describes as mutiny and terrorism . X . O . refuses to listen to any more of their plan , but declines to alert his superiors to their scheme . " Sooner or later , sir , you ' re going to have to pick a side , " one of the conspirators warns him . " You either stand with the oppressors . . . or with the goddess . " Neko runs back to Lady Christina ' s quarters , complaining that her perfume makes the room smell like " a Betelgeusian bordello . " Neko warns Lady Christina that the Ashayan crew is plotting something ; Christina says she will have to keep them occupied somehow , but before she can elaborate , Captain Vorch walks in . She shoots him in the face with a neural pacifier and informs him that they are going to set the controls of the ship for the heart of the sun . Part two . Neko complains that the now - pacified captain is going to ruin their scheme with his obvious drooling . Christina dismisses her partner ' s concerns , saying he ' s already given her everything they need . She holds up the captain ' s headset , as if to demonstrate . Neko wishes Christina luck as she dons the headset , touches a spot near her ear , and in a puff of smoke seems to transform into Captain Vorch . Meanwhile , hidden behind a corner , Amy and Rory watch Christina transform . Amy mutters to her husband that this obvious skulduggery confirms her theory that Christina was up to nothing good . Christina , disguised as Captain Vorch , surprises the Ashayan crew with a snap inspection . Assuring X . O . that he runs a tight ship , Christina surreptitiously inserts a data stick into a slot , a program in it overriding the ship ' s controls . Amy is convinced that Christina intends to steal the diamond powering the ship . Rory suggests that Amy is only upset that Christina jumped ahead of her in the queue at the airport , but Amy claims to be motivated purely by moral outrage . What ' s more , she insists , Rory is as well . They go to find the Doctor , who is even now surprising Christina by waiting silently in her dark room . Christina claims the Doctor must have mistaken her for someone else , but the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver ' s cancel - hologram setting to reveal her true face . Christina begrudgingly admits that she may not have been entirely who she seemed , but insists the Doctor could not possibly be the man she met . It takes only a quick mention of San Helios and flesh - eating Tritovore s , however , to convince Christina that this is indeed the same man with a new face . Christina comments that she finds the Doctor ' s new appearance to be " distinguished , in a slightly squashed sort of way , " but that she will only accept his bow tie if it ' s intended ironically . The Doctor smugly suggests that Christina must have gotten off world by stealing a ship from " the vault , " an eccentric billionaire ' s collection of alien paraphernalia . By way of confirmation , Christina says she made it halfway across the galaxy since then ( contradicting the Doctor ' s earlier statement that the Ashaya Nebula was a few galaxies away ) . The Doctor , suspecting the worst of Christina , asks her if she ' s been being good . " Where ' s the fun in that ? " returns Christina , quite sensibly . Amy , despite the grumblings of her sceptical husband , bangs frantically at the TARDIS doors , shouting for the Doctor . An Ashayan , alerted by all the noise she ' s making , comes to see what the problem is , and Amy tells him that someone is trying to steal the diamond . The Ashayan , who was plotting to steal the diamond himself , brandishes a stun ray and forces the Ponds into a service elevator . As they march , the Ashayan explains his people ' s backstory in great detail , including how the Vodirans plucked out the " eye of Goddess , " causing their sun to sicken and condemning their race to death or enslavement . He mistakes Amy and Rory for Vodirans themselves , who resemble human s much more than his own squat , egg - shaped species . But the Ashayan ' s attempt to make the alleged Vodirans understand his people ' s plight through by beholding the glory of the goddess ' s eye directly is foiled when they find the diamond already missing . Oh , there it is : the Doctor ' s got it . The Doctor intends to fix the TARDIS by using the diamond to sift the data of the Matrix , which has apparently survived the destruction of Gallifrey in some form . The Doctor disarms the Ashayan using his screwdriver ' s explode - stungun setting , but his plans to make use of the diamond are derailed when an alarm alerts everyone that they ' re ( thanks to Christina ' s override ) hurtling into the heart of the sun and ( thanks to the Doctor stealing the diamond ) the shields won ' t even work . While most of the passengers are escaping in life pods , Christina upbraids the Doctor for ruining her plan and nearly getting them all killed . It ' s only then that the Doctor realises Christina was there not to steal the diamond , but to return it to the star and save the Ashayan civilisation . Together they do that and clouds of hydrogen gas are drawn into the red giant , reigniting it . The Ashayans celebrate the fact that they have a home again and drive the Vodirans off their planet . Amy , listening to them , comments that home sounds pretty good . The Doctor , for his part , says that without the diamond he ' s going to have to put off fixing the TARDIS ; the immediate priority is to get off the ship before he has to explain things to the crew . He invites Christina to come along with him , saying he might have misjudged her the first time they met . She answers that maybe something of the Doctor rubbed off on her , but rejects his offer . " I ' m nobody ' s passenger , " she says . " Be good . "