Meanwhile in the TARDIS ( home video ) Meanwhile in the TARDIS was the title of two minisodes produced exclusively for the " Doctor Who " The Complete Fifth Series releases for DVD and Blu - ray box sets . They were both written by showrunner Steven Moffat . They take place between two " gaps " in the episodes of the fifth series with the first episode immediately following from " The Eleventh Hour " and leading into " The Beast Below " and the second episode leads from the end of " Flesh and Stone " and immediately precedes " The Vampires of Venice " . Plot . Scene 1 . Amy asks the Eleventh Doctor many questions without pausing : how does the TARDIS retain its air supply ? Why did he label a time machine " police box " ? Where are the other windows which are on the exterior of the TARDIS ? What is a police box and is the Doctor a policeman ? Has he seen his haircut ? Does he ever need to change the bulb on top the TARDIS ? She also thinks the box is made of wood and his bow tie is a cry for help . The Doctor answers most of these questions . Amy asks again if he ' s an alien . The Doctor says that , from his perspective , she ' s the alien . Amy wonders if the Doctor is a space squid or a tiny slug zipped in a human suit , but the Doctor dismisses her theories , stating he ' s as human as he appears . Amy admits she ' s done with her questions , but the Doctor tells her she ' s just begun ; he throws a switch on the TARDIS console , opens the door and shows her outer space . When Amy says it looks like special effects in a studio , the Doctor proves it ' s real by pushing her out of the TARDIS . Scene 2 . At midnight , 26 June 2010 , after Amy attempts to seduce the Doctor , he forces her back into the TARDIS . She leans on the console with an expectant gaze directed at the Doctor , who ignores it and pulls the door release lever next to her to lock the TARDIS doors . Amy asks if she did something wrong . She thinks she is getting " mixed messages " from the Doctor . She unlocks the doors . The Doctor re - locks them and asks Amy how she ' s getting mixed messages . Amy says he showed up in the middle of the night to take her for a ride in his time machine . Amy insists that it ' s an obvious signal , telling her to " Get your coat , love , the Doctor ' s in . " The Doctor hurriedly explains he didn ' t bring her with him because he found her attractive . He proudly insists that he ' s like Gandalf in space . Amy says he acts like a regular bloke , showing off for the girls and laughing at other guys , making fun of Rory ' s nose . The Doctor tells Amy that he can ' t " see it " any more . He ' s made time and space his back yard for over nine hundred years , so everything about it is now just facts to him . But Amy can " see it " , which lets the Doctor see it as well . That is his only reason . Amy wonders if there have been others before her . The Doctor reluctantly admits that he ' s had " a few " companions , but Amy won ' t let go . She wonders how many were girls . The Doctor admits girls made up " a bit over half " of his companions . Amy tricks the Doctor into accessing the TARDIS ' visual records . To his dismay , the TARDIS plays black and white visual records on the screen of many female companions - - leaving out the men , K9 and Kamelion - - from Barbara Wright to Donna Noble , in random order . Amy wonders about one of the Fourth Doctor ' s companions , Leela . She appears repeatedly in a leather bikini . Embarrassed , the Doctor decides to collect Rory to have Amy focus on her life . Amy informs him Rory is having his bachelor party . With a smirk , the Doctor tells her , " Well , let ' s make it a great one " before starting up the TARDIS and flying to the early evening of 25 June 2010 . ( TV : " The Vampires of Venice " ) Story notes . Filming locations . " to be added "