Chris Chibnall has written to date 12 episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood. With his latest episode, this Saturday’s “The Power of Three,” the long-running series is now on revolutionary ground.

The “Power of Three” will mark the second episode penned by Chibnall this year. He previously wrote the wildly popular “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.” In fact, he would have written a third if not for his new drama on ITV, Broadchurch starring David Tennant and Arthur Darvill, conflicting in terms of time availability.

In an exclusive interview with SFX Magazine, Chibnall talks about what not only makes the Ponds as companions, played by Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan, so unique in their relationship with the Doctor, but also how the point of view is revolutionary.

It’s Doctor Who from Amy and Rory’s point of view. We’re in the last days of the Ponds as everybody keeps saying, and it was really a chance to see where they’ve got to in their lives since “The Eleventh Hour”, and to see what it’s like to be them. And I think what’s interesting is that the companion/Doctor relationship in this series is very different to any we’ve seen before because really, they’re part-time travellers.

They’re living at home, and the Doctor pops in and goes, ‘Shall we go somewhere?’, and they’re off. That’s very new, because they’re not permanently with him, and I wanted to see what that would mean.

Relatively little information has been released about “The Power of Three.” The trailer, which aired on Saturday, provided the first substantial information. What is clear, is that the Doctor comes to live with Rory and Amy for an extended period of time in their home. This too is revolutionary in the annals of Doctor Who.

According to the official BBC press released, Matt Smith commented on what the Doctor on earth is like, “I love the ordinary episodes as that is when we see the Doctor at his most alien. He washes himself in a weird way and he plays a computer game and you are like, ‘Woah, why is a Time Lord playing a computer game?’ He gets bored and mows the lawn.”

Karen Gillan also spoke about how amusing the Doctor trying to blend in on earth is. “In some ways the Doctor would be a fantastic guest as he is so quick and has loads of energy, so you would never be bored… however, you would also be very tired! He has the energy of a child, but quadrupled! It was actually quite exhausting watching Matt act it all out, cleaning, mowing the lawn, but he did them pretty well.”

On the other hand, as fun as the Doctor’s antics are, there is quite a serious side as well. Gillan further commented, “We get to see more a glimpse of what Amy and Rory do when the Doctor isn’t around and how their travels have affected their own relationships with friends and family. I think the Doctor also begins to realise how he has changed Amy and what happens when he isn’t there; at first he doesn’t really understand it.”

Are you excited for a completely Pond-centric episode based on earth in a real timeline?