Amy's Choice
- Episode aired Jun 5, 2010
- TV-PG
- 45m
Five years after finally leaving the TARDIS, Amy and Rory, now married, live in the quiet little village of Leadworth; but everything is not what it would seem.Five years after finally leaving the TARDIS, Amy and Rory, now married, live in the quiet little village of Leadworth; but everything is not what it would seem.Five years after finally leaving the TARDIS, Amy and Rory, now married, live in the quiet little village of Leadworth; but everything is not what it would seem.
- Director
- Writers
- Simon Nye
- Steven Moffat
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe box under the TARDIS console the Doctor opens has the words: "TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimension In Space. Build Site: Gallifrey Blackhole Shipyard. Type 40. Build date: 1963. Authorised for use by qualified Time Lords only by the Shadow Proclamation. Misuse or theft of any TARDIS will result in extreme penalties and permanent exile." written on it. This is also written on a plaque on the console itself, as shown in the TARDIS tour on the BBC website.
- GoofsAs Rory begins to drag the sleeping Amy up the stairs of their cottage, the picture on one wall is wonky, as if it had been knocked. In the next shot, from behind Rory, the picture is straight.
- Quotes
The Doctor: You've swallowed a planet!
Amy Pond: I'm pregnant!
The Doctor: You're huge.
Amy Pond: Yeah, I'm pregnant.
The Doctor: Look at you. When worlds collide.
Amy Pond: Doctor, I'm pregnant.
The Doctor: Look at you both. Five years later and you haven't changed a bit apart from age and... size...
Amy Pond: It's good to see you, Doctor.
The Doctor: Are you pregnant?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Rory's Story (2020)
- SoundtracksDoctor Who Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Personally I have enjoyed these illustrations of Clarke's Third Law -- a sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic -- and the way they give the dedicated fan a change from the usual fare and, one hopes, some insight into the character of the Doctor and his companions as they react to situations which are not about a problem so much as about themselves.
That is what we have in AMY'S CHOICE. Oh, there is a problem to be solved: how do you tell the difference between reality and dream? But for fans of Dr. Who, it is about the Dream Lord, played by the inimitable Toby Jones as he teases and torments the Doctor, Amy and Rory about the reality of their relationships and forces them, and the audience, to understand their characters a bit better.
Simon Nye, in his first script for DOCTOR WHO, offers us those insights, throws in some amusing lines and contrasts versions of two typical Dr. Who adventures to make choices against: a quiet English village where monsters have popped up and a pseudo-science adventure worthy of an early 1930s pulp in which the TARDIS is about to crash into a sun which radiates cold.
Structurally and symbolically, this is brilliant. but structure and symbol, while always important to Doctor Who -- episodes in the 1970s tackled current issues such as the ecology and toleration in such terms -- so too is the surface execution of the story. There are enough funny lines to amuse the adults and thrills for the children. While the purpose and plot of this story may confuse the casual viewer who's looking for meat on the bones, for those of us who are willing to crack the bones open, there's plenty of succulent marrow.
- boblipton
- Jun 6, 2010
Details
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- Country of origin
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- Filming locations
- Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK(Upper Leadworth village exteriors)
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- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD