Some nice links back to the Series, Vincent, Liz ten etc find a painting which is intended for the Doctor. River pulls out all the stops to get hold of it. The Doctor tracks River back to an Ancient Roman settlement. The painting depicts a vision Vincent had, the destruction of the TARDIS. A date and map reference sends The Doctor, Amy and River to an ancient stone circle. Underneath lays the Pandorica, which is opening, and nobody knows what may lay inside. A secret underground opens and the three travel to an underground vault, where lays 'The Pandorica.'
First test for Steven Moffat, it's all about the finale, they had so far been a little hit and miss, The Stolen Earth was rather fantastic, The Master story a little off.
So many little elements are brought together, there is so much going on at the same time. Alien invasion pending, Romans, Pandora's box, Amy's ring, disembodied Cyberman, Amy's empty rooms.
We had been spoiled in previous finales with huge effects, but as I mentioned in my review for Vincent and the Doctor I've never needed to be overwhelmed with effects and stars, sometimes it's all about the story. I actually love the Pandorica opens, it just works, there is mystery, suspense, fear, tension and lots of surprises. The cliffhanger is totally amazing. The alliances at the end were a little dubious.
So many mentions of the show's mythology, talk of daleks, cybermen, sontarans, nestenes, attraxi, drahvin, zygons, slitheen, sycorax had me thinking we were in for something enormous!! It felt like they were building up for a huge finale.
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