Closing Time (24 Sep. 2011)

After traveling for 200 years and leaving messages for Amy Pond across time and space, the Doctor realizes his time is up, its time to settle down and accept his future at Lake Silencio. . ... See full summary »

Director:

Steve Hughes

Writers:

Gareth Roberts, Kit Pedler (characters: "Cybermen"),

Stars:

Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Matt Smith	...	The Doctor
Karen Gillan	...	Amy Pond
Arthur Darvill	...	Rory
James Corden	...	Craig Owens
Daisy Haggard	...	Sophie
Alex Kingston	...	River Song
Frances Barber	...	Madame Kovarian
Seroca Davis	...	Shona
Holli Dempsey	...	Kelly
Christopher Obi	...	George (as Chris Obi)
Lynda Baron	...	Val
Paul Kasey	...	Cyberman
Nicholas Briggs	...	Cybermen (voice)

Storyline

After traveling for 200 years and leaving messages for Amy Pond across time and space, the Doctor realizes his time is up, its time to settle down and accept his future at Lake Silencio. . . . . .But not before one last goodbye. The Doctor travels to England and visits Craig and Sophie, who are now happily married and struggling with parenthood. Not everything is well, as the Doctor soon finds himself miraculously working at a shop and battling Cybermen.

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Plot Keywords:

mistaken for gay | department store

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2011 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Cymru Wales

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The perfume ad that Amy is seen in is for Petrichor perfume. Petricor means the smell of dust after rain. The tagline for the ad is "for the girl who is tired of waiting", the doctor frequently calls Amy "the girl who waited".

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Quotes

The Doctor: Alfie, why is there a sinister beeping coming from behind me?

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Connections

References Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Doctor Who Theme"
(uncredited)
Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

User Reviews

Worst ever episode?

This whole series has been poor and the last episode was pretty bad but this episode was utterly abysmal. What was the point of dragging the Cybermen in as a stupid sub plot that is resolved in such a stupid manner. Matt Smith was someone I did not think would be any good but he has managed to portray a really good character despite some pitiful scripts. The guy can only work with the dross he is given but deserves better than episodes like this one. I like the four central characters and their relationship and await the questions being answered in series 7 of the new Doctor but can we have some decent scripts this time round. It's a shame as the series has been rejuvinated since Chris Eccleston took the helm and both Tennant and Smith has given the Doctor some real gravitas but the writing has suffered in recent years becoming lazy as in this dreadful 50 minutes. The Doctor already did a grand tour awaiting his death with David Tennant. And the less said about the resolution of the final episode the better. Chimps could come out with better stories.