The Angels Take Manhattan (29 Sep. 2012)

The Doctor takes Amy and Rory to New York, where the Weeping Angels are waiting for them. River Song returns.

Director:

Nick Hurran

Writer:

Steven Moffat

Stars:

Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Matt Smith	...	The Doctor
Karen Gillan	...	Amy Pond
Arthur Darvill	...	Rory Williams
Alex Kingston	...	River Song
Michael McShane	...	Grayle (as Mike McShane)
Rob David	...	Sam Garner
Bentley Kalu	...	Hood
Ozzie Yue	...	Foreman
Burnell Tucker	...	Old Garner
Zac Fox	...	Photoshoot PA

Storyline

The Doctor, Amy and Rory are in New York City on a beautiful summer's day. Rory sets off to get coffee and walks into a 1930s film noir where daughter River Song is a private detective, Melody Malone. Actually, Amy and the Doctor have the whole story written down in a cheap paperback but the Doctor forbids her to read too far ahead because once they know what happens, it cannot be changed. As for Rory, he finds that the Weeping Angels are there. Several attempts to travel back in the TARDIS are unsuccessful but they manage to break through. They find that the angels have taken over New York and the only way to stop them is to create a paradox - but not everyone will survive.

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Plot Keywords:

weeping angel | 1930s | new york city | broken wrist | rooftop | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

29 September 2012 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Llanelli, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

The mother and son statues that turn into angels are identical to the Pioneer Woman statue located in Ponca City, OK.

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Goofs

Whilst River Song's wrist is gripped by the Angel, the position of the statue's grip changes between shots.

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Quotes

The Doctor: I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings!

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Crazy Credits

The Doctor Who nameplate bears an episode-appropriate design, in this case, a motif featuring the Statue Of Liberty.

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Soundtracks

"Englishman in New York"
Written and Performed by Sting

User Reviews

Better but it has been a poor series so far

At last we are rid of the Pond's who have added some great moments to the Dr Who but have also added a lot of stinky ones such as last weeks dross The Power of Three which was the worst episode of the new era. Moffat's greatest contribution was of course the Weeping Angels and the storyline was pretty decent and had a few creepy moments. But of course it was another Pond episode and we had to have them waving goodbye to the Dr etc. There was a lot of making-no-sense elements to the tale and the ending was a bit rushed but some good emotional moments gave them a fitting send off even if it was one of those aforementioned elements.

Nice to see River Pond-Song again and she is a character who does a good job and hopefully we will see more of here in the next half. But overall the story's have been poor and littered with guest cameo's seemingly for no other reason than to have guest cameo's. The Simpson's went down that road and went from smart to crap and to eventually irrelevant.

So let's hope we see some decent stories for Matt Smith, who does a decent job, to get his teeth into in the Pond-Less next few episodes.