A Good Man Goes to War

Episode aired Jun 4, 2011
TV-PGTV-PG
49m

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A member of The Doctor's team has been abducted and he will call in every favor and maybe even go to war to get them back.A member of The Doctor's team has been abducted and he will call in every favor and maybe even go to war to get them back.A member of The Doctor's team has been abducted and he will call in every favor and maybe even go to war to get them back.

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Director
- Peter Hoar
Writers
- Steven Moffat(showrunner)
- Kit Pedler(characters: "Cybermen")
- Gerry Davis(characters: "Cybermen")
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Director
- Peter Hoar
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- Steven Moffat(showrunner)
- Kit Pedler(characters: "Cybermen")
- Gerry Davis(characters: "Cybermen")
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The Doctor and Rory begin their quest to find Amy who has been kidnapped. She's also given birth and they have her baby girl, Melody, as well. They begin by scouring the universe where the Doctor calls in debts and head for Demon's Run where Amy is being held. The only one who refuses to join him is River Song. The battle is short-lived and both Amy and Melodie are saved. Perhaps the battle to save them was too easy. It's clearly Melodie the kidnappers were interested in and her DNA reveals she's something more than just human. They've also been fooled however and the baby has been taken. When River Song appears, she reveals who she truly is. —garykmcd

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Trivia
According to Steven Moffat, Captain Jack Harkness was going to be part of The Doctor's Army. However, John Barrowman was filming Season Four of Torchwood (2006) ("Miracle Day") in America.

Goofs
Neve McIntosh intermittently reverts back to her natural Scottish accent throughout the episode.

Quotes
River Song: [voiceover] Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies. Night will fall and the dark will rise when a good man goes to war. Demons run but count the cost; the battle's won but the child is lost.

Connections
Featured in Being a Girl (2013)

Soundtracks
Doctor Who Theme
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Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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9/10

A very well done episode with some small glitches

The idea that an extraordinary conditions could trigger extraordinary behavior in one good man is very good. It is almost a new idea for the serial. The conceptual season interconnection is also very good idea.

But the increasingly frequent occurring ideas like the ones below deteriorate the qualities of the movie: 1.The doctor does not know what to do and feels helpless and passive 2.Gay relations are perfectly normal 3.Characters keep finding more and more child-parent relations among them 4.Bad characters are extremely stupid 5.Some characters claim had met the doctor, but were never seen before

Good luck with the remaining series

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