Amy's Choice (TV story)

Amy's Choice is the seventh episode of Series 5.

Synopsis
It's been five years since Amy Pond last traveled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice – one that will change her life for ever. They will have to choose which is the dream world and which is reality.

Plot
Amy travelled in the TARDIS with the Doctor five years ago. As she is just about to give birth, the Doctor returns and Amy has to make a life changing decision.

Cast

 * Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
 * Dream Lord - Toby Jones
 * Mr Nainby - Nick Hobbs
 * Mrs Poggit - Audrey Ardington
 * Mrs Hamil - Joan Linder

Production crew
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Story notes

 * The enemies the old folks play are a race known as the Ha'rik.
 * The title has been confirmed in Radio Times.
 * Amy will be pregnant.
 * Two strange pictures for this episode have been released, one showing several pensioners who appear to be trying to remove the TARDIS from a garden, and another one showing an old lady with an axe, as if ready to attack someone. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/amys-choice-4876.htm
 * The Dream Lord traps the Doctor, Rory and Amy in an alternative world and Amy has to decide what is the real world.

Ratings
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Rumours

 * The 'Dream Lord' is rumoured to pretend to be the Doctor because of a shot of him inside the TARDIS wearing the Eleventh Doctor's costume in the trailer. He wasn't pretending to be the Doctor, he was the Doctor or to be more specific, his dark side.
 * It is rumoured that either the Ha'rik, the Timoreen or the Skarkish will appear. This was proven true as the Ha'rik appeared.
 * Aunt Sharon will appear. This was false

Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity

 * The Doctor mentions again that bow ties are cool. (DW: The Eleventh Hour)
 * The Dream Lord refers to what happened between the Doctor and Queen Elizabeth I. (DW: The Shakespeare Code, The End of Time, The Beast Below)
 * The Doctor initially assumes that the TARDIS has jumped a time track (DW: The Space Museum)
 * The Doctor tries to jump start the TARDIS by kicking it. (DW: Rise of the Cybermen)

DVD and Blu-ray release
BBC Video - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Three will feature Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and Vincent and the Doctor. It will be released on Monday 2nd August 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-ray.