Goodbye Pond

"Goodbye Pond" was a musical piece composed by Murray Gold.

It was used in Series 7 episode The Angels Take Manhattan, during the climactic ending which sees companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams sent back in time, and ultimately killed, by a Weeping Angel. Following directly from the previous piece, "Together or Not at All", it incorporates one of Amy's leitmotifs "Little Amy" and creates an intense and emotional atmosphere to mark the final appearance of the companions. The scene in which the piece is used is commonly referred to as one of the most emotional scenes of the entire show's run.

Following The Angels Take Manhattan, the piece was reinterpreted by Gold as a general leitmotif for death and parting, and sections of it can be heard in the track "Never Tell Me the Rules" from The Time of the Doctor, and in the unreleased track referred to by the community as "When There's Tears, There's Hope" from The Doctor Falls.

The piece is featured on Murray Gold's soundtrack Doctor Who - Series 7.