Flesh and Stone (TV story)

Flesh and Stone is the fifth episode of Series Five. It is the second part of a two-part story.

Synopsis
There's no way back, no way up and no way out. Trapped among an army of Weeping Angels, the Doctor and his friends must try to escape through the wreckage of a crashed space liner. Meanwhile, in the forest vault, the Doctor's companion, Amy Pond, finds herself facing an even more deadly attack.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * River Song - Alex Kingston
 * Father Octavian - Ian Glen
 * Cleric Christian - Mark Springer
 * Cleric Angelo - Troy Glasgow
 * Cleric Bob - David Atkins
 * Cleric Pedro - Mark Monero
 * Cleric Marco - Darren Morfitt
 * Cleric Phillip - Geroge Russo


 * Security Guard - Mike Skinner

Crew
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Story Notes

 * According to Steven Moffat on the 30th March 2010 edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme, Front Row, the title of this episode was supplied by his son, Joshua.


 * The title is a play on 'flesh and bone', a common idiom referring to a creature's anatomy, since most humans and animals are composed of flesh and a skeletal structure. The title also refers to the Weeping Angels' weakness of turning to stone whenever anyone looks at them. This was a rumoured title for the episode Gridlock.


 * In the trailer at the end of The Time of Angels it shows a crack - continuing the theme throughout the series. The crack appears to be growing, and upon finding it, the Amy Pond notes its similarity to the one on her bedroom wall from DW: The Eleventh Hour. The Doctor says of the crack, "That is extremely very not good." Also, near the end when the Doctor is talking to River Song in the Vault, the television in the background shows what seems to be an eye swinging down and back up again. This is the movement of the Atraxi eye in the Eleventh Hour.
 * A video clip on the official Doctor Who website shows that the Doctor gets the Weeping Angels to say "comfy chairs".
 * The Doctor finds out that time can be unwritten.
 * The time on the scanner that the Doctor holds says that Amy's day is her wedding day.
 * The Weeping Angels are seen moving for the first time. They are seen turning their heads when they begin to realise that Amy can't see them.
 * The date shown in the episode, 26/06/2010, is (if all episodes are not interrupted) the final episode date of Series 5.

Ratings
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Filming Locations
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Rumours

 * Amy and Rory will either marry each other or put it on hold at the end of the episode, and Rory will travel in the TARDIS at the end. This was proven false, but Rory will travel in the TARDIS in the next episode

Production Errors

 * When the Doctor is talking to Amy just before he heads off with River Song, he is seen wearing his brown coat. But he lost that about early when the Weeping Angels have him captured.

Continuity

 * Events the Doctor thinks are erased from history by the cracks include DW: The Next Doctor, and DW: Journey's End

DVD Release
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