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
The Doctor, Amy, River Song, Father Octavian and his clerics have all jumped on The Doctor's instructions, and have been caught by the Byzantium's still existent gravity field and have landed on the outside of the Byzantium, upside down in relation to the Weeping Angels left beneath them. They enter the ship, but are followed by the Angels. The Doctor and the others manage to escape and enter the control room. Amy has been counting downwards from ten for several minutes without realising it, and the Doctor notices a crack on the wall, similar to the one in Amy's bedroom. The Doctor examines it, saying "That's extremely very not good", before noticing he is surrounded by Weeping Angels. He escapes, minus his coat, and follows the others. They discover that Amy has a Weeping Angel in the visual centres of her mind. The Doctor tells her if she opens her eyes for more than a second, the Weeping Angel will escape and she will die. She is left with the clerics as the Weeping Angels advance, Meanwhile The Doctor, River Song and Father Octavian head off to find a way to stop the Angels.

Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * River Song - Alex Kingston
 * Octavian - Iain Glen
 * Bob - David Atkins
 * Marco - Darren Morfitt
 * Pedro - Mark Monero
 * Phillip - Geroge Russo

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, and one of them moves it's hand to catch the Doctor by his coat.
 * The date shown in the episode, 26/06/2010, is (if all episodes are not interrupted) the final episode date of Series 5.
 * The method The Doctor uses to dispose of the Weeping Angels mirrors his method of vanquishing the Cybermen and Daleks in DW: Doomsday.

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
 * We will see the weeping angles move

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 earlier when the Weeping Angels have him captured. This may not be an error - it is possible that this is actually a future Doctor who has returned to speak to Amy for some reason.
 * The clock at the end goes from 11:59am on 6/25 to 12:00pm on 6/26.

Continuity

 * Events the Doctor thinks are erased from history by the cracks include DW: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End and The Next Doctor.
 * River says to the Doctor "You, me, handcuffs... must it always end this way?", unknowingly referencing her own death in DW: Forest of the Dead.
 * River Song refers to the events of the series 5 finale, mentioning the pandorica opening.
 * There is a flashback to DW: The Eleventh Hour

DVD Release
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