The Pandorica Opens (TV story)

The Pandorica Opens will be the twelfth episode, and first in a dramatic two-part finale of Series 5.

Synopsis
A Van Gogh painting ferried across thousands of years, communicating a disturbing prophecy to the Doctor, a message on the oldest cliff-face in the universe and a love that lasts a thousand years. In 102 AD England, Romans receive a surprise visit from Cleopatra. Nearby, Stonehenge conceals the Pandorica, a prison-box of legend. As it slowly unlocks from the inside, terrible forces gather in the heavens above. The fates are drawing close around the TARDIS. United, the Doctor's friends send him a warning, he deals with a message on a cliff, a mysterious box and a love story which spans over millennia. The Pandorica, which contains the most dangerous threat in the Universe, is opening. Only one thing is certain: "The Pandorica will open...silence will fall".

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * River Song - Alex Kingston
 * Young Amelia Pond - Caitlin Blackwood

Production Crew
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Continuity
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Rumours

 * The Original Cybermen will return.
 * Many fans believe Omega will return.
 * The Timoreen might appear as a (sort of) old enemy, since their name is reminiscent of a Raxacoricofallapatorian surname.
 * If the Doctor's "Friends who unite to send him a terrible warning" are some characters seen through the series then it's possible that they are the following:
 * 1) Amy Pond (Who will appear)
 * 2) Jeff and Mrs. Angelo
 * 3) Liz 10 (Who will appear in part 1 or 2, according to an interview with Karen Gillan)
 * 4) Winston Churchill (Who will appear in part 1 or 2, according to an interview with Karen Gillan)
 * 5) River Song (Who will appear)
 * 6) Father Octavian and the Clerics (Since they got absorbed by the Cracks)
 * 7) Eldane (Since he knows that the Doctor has greater losses to come)
 * 8) Tony, Nasreen, Mo, Elliot and Ambrose
 * 9) Vincent van Gogh (Who will appear, according to an interview with Karen Gillan)
 * 10) Craig Owens and Sophie
 * 11) Actor Arthur Darvis (Rory Williams) has been seen in the trailers wearing a Roman uniform.

Filming locations

 * Stonehenge, England

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Production errors
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Continuity
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Home video releases
BBC Video - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Four will feature The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang. It will be released on Monday 6th September 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-ray.