The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)

The Angels Take Manhattan was the fifth episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It featured the departure of Amy Pond and Rory Williams as Companions, and the return of River Song.

Synopsis
The Doctor's heart-breaking farewell to Amy and Rory - a race through - and against - time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York's statues come to life around them...

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
 * River Song - Alex Kingston
 * Grayle - Mike McShane
 * Sam Garner - Rob David
 * Hood - Bentley Kalu
 * Foreman - Ozzie Yue
 * Old Garner - Burnell Tucker
 * Photoshoot PA - Zac Fox

Buildings

 * The Statue of Liberty is revealed to be a Weeping Angel.

Foods and beverages

 * Rory goes to get and is taken through time whilst holding 3 coffees.

TARDIS

 * River tells Rory that the TARDIS Translation Circuit 'sticks around' when he sees writing on ancient Chinese vases being translated.

Theories and concepts

 * By changing his future and creating a paradox Amy and Rory's actions wipe out the Angels' Winter Quay building.

Story notes

 * The title of the book River Song writes is The Angel's Kiss. An e-book version of the novel will be released on 4th October 2012.
 * The year the Doctor visits in ancient China, 221 BC, is likely a reference to Sherlock Holmes' address 221B Baker Street. Steven Moffat is also the writer of the television series Sherlock, depicting Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in a contemporary setting.
 * This is the first episode to feature River Song that is not a two-parter or is at least following a cameo appearance by River in the previous episode.

Ratings
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Rumours

 * The Statue of Liberty is a Weeping Angel. This turned out to be true.

Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity

 * Amy Pond calls the Doctor "Raggedy man". (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Big Bang, The Girl Who Waited)
 * The Doctor used some of his regenerative energy to repair River Song's hand. He did this before when recharging the last power source in the TARDIS after it travelled to a Parallel World. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
 * In response to the Doctor healing her hand, River exclaims "You embarrass me!" much like the Doctor did in The Wedding of River Song
 * The afterword Amy wrote in Melody Malone's book was a message for the Doctor, which made reference to various adventures the Doctor and Amy had had together: saving a whale in space (TV: The Beast Below), fighting pirates (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot), inspiring a great artist (TV: Vincent and the Doctor), and falling in love with a man who would wait two thousand years for her. (TV: The Big Bang)
 * The Doctor returns to meet a young Amelia Pond the morning after he left her waiting in the garden in The Eleventh Hour to tell her about the adventures they will have together. The older Amy was dreaming about that morning when the Doctor came back to pick her up the night before her wedding at the end of The Eleventh Hour. Steven Moffat said of the scene, "After showing Amelia Pond in the garden as a young girl in The Eleventh Hour, Karen's first episode, the final shot in Saturday's The Angels Take Manhattan is a punchline I have been waiting to tell for two and a half years."
 * River mentions that she was pardoned from prison because the man she killed never existed. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut, TV: The Wedding of River Song) Oswin erased the Doctor from the Daleks' memories in TV: Asylum of the Daleks. However, it is unclear how exactly the Doctor was erased from other networks and memories.
 * River says that she is a professor now. (TV: Silence in the Library)
 * While on the roof contemplating suicide, Rory makes a reference to his history of having died multiple times and coming back to life each time. (TV: Amy's Choice, Cold Blood, The Curse of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife)

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