The Girl Who Waited (TV story)

 was the tenth episode in the sixth series of Doctor Who. It was a Doctor-lite episode and centred around Amy's relationship with Rory.

Synopsis
Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague – a plague that will kill the Doctor in a day. The Doctor can use the TARDIS to smash through time and break in, but then Rory is on his own. He must find Amy and bring her back to the TARDIS before the alien doctors can administer their medicine. Rory is about to encounter a very different side to his wife. Can he rescue Amy before she is killed by kindness?

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
 * Check-in girl - Josie Taylor
 * Voice of Interface - Imelda Staunton
 * Voice of Handbots - Stephen Bracken-Keogh

Crew
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Locations from the Real World

 * Disneyland is mentioned

Locations in the Whoniverse

 * The planet Clom is mentioned.

Story notes

 * This was allegedly called The Green Anchor, but this was later denied by the writer.
 * The episode's original title was The Visitors' Room. This changed to The Visiting Hour and later, the one-word title, Kindness. Despite many reports to the contrary, there was no late change to the adventure's title and at no point was it ever called The Green Anchor.

Ratings
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Myths
The episode was going to be called The Green Anchor. This was proven false and was also denied by the writer.

Production errors

 * Several scenes show that apart from her face, Amy's skin has not aged in thirty-six years.
 * A BBC one logo can be seen at 8:02 though is uncertain as to whether this was planned or not.

Continuity

 * Clom is mentioned. (DW: Love & Monsters)
 * Rory mentions the Doctor's fez. (DW: The Big Bang)
 * Amy previously met a future version of herself in DW: Space and DW: Time.

Home video releases
This episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray shortly after the airing of episode thirteen.