Series 5, Episode 1 | 1 part | First broadcast: 3 April 2010 | Writer: Steven Moffat | Director: Adam Smith
Cast
- Matt Smith as the Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Caitlin Blackwood as young Amelia Pond
- Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
- Annette Crosbie as Mrs Angelo
Summary
Fresh from a chaotic regeneration, the newly minted Eleventh Doctor crash-lands the TARDIS in the garden of young Amelia Pond, a lonely Scottish girl who feeds him fish custard while he investigates a crack in her bedroom wall that has let something escape its prison. Promising to return in five minutes, the Doctor is instead pulled away for twelve years, reuniting with an adult Amy on the eve of her wedding just as the escaped alien, Prisoner Zero, and the Atraxi charged with recapturing it threaten to incinerate the entire planet.
Interesting Facts
- This episode introduces Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and establishes his costume, including the bow tie he insists is “cool.”
- The extended gap between young Amelia’s first meeting with the Doctor and his actual return became a running thread throughout the series, culminating in the Season 5 finale.
- The Doctor’s rapid-fire “process of elimination” scene, cycling through outfits before settling on his signature look, was largely improvised by Smith.
- This was the first Doctor Who episode broadcast after Steven Moffat took over as showrunner from Russell T Davies.
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