Series 5, Episode 6 | 1 part | First broadcast: 8 May 2010 | Writer: Toby Whithouse | Director: Jonny Campbell
Cast
- Matt Smith as the Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
- Helen McCrory as Rosanna Calvierri
Summary
Gatecrashing Rory’s stag do to help patch things up after the kiss with Amy, the Doctor whisks him and Amy to Renaissance Venice, where a mysterious girls’ school run by “Signora Calvierri” harbours pupils rumoured to be vampires. The trio uncovers a desperate alien matriarch and her sons, the last survivors of a drowned world, attempting to transform Venice’s population and flood the city to build a new home.
Interesting Facts
- This episode marks Rory Williams’s first trip in the TARDIS, beginning his transition into a regular companion.
- Helen McCrory’s Rosanna Calvierri gives the alien threat genuine tragic dimension as the last of her kind trying to save her species.
- The location filming captured Trogir, Croatia, standing in for the canals and architecture of historical Venice.
- The episode explores the emerging tension of the “love triangle” between Amy, Rory, and the Doctor established after the previous episode’s kiss.
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