Series 6, Episode 13 | 1 part | First broadcast: 1 October 2011 | Writer: Steven Moffat | Director: Jeremy Webb
Cast
- Matt Smith as the Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
- Alex Kingston as River Song
Summary
With all of time colliding into a single frozen moment where every era of history exists simultaneously, the Doctor must convince River Song to do the one thing she has always refused, let him die at Lake Silencio as fixed history demands, or risk unravelling all of creation. As River wrestles with her love for the Doctor against the fate of the universe, the true nature of the astronaut, the Silence’s plan, and the Doctor’s own survival are finally revealed.
Interesting Facts
- This season finale resolves the mystery seeded across the entire year regarding the Doctor’s death and the identity of his killer.
- The Silence are revealed to be a splinter religious order fixated on preventing “silence falling” at the Fields of Trenzalore, rather than a single alien species.
- The Doctor’s actual survival hinges on a clever loophole involving a duplicate created by the Teselecta, a shape-shifting robot crewed by tiny people.
- River Song’s reluctant marriage to the Doctor to save the universe gives the episode its title and closes out her central story arc for the season.
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