Series 6, Episode 10 | 1 part | First broadcast: 10 September 2011 | Writer: Tom MacRae | Director: Nick Hurran
Cast
- Matt Smith as the Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
Summary
A simple visit to a quarantine facility on the plague planet Apalapucia goes badly wrong when Amy is separated into a different, accelerated time stream than the Doctor and Rory, aging alone for decades while they experience only minutes. By the time Rory finds her, Amy has become a hardened, embittered survivor forced to choose between saving her younger self or holding onto the only life she has left.
Interesting Facts
- Karen Gillan plays two versions of Amy Pond simultaneously, an older, world-weary survivor alongside her younger counterpart.
- The episode is a rare “bottle” story built around just three actors and a single sparse location, emphasising character drama over spectacle.
- Its ending, in which the older Amy is left behind rather than saved, was widely praised as one of the era’s most emotionally devastating moments.
- This story was among the most acclaimed of the series and helped cement Karen Gillan’s reputation for dramatic range.
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