Series 5, Episode 12 | 2 parts | First broadcast: 19 June 2010 | Writer: Steven Moffat | Director: Toby Haynes
Cast
- Matt Smith as the Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams (as a Roman Auton)
- Alex Kingston as River Song
Summary
Drawn to Stonehenge by a message passed down through history, the Doctor discovers the legendary Pandorica, a prison built to contain the most feared being in the universe, just as nearly every enemy he has ever faced, Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and more, arrives in an unprecedented alliance to make sure it stays sealed. As the TARDIS itself begins to tear apart and every star in the sky starts going out, the Doctor realizes the true target of the Pandorica may be far closer to home than anyone expects.
Interesting Facts
- This mid-season finale gathers an unprecedented number of the show’s classic monsters into a single “alliance” storyline.
- Rory Williams returns unexpectedly as a plastic Auton duplicate with restored memories, having been erased from history in “Cold Blood.”
- The cliffhanger, in which the Doctor is sealed inside the Pandorica while the universe itself appears to end, was among the series’ most dramatic to date.
- The episode sets up a season-long mystery around “silence will fall,” a phrase that would echo through subsequent series.
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