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in defending her house from the Eknodine while the Doctor rescues villagers from the Eknodine in a motor-caravan. He reunites with his companions, but an Eknodine kills Rory. Amy decides that she is willing to risk her own life for the chance of seeing Rory again, and decides--without knowing for certain--that the Leadworth reality is false. Amy and the Doctor crash the motor-caravan into the house. The three wake up on the TARDIS which the Dream Lord reactivates. He admits defeat and departs, after which, to Amy and Rory's surprise, the Doctor directs the TARDIS to self-destruct.
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rated the episode 8.5 out of 10 and described it as "surreal, fantastical, intriguing, witty, emotional and, at times, genuinely unsettling". Unlike Martin, he said it was "impressive enough on pacing alone" and made a "brisk, refreshing 45-minute episode". However, he criticised the ending for being
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Karen Gillan had to wear a latex prosthetic stomach bump for the scenes which depicted Amy as pregnant. She claimed it made her feel more mature and act ridiculously, and cited it as her favourite part of filming the series. Arthur Darvill wore a wig for the aged Rory, which was trimmed to look "more
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The trio again awaken in the TARDIS. The Doctor realized that both realities were false since the Dream Lord had no power over the real world and was in fact a manifestation of his darker side. The shared dreams were influenced by psychic pollen that had fallen in the TARDIS time rotor and heated up.
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originally gave Nye the premise of the episode for it to fit in the series arc, which was to challenge the Doctor and Amy's relationship. Nye states that Rory's "death" scene is essentially where Amy realises her feelings for Rory. Nye wanted to prove that Amy really loved Rory, and he was "not just
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stated that Rory's death and other instances of horror "never shock in the way you might expect". However, he praised Smith for being "on blindingly good form" while portraying the Doctor's quirkier traits, considered that Gillan and Darvill were "fast becoming the most likeable companion couple in
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The Dream Lord keeps Amy awake in the TARDIS reality while the Doctor and Rory fall asleep and return to Leadworth. The Dream Lord questions Amy as to which world she would choose: a peaceful married life with Rory or adventure and excitement with the Doctor. Amy returns to Leadworth and joins Rory
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and the scenes were simply filmed with the actors opening their mouths. The scene in which Rory hits Eknodine-inhabited Mrs Hamil with a plank was filmed first of all with Darvill missing actress Joan Linder, and then again with Linder's stunt double, whom he was allowed to hit. There was only one
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plays with levels of reality and alternative universes, and the dream world is an alternative universe of sorts and all the more interesting for being a distortion or embellishment of our own waking lives. And The Doctor, being so mercurial and full of thoughts and intelligence, his dream life is
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Jordan Farley gave the episode 3 and a half out of 5 stars, saying the direction "never quite the right balance between absurdist humour and sinister nightmare" and the camera was "a little flat" with a strange angle. He was displeased with the discovery that it had all been a hallucination and
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find themselves flickering between two realities, falling asleep at the sound of birdsong in one and waking in the other. In the first reality, Amy and Rory are traveling with the Doctor in the TARDIS, and in the second, five years later, they are happily married in Leadworth and expecting their
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suggested that Nye, a comedy writer by trade, build the episode around a split dream concept, and encouraged Nye to create a "monster" for the episode, which influenced his writing of the retirement home dream. The dream scenes in Amy and Rory's village was filmed in
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particularly interesting and rich. He's particularly freaked out by the idea that he should sleep at all – he sort of denies that that's the sort of thing he does – he's got too much to do and he's too wired. He's unnerved by the idea of dreaming himself."
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first child. In the TARDIS, an apparition named the "Dream Lord" appears, and tells them that one world is reality and the other an illusion. He says that they will face a deadly danger in both, and must decide which one is the dream.
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of previous episodes to capture the character and "voice" of the Doctor and Amy. Nye admitted to restraining himself in the change from comedy to science fiction, but said it was "fun" and "hugely liberating". Showrunner
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Moffat suggested the idea of the dream split to Nye, who was also influenced by his own dreams and sometimes wondering if they were real. Nye believed that the dream world was consistent with other
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In Leadworth, they are chased by the murderous Eknodine, an alien race that have disguised themselves as the elderly of the village. In the other reality, they are trapped in a powerless
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on 5 June 2010. In the UK, preliminary overnight ratings for the episode totalled 6.2 million viewers; 5.9 million on BBC One and 0.3 million on
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in the United Kingdom on Saturday, 15 May 2010 from 6:25 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. In the United States it was shown on
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history", and said Jones was "a lot of fun to watch" despite not seeming to be completely the Doctor's dark side.
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Amy tells Rory that she does not want to live without him, and the three prepare to embark on another adventure.
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prop of the plank, and fortunately all the necessary shots were completed before Darvill accidentally broke it.
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Nye wrote the episode to explore and to test Amy's relationships with both the Doctor and Rory. Showrunner
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would eat a vegetarian diet from then on. The Dream Lord also teases the Doctor's relationship with
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The Dream Lord describes the Doctor sarcastically as "The Oncoming Storm", a name coined by his
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Nick Hobbs, who appeared as Mr Nainby in this episode, previously played Aggedor alongside
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and prosthetics. "Amy's Choice" was seen by 7.55 million viewers on BBC One and
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masculine" and pulled back in a ponytail. The Eknodine were
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Amy's Choice (Doctor Who)
Doctor Who
Doctor
Matt Smith
Eleventh Doctor
Companions
Karen Gillan
Amy Pond
Arthur Darvill
Rory Williams
Toby Jones
Catherine Morshead
Simon Nye
Brian Minchin
Tracie Simpson
Steven Moffat
Piers Wenger
Beth Willis
Murray Gold
Series 5
The Vampires of Venice
The Hungry Earth
List of episodes (2005–present)
fifth series
Doctor Who
BBC One
Simon Nye
Catherine Morshead
Eleventh Doctor
time travelling

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