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[[File:Tenth Doctor main14.jpg|thumb|The Tenth Doctor carrying the [[Olympic Torch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')]]
[[File:Tenth Doctor main14.jpg|thumb|The Tenth Doctor carrying the [[Olympic Torch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')]]
The [[Tenth Doctor]] carried the [[Olympic Torch]] at the '''opening ceremony''' of the [[London]] [[2012 Olympics]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] carried the [[Olympic Torch]] at the '''opening ceremony''' of the [[London]] [[2012 Olympics]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
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|broadcast date = [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|broadcast date = [[6 May (releases)|6 May]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
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'''''Rose''''' was the Special episode of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


'''''The Lodger''''' was the eleventh episode of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
'''''The Big Bang''''' was the thirteenth and Special episode of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
'''''The Woman Who Fell to Earth''''' was the Special episode of [[Series 11 (Doctor Who)|series 11]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. In the [[United Kingdom]], it earned the highest overnight ratings for a regular episode of ''Doctor Who'' since [[2008 (production)|2008]]'s ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'' and was the most-watched debut for a Doctor since [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s initial turn in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', surpassing that episode by nearly one hundred thousand viewers.<ref name="final ratings" />
It concluded many aspects of the story begun in ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' — most obviously by marrying Amy and Rory and by seemingly closing the [[Time Field|cracks in time]] — but it left the audience wondering what "[[the Silence]]" was and why it wanted [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to explode.
The series 5 finale kickstarted several overarching stories that would foreshadow major conflicts yet to ensnare [[the Doctor]]. While the identity of the Silence was a major topic explored in [[series 6 (Doctor Who)|series 6]], the question of why they wanted to blow the TARDIS up remained what the Eleventh Doctor called "a good question for another day" until the 2013 Christmas Special ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' answered it, while the mention of "[[Foretold|an Egyptian goddess]] loose on the [[Orient Express (spacecraft)|Orient Express in space]]" at the episode's end would later be picked up again in the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|series 8]] episode ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]''.
''The Big Bang'' had an impact upon ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' as well, allowing it to, at least in [[Russell T Davies]]' mind, escape the confines of [[Cardiff]]. He said that closing the [[Time Field|cracks in time]] also resulted in the closing of the [[Cardiff Rift]].<ref>Berriman. Ian. "RTD on Torchwood". ''SFX'' #199. July 2010.</ref> Although Davies did not explicitly make this point in his subsequent ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' scripts, neither did he allow the Rift to be central to that series, as it had been to previous ''Torchwood'' outings.
It was the Special story for [[production designer]] [[Ed Thomas]].
In February 2013, Steven Moffat revealed that ''The Big Bang'' was likely his personal favourite of all the ''Doctor Who'' scripts he had written. He further revealed that the title was deliberate [[Sex|sexual]] innuendo, and referred to what happened just ''after'' the credits rolled. Though contemporary ''Bang'' viewers wouldn't have known it, [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'' would later explain that River Song was conceived within minutes of the conclusion of the episode. Moffat therefore claimed that the story had "a filthy joke in the title only I knew about at the time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7VQrnMzjrU|title=Gallifrey One 2013 - Steven Moffat interview |author=[[Ed Stradling]]|date of source=20 February 2013|website name=YouTube|accessdate=20 February 2013}}</ref>
== Synopsis ==
[[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|The Alliance]] has trapped the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in the [[Pandorica]], [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] has exploded with [[River Song|River]] inside, [[Rory Williams (Auton)|Rory]] has shot [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and the [[Time Field|cracks]] have swallowed everything but the [[Earth]] and [[Moon]].
The fate of all existence lies in the hands of a little girl who still believes in stars.
== Plot ==
In [[1996]], [[Amelia Pond]] sits in her bedroom, praying to [[Santa Claus]] for help mending the crack in her bedroom wall. Believing she has heard something in her garden, she runs to her window. The garden is empty. Later, she gives a drawing she has done of the night sky — complete with stars and the moon — to her [[psychiatrist]], [[Christine (The Big Bang)|Christine]]. Christine explains gently there are no stars. The night sky is empty save for [[the Moon]]. That night, Amelia overhears Christine and her [[Sharon (The Big Bang)|aunt]] talking about her. As she eavesdrops at the top of the stairs, she sees a pamphlet advertising the [[National Museum]] slipped through the letterbox by a [[Eleventh Doctor|familiar figure]] wearing a [[fez]]. He flees when she notices him. There is a circle drawn around a notice of the [[Pandorica]] exhibit and a note reading, "Come along, Pond."
Amelia and her aunt go to the museum. Amelia runs off and makes her way to the Pandorica exhibit, passing a variety of [[Stone Dalek|strange machines]] on display; other exhibits are quite wrong as well, such as penguins in the Arctic. Someone also steals her soda before she can notice who did it. At the exhibit, Amelia sees another note stuck to the face of the box. It reads, "Stick around, Pond."This prompts Amelia to hide out in the museum to find out who is leaving notes for her.
[[File:AmyInPandorica.jpg|thumb|left|The Pandorica opens, revealing Amy Pond.]]
After the museum's close — and Aunt Sharon's failure to find her — Amelia returns to the Pandorica and curiously sets a hand on it. Mechanisms on the face of the box glow green, scaring Amelia enough to make her back a few feet away. The Pandorica opens, but instead of the Doctor still being imprisoned inside, the occupant is instead Amelia's older self: Amy Pond. Noticing her younger self, Amy tells the confused Amelia, "Okay, kid, this is where it gets complicated..."
In [[102]] A.D. the Auton duplicate of [[Rory Williams]] cradles a dead Amy Pond, comforting himself by telling her how the universe ended; it would mean they never get born, twice in his case. Amy would laugh at that; he begs her to laugh. Suddenly, a [[fez]]-wearing [[Eleventh Doctor]] appears in front of them, holding a mop. He tries calming Rory by saying it is not the end of the world but then corrects himself by saying it's the end of the [[N-Space|universe]]. The Doctor vanishes and reappears without the mop. A confused Rory is instructed to free the Doctor from the Pandorica; the Doctor is already out. The Doctor explains that he ''is'' already out, but back then, which is the present for Rory, he is yet to escape. Giving Rory his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], the Doctor wishes him luck and informs him to put the sonic in Amy's top pocket when he's done with it.
[[File:SonicScrewdriverDischarge_BigBang.jpg|thumb|The energy discharge that convinces the Doctor it is the same sonic screwdriver.]]
Rory follows the Doctor's instructions, opening the Pandorica with the sonic where the Doctor is revealed to still be trapped within. Exiting the prison, the Doctor [[deduce]]s he will set up the chain of events that lead to his release. Rory questions the Doctor about the stone remains of the Alliance. The Doctor explains that they are the after-images of the races that now never existed due to the destruction of the universe. The Doctor wonders where Amy is; Rory gives a remorseful look.
Showing Amy to the Doctor, Rory asks if there is anything he can do for her. The Doctor says he could if he had the time, angering Rory. The Doctor explains that all lifeforms except for them and humanity have been deleted from existence; "Your girlfriend isn't more important than the universe." Enraged, Rory punches the Doctor, knocking him down. The Doctor quickly pulls himself back up, laughing, and relocates his jaw, welcoming Rory back; he had to be sure Rory wasn't acting, but genuinely loved Amy like the original.
Putting Amy in the Pandorica, the Doctor explains that she is not an ordinary girl due to having the universe pouring through her dreams every night because of the crack in her wall, so when the Nestene took a memory print off Amy, they got a bit more than what they bargained for — Rory's soul inhabits his Auton replica. Sealing the Pandorica once more with Amy inside, the Doctor explains to Rory that it prevents people from dying as it's a form of escape; it can stasis-lock Amy in a near-death state until it gets an external sample of her [[DNA]] to revive her, which will take around 2000 years. Recovering [[River Song's vortex manipulator]] from the ground, the Doctor sets it for the future. Offering Rory a lift, the Doctor is bewildered when he decides to remain behind to guard the Pandorica. Despite the warning that he may go mad from never sleeping, Rory insists; the Doctor relents but warns him he isn't indestructible and gives him fair warning of all the things he knows can cause an Auton to be destroyed or become faulty before vanishing into the future.
[[File:AdultAmySizesChildAmy_BigBang.jpg|left|thumb|Adult Amy figures out what year it is.]]
In the museum, Amy compares Amelia's height to herself, Amy guesses its 1996. Sure of the year, Amy looks around the exhibit, paying no mind to the younger version of herself. She finds a video on "the Lone Centurion" — a man in Roman armour who protected the Pandorica wherever it went for 1839 years and prevented anyone from opening it. He was last seen in [[1941]], dragging the box away from a burning building; it is believed the Centurion died in the inferno as no body was recovered. Amy realises he was Rory, having retained her recovered memories of him, but there is no time for her to dwell on this. The restorative light from the Pandorica has reactivated a stone Dalek in the exhibition and it's heading straight for the Ponds.
The Doctor appears, having used the vortex manipulator to travel 1894 years into the future. The Dalek shoots at him and Amy, prompting them to take cover with young Amelia; they're trapped. A museum guard appears and the Dalek deems him unarmed. However, the guard uncaps his hand, revealing a laser gun to disable the Dalek. Amy rejoices when she sees that the guard is the Auton Rory. They kiss while the Doctor realises the "light" from the Pandorica revived the Dalek partially. He also takes a fez from a display, putting it on Amelia, who refuses it; the Doctor dons the hat himself. The Dalek begins coming back to life once more due to the Pandorica still being open.
The Doctor leads the group away from the Dalek, blocking the door with a mop to buy time. When Rory recognises his appearance, the Doctor establishes the timeline by travelling back to 102 A.D. and ordering that version of Rory to let him out of the Pandorica. He leaves the notes for Amelia, all of which led her here. The Doctor even fulfils Amelia's request for a drink while running around the timeline, snatching it from the earlier version of herself at the museum. A bewildered Amy wonders how the Doctor keeps vanishing, making him explain what the device on his wrist is: "cheap, and nasty time travel; it's bad for you. I'm trying to give it up."
[[File:EleventhDoctorWhispersToHimself_BigBang.jpg|thumb|The Eleventh Doctor whispers to himself.]]
As they head for the roof, another version of the Doctor appears at the top of the stairs, near-dead. He falls down the stairs and whispers in the younger Doctor's ear before dying. The Doctor announces he has only twelve minutes to live. Amy is confused, but Rory points out that they can't just leave his body there. Feeling challenged for who's in charge, the Doctor asks Rory what they're going to do about Amelia. They look back to see nothing but Amelia's spilt drink. The Doctor explains history is still collapsing, and now there was never any Amelia Pond, confusing Amy; how can she be there when her younger self isn't? The Doctor answers that they are just the last light to go out. They head for the roof. After they've left, the Dalek begins to restore itself.
On the building's roof, Rory and Amy are confused by the sudden daylight; the Doctor retorts that he already told them that the [[eye of the storm]] is closing up, so time is speeding up. Rory questions the Doctor as to why the TARDIS exploded; "Good question for [[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|another day]]." The Doctor then makes them think; the sun was erased with every other star in the universe, so what's burning in the sky? The Doctor picks up a satellite dish and sonics it, revealing the sound of the TARDIS. The object keeping the Earth warm and lit is [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], exploding at every moment in history. Rory's Auton-enhanced hearing picks up a voice in the sky, which the Doctor amplifies with the dish. It's River Song's last words — "I'm sorry, my love" — repeated over and over. The TARDIS' emergency protocols have locked the console room in a [[time loop]] to save her life. The Doctor gives a smile to a shocked Amy and Rory.
River is seen repeating her attempts to open the TARDIS doors three times, each time failing and saying she is sorry to the Doctor as the TARDIS begins exploding. On the fourth attempt, the Doctor appears via her vortex manipulator, saying he's home. River looks at her watch and gives an annoyed look; she's been aware of the time loop the entire time and has been waiting for him to come and get her. They travel back to the roof, the Doctor introducing River to Rory. River explains she has questions, but number one is, "What in the name of sanity do you have on your head?". The Doctor explains he wears fezzes now since they're cool; Amy removes it from his head and tosses it in the air, where River blasts it to pieces. However, the regenerated Dalek elevates onto the roof and shoots at the group. They retreat to the museum below.
The Doctor runs through the museum, deducing that, along with the restoration field, the Pandorica contains a few billion atoms of the universe as it was, hence how the Dalek returned despite being erased from history. River tells him there's tiny fault of the Pandorica not being able to properly restore a single Dalek. The Doctor proposes getting the Pandorica to the exploding TARDIS, not only giving it unlimited power, but allowing it to scatter the atoms of the original universe throughout time and undo [[total event collapse]]. When asked how they can do this, the Doctor smug tells his friends to listen before turning to lead them back to the Pandorica; however, he is shot by the laser blast of the Dalek, which managed to locate them. The Dalek briefly powers down due to the amount of energy it expended, while the Doctor uses the manipulator to vanish into the past. Amy and Rory head back to his body, while River stays behind. As River is an associate of the Doctor's, the Dalek believes she will show mercy; she tells it her name and to look her up in [[Pathweb|its database,]] knowing one blast from her gun to its eyestalk will kill it. After seeing [[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|its information on River Song]], the terrified Dalek begins begging for mercy.
Downstairs, Amy and Rory find The Doctor's corpse is not where they left it. River returns to remind them the Doctor lies, informing them the Dalek is dead as well. The Doctor had pretended to die to make them decoys to buy him time. They return to the exhibit and find the dying Doctor has strapped himself into the Pandorica. River realises he plans to use the vortex manipulator to fly the box into the heart of the TARDIS, exploding at every point in history. The explosion will release the atoms of the preserved universe, restoring it. River admits gravely that the plan will work only if the Doctor seals himself on the other side of the cracks. The entire universe will be restored, but not the Doctor. He will never have existed at all. However, all the good he has done for the universe until now will remain.
[[File:Geronimo.jpg|thumb|The Doctor's message to the Ponds.]]
The Doctor and Amy say their goodbyes, and he admits that he took her with him because her life didn't make sense... living in a large house with only her aunt. He then asks Amy what happened to her parents, and she answers that she lost them but is alarmed when she cannot recall the specific details. He explains that they weren't killed when Amy was young, but consumed by the [[Time Field|time field]] in her bedroom wall which has been eating away at her whole life. He assures her that as long as she remembers her parents, she can bring them back like she did Rory and with her family around her she won't need her imaginary friend. He pilots the Pandorica into the explosion, texting River "Geronimo!" on the way, and resets the universe, disappearing from existence...
...and sits up on the floor of the TARDIS console room. He rejoices he has survived being erased — until he sees Amy and himself from a week earlier, travelling to [[Space Florida]]; his timeline is unravelling, meaning, "Hello, universe, goodbye, Doctor." He calls over to Amy. She hears him, but cannot see him. His life rewinds further. He is in a street in [[Colchester]], watching Amy leave a note for him underneath [[Craig Owens|Craig]]'s advertisement for a new lodger. She still cannot see him. The Doctor notices a [[Time Field|crack]] in the road behind him, sealing itself.
He rewinds to the ''[[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]]''; he approaches Amy — her eyes shut to avoid being killed by the [[Weeping Angel]] — and encourages her to remember what he told her when she was seven. He rewinds to 1996 and finds Amelia asleep in her back garden, awaiting his return. He carries her to bed and tells her the story of how he stole — or, rather, "borrowed" — the TARDIS, describing it as "ancient and new, and the bluest blue ever." He sees the crack in her wall and tells her it can't close properly until he's on the other side and steps through, preferring not to see the rest of his life rewind. The crack in her wall closes. She wakes to an empty room and quickly goes back to sleep.
In [[2010]], Amy wakes on her wedding day, surprised when [[Tabetha Pond|her mother]] brings her breakfast. Her mother informs Amy she may toss the breakfast out the window as her father's a terrible cook. Amy races downstairs to see [[Augustus Pond|her father]], studying a joke book for his speech at the reception. Amy finds her reaction to her parent as odd and she has the lingering feeling there is someone or something else missing. When she phones Rory to see if he feels the same way, he agrees with her because he loves and fears her. Excited, Amy gets ready for her wedding.
At the reception, she enjoys listening to her mother whisper insults about her father or giggles that her father is taking time to correct his speech. Amy then spots River Song outside, walking past the window. Rory presents her with a wedding gift someone has left — [[River Song's diary|River's blue TARDIS diary]], all its pages now blank. Amy begins to cry, wondering why she is sad. Rory tries to explain away the diary by reminding her of the old wedding saying: "Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue." She notices some of the guests at the other tables; a bow tie and braces catch her attention just as a tear hits River's diary.
Amy interrupts her father's speech to announce that her imaginary childhood friend, "the raggedy Doctor," is real and he is late for her wedding. Her mother and aunt sigh, remembering how many psychiatrists they sent her to. Amy continues yelling that she brought everyone else back from the time field, so she can for him as well, which is why he told her that story when she was little, about the ancient, brand new box. The TARDIS — old and new, borrowed and blue — materialises in the middle of the room. Amy walks up to the TARDIS and asks the Doctor if she's "...surprised him this time." The Doctor steps out in a top hat and full evening dress, admitting that he is completely astonished. Everyone at the wedding is shocked to discover that the Doctor wasn't a figment of Amy's imagination, while Rory now remembers everything that happened to him and doesn't understand how he could have forgotten, especially being nearly 2000 years old. The Doctor introduces himself to the crowd; no doubt Amy's parents are feeling like apologising for not believing Amy.
Amy imitates part of the wedding ceremony, telling him he can kiss her. However, the Doctor stops Amy, informing her the brand new Mr Pond will be taking care of the "kissing duties" from now on. Annoyed, and thinking the Doctor doesn't understand earth customs well, Rory tries explaining that marrying Amy gives her his last name, but relents when the Doctor says his version is correct. The Doctor says he'll move the TARDIS as they're gonna need the space for dancing, which is why he came. When everyone starts dancing, the Doctor does so badly, making Amy giggle ("You're terrible! That is embarrassing!" she shrieks) and amusing the children present; he even tries teaching them his moves. Later, watching Amy and Rory slow dance, the Doctor notes to himself that Rory is 'the boy who waited' and, after guarding her for two thousand years, deserves his happiness.
The Doctor leaves to return to the TARDIS, now parked in Amy's garden. River Song appears behind him. He returns her vortex manipulator and her diary, explaining that the writing has come back, but he didn't peek ahead. As River thanks him, the Doctor asks if she's married herself. She wonders if he is asking, and he says, "Yes," then stammers when he realises he accidentally proposed to her. River teases him with further affirmations. The Doctor wonders who she really is. She says he will find out [[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|very soon when everything changes]]. She leaves abruptly via her vortex manipulator.
[[File:AmySaysGoodbyeTBB.jpg|thumb|Amy says goodbye to her backyard before returning to her travels with the Doctor.]]
Exasperated, the Doctor enters the TARDIS, placing his scarf on a nearby lever. Amy enters, trying again to entice him into kissing her; Rory follows after her, annoyed she's still trying to kiss the Doctor. Rory reminds the Doctor that he just saved reality, so he should take the night off and relax. He is reluctant — they still do not know [[Kovarian|what]] led the TARDIS to the date of the temporal explosion and destroyed it, much less why. He also has not figured out the meaning of the "[[The Silence|silence]]." As he ponders, he takes a [[TARDIS phone]] call: an [[Egyptian]] goddess is on the loose on the [[Orient Express (spacecraft)|Orient Express]] in space and [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|the being on the other end]] is concerned. The Doctor turns to bid Amy and Rory goodbye, but Amy runs to the door, bids her former life "''adieu"'' and closes the TARDIS doors. The Doctor smiles and fires up the engines, sending the TARDIS spinning through the [[time vortex]]...
== Cast ==
* [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor Who]] - [[Christopher Eccleston]]
* [[Thirteenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jodie Whittaker]]
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Bradley]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
* [[Clara Oswald|Clara Oswald]] - [[Jenna Coleman]]
* [[Madame Vastra|Madame Vastra]] - [[Neve McIntosh]]
* [[Jenny Flint|Jenny Flint]] - [[Catrin Stewart]]
* [[Yasmin Khan|Yasmin Khan]] - [[Mandip Gill]]
* [[Rose Tyler|Rose Tyler]] - [[Billie Piper]]
* [[Bill Potts|Bill Potts]] - [[Pearl Mackie]]
* [[Amy Pond|Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
* [[River Song|River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie Tyler]] - [[Camille Coduri]]
* [[Rory Williams|Rory]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
* [[Polly Wright|Polly]] - [[Lily Travers]]
* [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] - [[Jared Garfield]]
* [[Amy Pond|Amelia]] - [[Caitlin Blackwood]]
* [[Craig Owens|Craig]] - [[James Corden]]
* [[Grace O'Brien|Grace]] - [[Sharon D Clarke]]
* [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] - [[Daisy Haggard]]
* [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]] - [[Stephanie Hyam]]
* [[Sharon (The Big Bang)|Aunt Sharon]] - [[Susan Vidler]]
* [[Christine (The Big Bang)|Christine]] - [[Frances Ashman]]
* [[Stone Dalek]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Dave (The Big Bang)|Dave]] - [[William Pretsell]]
* [[Augustus Pond|Mr Pond]] - [[Halcro Johnston]]
* [[Tabetha Pond|Tabetha]] - [[Karen Westwood]]
* [[Dalek|Dalek voice]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Clive Finch|Clive]] - [[Mark Benton]]
* [[Caroline Finch|Caroline]] - [[Elli Garnett]]
* [[Clive's son|Clive's Son]] - [[Adam McCoy]]
* [[Auton]]s - [[Alan Ruscoe]], [[Paul Kasey]], [[David Sant]], [[Elizabeth Fost]], [[Helen Otway]]
* [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestene]] Voice - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
== Guest Cast ==
* [[Steven (The Lodger)|Steven]] - [[Owen Donovan]]
* [[Sean (The Lodger)|Sean]] - [[Babatunde Aleshe]]
* [[Michael (The Lodger)|Michael]] - [[Jem Wall]]
* [[Sandra (The Lodger)|Sandra]] - [[Karen Seacombe]]
* [[Clubber (The Lodger)|Clubber]] - [[Kamara Bacchus]]
* [[John (Knock Knock)|The Landlord]] - [[David Suchet]]
* [[Eliza (Knock Knock)|Eliza]] - [[Mariah Gale]]
* [[Shireen (Knock Knock)|Shireen]] - [[Mandeep Dhillon]]
* [[Felicity (Knock Knock)|Felicity]] - [[Alice Hewkin]]
* [[Paul (Knock Knock)|Paul]] - [[Ben Presley]]
* [[Harry (Knock Knock)|Harry]] - [[Colin Ryan]]
* [[Pavel (Knock Knock)|Pavel]] - [[Bart Suavek]]
* [[Estate agent (Knock Knock)|Estate Agent]] - [[Sam Benjamin]]
* [[John (Knock Knock)|Young Landlord]] - [[Tate Pitchie-Cooper]]
=== Uncredited cast ===
* Starline Galactic Villain - [[Clem So]]<ref>http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=5292</ref>
* Museum visitor - [[Jon Davey]]<ref>http://www.jondavey.com/acting.php</ref>
* Avatar (voice) - [[Ben Peyton]]<ref>[[THWR 34]]</ref>
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=== Uncredited crew ===
* [[Visual effects supervisor|VFX Supervisors]] - [[Grant Hewlett]], [[Stuart Aitken]]<ref name="Digital Arts">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/motion-graphics/doctor-who-vfx-christmas/|title=Doctor Who VFX: How Axis created bodiless heads and crashing spaceships for the Christmas episode|author=Burns, Michael|date of source=25 January 2016|website name=Digital Arts|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="DWMSE 43">[[DWMSE 43]]</ref>
== References ==
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor mentions that his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] had a big chin.
* River Song suggests that the Doctor would not approve of [[alcohol]] aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], or would not approve of her taking the alcohol while she borrows the TARDIS.
* The Doctor still enjoys mocking [[archaeology]], referring to River's [[sonic trowel]] as "just embarrassing".
* The Doctor mentions [[Euclidean geometry]].
* The Doctor mentions battling Insects from the [[Ninth Dimension]] and [[Giant Robot Fish]].
=== River Song ===
* River states that the Doctor has planned to take her to [[Darillium]] numerous times but has always cancelled at the last minute.
* River alludes to her father, [[Rory Williams]], by pointing to her nose and stating "Don't tell dad" while offering alcohol to the Doctor.
* When searching through her bag at the beginning of the episode, River pulls out a red fez. The Eleventh Doctor was fond of fezzes, thinking they were cool, though River openly disagreed with his statement.
* River Song owns the [[book]] ''[[History's Finest Exploding Restaurants]]'' with the tagline "The Best Food for Free, Skip the Coffee". She used it as a source when plotting her escape from the [[meteor]] strike that hit the ''[[Harmony and Redemption]]''.
* River has a unique [[perfume]] spray that lets her change her clothes as she pleases.
=== The TARDIS ===
* The [[roundel]]s are once again used for storage purposes. In this instance, [[alcohol]] is inside a cupboard behind one of them.
* The TARDIS is able to produce a pair of [[hologrammatic antlers]] for the Doctor.
== Home video releases ==
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File:Complete 9th Series UK Cover.jpg|The Complete Series 9
File:The Husbands of River Song DVD.jpg|''The Husbands of River Song'' DVD cover
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* This story was released on DVD in [[23 February (releases)|23 February]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]. It was also released as part of the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|Series 8]] boxset on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] 2014.
== Video game adaptation ==
* On the [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]], a ''Husbands of River Song'' level pack was released for the game ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]''. It used ten non-dialogue levels to visually retell the episode's story.
== External links ==
* {{locguide|deepbreath|Deep Breath}}
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Opening ceremony
The Tenth Doctor carrying the Olympic Torch. (TV: Fear Her)

The Tenth Doctor carried the Olympic Torch at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. (TV: Fear Her)

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