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'''''A Good Man Goes to War''''' was the seventh episode and mid-series finale of [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|series 6]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''''A Good Man Goes to War''''' was the seventh episode and mid-series finale of [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 6]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
It was the last episode of the spring half of the sixth series. It was, in a sense, the first episode of a two-part story, followed by ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''. It revealed the identity of [[River Song]], naming her as Melody Pond, the daughter of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. The midseries finale also introduced the [[Order of the Headless|Headless Monks]], a militaristic faction of [[the Silence]], and formally introduced the ubiquitous "Eye Patch Lady" as the malevolent [[Madame Kovarian]]. It also showed the extent to which the Doctor had become feared and the lengths to which those who feared him were willing to go to be rid of him. Equally so, it revealed how easily the Doctor could assemble a small army and counter an enemy's force, and the severity of his anger when someone he deeply cared about was tormented to the point that irreversible damage was done to their life. | It was the last episode of the spring half of the sixth series. It was, in a sense, the first episode of a two-part story, followed by ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''. It revealed the identity of [[River Song]], naming her as Melody Pond, the daughter of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. The midseries finale also introduced the [[Order of the Headless|Headless Monks]], a militaristic faction of [[the Silence]], and formally introduced the ubiquitous "Eye Patch Lady" as the malevolent [[Madame Kovarian]]. It also showed the extent to which the Doctor had become feared and the lengths to which those who feared him were willing to go to be rid of him. Equally so, it revealed how easily the Doctor could assemble a small army and counter an enemy's force, and the severity of his anger when someone he deeply cared about was tormented to the point that irreversible damage was done to their life. | ||
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This story marked the first time that the [[BBC Wales]] series had not broadcast an uninterrupted thirteen-episode run for a series of ''Doctor Who''. As a result of its status as a midseries finale, the length and allotted run time of the episode was extended to 50 minutes. The episode was also given an ending that would allow for a reasonable time skip to take place in-universe, where the Doctor sets off on his own in search of Melody Pond. However, viewers can still watch Series 6 in full without any difference in the story arc progression. The major plots introduced at the beginning of this series were continued in the latter half of the broadcast and tied up in a standalone finale. | This story marked the first time that the [[BBC Wales]] series had not broadcast an uninterrupted thirteen-episode run for a series of ''Doctor Who''. As a result of its status as a midseries finale, the length and allotted run time of the episode was extended to 50 minutes. The episode was also given an ending that would allow for a reasonable time skip to take place in-universe, where the Doctor sets off on his own in search of Melody Pond. However, viewers can still watch Series 6 in full without any difference in the story arc progression. The major plots introduced at the beginning of this series were continued in the latter half of the broadcast and tied up in a standalone finale. | ||
The practice of splitting apart a 13-episode series would be repeated with [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]], which contained further experiments with the series format. It was comprised of two different character-related story arcs that were contained in the first and second parts of Series 7, and premiered new episodes across two years, incorporating a [[Christmas special]] in between the break that bridged the two halves of the series. The singular run format, reduced to 12 episodes rather than 13, would return when the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s era began. | The practice of splitting apart a 13-episode series would be repeated with [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 7]], which contained further experiments with the series format. It was comprised of two different character-related story arcs that were contained in the first and second parts of Series 7, and premiered new episodes across two years, incorporating a [[Christmas special]] in between the break that bridged the two halves of the series. The singular run format, reduced to 12 episodes rather than 13, would return when the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s era began. | ||
It wouldn't be revealed until ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' that [[Madame Kovarian]] had not been truly villainous; the "war" she spoke of wasn't simply the Doctor's enemies trying to kill him like normal, the [[Kovarian Chapter]] of the [[Papal Mainframe]] was trying to kill him before he could even take part in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] in his personal future. She believed that if the Doctor were to die before the Siege, the [[Time Lord]]s would not be released from their pocket universe, thus preventing the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] from starting anew. | It wouldn't be revealed until ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' that [[Madame Kovarian]] had not been truly villainous; the "war" she spoke of wasn't simply the Doctor's enemies trying to kill him like normal, the [[Kovarian Chapter]] of the [[Papal Mainframe]] was trying to kill him before he could even take part in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] in his personal future. She believed that if the Doctor were to die before the Siege, the [[Time Lord]]s would not be released from their pocket universe, thus preventing the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] from starting anew. | ||
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* According to [[Steven Moffat]], he wanted to include [[Jack Harkness]] in the Doctor's army, but could not because [[John Barrowman]] was busy filming ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' in [[United States of America|America]].<ref>http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/77350574932246528</ref> Moffat said that it was just as well, since he would have had to make the episode about not only Jack returning, but getting used to the Eleventh Doctor. | * According to [[Steven Moffat]], he wanted to include [[Jack Harkness]] in the Doctor's army, but could not because [[John Barrowman]] was busy filming ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' in [[United States of America|America]].<ref>http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/77350574932246528</ref> Moffat said that it was just as well, since he would have had to make the episode about not only Jack returning, but getting used to the Eleventh Doctor. | ||
* The TARDIS console room does not appear in this episode. This is the first time this has occurred since ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', over two years earlier. It is the first episode of the Eleventh Doctor era to not have a scene set in the TARDIS. | * The TARDIS console room does not appear in this episode. This is the first time this has occurred since ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', over two years earlier. It is the first episode of the Eleventh Doctor era to not have a scene set in the TARDIS. | ||
* The [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] & [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|2]] variation of Doctors theme (''[[The Doctor's Theme]]'') plays for six seconds when the Doctor and Vastra are talking about a Time Lord being used as a weapon. | * The [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 1]] & [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|2]] variation of Doctors theme (''[[The Doctor's Theme]]'') plays for six seconds when the Doctor and Vastra are talking about a Time Lord being used as a weapon. | ||
* A variation of ''All The Strange, Strange Creatures'' plays right before the scene mentioned above. | * A variation of ''All The Strange, Strange Creatures'' plays right before the scene mentioned above. | ||
* This is the first story to include River where the phrase "Hello Sweetie" isn't heard. | * This is the first story to include River where the phrase "Hello Sweetie" isn't heard. | ||
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* It is left to the viewers' interpretation as to the identity of the titular "good man", partly because of the Doctor's own admission that he is not necessarily a "good man" because he "has so many" rules; the ambiguity is further reinforced by Amy's opening narration, which misled the viewer into thinking she was talking about the Doctor rather than Rory. These two instances lend weight to the idea that the "good man" of the title may refer to Rory rather than the Doctor. | * It is left to the viewers' interpretation as to the identity of the titular "good man", partly because of the Doctor's own admission that he is not necessarily a "good man" because he "has so many" rules; the ambiguity is further reinforced by Amy's opening narration, which misled the viewer into thinking she was talking about the Doctor rather than Rory. These two instances lend weight to the idea that the "good man" of the title may refer to Rory rather than the Doctor. | ||
* [[Alex Kingston]]'s character is revealed to be Melody Pond. In 2009-2010, Kingston played a character in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]'' named Miranda Pond. | * [[Alex Kingston]]'s character is revealed to be Melody Pond. In 2009-2010, Kingston played a character in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]'' named Miranda Pond. | ||
* As the last episode of the first half of [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]], there is no "NEXT TIME" trailer at the end of the episode, instead a message saying that "Doctor Who will return in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''". | * As the last episode of the first half of [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 6]], there is no "NEXT TIME" trailer at the end of the episode, instead a message saying that "Doctor Who will return in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''". | ||
* This episode solves the fan debate as to whether or not the Doctor was speaking Gallifreyan and it was being translated. | * This episode solves the fan debate as to whether or not the Doctor was speaking Gallifreyan and it was being translated. | ||
* Nearly twenty months after this episode was broadcast, in March 2013, the BBC released the online minisode ''[[The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later (webcast)|The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later]]'' which served as both a coda to ''A Good Man Goes to War'' and as a prequel to the 2012 Christmas special ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. | * Nearly twenty months after this episode was broadcast, in March 2013, the BBC released the online minisode ''[[The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later (webcast)|The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later]]'' which served as both a coda to ''A Good Man Goes to War'' and as a prequel to the 2012 Christmas special ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. |
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