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|name = P.S.
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|season number   = Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)
|season number = [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|7]]
|main character  = [[Brian Williams|Brian]], [[Anthony Williams|Anthony]]
|story number =
|featuring       = [[Rory Williams|Rory]], [[Amelia Williams|Amelia]], [[Eleventh Doctor]]
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|setting         = [[Amy Pond and Rory Williams' house (The God Complex)|Amy Pond and Rory Williams' house]], [[London]]
|featuring = [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]] and [[Anthony Williams]]
|writer         = Chris Chibnall
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|release date   = 12 October 2012
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|release date = [[12 October]] [[2012]]
|format         = Animated mini-episode
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'''''P.S.''''' was a short animated coda to the events of ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]''.
}}  
 
'''''P.S.''''' was a short ''[[Doctor Who]]'' webisode following ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan]]''. It is in the form of an animated storyboard for a scene that was written by [[Chris Chibnall]] but not shot, featuring narration by [[Arthur Darvill]] as [[Rory Williams]].
According to writer [[Chris Chibnall]], it was originally intended to be a live-action [[DVD]] extra, but the unavailability of actor [[Mark Williams]] meant it couldn't be filmed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140306065438/https://twitter.com/ChrisChibnall/status/257087302935920640 Chris Chibnall's clarification of the nature of this scene]</ref> so instead its storyboards were animated and narration was commissioned from [[Arthur Darvill]]. Ultimately, the scene was released as a webcast by the [[BBC]] following the broadcast of ''The Angels Take Manhattan''.
 
Narratively, this scene is meant to give [[Rory Williams]]'s character closure, and by extension, show that he and his wife [[Amy Pond]] would live out a happy life in [[20th century]] [[New York City]]. It would be the final performance of Arthur Darvill as Rory until the release of ''[[Rory's Story (webcast)|Rory's Story]]''.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] receives an emotional letter from [[Rory Williams|his son]].  
[[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] receives an emotional [[letter]] from [[Rory Williams|his son]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] leaves with [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] after having dinner with them and Brian. A week later there is a knock at the door and Brian answers it. [[Anthony Williams|An American man]] stands there; he passes Brian a letter and walks in. Brian sits in the lounge and reads the letter revealing it is from his son Rory and that he and Amy had a wonderful life in [[New York]], "fifty years before [Rory] was born," and adopted a son who turns out to be Anthony.
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] leaves with [[Amelia Williams|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] after having dinner with them and [[Brian Williams|Brian]].  
 
A week later, Brian answers a knock at the door from an [[Anthony Williams|American man]], who passes Brian a [[letter]] and walks in. The visitor waits in the hall while Brian sits in the living room and reads the letter. It is from Rory, and it says that he and Amy were [[Weeping Angel|permanently trapped]] in the past in [[New York City]]. However, Rory assures his father that they lived happily together for the rest of their lives, and in [[1946]] they adopted a son named Anthony — the man who delivered the letter. Rory also tells Brian that he misses him and loves him, and he understands how weird it must be to have a grandson who is older than he is. Brian goes into the hall to see Anthony, who offers a [[handshake]]. Brian [[hug]]s him instead.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Rory Williams]] (voice) – [[Arthur Darvill]]
(In order of appearance)
* Also incorporates footage from [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' with [[Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]], Darvill and [[Mark Williams]]
* [[Brian Williams]] (archive footage)
* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]] (archive footage)
* [[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]] (archive footage)
* [[Rory Williams]] – [[Arthur Darvill]] (voiceover and archive footage)


== Story notes ==
== Characters ==
* This scene was originally meant for ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan]]''.
* [[Anthony Williams]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
 
== Notes ==
* A behind the scenes look at this mini-episode, titled ''After the Angels'', was included in ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' [[DWA 293|#293]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'' vaguely implied that Amy and Rory had been sent back from the cemetery to circa 1938, the past era to which Rory was first sent. This is confirmed. Rory is shown in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'' to have been Amy's schoolmate, roughly the same age, and Amy was 7 years old in 1996 ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''). 50 years, whether literal or rounded off from 51 years, places the start of their new life ''c.'' 1938.
* ''P.S.'' includes a portion of a scene from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}.
* ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'' implied that Amy and Rory remained in or about [[New York City]]. ''P.S.'' confirms this. Anthony's sister was in New York during their parents' lifetimes, both as adult [[River Song]] in the summer of [[1969]], and as young Melody and infant Mels in January [[1970]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
* This mini-episode directly follows the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}
* Anthony is stated to be in his mid-sixties, and to have adopted as an infant in [[1946]]. The epilogue of ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' was set at Christmas [[2013]], more than two years after Amy and Rory last saw the Doctor. ''[[Pond Life]]'' followed during the spring and summer of no earlier than [[2014]], Some months or more had passed before ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' in which Amy and Rory are signing their marital separation agreement. ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' begins in an July of a year no earlier than [[2015]] and ends in July of the following year, no earlier than [[2016]]. Brian's lack of reaction to Rory's assertion of being thirty years old at the time of ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'' implied that their "present" was in [[2018]] or [[2019]]. Amy and Rory were still in the present in ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'', set in [[2020]]. All of this places the end of ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' and ''P.S.'' in or after [[2020]], by which time, Anthony would be in his mid-seventies, barring time-travel.
* Anthony Williams would later be referenced in many stories from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|About the Authors (feature)}} to [[GAME]]: {{cs|The Lonely Assassins (video game)}}. In particular, [[WC]]: {{cs|Rory's Story (webcast)}} is an overt sequel to this minisode, with Rory and Amy's life in [[New York City]] being expanded upon with focus on the adoption of Anthony.
* Rory says that he "know[s] that having a grandson older than you is weird." Rory grew up with his own daughter and also knew her as a woman considerably older than himself. Even in their youths, Mels was already several years older than Rory and Amy, despite appearing to be their age.
 
*''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' established Amy's inability to bear additional children after [[River Song|Melody]], resulting from the events at [[Demon's Run]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
== Home video release ==
* Amy and Rory are the second and third former companions shown to have adopted children, after [[Sarah Jane Smith]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'') [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] were said to have operated an orphanage in [[India]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'')
* To date, no home video release has occurred, with ''P.S.'' being omitted from both the UK and North American editions of the Series 7 DVD and Blu-ray box set.
* Brian waited a week for his letter, whereas [[Sally Sparrow]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] received theirs within minutes of their respective friend's disapearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XWU6XL9xI4k#! P.S.] at YouTube
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zn6ff The video on the ''Doctor Who'' website]
 
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P.S. was a short animated coda to the events of The Angels Take Manhattan.

According to writer Chris Chibnall, it was originally intended to be a live-action DVD extra, but the unavailability of actor Mark Williams meant it couldn't be filmed,[1] so instead its storyboards were animated and narration was commissioned from Arthur Darvill. Ultimately, the scene was released as a webcast by the BBC following the broadcast of The Angels Take Manhattan.

Narratively, this scene is meant to give Rory Williams's character closure, and by extension, show that he and his wife Amy Pond would live out a happy life in 20th century New York City. It would be the final performance of Arthur Darvill as Rory until the release of Rory's Story.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Brian Williams receives an emotional letter from his son.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor leaves with Amy and Rory after having dinner with them and Brian.

A week later, Brian answers a knock at the door from an American man, who passes Brian a letter and walks in. The visitor waits in the hall while Brian sits in the living room and reads the letter. It is from Rory, and it says that he and Amy were permanently trapped in the past in New York City. However, Rory assures his father that they lived happily together for the rest of their lives, and in 1946 they adopted a son named Anthony — the man who delivered the letter. Rory also tells Brian that he misses him and loves him, and he understands how weird it must be to have a grandson who is older than he is. Brian goes into the hall to see Anthony, who offers a handshake. Brian hugs him instead.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

(In order of appearance)

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • P.S. includes a portion of a scene from TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"].
  • This mini-episode directly follows the events of TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"]
  • Anthony Williams would later be referenced in many stories from PROSE: About the Authors [+]Loading...["About the Authors (feature)"] to GAME: The Lonely Assassins [+]Loading...["The Lonely Assassins (video game)"]. In particular, WC: Rory's Story [+]Loading...["Rory's Story (webcast)"] is an overt sequel to this minisode, with Rory and Amy's life in New York City being expanded upon with focus on the adoption of Anthony.

Home video release[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • To date, no home video release has occurred, with P.S. being omitted from both the UK and North American editions of the Series 7 DVD and Blu-ray box set.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Chris Chibnall's clarification of the nature of this scene
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