Time (TV story)

Time (TV story)

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Time
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond Rory Williams
Main setting:	The TARDIS
Key crew
Writer:	Steven Moffat
Director:	Richard Senior
Producer:	Annabella Hurst-Brown
Release details
Story number:	214b
Release number:	Series 6
Premiere broadcast:	18th March 2011
Format:	1x 4 minute episode

Time was a television story written by Steven Moffat for Comic Relief 2011.

Synopsis

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Plot

The second Amy explains that she stepped into the "exterior" TARDIS, which is now slightly in the future, and it sent her into the "interior" TARDIS (her immediate past). The Doctor realises and informs everyone that this timeline must be maintained. Present-time Amy gets her instructions and enters the inner police box, but not before flirting with her future self.

A second Amy appears through the regular TARDIS door again, with a second Rory in tow. They tell The Doctor that he is about to tell them to enter the box. The Doctor obliges, but tells the newest two to stay where they are, to stave off confusion and complication.

The Doctor realises he must set off a controlled Temporal Implosion to reset the TARDIS, but critically, he does not know which lever to pull. He states that he's "about to find out", and a second Doctor appears in the doorway, announcing "the wibbly lever!". The (current) Doctor pulls the wibbly lever (the Door Release lever), and runs into the dematerialising inner TARDIS. Everything returns to normal, and The Doctor asks Amy to put some trousers on.

Cast

• Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill

Crew

Credited on episode as broadcast

• Writer - Steven Moffat
• Producer - Annabella Hurst-Brown
• Director - Richard Senior

Uncredited

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References

• Amy says "I'm just repeating this too...and this...and this.", referencing the Tenth Doctor's recording in Blink.

• The Doctor pulls the "wibbley lever", echoing the phrase "wibbley-wobbly timey-wimey" from Blink, which is used to describe the non-linear nature of time in the series.

Story notes

• This episode, along with Space, was written especially for Comic Relief 2011.
• This Episode is the Fourth story to feature only the main cast (DW: The Edge of Destruction, Children in Need Special, Space)
• First multi-part charity episode since DW: Dimensions in Time. It is also the first two part mini-episode.

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming locations

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Production errors

As the Doctor begins to tell Amy and Rory to enter the Police Box, Amy's hand can be seen on her chin as she smiles at her double. The scene cuts to a wide shot in the middle of the Doctor's line, and Amy's hand is suddenly at her side.

Continuity

• This story is set entirely in the TARDIS. (DW: The Edge of Destruction, Amy's Choice, Space)
• This is the second time that a character has made a reference to having sex with duplicates. Captain Jack Harkness made a similar reference when the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor appears alongside his progenitor (DW: Journey's End). In this episode, Rory gives Amy a meaningful look when The Doctor asks what he would do with two Amys, which leads Amy to slap Rory.

Home video releases

DVD releases

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Blu-ray releases

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External links

Doctor Who: Time (Part 2) - Red Nose Day - BBC Comic Relief Night