The Girl Who Waited (TV story)

The Girl Who Waited (TV story)

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The Girl Who Waited
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond Rory Williams Future Amy Pond (dies)
Main enemy:	Handbots
Main setting:	Apalapucia
Key crew
Writer:	Tom MacRae
Director:	Nick Hurran
Producer:	Marcus Wilson
Release details
Story number:	220
Release number:	Series 6
Premiere broadcast:	10th September 2011
Format:	1x 45 minutes episode
Production code:	6.10
Confidential:	[[confidential::What Dreams May Come|What Dreams May Come]]

The Girl Who Waited (TV story) was the tenth episode in the sixth series of Doctor Who. It was a Doctor-lite episode and centred around Amy's relationship with Rory.

Synopsis

Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague on Apalapucia – a plague that will kill the Doctor in a day. The Doctor can use the TARDIS to smash through time and break in, but then Rory is on his own. He must find Amy and bring her back to the TARDIS before the alien doctors can administer their deadly medicine. Rory is about to encounter a very different side to his wife. Can he rescue Amy before she is killed by kindness?

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
• Check-in girl - Josie Taylor
• Voice of Interface - Imelda Staunton
• Voice of Handbots - Stephen Bracken-Keogh

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis

General production staff Production Executive - Julie Scott Line Producer - Diana Barton Associate Producer - Denise Paul Production Manager - Phillipa Cole Location Manager - Nicky James Location Assistant - Geraint Williams Unit Manager - Rhys Griffiths Production Co-ordinator - Claire Hildred Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Helen Blyth Production Assistant - Charlie Coombes Production Secretary - Scott Handcock Production Accountant - Dyfed Thomas A/Production Accountant - Kristina Raschboeck Script department Script Editor - Caroline Henry Script Executive - Lindsey Alford Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - William Hartley 2nd Assistant Director - Heddi-Joy Taylor-Welch 3rd Assistant Director - Janine H Jones Assistant Director - Danielle Richards Script Supervisor - Elaine Matthews Camera Operator - James Leigh Focus Pullers - Steve Rees, Jonathan Vidgen Grip - Gary Norman Assistant Grip - Owen Charnley Camera Assistants - Simon Ridge, Matthew Lepper, Elliot Hale Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Pete Chester Electricians - Ben Griffiths, Bob Milton, Stephen Slocombe, Alan Tippetts	Art department Supervising Art Director - Stephen Nicholas Assistant Art Director - Jackson Pope Production Buyer - Ben Morris Petty Cash Buyer - Helen O'Leary Set Decorator - Julian Luxton Props Buyer - Adrian Anscombe Decorator/Buyer - Kate Wilson Concept Artist - Richard Shaun Williams Design Assistant - Dan Martin Handbot Design - Robert Allsop & Associates Graphic Artist - Christina Tom Standby Props - Phil Shellard, Helen Atherton Standby Carpenter - Will Pope Standby Art Director - Amy Pickwoad Standby Rigger - Bryan Griffiths Store Person - Jayne Davies Props Master - Paul Aitken Props Chargehand - Rhys Jones Dressing Props - Tom Belton, Kristian Wilsher Props Driver - Medard Mankos Props Makers - Alan Hardy, Penny Howarth, Nicholas Robatto Construction Manager - Matthew Hywel-Davies Construction Chargehand - Scott Fisher Practical Electrician - Albert James Graphics - BBC Wales Graphics Draughtsman - Julia Jones Costume department Costume Supervisor - Cat Lovett Assistant Costume Designer - Samantha Keeble Costume Assistants - Jason Gill, Yasemin Kascioglu, Frances Morris	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Supervisor - Pam Mullins Make-up Artists - Vivienne Simpson, Allison Sing Prosthetics - Millennium FX Movement Stunt Co-ordinator - Crispin Layfield Assistant Stunt Co-ordinator - Gordon Seed Stunt Performers - Belinda McGinley, Stephanie Carey Casting Casting Associate - Alice Purser General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Nerys Davies Post-production Co-ordinator - Marie Brown Assistant Editor - Becky Trotman On-line Conform - Mark Bright On-line Editor - Jeremy Lott Special and visual effects Visual FX Producer - Beewan Athwal VFX Editor - Cat Gregory Colourist - Mick Vincent Sound Sound Recordist - Bryn Thomas Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Sound Maintenance Engineers - Jeff Welch, Dafydd Parry Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement ADR Editor - Matthew Cox Supervising Sound Editor - Paul McFadden Sound Effects Editor - Paul Jefferies Foley Editor - Jamie Talbutt

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

References

• Disneyland is mentioned
• The planet Clom is mentioned.
• The title, The Girl Who Waited is a reference to the Doctor's nickname of Amy, given because she waited for him for so long when they first met. (DW: The Eleventh Hour, The Big Bang)

Story notes

• This was allegedly called The Green Anchor, but this was later denied by the writer.
• The episode's original title was The Visitors' Room. This changed to The Visiting Hour and later, the one-word title, Kindness. Despite many reports to the contrary, there was no late change to the adventure's title and at no point was it ever called The Green Anchor.

Ratings

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Myths

The episode was going to be called The Green Anchor. This was proven false and was also denied by the writer.

Production errors

• Several scenes show that apart from her face, Amy's skin has not aged in thirty-six years.

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

Continuity

• Clom is mentioned. (DW: Love & Monsters)
• Rory mentions the Doctor's fez. (DW: The Big Bang)
• Amy previously met a future version of herself in DW: Space and Time and met a seven-year-old version of herself in DW: The Big Bang as well as seeing a future version of herself in the distance in DW: The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood.

Home video releases

This episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray shortly after the airing of episode thirteen.

External links

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