The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)

The Angels Take Manhattan
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy, Rory, River
Main enemy:	The Weeping Angels
Main setting:	Manhattan, New York City, 1938 and 2012
Key crew
Writer:	Steven Moffat
Director:	Nick Hurran
Producer:	Marcus Wilson
Release details
Story number:	229
Premiere broadcast:	29 September 2012
Format:	45 minutes
Production code:	3.5
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The Angels Take Manhattan was the fifth episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It featured the departure of Amy Pond and Rory Williams.

Synopsis

The Doctor's heart-breaking farewell to Amy and Rory - a race against time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York's statues come to life around them...

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
• River Song - Alex Kingston
• Grayle - Mike McShane
• Sam Garner - Rob David
• Foreman - Ozzie Yue
• Old Garner - Burnell Tucker

Crew

Executive Producers   Caroline Skinner and Steven Moffat

Written by Steven Moffat	Produced by Marcus Wilson	Directed by Nick Hurran	Production Designer Michael Pickwoad	Visual Effects The Mill
Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer  •  With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

General production staff Script department Camera and lighting department Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Pete Chester	Art department Costume department	Make-up and prosthetics General post-production staff Post-production Co-ordinator - Marie Brown Special and visual effects Colourist - Mick Vincent Sound Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Supervising Sound Editor - Paul McFadden Sound Effects Editor - Paul Jefferies Sound Editor - Doug Sinclair

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

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Story notes

• The title of the book River Song writes is "The Angel's Kiss". An ebook version of the book will be released on 4 October 2012,.

Ratings

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Rumours

• The Statue of Liberty is a Weeping Angel. This is true.

Filming locations

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Production errors

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Continuity

• Amy Pond calls the Doctor "Raggedy man". (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Big Bang, The Girl Who Waited)
• The Doctor used some of his regenerative energy to repair River Song's hand. He did this before when recharging the last power source in the TARDIS after it travelled to a Parallel World. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
• The afterword Amy wrote in Melody Malone's book was a message for the Doctor, which made reference to various adventures the Doctor and Amy had had together: saving a whale in space (TV: The Beast Below), fighting pirates (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot), and changing the life of a great artist (TV: Vincent and the Doctor).

Home video releases

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Footnotes