Flesh and Stone (TV story)

Flesh and Stone is the fifth episode of Series Five. It is the second part of a two-part story.

Synopsis

There's no way back, no way up and no way out. Trapped among an army of Weeping Angels, the Doctor and his friends must try to escape through the wreckage of a crashed space liner. Meanwhile, in the forest vault, the Doctor's companion, Amy Pond, finds herself facing an even more deadly attack.

Plot

The Doctor, Amy, River Song, Father Octavian and his clerics have all jumped on the Doctor's instructions, and have been caught by the Byzantium's still existent gravity field and have landed on the outside of the Byzantium, upside down in relation to the Weeping Angels left beneath them. They enter the ship, but are followed by the Angels. The Doctor and the others manage to escape and enter the control room. Amy has been counting downwards from ten for several minutes without realising it, and the Doctor notices a crack on the wall, similar to the one in Amy's bedroom. The Doctor examines it, saying 'That's extremely very not good', before noticing he is surrounded by Weeping Angels. He escapes, minus his coat, and follows the others. They discover that Amy has a Weeping Angel in the visual centres of her mind. The Doctor tells her if she opens her eyes for more than a second, the Weeping Angel will escape and she will die. She is left with the clerics as the Weeping Angels advance, and the Doctor, River Song and Father Octavian head off to find a way to stop the Angels.

Cast

Crew

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References

When trying to figure out the implications of the cracks in time, the Doctor references the CyberKing, and wonders if 21st century Earth's lack of knowledge of the events of The Next Doctor is somehow related.

Story Notes

According to Steven Moffat on the 30th March 2010 edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme, Front Row, the title of this episode was supplied by his son, Joshua.

The title is a play on 'flesh and bone', a common idiom referring to a creature's anatomy, since most humans and animals are composed of flesh and a skeletal structure. The title also refers to the Weeping Angels' weakness of turning to stone whenever anyone looks at them. This was a rumoured title for the episode Gridlock.

In the trailer at the end of The Time of Angels it shows a crack - continuing the theme throughout the series. The crack appears to be growing, and upon finding it, the Amy Pond notes its similarity to the one on her bedroom wall from DW: The Eleventh Hour. The Doctor says of the crack, "That is extremely very not good." Also, near the end when the Doctor is talking to River Song in the Vault, the television in the background shows what seems to be an eye swinging down and back up again. This is the movement of the Atraxi eye in the Eleventh Hour.
A video clip on the official Doctor Who website shows that the Doctor gets the Weeping Angels to say "comfy chairs".
The Doctor finds out that time can be unwritten.
The time on the scanner that the Doctor holds says that Amy's day is her wedding day.
The Weeping Angels are seen moving for the first time. They are seen turning their heads when they begin to realise that Amy can't see them.
The date shown in the episode, 26/06/2010, is (if all episodes are not interrupted) the final episode date of Series 5.

Ratings

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Filming Locations

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Rumours

Amy and Rory will either marry each other or put it on hold at the end of the episode, and Rory will travel in the TARDIS at the end. This was proven false, but Rory will travel in the TARDIS in the next episode

Production Errors

When the Doctort is talking to Amy just before he heads off with River Song, he is seen wearing his brown coat. But he lost that earlier when the Weeping Angels have him captured, he could have got another one from the tardis but is not shown.

Continuity

Events the Doctor thinks are erased from history by the cracks include DW: The Next Doctor, and DW: Journey's End

DVD Release

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External Links

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Footnotes

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