Good as Gold (TV story)
Good as Gold was a mini-episode of Doctor Who written by the winners of a Blue Peter script-to-screen competition.
Synopsis
Bored of not having any adventures lately, the Doctor and Amy get a bit more than they asked for when they set out on one. Landing in London 2012, there's only one peice of advice that can help them now: Whatever you do — don't blink!
Plot
The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond are inside the TARDIS, and Amy tells him that the guide book for traveling through the universe says they need to have at least one adventure per week. Complying, the Doctor activates the TARDIS' "Adventure Setting" and they are off. However, the TARDIS starts to malfunction and the Doctor gets blasted by steam. His hair becomes messy and the TARDIS continues to malfunction. The Cloister Bell sounds and the TARDIS console fires out sparks. The Doctor says the TARDIS is going to crash. Amy and he hang on for dear life and they crash.
Once they get up, an athlete runs through the door holding the Olympic Flame. He asks where he is, then realises he was running from something. They all look at the door and see a Weeping Angel.
The Doctor and Amy say, "don't blink", but then the TARDIS fires sparks out of the console. The Weeping Angel takes the Olympic Torch from the athlete. The Doctor says the Angel wants to destroy the Pride of the Olympics and ruin London 2012. He points his Sonic Screwdriver at the Angel, which cracks and blows up.
The athlete jumps up and grabs the Torch so it doesn't hit the floor and go out. He thanks the Doctor and gives him an Olympic gold medal before leaving the TARDIS to light the Olympic Beacon. The Doctor turns around and says that they are now going to go on an adventure.
The Weeping Angel reappears and looks to the centre of the TARDIS.
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References
- When the Doctor's hair stands on end from an explosion, Amy jokes that he looks like Einstein.
- A Weeping Angel chases a 2012 Olympic Torch Bearer.
Story notes
- A shortened version of the Doctor Who opening titles was used.
- In announcing the competition, the BBC webcast a specially shot scene in January 2012 featuring the Doctor in the Land of Fiction (from DW: The Mind Robber), breaking the fourth wall and describing the competition. The winning story was chosen despite the fact the Doctor requests in the rules that the story not be set at the 2012 London Olympics, owing to the fact "I've already been there" (referring to DW: Fear Her).
- The actor Elliot Barnes-Worrell who played The Athlete was not casted however he was later named in issue 449 of Doctor Who Magazine.
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Continuity
- Amy wears the same clothes she did in DW: The Doctor's Wife.
- Weeping Angels first appeared in DW: Blink and last (briefly) appeared in DW: The God Complex.
- The Cloister Bell is heard, last having been heard in DW: The God Complex.
- The Athlete mentions on lighting the Olympic Flame. The Tenth Doctor did this himself in DW: Fear Her.
Timeline
- Although there is no mention of Rory Williams, indicating that this may take place during Series 5, Amy knows not to blink at the sight of the Weeping Angels, indicating that this takes place for her after the events of DW: Cold Blood, as Amy last met the Weeping Angels in DW: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone.
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