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As the [[War of the Roses]] enters its second year even as [[London]] picnickers are warned not to feed the [[Pterodactyl|pterodactyls]] and [[Charles Dickens]] is interviewed about his new Christmas ghost special, Holy Roman Emperor [[Winston Churchill]] returns to [[Buckingham Palace]] from a conference in [[Gaul]] with [[Cleopatra]] to wonder why it is always 5:02 PM on 22 April 2011. His[[ Silurian]] physician, Dr. [[Malokeh]], tells him it is always that time, but Churchill has his doubts and summons his soothsayer from the dungeon of London Tower. It is the Doctor, who tells him it is because of a woman. | As the [[War of the Roses]] enters its second year even as [[London]] picnickers are warned not to feed the [[Pterodactyl|pterodactyls]] and [[Charles Dickens]] is interviewed about his[[A Christmas Carol| new Christmas ghost special]], Holy Roman Emperor [[Winston Churchill]] returns to [[Buckingham Palace]] from a conference in [[Gaul]] with [[Cleopatra]] to wonder why it is always 5:02 PM on [[22 April |22 April]][[ 2011]]. His[[ Silurian]] physician, Dr. [[Malokeh]], tells him it is always that time, but Churchill has his doubts and summons his [[soothsayer]] from the dungeon of[[ Tower of London| the Tower of London]]. It is the Doctor, who tells him it is because of a woman. | ||
In a flashback, [[the Doctor]] wants to know why he must die. Taking all the information on the Silence from a dying [[Dalek]], he tracks down Father [[Gideon Vandaleur]], actually the [[Teselecta]], who points him in the right direction: [[the Silence]]'s agent, [[Gantok]], who almost electrocutes himself in a game of [[Live Chess|live chess]] with the Doctor. To avoid death, Gantok takes him to the head of [[Dorium Maldovar]] in the [[Seventh Transept]]. | In a flashback, [[the Doctor]] wants to know why he must die. Taking all the information on the Silence from a dying [[Dalek]], he tracks down Father [[Gideon Vandaleur]], actually the [[Teselecta]], who points him in the right direction: [[the Silence]]'s agent, [[Gantok]], who almost electrocutes himself in a game of [[Live Chess|live chess]] with the Doctor. To avoid death, Gantok takes him to the head of [[Dorium Maldovar]] in the [[Seventh Transept]]. | ||
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On the top of the Great Pyramid, River has built a distress beacon, asking the universe for help across all time zones: the Doctor is dying. Please help. The answer comes back: Yes, of course. The Doctor, however, insists that no one can help him. He must die. | On the top of the Great Pyramid, River has built a distress beacon, asking the universe for help across all time zones: the Doctor is dying. Please help. The answer comes back: Yes, of course. The Doctor, however, insists that no one can help him. He must die. | ||
[[File:The_Wedding_of_River_Song.png|thumb|left|The Doctor and River kiss at their wedding.]] | [[File:The_Wedding_of_River_Song.png|thumb|left|The Doctor and River kiss at their wedding.]] | ||
As River despairs and swears to suffer more than any living thing in the universe for him, the Doctor tells Amy to uncuff him. He takes off his [[tie |bow tie ]] | As River despairs and swears to suffer more than any living thing in the universe for him, the Doctor tells Amy to uncuff him. He takes off his [[tie |bow tie and]] uses it to marry River in a handfasting with her parents' consent. The Doctor whispers a secret into his bride's ear and tells her that she must never tell anyone what he has just told her: his name. As she looks at him in wonder, the Doctor asks for her help. There is no other way. | ||
They kiss and time moves again. The Doctor dies at Lake Silencio. River and Amy weep. Rory looks on in agony as the world vanishes. | They kiss and time moves again. The Doctor dies at Lake Silencio. River and Amy weep. Rory looks on in agony as the world vanishes. | ||
Shortly after, River, fresh from the crash of the [[Byzantium]], is at her mother's home, splitting a bottle of wine. Amy wonders what what the events from the aborted, frozen time line say about her, in particular her killing of Kovarian. She wants to talk with the Doctor, but he is dead. River disagrees. Amy notes that her daughter is still having adventures with her son-in-law in the hundreds of years before his death, but River tells her a secret which she probably shouldn't. | Shortly after, River, fresh from the crash of the [[Byzantium]], is at her mother's home, splitting a bottle of wine. Amy wonders what what the events from the aborted, frozen time line say about her, in particular her killing of Kovarian. She wants to talk with the Doctor, but he is dead. River disagrees. Amy notes that her daughter is still having adventures with her son-in-law in the hundreds of years before his death, but River tells her a secret which she probably shouldn't. As Rory joins his wife and daughter, they jump for joy. | ||
A Monk carries Dorium's head back to the Seventh Transept. Dorium realises it is the Doctor and demands to know how he escaped. The Doctor tells him: River actually shot the Teselecta, with the Doctor safe inside, waving happily at her. Now that the entire universe believes him dead, it's time for him to step back into the shadows. | A Monk carries Dorium's head back to the Seventh Transept. Dorium realises it is the Doctor and demands to know how he escaped. The Doctor tells him: River actually shot the Teselecta, with the Doctor safe inside, waving happily at her. Now that the entire universe believes him dead, it's time for him to step back into the shadows. | ||
