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Did you know... that Karen Gillan, who portrays Amy Pond, was so moved by her exit from Doctor Who that she could not read the script without crying?

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Zac Fox

Unless I imagined it, I'm sure Zac Fox was retrospectively credited for his role as "Photoshoot PA" in "Asylum of the Daleks" in the credits to this episode. Truly bizarre - worth mentioning.........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:33, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Just looked up the credits on iPlayer all it says is "PHOTOSHOOT PA ZAC FOX" nothing to suggest it wasn't for this episode. Narom (talk) 10:53, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, as far as I recall, no such character actually appeared in this episode, whereas our article on "Asylum" says that Zac Fox was in it as just such a character but was not credited....-- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:13, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Good point. They probably should have clarified it a bit better instead of sticking it in like that. Seem's it surprised him. https://twitter.com/bg_evl/status/252121914913464320 Narom (talk) 11:56, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Contemporary New York in the future

Perhaps worth noting that the newspaper Amy Pond is reading has the headline "Detroit Lions win Super Bowl" - yet Detroit have never even reached the big game. Perhaps noting that this means the "modern day" New York in which they're having their picnic etc is set in either the future or some alternate universe? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ftr2k7 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:synthesis and WP:original research. DonQuixote (talk) 15:27, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

fair enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.87.179.62 (talk) 15:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

The return

I hate to nitpick - so, apologies, but here goes. In the lead, it currently says "The story features the return of the Weeping Angels." This reads slightly oddly to me, because of a (perhaps wrong?) feeling that there can really only be one "THE return" and we've already had that with the bl**dy scary crashed spaceship with a whole mob of them dashing around it like manic hamsters in a potato cupboard. This is A return, yes, but that's a weak expression compared with THE return, and I don't think, being a non-unique return, that it can be a simple "the". And "the second return" or something would, I fear, be intolerably clunky. (Do you see at all what I mean here, are am I just waffling meaninglessly on per usual? I could stfu, go out for a coffee, or maybe both! Yes.) So I wonder if, in the interests of accuracy and of not confusing the aged, it might be better reworded slightly to avoid the THE problem - maybe something like "The story features the third appearance of the Weeping Angels" only better-written? What d'you think?? Thanks and best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 08:39, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

I know what you mean, 'The' is the definate article and this is not the only return so far and, as Moffat's signature alien, unlikely to be the last. I've found other examples of this, The Return of the Pink Panther is a good one, but that doesn't mean that it should be concidered acceptable use of the english language. How about just saying it "features the Weeping Angels." and leave it at that? ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 12:10, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much for that Pete. I've boldly changed it to "third appearance". Now wait for the massive edit war, drama, SPI, AIV, death threats etc. Mind you as long as those things stay out of my front garden I will be fine. DBaK (talk) 17:09, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, late to the party but "the return" was perfectly fine and did not imply that it was their only return. On the other hand, you're right, people are already nit-picking the number. Of course it depends if you count Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone as one story or two episodes... Mezigue (talk) 20:47, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Ha! Thanks very much for that - for the record, I see it backwards from you - I think it was really not OK saying "the return". It's obviously not possible for us to agree on what it implied, but I can tell you that I inferred a potentially misleading meaning from it and so, clearly, did others! Would it be weird if something was now billed as "the return of the Daleks"? I think yes, you perhaps might think no, if you are not allergic to non-unique "the return"s. :) Having said all that I think that you were absolutely correct to nip in the bud the counting tendency (which was clearly going to get annoying), and that your "recurring monsters" fix is brilliant! Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 22:14, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

If I may nitpick, it seems that in order to RETURN one needs to have previously BEEN there. Now they WERE on earth previously in "Blink" but not Manhattan. So obviously what they mean is "returning to your screen." The Angels will have been out there all the time, somewhere, so from their perspective they have not returned. Indeed, it is shown that they HAD been in Manhattan doing their dirty work for some time, so in that sense "return" thus means "returns to the awareness of the Doctor" who via him we are vicariously witnessing as a return. But the Angels, if they were to speak, would not say "we're baaaa-aaaack" because they were there all the while, never having once been there, left, and then came back. Jac12358 (talk) 15:14, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Uncredited

Caitlin Blackwood reprises her role as young Amelia, possibly using archive footage from Series 5, at the end of this episode. She's not listed in the credits however. Should we add her to the cast list with 'uncredited' in brackets? Verifiability may be a problem with this I admit, as I can only find forums and wikias that mention it. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 11:11, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Not sure this is worth bothering for a two-second scene. Mezigue (talk) 14:44, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Location on River's timeline/A Time of Angels

At least in the BBCAmerica cast, there are small sections (likely what would have been part of DW Confidential in the past), which, for this episode, Alex Kingston notes that for River Song's perspective, this adventure takes place right before "The Time of Angels" in her personal timeline, and, more importantly, explaining her reaction of dismay at seeing Amy in that episode. I'm not putting that in until some source affirms this, but it would be something to watch for. --MASEM (t) 15:53, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

BBC One didn't show any of these clips - not that they normally do this anyway. In the absence of Confidential, behind the scenes clips have regularly appeared on the BBC's doctor who website. There are 9 clips relating to The Angels Take Manhatten and, while a few do have Alex Kingston commenting on the episode, none of them touch on this particular subject. I'm assuming (as there's obviously little budget for this) when they make the episode they'll interview cast members and then package this along with behind the scenes clips to broadcasters and they decide what they want to do with it. BBC America obviously thought it was significant enough to include this part of Kingston's interview in its broadcast. As for the UK, it might be on the DVD when it's released so we might be able to cite that too. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 17:24, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

I definitely don't want to go off just a clip shown on BBCA, particularly if BBC itself isn't hosting it. (It did cut in footage of TToA with Kingston discussing it, and she explicitly puts in the connection, if that helps) Again, hoping that critical reviews might catch that. --MASEM (t) 17:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

The only clip I saw on BBCA was the one talking about their departure. Also, since she is a Professor in "Manhattan", it would have to be before "Silence in the Library" and after "The Time of Angels", where she is just a doctor. From the reviews I read and added to the article no one pointed this out, however. Glimmer721 01:46, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

But (And this is another thread I hope reviewers pick up on), the Doctor's presence in any database has been wiped and thus, as per this ep, she was released from Stormcage as they couldn't pin her for crimes against a non-existance person (This follows from the Dalek wipe in Asylum, and the lack of info on the Doc from Dinosaurs). But I would have to rewatch to confirm what was said. --MASEM (t) 02:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

River managed to make it to Earth in spite of Amy not remembering her. It could be due to River being Amy's daughter, or due to her Time Lord-ish DNA. Given that, though, she would remember something that was erased from a timeline just like the Doctor would. As for his lack of presence in any database, I find that curious, since Oswin only erased the Dalek database ... or that's what she had intended. (Imagine a Dalek asylum connected to the Universe-wide Internet.) --Joe Sewell (talk) 17:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

I believe the fact that she has just become a Professor, while she was not in TToA, cements the fact that this happened after her little excursion on the Byzantium. She was also still technically in prison during that time. We have no evidence yet that she wasn't released in the "first place" (if you can call it that in such a "timey-wimey" environment) because of the Doctor's disappearance from databases. --Joe Sewell (talk) 17:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Unless my mind's playing tricks, there was a very fast scene where River asserts she was a Professor (ergo: post killing the Doctor) but then says that the person she was charged with killing was no longer in any databases, and thus she was released. This leads to the DOctor's comment about keeping a low profile or something like that. Of course this is all wide speculation and I wouldn't add it without sources, but I'm surprised that no sources have put this into consideration. --MASEM (t) 17:29, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

The website puts it in the later stages of her timeline, somewhere between "Time of Angels" and "Silence in the Library". Glimmer721 18:22, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Ok, then I must have heard it wrong or that it shouldn't have been implied that way from the conversation. --MASEM (t) 18:49, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

I think your confusion comes from forgetting that, in The Time of Angels, she was not yet a professor. As for how the deletion of the Doctor from all databases affected or did not affect her personal timeline, that is as much speculation as many of the items you have rejected in the past. --Joe Sewell (talk) 17:25, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

It sounded to me like this is a River after she had "killed" the Doctor - in fact, after her previously depicted "incarceration" because she indicated, I believe, that it was not possible for her to kill a man who did not exist, or was really dead. I forget which, and in the first case, would suggest that time was being rewritten to "forget" the Doctor (if so, how would River remember but not her jailers?) and in the second case, would place River rather late in her timeline, but obviously before Silence in the Library. Jac12358 (talk) 15:20, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Infobox Image - we might already have it?

Ok, so, we have an unusual thing here where there is actually a free image of the Doctor reading the afterward (that production photo) - there's no question about that scene. Outside of having a grimmacing Statue of Liberty shot (which I don't think is justified), this free photo could actually work as the infobox image, given that there was praise for this farewell scene.

Any thoughts on that ? --MASEM (t) 22:47, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the grimacing Statue of Liberty, despite the "coolness" effect, doesn't this raise a few troubling problems? It calls into question about the French having made her (complete with teeth hidden behind the lips). It sidesteps the issue of her being made from copper (and hollow!) when all the other angels were STONE. It begs the questions of how she was able to manage to leave her pedestal (twice!), cross a large expanse of water and appear beside a building - all while millions of NYC eyes happened not NOT be watching her, or noticing her absence, for that matter! Or why a smaller Angel could not have done the job. This implies they must be telepathic or have some sort of communication link where a statue miles away could know that a man was atop a building and needed to be dealt with, and none of the other hundreds of smaller angels could have done the deed. Jac12358 (talk) 15:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

I can't see any problems. The production photo does depict important aspects to the plot - the Doctor sat on a Central Park bench reading the last page of a book. The Statue of Liberty bit was possibly more memorable, but it served no other purpose than to shock the audience and to provoke a one-liner by Rory. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 08:53, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

The Melody Malone Book

I believe we cannot say that the book the Doctor found in his coat was the same book that the BBC recently released as an eBook, as the latter only contains 9 chapters (omitting the reveal of "Amelia's" departure), no afterword written by Amy Pond-Williams, no mention of meeting Rory with his coffees, and so forth. The book as shown in the episode follows the episode's story, while The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery most certainly does not. --Joe Sewell (talk) 17:29, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

The book's mentioned as being a prequel. DonQuixote (talk) 18:07, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

River as Companion

Why is River not credit as a companion in this episode? She is credited as one in her previous appearances, and even joins the Doctor at the end of the episode. Ω phois

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