Rate & Discuss: Amy’s Choice
It’s been five years since Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice – one that will change her life forever.
Poor Amy Pond has had a tough old ride since she took up residence inside the TARDIS. If the hordes of Smilers, Daleks, Weeping Angels and vampires weren’t bad enough, tonight she faced her biggest challenge yet at the hands of the mysterious Dream Lord.
Five years after putting her adventures with the Doctor behind her, she and Rory were seen to be moving on to bigger and better things in Upper Leadworth. They were settling down – the life Rory always wanted – and, with their first child on the way, everything was just as it should be. There was nothing to suggest that there were to be trying times ahead, but this is Doctor Who after all. Naturally, in a quiet village such as Leadworth, where nothing out of the ordinary ever occurs, there was something truly extraordinary just around the corner.
And when the Doctor bounded back into their lives, he was followed, as the Doctor often is, by unimaginable peril, and the trio found themselves in a race against time as the Dream Lord put their judgements of reality to the ultimate test.
What did you think of tonight’s thought-provoking adventure? Let us know by leaving your thoughts in a comment below, and, as always, you can also give the episode a star rating out of 5. Will it go down in Doctor Who history, or is it set to be forgotten like a dream? The choice is yours…
@JC
I’d say that series 5 so far has been hardly short on humour!
I’m not making great claims for this being the best series of modern Who so far, because it hasn’t quite lived up to my expectations of what a Moffat led series would be like (his own episodes aside, which have been AMAZING), but it is most certainly a whole bunch better than the point we were in this many episodes into series four. In my opinion, of course.
I respect everyone’s opinions TWWL and perhaps I’m wrong to think what I do of Season 5, at the end of the day, all I’m saying is that Season 5 doesn’t feel the same to me as Seasons 1 to 4 did.
Season 5 feels distant to me at the moment, none of the episodes have really had much impact on me, though as I said, I did enjoy Amy’s Choice and The Eleventh Hour and I’m willing to have my mind changed.
I haven’t hated the other episodes so far, but I haven’t been that interested at the same time.
Well have just watched this one (Twice in the space of 2 hours – dont ask!).
Love Amy Pond (she’s definately growing on me!), and i can see definate parallels between Smith and Troughton. there’s one thing thats really staryed to niggle me tho, being that in the first series with Rose, they ended up dragging her BF into the Afray, and the same with Rory and Amy. Call me old fashioned, but it’s like repeating itself over again – is it something to expect every season from now on? If so it’s already getting boring!
Saying that, i have to admit that this one was good – not my fave (Time of Angels/2) – however looking forward to the next one now. It almost sounds like they’re definately setting the scene for something big (strange as it may seem!)