DW Review: "The Angels Take Manhattan"

The Ponds depart in an emotional episode, but not one that's actually too sad. The weeping angel aliens return in a takeover of Manhattan, creating a farm of people to live their lives after temporal displacement, giving them energy source after energy source. The doctor finds his way there after Rory is displaced, and Amy and Rory die together to cause a paradox, seemingly saving time, but really just buying a bit more time. Finally, their caught, Rory is displaced, and Amy decides to join him. The doctor is alone again, with River in and out of his time. And the wait until Clara returns now begins.

Overall, it was a good episode, if not great. The core was the emotional bond between the three. I don't quite buy the silly notion that he can't go back because it's a fixed time. Timey wimey plot device. The fact that they decided to live their life together in the past, it was sweet. It also seems like a rather final ending point for them.

I felt that something like this was going to happen, after we knew the weeping angel aliens were returning. I didn't think the Ponds would die outright, but be displaced, maybe together. So no big surprise there. I was surprised to see River, as I didn't really see any previews for this beforehand. Overall, it was a good episode, but I wasn't too sad to see the Ponds depart. The end was also odd, with the doctor going, possibly, to visit young Amelia, waiting for her raggety man to return.

Next time: Clara in a Victorian era!