Podcasts about The Angels Take Manhattan

It's finally time to say goodbye to the Ponds...mostly. Despite a few straggler episodes we have yet to discuss, this month's podcast is all about the farewell story for Amy and Rory, "The Angels Take Manhattan." How does Steven Moffat bid his era's first companions adieu? Are we happy with it? Why are the Angels in it? Did River Song really write a whole book about herself? Weird.

At long last, we will discover the fate of Amy and Rory in series 7 episode 5, "The Angels Take Manhattan"! The angels won't be the only ones weeping after our favorite(?) couple fall into their haunted alien wood chipper! Hopefully our new friend Detective Melody Malone can help solve the mystery of why this episode was set in Manhattan when it features almost no locations, people, or anything identifiably New York! It almost makes you wonder if Steven just had an idea for a particular irrelevant set piece to put in the trailer and then stopped thinking about it! Sam | Jordan Tumblr | Bluesky | Patreon | Discord | YouTube

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Adam wants to redress all the negativity from the previous episode, highlighting what he enjoyed about the Doctor Who episode 'The Angels Take Manhattan,' starring Matt Smith, but he gets sidetracked by many other TV shows he's been watching. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt's Missive reaches the end of the Amy and Rory era with the Doctor Who episode, 'The Angels Take Manhattan' starring Matt Smith, and Adam has some misgivings about a drastic resolution to a meagre plot.Content Warning: Self-harm. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Trekking Through Time and Space... Hoai-Tran and Jacob say goodbye to Amy and Rory as "The Angels Take Manhattan" on Doctor Who, and they have their biggest disagreement in ages. But it's all sexy sci-fi spandex, wormhole negotiations, and bizarre hair touching over on Star Trek: The Next Generation and "The Price." Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan - 1:40 Star Trek: The Price - 1:05:02 Episode Rankings - 1:46:00 Logo by David Scaliatine. Send all questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, and complaints to trekkingtimepodcast@gmail.com Support us on Patreon for early access to new episodes, weekly bonus episodes, and more. Follow along with our ongoing episode rankings right here.

Joe and Ben are in New York City, discussing an iconic episode of Doctor Who set there! The Angels Take Manhattan! Tune in and hear our thoughts on this emotional rollercoaster, as well as our brand new viewer submission segment!

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I know the title sounds like a nod to some sort of 70's pornography, but it's not! It's the touching ending of the Rory and Amy saga! Coupled with a really depressing Sixth Doctor monstrosity.

Hello and welcome to the "Who Can Convince You Podcast"  Join Harry and Luke as they continue their journey through time and space! In this episode they discuses the stories “The Mark of the Rani/The Angels Take Manhattan"   Timestamps:   Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:10:45 TMOTR: 0:10:45 - 1:17:20 TATM: 1:17:20 - 2:04:00 Feedback: 2:04:00 - 2:05:10 Next Time: 2:05:10   Please consider supporting us on Patreon to gain access to exclusive episodes (‘Reading Club'), videos and other bonus content!: https://patreon.com/wccy?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=creatorshare   www.wccy.co.uk   They would love your feedback! Please get in touch. Audio Feedback: https://speakpipe.com/whocanconvinceyou Twitter: https://twitter.com/Whocanconvince Facebook: https://fb.me/whocanconvinceyoupodcast Email: whocanconvinceyou@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Kz8MMoNIZKvX8ZiQ3wG3A      

“Tell her, this is the story of Amelia Pond. And this is how it ends.” Amelia Williams Many of us grow up: we live in a real world of marriages and families, jobs and mortgages. But some of us can never bring ourselves to leave our imaginary friend behind. Can you imagine the leaden apprehension when we learn that the choice has been taken from us forever? Kevin Burnard joins us for The Angels Take Manhattan. Notes and Links It doesn't take us long to mention that the Doctor is carrying the Target novelisation of this story around in his jacket. (“How does anything get there? I've given up asking.”) Steven Moffat's one Target novelisation is his brilliant version of The Day of the Doctor. Worth a read. Nathan has checked, and upsettingly there isn't a chapter in the Doctor's Melody Malone book called Escape to Danger, which sets it apart from a large number of Doctor Who novelisations. Simon compares the experience of watching this story to the experience of watching the Star Trek: The Next Generation series finale All Good Things…. Of course, if you want to listen to Nathan and Joe Ford's experience of watching All Good Things…, take a listen to their commentary in Untitled Star Trek Project, episode 18. The Doctor's plan to nip back in time to get the ceramicist to paint the word yowza on a Qin Dynasty vase was apparently inspired by Professor Chronotis, who pulls a similar trick between paragraphs in Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. And Rory gets to say a final farewell to his father Brian in a scene released by the BBC in 2012. You can find it here. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Simon is @simonmoore72, Todd is @ToddBeilby, and Kevin is @scribblesscript. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. Kevin Burnard has been spending less time working on the Twelfth Doctor Fan Audios than before, but he still loves them enough to plug them here. His Untitled Faction Paradox Project is still incoming. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll disappear utterly from your life and leave you with an epic case of the sadz. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which will be returning soon with its coverage of Series B. And finally, there's our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. In our most recent episode, we sat staring in horror at an Animated Series episode called The Time Trap.

“Tell her, this is the story of Amelia Pond. And this is how it ends.” Amelia Williams Many of us grow up: we live in a real world of marriages and families, jobs and mortgages. But some of us can never bring ourselves to leave our imaginary friend behind. Can you imagine the leaden apprehension when we learn that the choice has been taken from us forever? Kevin Burnard joins us for The Angels Take Manhattan. Notes and Links It doesn't take us long to mention that the Doctor is carrying the Target novelisation of this story around in his jacket. (“How does anything get there? I've given up asking.”) Steven Moffat's one Target novelisation is his brilliant version of The Day of the Doctor. Worth a read. Nathan has checked, and upsettingly there isn't a chapter in the Doctor's Melody Malone book called Escape to Danger, which sets it apart from a large number of Doctor Who novelisations. Simon compares the experience of watching this story to the experience of watching the Star Trek: The Next Generation series finale All Good Things…. Of course, if you want to listen to Nathan and Joe Ford's experience of watching All Good Things…, take a listen to their commentary in Untitled Star Trek Project, episode 18. The Doctor's plan to nip back in time to get the ceramicist to paint the word yowza on a Qin Dynasty vase was apparently inspired by Professor Chronotis, who pulls a similar trick between paragraphs in Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. And Rory gets to say a final farewell to his father Brian in a scene released by the BBC in 2012. You can find it here. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Simon is @simonmoore72, Todd is @ToddBeilby, and Kevin is @scribblesscript. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. Kevin Burnard has been spending less time working on the Twelfth Doctor Fan Audios than before, but he still loves them enough to plug them here. His Untitled Faction Paradox Project is still incoming. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll disappear utterly from your life and leave you with an epic case of the sadz. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which will be returning soon with its coverage of Series B. And finally, there's our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. In our most recent episode, we sat staring in horror at an Animated Series episode called The Time Trap.

This week, there's a massive Silurian spaceship pre-crashing in the direction of Planet Earth, and the whole gang is on board for the ride. Brendan's on the lookout for discarded teeth, Nathan's holed up in an escape pod watching reruns of Mitchell and Webb, James's progress is being hindered by the unfeasibly large amounts of vegetable matter in his pants, and Fiona is doing a terrific job of keeping her feisty new companions under control. Somehow, life finds a way, in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. Notes and Links Nathan clearly thinks that the US is in Europe, since we were last there in Daleks in Manhattan and will be there again in The Angels Take Manhattan (not to mention The Chase, some of which is even set in Africa). Understandably enough, he has also forgotten The Abominable Snowmen. Before David Bradley took on the role of the First Doctor in Twice Upon a Time, the First Doctor was played by Richard Hurndall, who played Nebrox in a gloriously terrible episode of Blakes 7 called Assassin. (Yes, I know, every episode of Blakes 7 is gloriously terrible.) As James rightly points out, the velociraptors in this episode had previously featured in Primeval, which was a family-friendly Sunday night science fiction series which mostly involved dinosaurs attacking Dougie Henshall. A fun show, which kind of outstayed its welcome a bit. And, as promised, here are some lovely photos of Fiona's dog Aston and his toy triceratops Tricey. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Brendan is @brandybongos, and James is @ohjamessellwood. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll embarrass you at your next family gathering by going on about how much like your father you've become. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We'll be releasing our Legend of the Sea Devils episode in a few days' time. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which will be returning soon with its coverage of Series B. And finally, there's our new Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. In our most recent episode, we watched fan favourite Sub Rosa. And we're still recovering.

This week, there's a massive Silurian spaceship pre-crashing in the direction of Planet Earth, and the whole gang is on board for the ride. Brendan's on the lookout for discarded teeth, Nathan's holed up in an escape pod watching reruns of Mitchell and Webb, James's progress is being hindered by the unfeasibly large amounts of vegetable matter in his pants, and Fiona is doing a terrific job of keeping her feisty new companions under control. Somehow, life finds a way, in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. Notes and Links Nathan clearly thinks that the US is in Europe, since we were last there in Daleks in Manhattan and will be there again in The Angels Take Manhattan (not to mention The Chase, some of which is even set in Africa). Understandably enough, he has also forgotten The Abominable Snowmen. Before David Bradley took on the role of the First Doctor in Twice Upon a Time, the First Doctor was played by Richard Hurndall, who played Nebrox in a gloriously terrible episode of Blakes 7 called Assassin. (Yes, I know, every episode of Blakes 7 is gloriously terrible.) As James rightly points out, the velociraptors in this episode had previously featured in Primeval, which was a family-friendly Sunday night science fiction series which mostly involved dinosaurs attacking Dougie Henshall. A fun show, which kind of outstayed its welcome a bit. And, as promised, here are some lovely photos of Fiona's dog Aston and his toy triceratops Tricey. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Brendan is @brandybongos, and James is @ohjamessellwood. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll embarrass you at your next family gathering by going on about how much like your father you've become. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We'll be releasing our Legend of the Sea Devils episode in a few days' time. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which will be returning soon with its coverage of Series B. And finally, there's our new Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. In our most recent episode, we watched fan favourite Sub Rosa. And we're still recovering.

It's Sonic Saturday which means it's about to get all wibbly-wobbly and timey-wimey up in here and we think that's fantastic. So grab your fez, your sonic sunglasses and "geronimo!"  Ethan and Ian are here to bring you "Who Do You Think You Are"; a retrospective look at Doctor Who's best moments in preparation for Jodie Whittaker's departure and inevitable successor in Autumn 2022. This week Ethan and Ian are travelling to see the big Apple as they bid farewell to Team Pond in the Series 7A episode “The Angels Take Manhattan” as they discuss: Some Who's News about casting rumours and…fortnite… Does this episode fall flat until it's finale? The legacy of the Ponds' death after this episode The Tragedy of Rory Williams' send off

Review of S13E04 — Village of the Angels Show Notes & Links The cliffhangers continue to not disappoint The Angels appeared in Blink, The Time of the Angels/Flesh and Stone  and The Angels Take Manhattan as well as in various other cameos Maxine Alderton also wrote The Haunting of Villa Diodati ‘Reverse the polarity' was said first in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Devils and for the second time in The Five Doctors How fast is a Weeping Angel?  This was not the first mid-credit sequence which came in Death in Heaven  Our memories of Utopia are a little vague Claire Brown is a percipient The OM is confused about Weeping Angel biology  We are also at handwavium.net & on Twitter @handwavium

The fourth episode of Doctor Who Flux is Village of the Angels, the first appearance by the Weeping Angels as antagonists since 2012's The Angels Take Manhattan. But was this a return to form for the quantum-locked assailants, or did the episode suffer from inconsistent motivations for the villains? Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss the episode, so click play to find out how satisfied they were with the episode that tells us what happened after "The Angel has the TARDIS." Shownotes Village of the Angels reaction on Facebook The Doctor Who Companion comments policy reminder We need your reviews! Head to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review, and we'll read it out. Deal? Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter or Facebook or podkasterborous@gmail.com, and we'll read it out.

In which we finally bid this botched companion arc adieu. Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/B2TARDISpod Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/b2tardispod Follow the hosts: Geoff: https://twitter.com/WheatleyDL Skyler: https://twitter.com/SkyHigh9_5 SHOW NOTES: S7E5: “The Power of Three” on TARDIS Data Core: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Angels_Take_Manhattan_(TV_story) “The Angels Take Manhattan” transcript: http://www.chakoteya.net/DoctorWho/33-5.htm Opening theme arranged by Geoff Norman-Anderson Closing theme is "Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanaland/index.html

Goodbye Amy and Rory! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the end of this era of Doctor Who; the problem of fixed points in time; and the watering down of the Weeping Angels as scary villains. The post The Angels Take Manhattan appeared first on SQPN.com.

Goodbye Amy and Rory! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the end of this era of Doctor Who; the problem of fixed points in time; and the watering down of the Weeping Angels as scary villains.

Hello, faithful listeners, and here we are...on the next episode. By the time you hear this review, Rory and Amy will be long gone...but what did we think about their exit? What were our thoughts on last days of the Ponds? Join us as we review The Angels Take Manhattan, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 5. What did you think of our discussion? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram! Want to get in touch on on social media? Simply search for us @DiscussingWho.  The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 242.  Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, Lee Shackleford, and special guest co-host Shannon Perry of Oz-9!

Hello, faithful listeners, and here we are...on the next episode. By the time you hear this review, Rory and Amy will be long gone...but what did we think about their exit? What were our thoughts on last days of the Ponds? Join us as we review The Angels Take Manhattan, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 5. What did you think of our discussion? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram! Want to get in touch on on social media? Simply search for us @DiscussingWho.  The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 242.  Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, Lee Shackleford, and special guest co-host Shannon Perry of Oz-9! EPISODE 242 Hello, faithful listeners, and here we are...on the next episode. By the time you hear this review, Rory and Amy will be long gone...but what did we think about their exit? What were our thoughts on last days of the Ponds? Join us as we review The Angels Take Manhattan, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 5. What did you think of our discussion? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram! Want to get in touch on on social media? Simply search for us @DiscussingWho.  The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 242.  Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, Lee Shackleford, and special guest co-host Shannon Perry of Oz-9! The Discussing Network Discussing Who is part of the Discussing Network. Find out more about the network and other shows on the network by visiting https://discussingnetwork.com.  Join us on the new Discussing Network Facebook Group.  Visit https://facebook.com./groups/discussingnetwork Become a Patreon Supporter! By becoming a Patreon, you can support the show while receiving exclusive perks made available for Patreon Supporters.  Visit Patreon.com/DiscussingNetwork for more information, to follow us on Patreon, and – should you choose – support the show. This episode of Discussing Who is brought to you by Audible – get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/DiscussingWho.  Check out over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Real Characters Last year we asked ourselves and our listeners a simple but important question:  What makes Doctor Who important to you? The answer now lies within the pages of Real Characters: The Psychology of Parasocial Relationships with Media Characters, by Dr. Karen Shackleford, PhD (Ed.) from Fielding University Press providing insight into why we connect with fictional characters. The Doctor Changes, but the Feelings Stay the Same, is the bow-tie worthy Eleventh Chapter. Real Characters is available now on Amazon.  SUBSCRIBE! Subscribe to the show using any of the following podcast players:  Ap

Hello, faithful listeners, and here we are...on the next episode. By the time you hear this review, Rory and Amy will be long gone...but what did we think about their exit? What were our thoughts on last days of the Ponds? Join us as we review The Angels Take Manhattan, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 5. What did you think of our discussion? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram! Want to get in touch on on social media? Simply search for us @DiscussingWho.  The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 242.  Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, Lee Shackleford, and special guest co-host Shannon Perry of Oz-9!

Hello, faithful listeners, and here we are...on the next episode. By the time you hear this review, Rory and Amy will be long gone...but what did we think about their exit? What were our thoughts on last days of the Ponds? Join us as we review The Angels Take Manhattan, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 5. What did you think of our discussion? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram! Want to get in touch on on social media? Simply search for us @DiscussingWho.  The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 242.  Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, Lee Shackleford, and special guest co-host Shannon Perry of Oz-9!

Hello, faithful listeners, and here we are...on the next episode. By the time you hear this review, Rory and Amy will be long gone...but what did we think about their exit? What were our thoughts on last days of the Ponds? Join us as we review The Angels Take Manhattan, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 5. What did you think of our discussion? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram! Want to get in touch on on social media? Simply search for us @DiscussingWho.  The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 242.  Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, Lee Shackleford, and special guest co-host Shannon Perry of Oz-9! 

Something odd is happening at the hotel, Winter Quay. People check in but they don't check out. Join us as we continue our discussion of: The Angels Take Manhattan The Weeping Angels' master plan is coming into focus while the Doctor, River, and Amy follow Rory's trail to the Winter Quay. There, the Weeping Angels ...

Rory is kidnapped to 1930s, film noir New York. Can Amy and The Doctor use their detective skills to find him, and defeat the Weeping Angels. Join us as we discuss episode 705: The Angels Take Manhattan The Doctor, Amy, and Rory are in Central Park to unwind, when a Weeping Angel sends Rory back ...

A somber time for all Who fans as we say goodbye to Amy Pond. I mean, sure, Rory goes too - but no one was bothered about that....As the Directionless Commentary crew gather to watch those Angels taking Manhattan, Laura, John and Kahn ponder date-free tombstones, Death In Paradise, James Dreyfuss' inevitable casting and Morgan's relaxed attitude to accents. Remember, all you have to is press play when we say and the rest will take care of itself.

Fighting through post-US election delirium, WhoSoc aims to increase the levels of emotional turmoil by studying companion exits, with Earthshock (1982) and The Angels take Manhattan (2012).

Please be sure to support our sponsor by checking out the Shattered Worlds RPG podcast! You can find the feeds here: https://shatteredworlds.libsyn.com/Here are the links to the two shorts that I mention at the top of this episode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWU6XL9xI4k&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqW4XjZwC8&feature=youtu.beThis was a really good episode, y'all. Nuff said.

In Focus: Weeping AngelsDon't blink!This is the phrase forever associated with one of the Doctor's greatest enemies: The Weeping Angels. Jessica and Phillip look at their major appearances in "Blink," "Time of the Angels"/"Flesh and Stone, and "Angels Take Manhattan." What makes these beings so scary? Are they overused? Underused? What mysteries remain?In their look into the TARDIS library, the couple examine the pilot episode of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," starring Arthur Darvil, aka Rory Pond.

In Focus: Weeping Angels Don't blink! This is the phrase forever associated with one of the Doctor's greatest enemies: The Weeping Angels. Jessica and Phillip look at their major appearances in "Blink," "Time of the Angels"/"Flesh and Stone, and "Angels Take Manhattan." What makes these beings so scary? Are they overused? Underused? What mysteries remain? In their look into the TARDIS library, the couple examine the pilot episode of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," starring Arthur Darvil, aka Rory Pond.

We're less than halfway through series 7, but it is still the end of an era! This week Matt and David bid farewell to the Ponds as they discuss episode 5 of series 7, "The Angels Take Manhattan". Along the way Matt also declares war on the chairman of the BBC, and we react to the emotional epilogue-that-never-was "P.S.", which you can watch along with us here. Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben.Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod

Live from Master Closet Studios, you're listening to the only podcast on the internet with two hosts who understand good television: it's the Noobs and the Whovian!  This is the podcast that introduces a whole new generation to Doctor Who by watching an episode each week and discussing it from the perspective of a dad […] The post 098 The Angels Take Manhattan appeared first on Noobs & the Whovian.

This is the one where the Doctor, Amy, Rory, and River say goodbye. You can find us at noobsandthewhovian.com, facebook.com/noobsandthewhovian, and twitter.com/noobswhovian and email us at noobsandthewhovian@gmail.com. Please subscribe and leave a rating wherever you found us, and share us with a friend. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/noobsandthewhovian.

This was one of my favorite episodes ever to edit. That being said, I had to edit out about 45 minutes. Enjoy!

Michelle Gomez invents the Scottish accent, fake baby packing heat, and drunk Cybertoddlers face the harsh light of day. Foxing: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d3/df/cc/d3dfcc93b8841ac674c2e95c8c7d357c.jpg Listen to TARBIS talk Angels Take Manhattan in their latest Blue Ballot Box episode: http://blackgirlscreate.org/tarbis/2019/10/tarbis-blue-ballot-box-series-s7e05-angels-take-manhattan

On this week's podcast, the Doctor is caught up in a whirlwind of events with Amy and Rory at their center!  Even with River's help, there are some outcomes that even the Doctor cannot prevent... QotW: If the Weeping Angels were to send you back in time and you had to live out the rest of your life there, where and when would you want them to send you? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag Discussion of "The Angels Take Manhattan" (David 8.9, Trevor 8.75, Charlie 9, Connor 8.5) Big Finish: Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor #3: Vengeance of the Stones (David 7.9, Trevor 7.75, Charlie 7) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #231, The Snowmen! Our audio adventure will be Destiny of the Doctor #4: Babblesphere, available from BigFinish.com.

Welcome to Who Watch: Time and Relative Blackness in Space with Bayana, Robyn, and Connie! We’re continuing our Blue Ballot Box series, where we discuss one episode from each season of New Who based on our nominations and your votes. Today we’re discussing Episode 5 of Doctor Who Season 7, “Angels Take Manhattan”. In this episode, The Doctor is a jerk husband, Amy writes a book, and Rory sacrifices himself again.

On this week's podcast, the Doctor comes to stay with the Ponds when the Earth is invaded by billions of mysterious black cubes.  But how will he keep himself entertained while waiting to see what they do? QotW: If you got to design one of the cubes for The Power of Three, what random effect would your cube have when it activated? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Review of University of Central Lancashire's production of Mission to the Unknown Discussion of "The Power of Three" (Connor 8, David 8.5, Trevor 8.5, Charlie 8) Big Finish: Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor #1: Shadow of Death (David 8.5, Trevor 8, Charlie 8.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #230, The Angels Take Manhattan! Our audio adventure will be Destiny of the Doctor #3: Vengeance of the Stones, available from BigFinish.com.

Ben and Mark bid farewell to three Doctor Who companions and ponder the differing approaches to the farewell story. In 'The Angels Take Manhattan', they discuss just how sad and tragic an ostensibly happy ending can be, suggest that Dudley Simpson is better than Sting, compare Alex Kingston to a frog and wonder just how practical sending a Weeping Angel out for your groceries actually is. And in 'Warrior's Gate', Ben can't get his head round how bad many companion departures actually are, Mark admires Paul Joyce's pretensions, and is it really just simply about how awful slavery is? Contains references to Jean Cocteau, Lewis Carroll and Reg Varney... ALSO: 'What's Brie Larson ever done to you?', Mark encounters some sexist internet trolls in the flesh.

As we prepare to say goodbye to the Ponds, Ben and Mark talk about friendship via THE POWER OF THREE and THE SEEDS OF DOOM. In a podcast first, Ben views a bona-fide Doctor Who classic for the very first time, whilst both hosts try to read between the lines to figure out exactly what the hell was going on with Steven Berkoff. Also: Yet another Big Finish pitch, rampant consumerism, a bolshy and bruising Tom Baker, another tribute to the wonderful Elisabeth Sladen and the fall and rise of UNIT in Doctor Who. You can tweet us @OnTheTimeLash or find us on Facebook, and do please leave us a review on iTunes. NEXT TIME: Time to say goodbye as we chat THE ANGELS TAKE MANHATTAN and WARRIOR'S GATE

This week we're back to series 7a, and we finish it off! Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Lynne as we discuss the final episode with Amy and Rory. Is it a well-constructed send-off? Does it even make sense? Do we really care? Are the feels more important? What do you think about this ep? Let us know in the comments! ^E Happy things: Liz wrote The Astrea Conspiracy! wrote some words in Doctor Who Magazine! Lynne picked up some 13th Doctor comics! Erika picked up the Dr. Thirteenth Mr. Men book! Deb rediscovered that she bought a Humble Bundle including a bunch of great stories from Big Finish! Doctor Who: P.S. Amy Pond's novel Summer Falls Support Verity! on Patreon

Tish, Juliana, and Linda talk about Season 7, Episode 5 “The Angels Take Manhattan” and Episode 6 “The Snowmen”. Who has time to be sad about Amy and Rory leaving when there are so many new Angels rules to try to understand?! The sadness of their goodbye is quickly forgotten as we delight in all of our Victorian companions playing in the snow! New Who News and more on the blog: http://bit.ly/1RrmFPU Send questions and comments to doctorscompanionspodcast@gmail.com or tweet us @DrsCompanions.

"The Return of Doctor Mysterio" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2016, it is the twelfth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. It is written by Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette. The episode stars Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor and Matt Lucas as Nardole, the latter reprising his role from the preceding episode, "The Husbands of River Song". The episode is set in New York City, and involves the Doctor and Nardole linking with journalist Lucy Fletcher (Charity Wakefield) and a superhero called The Ghost (Justin Chatwin) to combat brain-swapping aliens. The episode received generally positive reviews from critics. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 1.1 Continuity 1.2 Outside references 2 Promotion 3 Broadcast 3.1 Cinemas 4 Reception 4.1 Critical reception 5 Home media 6 References 7 External links Plot[edit] In New York City on Christmas Eve of 1992, an 8-year-old boy named Grant wakes to find the Doctor dangling outside the window of his family's apartment, and helps him come into his bedroom. Taking the boy to the rooftop, the Doctor reveals he accidentally set off a trap for a device he was building, and enlists him to help complete it. However Grant mistakenly swallows a wish-granting gemstone needed for the device, believing it to be medicine, effectively being granted his wish to be a superhero. Abandoning the device, the Doctor makes Grant promise to not use his new superpowers before he leaves. Returning to New York in 2016 with Nardole, whom he rebuilt from Hydroflax's body, the Doctor conducts an investigation into Harmony Shoals, a multinational research company, discovering a news reporter named Lucy Fletcher performing a similar investigation. The group discover that it is being secretly run by a group of living alien brains that transplant themselves into any living creature they need for their plans, killing the company's owner, Mr Brock, for his body. Tracked down by Dr Sims, an employee the brains already took over, the group suddenly are rescued by a masked superhero named the Ghost, who transports Lucy close to her home. Returning to her apartment before her, Ghost transforms back into Grant, who works for Lucy as a nanny, only to be shocked to find the Doctor and Nardole waiting for him, having tracked him down via the gemstone fused to him. When Lucy returns and sees the Time Lord, the Doctor reveals to her that the alien brains colonise planets by taking control of their prominent leaders, with Earth being their next target. Leaving Lucy to prepare for an interview with Grant's alter ego, the Doctor and Nardole track down the alien's ship in a low orbit and board it via the TARDIS. On board, they discover that the ship's reactor is in a critical state, and realise from Dr Sims that he intends to drop it on New York. Remembering an observation made by Nardole, the Doctor realises the city would be vaporised except for the Harmony Shoals building, and that the world leaders would take shelter in the company's other buildings within each capital city on the belief that Earth was under attack, effectively allowing the brains to take them over. After Dr Sims lets slip the ship is to be dropped at a designated time, the Doctor reprogrammes it to begin descending ahead of schedule. Attending his interview, Grant and Lucy become captured by the brains who intend to transplant themselves into Ghost's body. Breaking free and secretly returning as himself, Grant picks up a message from the Doctor requesting his help to stop the alien's ship from crashing into the city after being unable to change its course during its descent. Revealing himself as the Ghost to Lucy in stopping the ship on the rooftop, Grant finally manages to win her over and takes her in tow as he disposes of the ship, while the Doctor alerts UNIT, who subsequently shut down Harmony Shoals, unaware that the alien brain in Dr Sims has escaped within one of their soldiers. Back at Lucy's apartment, Grant informs the Doctor he will no longer use his powers, though as the Time Lord leaves, Lucy asks him why he is sad. Not giving a straight answer as he leaves, Nardole reveals he is still mourning the loss of River Song but will hopefully recover, leaving with the Doctor to aid him further. Continuity[edit] At the beginning of the episode, the Doctor is constructing a device to reverse the paradoxes created during his previous visit in "The Angels Take Manhattan".[1][2] The Doctor mentions that he usually gets "an invasion" every Christmas, a reference to the different invasions of Earth taking place during most Doctor Who Christmas specials.[3] The unnamed brain-swapping aliens last appeared in the 2015 Christmas special "The Husbands of River Song", where they were servants of King Hydroflax. Their main agent, Scratch, stated that they represented "the Shoal of the Winter Harmony."[2] The Doctor tells Lucy that he works for Scotland Yard, which he also did in "The Woman Who Lived". Previously, the Tenth Doctor told the guests at Lady Eddison's manor he was a chief inspector from Scotland Yard in "The Unicorn and the Wasp, while the Eleventh Doctor told President Richard Nixon he was an undercover operative from Scotland Yard (code-named "The Doctor") in "The Impossible Astronaut".[2] A movie theater across from Lucy's apartment features a film called The Mind of Evil, the name of a Third Doctor serial.[4] Nardole mentions that the Doctor cut him out of Hydroflax's body, referring to off-screen events following the "The Husbands of River Song" where he was decapitated and his head was placed inside the artificially intelligent robotic body of King Hydroflax.[5] When the Doctor complains that Grant promised him never to use his powers, Nardole brings up the Time Lord policy of never interfering with other peoples or cultures, first mentioned in the Second Doctor serial The War Games.[4] When clearing out the headquarters of Harmony Shoal, a UNIT officer prepares to contact Osgood, referring to Petronella Osgood who previously appeared in "The Day of the Doctor", "Death in Heaven" and "The Zygon Invasion" / "The Zygon Inversion".[3] Both the Doctor and Nardole refer to the final 24-year night the Doctor spent with River Song ("The Husbands of River Song") and her eventual death in the Library ("Forest of the Dead").[2] Outside references[edit] The character of "The Ghost" is a pastiche of the comic book superhero Superman, with several references to the character being made throughout the special: Superman's creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, are referenced when Mr Brock suggests to the gathered reports to direct further questions to ""Miss Shuster and Ms. Siegel".[6] Grant has roughly the same standard powers of Superman, including flight, super-strength, super-speed, being bulletproof, and possessing X-ray vision,[7] along with other unconventional powers.[1][7] He gains his power from a stellar-powered object (a gemstone made from a star, in the episode), much as Superman gains his from Earth's yellow sun.[1][7] The Harmony Shoals building in New York featured in the episode has a large globe on top of it, making it resemble the Daily Planet building, a major setting of Superman stories.[1] Grant prefers being called "mild-mannered", as Superman's alter ego is often characterized. He also follows the same moral code as Superman when operating as the Ghost,[7] and transforms in a similar fashion by tearing open his shirt to reveal his superhero costume underneath.[1] The special features a number of elements that mimic those from Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie. One scene involves the Ghost voicing his hope that Lucy's close call at Harmony Shoal hasn't put her off journalism, paralleling the same scene in the film in which Superman hopes Lois is not put off from flying after he rescues her from falling out of a helicopter.[7] Lucy also conducts a rooftop interview with the Ghost reminiscent of Lois' interview with Superman in the film.[8] Lucy Fletcher is named after Lois Lane's sister Lucy.[1] Her character is similar to Lois' in that she does not realize that her old high school friend and current nanny is the superhero Ghost.[5] The initials "L.L." used by several characters of the Superman comics (Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor, Linda Lee) is used in Lucy's married name: Lucy Lombard.[1] Several characters from Marvel Comics line the walls of the young Grant's bedroom.[1] The Doctor questions Spider-Man's unusual origin of being bitten by a radioactive spider; he opines that radiation poisoning would be the likely result.[1] A "Joe's Pizza" is shown within the city, which is where Peter Parker worked at briefly in the movie Spider-Man 2.[2] The Doctor counsels Grant that "with great power comes great responsibility," an adage associated with Spider-Man.[7] Batman is briefly referenced after the Ghost drops Lucy off at her apartment building. When the baby monitor he is carrying goes off, Lucy mistakes it for a signal device and asks if the Bat-Signal is now an app.[1] The Doctor uses the viral mobile game Pokémon Go to create a distraction at Harmony Shoal's Tokyo headquarters.[9][10] Promotion[edit] The episode was revealed and the first trailer was shown at the 2016 New York Comic Con on 7 October 2016.[11] A preview clip was shown as part of the Children in Need broadcast on 18 November 2016.[12] Broadcast[edit] Cinemas[edit] The episode will receive cinema screenings in Australia and New Zealand on 26 December 2016,[13][14] in Canada on 26 and 28 December 2016,[15] and in the United States on 27 and 29 December 2016.[16] Reception[edit] The episode had an official rating of 7.83 million viewers in the UK, making it the 6th most watched show on Christmas Day 2016.[17] The overnight rating was 5.68 million, a share of 27.1% of the total TV audience.[18] The episode received an Appreciation Index score of 82.[19] It also received 1.7 million viewers on BBCA, was BBC America's top telecast of the year across all key demographics, and was the most talked about Christmas day television program on Facebook and Twitter.[20] Critical reception[edit] The Telegraph gave a positive review of five out of five stars and summarized that the episode was "a romp with a classic feel and cross-generational appeal".[9] Andrew Billen writing in The Times gave the programme four stars out of a possible five. Billen said that Capaldi was at his warmest and that Nardole (Matt Lucas) "added panto brio to an already exuberant episode".[21] The Guardian gave a positive review of The Return of Doctor Mysterio saying "Capaldi takes Manhattan!" ... "Cosmic baddies are inserting alien brains into world leaders' heads in the Christmas special. It's timely, top-of-the-tree fun – and Peter Capaldi and Matt Lucas are a pantomime treat".[22] IGN said "“The Return of Doctor Mysterio” is a pretty lightweight entry in the Twelfth Doctor's oeuvre, which considering the events of last season isn't necessarily a bad thing. But the different elements of the episode don't come together as smoothly as they could, and the emotional through line for the Doctor is treated mostly as an afterthought" but gave it 7/10.[23] A.V. Club gave a mixed review saying that "Doctor Who takes a jolly detour to superhero goofiness".[24]

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, suicidal, in front of the 2012 Doctor Who story, The Angels Take Manhattan, and spout our usual nonsense! Rory is feeling farmed, Amy is wanting her man and the Doctor is bouncing off parts of New York. But enough of their problems, please sit […]

Never let it be said we're not good value. All in one: "Asylum of the Daleks," "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship," "A Town Called Mercy," "The Power of Three," and "The Angels Take Manhattan." Boom!

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss the new Doctor Who story The Angels Take Manhattan, the new Red Dwarf episode Trojan, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. 02:00 — Welcome! 02:28 – News: 02:38 […]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: , 229 – "The Angels Take Manhattan" episode Cast () () () Others – – Grayle Rob David – Sam Garner – Foreman Bentley Kalu – Hood 1 Burnell Tucker – Garner 2 Production Writer Director Producer Marcus Wilson Executive producer(s) Caroline Skinner Series Length 45 minutes Originally broadcast 29 September 2012 Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → "" "The Angels Take Manhattan" is the fifth episode of the of the revived British science fiction television series , which was first broadcast on on 29 September 2012. It is the last in the first block of episodes in the seventh series, to be followed by a Christmas special. The episode was written by head writer and directed by . The story takes place in New York and features recurring monsters the . This is the final episode that features () and (). reprises her role as , the Doctor's wife and occasional companion, the daughter of Amy and Rory. Contents Plot In the prologue, private detective Sam Garner in 1938 New York is hired by the shady Mr. Grayle to investigate "moving statues" at the Winter Quay, a set of apartment blocks. There, Sam finds an elderly version of himself dying in a bed. Chased by to the rooftop, the man is confronted by a grimacing . In present-day New York City, the Doctor, Amy, and Rory enjoy a picnic in . The Doctor is reading to Amy from a 1930s detective , "The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Story", while Rory leaves them to go for coffee. As he reads, the Doctor tears out the last page, noting he does this to avoid endings. Continuing, the Doctor and Amy are surprised to find Rory turn up in the plot of the novel. The Doctor and Amy continue to read in concurrence with events in the past, as Rory is joined by the book's lead character, Melody Malone, who turns out to be River Song. They are both abducted by Grayle's henchmen. River tells Rory that New York is subjected to unusual time distortions which would prevent the TARDIS from landing in this time period. As the Doctor and Amy return to the TARDIS, he scolds her to not read ahead in the novel for fear of creating a fixed point in time that they must follow, as she has already read about the Doctor breaking River's wrist. Grayle has Rory locked up in his basement with cherub-shaped Weeping Angels with only a box of matches to protect himself, while River is taken to his secured office. Information she provides via the book allows the Doctor to signal her via the writing on an old Chinese vase, and she activates a homing beacon, allowing the Doctor to guide the TARDIS to Grayle. In the meantime Grayle has shown River a damaged Weeping Angel, part of his collection, and allowed it to grab River's wrist to gain information about the Angels from her. Amy deduces that River will write the book and correctly guesses that she would have left hints. They identify Rory's location from the chapter titles in the novel, and the Doctor sends Amy to rescue him. However, the Doctor finds the last chapter is about Amy's farewell and frets. Upset, he tells River to free herself from the Angel without breaking her wrist. The Doctor joins Amy and finds that Rory has run out of matches and with no means to look at the Angels was snatched by them. River appears, having freed herself apparently without harm from the Angel, and soon locates Rory nearby at Winter Quay: he has unusually been moved in space and not time. However, as they race to leave, the Doctor grabs River's hand and discovers that her wrist is broken. Realising the events of the book are still coming true, the Doctor uses his regeneration energy to heal River. At the Quay, Rory is drawn to an apartment labelled with his name, just as the others catch up to him. In the apartment, they find an elderly Rory on his death bed, calling to Amy before dying. The Doctor realises that Rory's fate is now assured; the Doctor recognises that the Quay has been used by the Angels many times within the populous New York City as a battery farm, leaving their victims to live out their lives in solitude, whilst the Angels feast on their energy. Rory and Amy refuse to accept their fate, insisting they can run from the Angels forever. The Doctor and River agree, and help to distract the Angels converging on them. Amy and Rory make it to the roof of the building, where the Statue of Liberty, a giant Angel itself, awaits to take Rory to the past. Rory determines there is another exit — were he to die by jumping from the roof before the Angels take him, a paradox would be created, ending their preying methods and wiping them from existence. Rather than pushing him as he requests, Amy opts to join him, and just as the Doctor and River reach the roof, the two jump, creating the paradox and killing the Angels. The four find themselves in a New York graveyard in the present era again, though the Doctor notes with the paradox, he can no longer travel to that point in time for fear of destroying New York. As the others enter the TARDIS, Rory spots a tombstone with his name on it — moments before he is touched by one surviving Angel and disappears into the past. A distraught Amy convinces herself that if she were touched by the same Angel, it would send her to the same time it sent Rory. While she is still staring at the Angel she tearfully says goodbye to River. The Doctor tries to talk her out of it, knowing he can't return to the past to see her again, but River insists she goes. Amy finally says goodbye to the "Raggedy Man" - her early nickname for the Doctor - as she turns to face him and lets the Angel take her. The tombstone then changes to reflect Amy's presence in the past with Rory, both having died at an old age. In the TARDIS, the distraught Doctor asks River to travel with him, which she agrees to do, but "not always". He considers this, and suddenly realises that while River may be the author of "The Angel's Kiss", Amy would be the one to publish the book, and may have left a final message in the . He races back to their picnic spot to find the page he tore out earlier containing the afterword. In it, Amy tells him that she and Rory love him and assures him that they lived a good and happy life together. She also requests that he pay another visit to her younger self to reassure her that he will come back for her and take her on amazing journeys. As the episode ends, young Amelia Pond waits for the Doctor in her garden, looking to the skies as she hears the sound of the TARDIS engines. Continuity When River asks the Doctor whether the bulb on top of the TARDIS needs changing, he says that he has just changed it; flickering light bulbs have been a common motif throughout the current series, as well as a tactic used by the Angels in their previous appearances. In Amy's voice over, references are made to "", "", "", "", and "". The closing view of young Amelia waiting in her garden reprises a scene from "The Eleventh Hour". Production Matt Smith during filming of the episode in Central Park, New York In December 2011, Doctor Who announced that Amy and Rory would leave in the seventh series in "heartbreaking" circumstances. Amy's exit was a mutual decision between Moffat and Gillan. Gillan wanted her character to have a final ending, and ruled out returning to the show in the future as she felt it would take away from the impact of her final scene. Moffat stated he felt "tremendous pressure" writing Amy and Rory's ending. He later revealed that he "completely changed" the ending as he was writing it, feeling the emphasis was wrong. Gillan refused to read the script for a few weeks after she received it because she "didn't want to make it real". She said in an interview, "I literally couldn't read it without crying. It was the most highly-charged read-through I've ever experienced. But I couldn't have asked for a better exit. I don't think it'll be what people expect." However, the final episode Gillan and Darvill shot as Amy and Rory was actually the previous episode, "". Moffat was also interested in coming up with a new form for the Angels, and so he introduced the . Much of the episode was filmed in in in April 2012. The cast and crew were met with thousands of American fans, which surprised Smith, Gillan, and Darvill. Other scenes were shot at night in the city, involving old-fashioned cars. Moffat was in New York City when he came up with the story, and thought it was appropriate for the Weeping Angels. He described the city as "a different backdrop" to shoot a Doctor Who story in, and made use of its architecture. Fellow executive producer Caroline Skinner felt that the location "has such scale and romance" which "[gave] the episode a real atmosphere and a very different tone for Doctor Who". This marks the second time Doctor Who has filmed in the United States, the first being the opening episodes ""/"". The week spent filming in the city was done by a "small unit by American standards" according to producer Marcus Wilson. They did not take any props of Angels or the TARDIS, which were instead added in post-production. Other filming locations included , and a cemetery in . The New York skyline was added into the cemetery in post-production. The Doctor Who logo in the title sequence featured a texture showing the Statue of Liberty's crown, in keeping with the varied "blockbuster" themes for each of the opening five episodes of the series. The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Story Main article: The story that the Doctor reads in this episode is titled The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Story. BBC Books is due to publish this as an ebook on 4 October 2012. Broadcast and reception "The Angels Take Manhattan" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2012. Overnight ratings showed that it was watched by 5.9 million viewers live, an increase of 400,000 from the previous week. It also received an of 88, the second highest of the series behind "" (89). Critical reception The episode received positive reviews. Dan Martin of gave a positive review, writing, "This was a fitting end to a golden era, and bravo to Steven Moffat for telling such an involving, emotional story with such style". He also praised the concept of the cherubs and the Angels in New York. However, he noted that he was "flummoxed" as to where in River's timeline the episode took place. reviewer Gavin Fuller gave it five out of five stars, concluding "'The Angels Take Manhattan' brought this mini-run of the series to a close with easily the best episode of the five: a powerful, taut, compelling, filmic, emotionally punchy affair which re-established the Angels as one of the standout monsters of the series and gave Amy Pond a fine send off". While he praised the four actors he felt Gillan was the star, and noted that Rory did not "get any sort of send-off". Keith Phipps of gave "The Angels Take Manhattan" a grade of A, attributing its success to "the way it does double duty as a twist adventure and a highly emotional story of farewells". Sam Wollaston, also writing for The Guardian, wrote positively of the scare factor in the episode, as well as the sadness. Neela Debnath of described it as a "wonderful swansong to the duo" and particularly praised the "stylish" cinematography and sense of danger. However, she considered the "only flaw" to be "the rule that time cannot be changed if one knows what is going to happen ... though it is probably best not to question the timey wimey side of things and just accept it and enjoy the adventure". 's Matt Risley rated the episode 9 out of 10, writing that it "stood strong as a heartfelt, emotional end for the TARDIS' longest serving companions (since the show's noughties' return at least), and the best episode of the season thus far". Risley also praised the three leads, though he did admit the episode "left a few nitpicky questions". reviewer Morgan Jeffery gave "The Angels Take Manhattan" five out of five stars, despite noting "plotholes ... and slightly-too-convenient plot contrivances" and that Rory did not get a heroic exit. Jeffery particularly praised the build-up to Amy and Rory's departure as well as the "superb production design". Dave Golder of awarded the episode four out of five stars, believing that the "bittersweet exit" of the Ponds distracted the viewer from various narrative problems, such as the Statue of Liberty. He felt that Gillan and Darvill "were on top form" as well as Smith's "brilliant performance" and a "less over-the-top River", and also wrote positively about the noir theme and the Angels using the Winter Quay as a battery farm. writer Maureen Ryan was more critical of the episode, worrying that the BBC's international promotion of the show was to the detriment of the quality of the writing. She felt that Amy deserved a better exit and "was crowded out by the distracting presence of River Song and by the fact that Rory was the one to make the essential choices first". 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