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Charles Skaggs is joined by returning special guest companion Christine Peruski to discuss “A Good Man Goes to War”, the seventh episode from Doctor Who Series Six in 2011, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Alex Kingston as River Song, Frances Barber as Madame Kovarian, and the introduction of the Paternoster Gang! Find us here: Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @C_Peruski Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: facebook.com/NextStopEverywherePodcast  Email: nextstopeverywheresmg@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!

@TinDogPodcast review Simply Smashing and the sort of tales that will stay with you for a long time oh and Kevin Rocks   This title was released in January 2018. It will be exclusively available to buy from the BF website until March 31st 2018, and on general sale after this date. 3.1 The Lady in the Lake by Nev Fountain On Terminus Prime, clients choose their own means of demise. Something exciting, meaningful, or heroic to end it all. But when River discovers that there are repeat customers, she knows something more is going on. She begins to uncover a cult with worrying abilities. Its members can apparently cheat death, and that’s not all they have in common with River… 3.2 A Requiem for the Doctor by Jac Rayner River has joined the Doctor and his friend Brooke on their travels, and they stop off in 18th century Vienna. Brooke thinks history is dull. Until people start dying. Mozart’s legacy is not just his music. River has more than one mystery to solve before a killer is let loose on the people of Vienna – and on the Doctor. 3.3 My Dinner with Andrew by John Dorney Welcome, Mesdames et Messieurs, to The Bumptious Gastropod. The most exclusive, most discreet dining experience outside the universe. For the restaurant exists beyond spacetime itself, and the usual rules of causality do not apply. Anything could happen. It is here that the Doctor has a date. With River Song. And with death. 3.4 The Furies by Matt Fitton Stories of the Furies abound across the cosmos: vengeful spirits hounding guilty souls to death. Madame Kovarian taught them to a child raised in fear, trained to kill, and placed inside a spacesuit. Kovarian knows the universe’s greatest threat, the Doctor must be eliminated. An assassin was created for that purpose. But if Melody Pond has failed, Kovarian will simply have to try again… Written By: Nev Fountain, Jacqueline Rayner, John Dorney, Matt Fitton Directed By: Ken Bentley Cast Alex Kingston (River Song), Frances Barber (Madame Kovarian), Peter Davison(The Doctor), Ian Conningham (Kevin / Rindle), Julia Hills (Sharon / Rindle), David Seddon (Mr Quisling / Tarn 2), Leighton Pugh (Lake 2 / Dave / Tarn), Sophia Carr-Gomm (Lily), Joanna Horton (Brooke), Issy Van Randwyck (Giulia), Rosanna Miles (Antoinette / Maid / Constanze), Teddy Kempner (Viktor / Mozart / Stefan / Apothecary), Jonathan Coote (Maitre D' / Chef / Assassin), Nina Toussaint-White (Brooke 2), Francesca Zoutewelle (H-One / H-Two / Mission Captain), Pippa Bennett-Warner (O / The Deterrent). Other parts played by members of the cast. Producer David Richardson

Michael Berkeley talks to the actress Frances Barber about the music and friendships that have inspired her throughout her career. From Cleopatra at the Globe Theatre to the evil Madame Kovarian in Dr Who, from Peter Greenaway to Inspector Morse, and from Chekhov at the Royal Shakespeare Company to playing a seductive barrister in TV's Silk, Frances Barber is one of our most versatile actors. From the moment she won the Olivier Award for the Most Promising Newcomer, her hugely diverse career has spanned theatre, television and film - and every genre from comedy, sci-fi, kitchen sink drama, to theatrical classics and Hollywood. Frances tells Michael how she discovered classical music by working her way through the records in her local library when she was setting out on her acting career; she chooses Chopin to remind her of that time. In a funny and revealing interview, Frances talks about the music that's been part of her work, including Michael Nyman's soundtrack to A Zed and Two Noughts and songs by Brecht and the Pet Shop Boys. And she chooses music that reminds her of people she's loved, including Schubert for her close friend Alan Rickman. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

Are you sitting comfortably? This Christmas, Madame Kovarian actor Frances Barber reads us a very festive Eleventh Doctor tale - 'The Gift' by Scott Handcock. From Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas, which you can buy here: http://po.st/12Doctors Let us know your thoughts by tweeting us at @dwthefanshow or email us at dwthefanshow@bbc.com! Produced by Chris Allen and Christel Dee Recorded and edited by George Shankster Doctor Who: The Fan Show theme (extra Christmassy mix!) is composed and performed by Blair Mowat.

Taken from Wikipedia with thankks and respect. The Wedding of River Song From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 223 – "The Wedding of River Song" episode Cast () () () () Others – – Dorium Maldovar – Emperor – Dr Malokeh – – Voice of the – – Herself – Himself – Herself Niall Greig Fulton – Gideon Vandaleur Sean Buckley – Barman – Gantok(credited as Rondo Haxton) Emma Campbell-Jones – Dr Kent Katharine Burford – Nurse – Carter – Canton Delaware Production Writer Director Jeremy Webb Executive producer(s) Steven Moffat Length 45 mins Originally broadcast 1 October 2011 Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → "" "The Wedding of River Song" is the thirteenth and final episode of the of the British television series , and was first broadcast on , and on 1 October 2011. Contents  []  [] Plot The Doctor, aware of his death at the fixed point of time on 22 April 2011 at Lake Silencio, attempts to track down the to learn why he must die. He encounters the shapeshifting robot and its miniaturised crew who are currently posing as one of the members of the Silence; through them, the Doctor is led to the living head of Dorium Maldovar, one of the Doctor's allies taken by the Order of the Headless Monks. Dorium reveals that the Silence is dedicated to avert the Doctor's "terrifying" future, warning him that "On the fields of Trenzelor, at the fall of the Eleventh, a question will be asked - one that must never be answered. And Silence must fall when the question is asked." The Doctor continues to refuse to go to Lake Silencio until he discovers his old friend, , has passed away. The Doctor then accepts his fate. To avoid crossing his own time stream, he gives the Teselecta crew the envelopes to deliver to Amy, Rory, River Song, Canton Everett Delaware III, and a younger version of himself, inviting them to witness his death. As shown in "", the Doctor joins his friends at Lake Silencio and then approaches the astronaut, now known to be a younger version of River Song trained to kill the Doctor by the Silence and . River does not want to kill him but is unable to fight the suit's control. The Doctor shows River her future self, sentenced to Stormcage prison for killing him, as evidence that her killing him is inevitable and that he forgives her for it. River, in the astronaut suit, surprises the Doctor by draining the suit's weapons systems and averting his death, despite his warning against interfering with a fixed point. Time becomes "stuck", and all of Earth's history begins to happen all at once, fixed at 5:02 p.m. on 22 April 2011. In a time-confused London, takes the Doctor, his "soothsayer", out from his locked cell to ask him about the stuck time. The Doctor explains the preceding events, but notices they have lost track of time and tally marks are appearing on his arms, indicating the presence of the Silence. After they observe a nest overhead, they are rescued by Amy and an a number of her soldiers. Due to the effects of the , Amy is cognisant of the altered timeline, though she has failed to notice that her trusted captain is Rory. Amy takes the Doctor to "Area 52", a hollowed-out pyramid among the , where they have captured over a hundred Silence and Madame Kovarian. River is also there, aware her actions have frozen time and refusing to allow the Doctor to touch her, an event that would cause time to become unstuck. They all wear "eyedrives"—eye patches identical to the one worn by Madame Kovarian that function as external memories, thus enabling them to remember the Silence. They soon come to realise that this was a trap arranged by Kovarian, as the Silence begin to escape confinement and overload the eyedrives, torturing their users. The Doctor and River escape to the top of the pyramid while Amy and Rory fight off a wave of Silence and Amy realises who Rory is. Madame Kovarian discovers her own eyedrive is being overloaded; she dislodges it, but Amy forces it back in place with the intention of killing her, explaining that this is revenge for her taking Melody away. Amy and Rory regroup with River and the Doctor. River tries to convince the Doctor that this frozen timeline is acceptable and that he does not have to die, but the Doctor explains that all of reality will soon break down. The Doctor marries River on the spot, whispers something in her ear, declaring that he had just told her his name. He then requests that River allow him to prevent the universe's destruction. The two kiss, allowing reality to return to normal. At Lake Silencio, River kills the Doctor. Some time later, Amy and Rory are visited by River, shortly after the events of "" in River's timeline. When Amy explains that she had recently witnessed the Doctor's death and regrets killing Kovarian, River reveals that the Doctor lied when he said he told her his name, instead saying "Look into my eye". The Doctor had in fact enlisted the Teselecta to masquerade as him at Lake Silenco, with the Doctor and his TARDIS miniaturised inside it ever since. The three celebrate the news that the Doctor is still alive. Elsewhere, the Doctor takes Dorium's head back to where it was stored; the Doctor explains that his perceived death will enable him to be forgotten. As the Doctor leaves, Dorium warns him that the question still awaits him, and calls it after him: "Doctor who?" [] Prequel A prequel to this episode was aired after the previous episode, "". It was the fifth prequel in the series, the first four being for the episodes "", "", "" and "". The prequel shows , with a clock stuck at the time of the Doctor's death, kept in stasis and River Song wearing an eye patch in the same fashion as Madame Kovarian. As all of this is happening, there is a voice-over of the children, the same as that from "" and the conclusion of "". They sing "Tick tock / goes the clock" three times, and then "Doctor, / brave and good, / he turned away from violence. / When he / understood / the falling of the silence." [] Continuity Several scenes from the episode reuse footage from "" leading up to and immediately following the Doctor's death. The Doctor tells Dorium Maldovar, "I've been running all my life, why should I stop?", a precursive echo of his early, pre-death dialogue in "The Impossible Astronaut": "I've been running all my life...and now it's time to stop". Following the death of actor , the Doctor learns in this episode that has died peacefully in a nursing home. He last appeared in Doctor Who in , and the character's final appearance came in story . When listing all the things he could do with the TARDIS' ability to travel in time, the Doctor suggests visiting in her youth (which admitted in "" to having done) to help her with her homework, attending all of Jack Harkness' stag parties in one night (several of his marriages are mentioned or alluded to in episodes "" and ), and returning to (met in "", and mentioned in "", "" and ""). When the Doctor awakens in Amy's rail car office, he tries to remind her of the crack in her wall ("") and fiddles with one of her TARDIS models ("The Eleventh Hour", ""). Amy's sketches include a Cyberman's face ("") a Dalek ("", "The Pandorica Opens", ""), herself seated in the Pandorica ("The Pandorica Opens", "The Big Bang"), a Silurian ("", "", ""), herself wielding a cutlass and sporting a tricorn hat (""), a Smiler's face (""), a vampire girl (""), the first time she met the Doctor ("The Eleventh Hour"), Rory and another centurion ("The Pandorica Opens"), a side of the Pandorica ("The Pandorica Opens", ""), a Weeping Angel's face ("", "", ""), and the TARDIS. Winston Churchill and River Song describe as, respectively, "a dreadful woman but excellent dancer" and "a pushover". River posed as Cleopatra in "". The claimed in to have learned swordsmanship from a captain in Cleopatra's bodyguard. implied in "" that the Doctor had had some romantic history with Cleopatra and that he affectionately called her 'Cleo'. River Song states that she used her hallucinogenic lipstick on ; she used the lipstick on guards and Romans in "" and "". A Silent calls Rory "the man who dies and dies again". Rory dies in "" and appears to die in "" and "". In reference to the Doctor telling River his name, she reprises the line "Rule One - The Doctor lies" from "" and "". In ""/"", River whispers something in the Doctor's ear that makes him trust her, which the Doctor states just before her death was "my name" and that "There's only one reason I would ever tell anyone my name". The Doctor also refers to the events and conversation shortly before her death in "Forest of the Dead", stating "You, me, handcuffs - must it always end this way?" when he is handcuffed in the pyramid and reversing part of his final exchange with her in the Library during their conversation by Lake Silencio ("Time can be rewritten" / "Don't you dare!", with the first line spoken by the Doctor in the Library and River by the lake). The episode's main plot centers around the damage caused by River when she tries to re-write a fixed point in time. The Doctor tries to do this himself in "" but fails when Adelade kills herself in order to keep history the same. Fixed points in time have also been mentioned in "" and "". [] Outside references Charles Dickens describes his upcoming Christmas special featuring ghosts from the past, present and future, alluding to . [] Production [] Cast notes Within the alternate London several previous characters reappear, including () from "", () from "", and the Silurian doctor Malohkeh () from "". is credited for his brief appearance in the background of the Doctor's death scene, reprised from "". previously played in the episode "", and provided the uncredited voice of Danny Boy in "" and "" along with a number of roles in audio dramas based on the show. He has also written for the revived series of Doctor Who. He is credited in this episode under the pseudonym "Rondo Haxton", an ode to the American horror actor . American television hostess recorded her report of Churchill's return to the Buckingham Senate in front of a while filming a segment for 's "Anchors Abroad" segment. [] Reception Dan Martin of the Guardian noted that the episode "moves along the bigger, 50-year story and effectively reboots the show. After seven years of saving the Earth/universe/future of humanity," the show now has new impetus. Martin stated that the revelation that silence will fall when the oldest question in the universe is asked - "Doctor Who?" - will safeguard the programme for future generations. Gavin Fuller of the Telegraph called the revelation of the Doctor escaping death by using the Teselecta a cop-out and likened it to serials of the thirties where scenes were cut and shown later to create a cliffhanger. However Fuller praised the episode as visually clever and noted that the question "Doctor Who?" harkens back to 1963 and the original theme of the show. Fuller concluded by surmising that Moffat is obviously plotting story arcs in the episode, hinting that the question will be asked at the end of the Doctor's eleventh incarnation. Neela Debnath of the Independent stated that the series finale was a brainteaser which refused to tie up loose ends neatly. Debnath comments that Moffat is trying to return to the epic story telling that the series once had, spreading it over several series rather than episodes. Concluding, Debnath noted that the episode was underwhelming in terms of drama but overwhelming in terms of information. [] References Dowel;, Ben (10-01-2011). . The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2011. [] External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: at the on at the

from wikipedia. "Closing Time" is the twelfth episode of the of the British television series , and was first broadcast on , and on 24 September 2011. Contents [] [] Plot summary Nearly two hundred years have passed for the Doctor after leaving Amy and Rory in ""; and the Doctor is on a farewell tour as he knows he has one more day in his relative time before his death (depicted in ""), saying goodbye to his past companions. He stops by Craig (""), finding he is living with his girlfriend Sophie, moved into a new home, and now raising their baby, Alfie. Craig, tending to Alfie alone while Sophie is away for the weekend, suspects the Doctor is investigating something alien. As the Doctor leaves, he notices an strange electrical disturbance in the area, and decides to investigate. Craig, while at a new department store with Alfie, discovers the Doctor working in the toy department. The Doctor reveals that he has traced the electrical disturbances to the store and using the job to allow him to investigate more. The Doctor and Craig enter a lift and find themselves teleported to a spacecraft, but the Doctor manages to reverse the teleporter and disables it. As Craig returns home, the Doctor sees Amy and Rory shopping, but stays out of their sight. The Doctor continues to follow rumours of a store clerk's disappearance and of a "silver rat". With Craig's help, the Doctor enters the store and catches a Cybermat, which has been siphoning small amounts of energy to the spacecraft. The Doctor also encounters a malfunctioning Cyberman in the building's basement, and is curious how it arrived in the store. At Craig's house, while the two are distracted, the Cybermat reactivates, but they are able to stop it, and the Doctor reprograms the unit to track down the Cybermen signal. The Doctors leaves on his own to locate the Cybermen at the store, but Craig shortly follows, bringing Alfie along. The Doctor finds the spaceship actually sits below the store, underground, accessed by a tunnel from a changing room. The ship has been slowly siphoning energy from the store's power lines, reactivating its crew. The Doctor is captured by the Cybermen, who tell him that their ship crashed long ago, but with this new energy, will soon have enough power to convert the human race. Craig, leaving Alfie with a store clerk, follows the Doctor into the tunnel, and is also captured and placed into a conversion machine. The Doctor reveals his own impending death and urges Craig to fight, but the conversion appears to be complete until Alfie's cries over the closed-circuit television echo in the ship. Craig fights the conversion, sending the rest of the Cybermen into overload as they painfully experience the emotions they have repressed. The Doctor and Craig escape via the teleporter as the ship explodes, the blast contained by the cavern. The Doctor slips away unseen, but Craig returns home to find that the Doctor has used time travel to clean the mess from the previous night. The Doctor tells Craig that Alfie now has a much higher opinion of his dad. The Doctor leaves just before Sophie returns. Nearby, the Doctor tells the TARDIS he knows this is his last trip in her and offers some parting words to a small group of children. In the far future, River Song, recently made a Doctor of Archaeology, reviews eyewitness accounts from those children, and also notes the date and location of the Doctor's death. She is interrupted by Madame Kovarian and agents of ; Kovarian tells River that she is still theirs, and will be the one to kill the Doctor. They place her in an astronaut's suit and submerge her in the lake to await the Doctor. [] Continuity Two hundred years have passed for the Doctor since the events of "", taking him to the age his older self was in "". Multiple events in the episode correspond to those of "The Impossible Astronaut": the Doctor takes from Craig's home the "TARDIS blue" envelopes he uses to bring Amy, Rory, River, Canton Delaware and his younger self to Lake Silencio; Craig gives him the Stetson hat he wears at the start of that episode; and the "impossible astronaut" is confirmed to be River Song. The Cybermen, like those in "", do not bear the Cybus Industries logo on their chests. are shown for the first time in the revived series. In the classic series, they appeared in , and . The Doctor stops by to see Craig before he dies, as the Tenth Doctor popped in on his former companions before regenerating in . The Doctor claims to be able to "speak 'baby'", as he did in "". The Doctor expresses his dislike for Craig's "redecorated" house in a variation of lines spoken by the in and , and Craig explains to the Doctor that the reason his house looks different is that it is a different house from the one he had in ""; Craig also remarks that he has inspected the upstairs level, alluding to the false story shown in "The Lodger". The Doctor echoes himself in the classic series serial when he recites the mini-poem "Not a rat, a Cybermat" from the novelization of Revenge of the Cybermen. Amy appears in an ad for Petrichor perfume, with the tagline, "For the girl who's tired of waiting." The concept of was used as a psychic password in "" and means "the smell of dust after rain". The Doctor frequently refers to Amy as "the girl who waited". [] Production Writer said in an interview that he was considering bringing the character of Craig back when was cast and he saw his performance, saying that "it already felt like he was one of the Who family". It was also his idea to bring back the Cybermen, because there were no other returning monsters in the series and he thought "there should be a sense of history about the Doctor's final battle to save Earth before he heads off to meet his death". [] Cast notes This episode marks 's third involvement with Doctor Who, having provided vocals for the "Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon", heard in , and appeared in as Wrack. The accompanying to "Closing Time" is entitled "Open All Hours" in honour of Baron's role in the . DJ appears in a non-speaking cameo role, as a man shopping for lingerie. [] Broadcast and reception "Closing Time" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on on 24 September 2011 and in the United States on on the same date. It achieved overnight ratings of 5.3 million viewers, coming in second for its time slot behind . [] Critical reception The episode received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the comic interplay between Smith and Corden. Jack Pelling of Celluloid Heroes Radio praised Roberts' deftly crafted comic script, and described it as "one of the most enjoyable episodes of Doctor Who in recent years". Dan Martin of questioned the decision to air a standalone episode as the penultimate show of the series, calling "Closing Time" "something of a curiosity" as well as writing positively about "Smith and Cordon's double act". Gavin Fuller of awarded the episode three out of five stars, comparing Smith's performance favourably to that of . Neela Debnath of said it was an "intriguing change of pace" and succeeded with "great comedic moments" and the "brilliant chemistry between the Doctor and Craig". She praised Corden for excelling after his "average" performance in "The Lodger". Patrick Mulkern, writing for , thought that the ending was an "emotional overload...but what better way to deal with the emotionally deprived Cybermen?" He was pleased with the "sweet cameo" from Amy and Rory and the "tense coda" with River Song and Kovarian. 's Matt Risley rated the episode 7.5 out of 10, praising the chemistry between Smith and Corden as well as Smith's interaction with the baby, but was disappointed with the Cybermen, who he said "never really delivered on the threat or horror fans know they're capable of". reviewer Rob Power gave the episode three and a half out of five stars, saying it "[worked] wonders" as a light-hearted episode before the finale and with "properly bad" Cybermen. Though he thought the Cyberman lacked "real menance" and Craig escaped in a "cheesy way", he considered the main focus to be on the Doctor's "farewell tour" and praised Smith's performance. He thought that the moments of "sad-eyed loneliness and resignation" added weight to "what would otherwise have been a paper-thin episode". He also praised the ending for bringing things together for the finale, though he thought the final scene with River Song felt "a little tacked-on". [] References "". . Doctor Who Confidential. . 24 September 2011. No. 12, series 6. 4:52 minutes in. "The Doctor allows Craig to come along and play the part of his companion [...]" ^ . BBC. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011. ^ Martin, Dan (24 September 2011). . The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2011. . (writer), (director). . . . 25 December 2009–1 January 2010. No. 4, season . The Eleventh Doctor tells in that he visited her and each of his companions. ^ . BBC. Retrieved 25 September 2011. Anders, Charlie Jane (24 September 2011). . io9. Retrieved 25 September 2011. Novelisation of by ^ Power, Rob (24 September 2011). . SFX. Retrieved 25 September 2011. . BBC. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011. (Press release). BBC. Retrieved 25 September 2011. . BBC America. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 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REPRINTED FROM WIKIPEDIA WITH THANKS AND RESPECT Plot [] Synopsis The Doctor () and () have discovered that (), Rory's wife and the Doctor's companion, has been taken from them and was replaced with a doppelganger made from 'the Flesh' (""). The Doctor has come to learn that the real Amy is being held on a secret asteroid base called "Demon's Run", and collects several old allies from across time and space, including Commander Strax (), Madame Vastra () and her human companion Jenny (Catrin Stewart), and the black market trader Dorium Maldovar (), to lay an assault on the base. Rory, after collecting information on the base's location from a fleet, attempts to recruit () from her Stormcage prison cell, but she refuses, saying she cannot be with the Doctor at this time as this battle is when he will discover her identity. Aboard the base, (), who has been watching over Amy during her pregnancy and taken her child, Melody, from her, prepares her human troops to fight the Doctor alongside the Order of the Headless Monks who reside at Demon's Run; the monks are literally headless and incapable of being influenced by emotions. Human soldier Lorna Bucket, who had met the Doctor as a young girl in the Gamma forests, attempts to befriend Amy and gives her a cloth good luck token with Melody's name on it in her language. Amy warns Bucket of the Doctor's fury if she fights against him. Demons run when a good man goes to war Night will fall and drown the sun When a good man goes to war Friendship dies and true love lies Night will fall and the dark will rise When a good man goes to war Demons run, but count the cost The battle's won, but the child is lost “ ” , explaining the meaning of the name of Demon's Run base Assisted by additional Silurian and forces, the Doctor and his allies launch a surprise attack and secure the base. The Doctor and Rory free Amy and retake Melody before Madame Kovarian can escape with her. As the Doctor celebrates, considering this his greatest achievement, Vastra and Dorium discover that Kovarian has been scanning Melody and has found that the child has both human and Time Lord . The Doctor surmises that Melody was likely conceived on Amy and Rory's wedding night aboard the TARDIS, the baby's DNA influenced by the time vortex. The rest of the Doctor's allies regroup, and Amy and Rory tend to their daughter using an ancient wooden cot that the Doctor claims was his own. Kovarian, well away from the base, contacts the Doctor, explaining that they will be using Melody as a weapon in the war against him. She takes delight in telling him he has fallen into another trap, and that "fooling [the Doctor] once was a joy, twice in the same way is a privilege." The Doctor races to the hangar to warn his friends. Meanwhile, Bucket has arrived and warns the group of Kovarian's trap, but they are too late as the TARDIS is blocked by a force field and they are attacked by the Headless Monks. Dorium is killed immediately, while Strax and Bucket are fatally wounded in the battle. At the same time, Kovarian, appearing through a hatch opening in midair near where Amy and Melody are hiding, tells the baby to wake up. The baby dissolves into the Flesh liquid, leaving Amy distraught. The Doctor arrives too late to help his wounded allies, and helps Rory to console Amy. River appears, and the Doctor berates her for not helping. She tries to explain that she could not, and tells the Doctor how these recent events were partially his fault, having been brought about by those that feared his reputation. The Doctor, angry and emotional, demands to know who she is. River shows the Doctor the cot, and The Doctor recognises River's identity. Elated, he goes off on his own in the TARDIS to rescue Melody, asking River to return everyone to their proper time stream. Amy demands that River explain what the Doctor learned, and she shows them the cot. Initially Amy believes River is referring to the Gallifreyan symbols engraved on it, but they cannot be read by humans even with the aid of the TARDIS translation systems. Instead, River shows them Bucket's cloth charm with Melody's name, still in the cot. The Gamma forest people only know of one source of water ("The only water in the forest is the river" quotes Dr. Song) and have no word for "melody", Bucket used the closest approximations: "song" and "river". River Song re-introduces herself to Amy and Rory as their daughter. [] Continuity Dorium previously appeared in the opening to "The Pandorica Opens", selling River Song a vortex manipulator. Henry and Toby Avery, from "", appear briefly to secure Madame Kovarian's ship. The space-worthy modified by the Doctor and piloted by "Danny Boy" as shown in "" are shown to disable the base's communication array. Fat One and Thin One refer to the Doctor sending the Atraxi away from a planet before calling them back "for a scolding", an incident that took place in "". The Headless Monks were previously mentioned in "", added to that episode's script to help explain the Delirium Archive's monastic look. Bucket refers to her unit as "the Clerics" - this unit was introduced in "The Time of Angels" / "". "The only water in the forest is the river," the phrase River uses to explain why the people of the Gamma Forest translate Pond to River, was first said to Rory by Idris in "". Rory wears the armour of a Roman centurion, as in "" / "" and "". Amy also tells Melody of Rory's nickname of "the Last Centurion", derived from his two thousand-year vigil over the Pandorica in "The Big Bang". In describing Rory's time in and out of the TARDIS, the Doctor refers to "sexy fish vampires" (""), Rory's death and erasure from time ("") and his time as an before the universe was restored ("The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"). [] Prequel On 28 May 2011, immediately following the broadcast of "The Almost People", the BBC released a prequel to "A Good Man Goes to War". The prequel has Dorium talking to two Headless Monks. He gives them the brain of a , which contains a security protocol the hooded figures need. Dorium tells them that he knows what they are up to, as he hears a lot of rumours around the area. He asks them, "All this, to imprison one child? Oh, I know what you're up to, I hear everything in this place. I even hear rumours about whose child you've taken. Are you mad? You know the stories about the Doctor? The things that man has done? God help us if you make him angry!" [] Production The seventh episode of series six was the 777th episode of Doctor Who, but there are no seven puns as the production team did not realise this until after shooting. [] Cast notes appears as the Commander Strax. He previously played Commander Skorr in "" / "" (2008) and Commander Jask in (2010). played the sisters Alaya and Restac in "" / "" (2010). [] Broadcast and reception Matt Risley of rated the episode a 9.0/10, stating that the episode was an "epic" one that "opened with a grandstanding, wonderfully pre-credits tease and didn't really let up from there." Gavin Fuller of The Telegraph said that the episode was good but lacked significant background motivation into the villains. Fuller also notes that the revelation of River Song being Amy's grown up child "is perhaps a narrative strand that would sit uncomfortably with a series where loss has often been brushed off as soon as the next couple of episodes". However, he did have praise for the performance of Matt Smith, commenting that "the last few weeks have seen Matt Smith's Doctor in a welcome generally more serious vein, which he kept up here, with leavening at the right moments where his alien lack of comfort with human emotions, although used to comic effect, rang very true, as did his awkwardness when discovering the truth about River". Dan Martin of The Guardian was less favourable, stating that that the producers "promised us a cliffhanger, and now we're left the whole summer long to contemplate whether our favourite show can really have just dropped the ball. Oh there was plenty to love about this mid-season finale, and even more to pick over. But as an hour of drama it was all over the place". Because the episode was so fast-paced with little being explained, he did not feel any emotional connection to the Anglican marines or Lorna Bucket. Unlike Fuller, Martin was not favorable to Matt Smith's Doctor, stating that "the non-event of the battle means that the Doctor never really gets to show this dark side we've been hearing so much about" and that Smith's predecessor, , "got angrier most weeks". Martin did have praise for the final reveal of the episode, stating that although it had been "hidden in plain view from the very beginning as soon as its revealed Amy has called the baby Melody", he was unable to make the connection and was suitably surprised. [] References "Matt Smith's Series Two: Latest News". (432): 9. 6 April 2011 (cover date). "The Born Identity". . . . 04 June 2011. No. 7, series 6. . . 28 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011. [] External links at the on at the at