Episode: Series Five, Episode Seven
Name: Amy’s Choice
Writer: Simon Nye
Director: Catherine Morshead
Producer: Tracie Simpson
Running Time: 45 minutes
Broadcast Date: 15th May 2010, BBC One, BBC HD
Preceded by: The Vampires of Venice
Followed by: The Hungry Earth
Starring:

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
• Dream Lord - Toby Jones
• Mr Nainby - Nick Hobbs
• Mrs Poggit - Audrey Ardington
• Mrs Hamil - Joan Linder

Plot

It's been five years since Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice – one that will change her life for ever.

Aliens

Dream Lord

The Dream Lord is the dark side of the Doctor, who has control over dreams. He was "awoken" by speck of psychic pollen from the candle meadows of Karass Don Slava that had got stuck in the TARDIS, and woke as it was warmed up. The Dream Lord drew his personality from the Doctor's inner darkness.

Ecnodeen

The Ecnodeen are a species of aliens that took over the bodies of old people in a dream created by the Dream Lord, and only their green eyestalk is seen.. The Doctor talks to them as if he knows of them, indicating that they do exist. They could turn people into dust by spraying a green cloud over them. They could also use humans as hosts and allow them to live longer.

(Source: Tardis Wiki)

Ratings

• Overnight: 6.2 million

• Final: to be added

Confidential: Arthurian Legend

The TARDIS trio are thrown into two competing worlds that are not what they seem. The Dream Lord has created a dilemma to be solved and Arthur Darvill, who plays Rory, is on hand to explain how the three companions set about finding out which world is really real.

Confidential is on set to see Rory and Amy's future in Leadworth, complete with pregnancy, ponytails and predatory pensioners. Arthur turns stunt supremo, gliding through the air and picking a fight with an old lady. We also see the TARDIS from a safe haven to an ice-bound death trap, hurtling towards an icy end.