GALLERY
CAST
Regular Cast
Matt Smith (The Doctor), Karen Gillan (Amy), Arthur Darvil (Rory)
Guest Cast
Mark Williams (Brian Williams), Steven Berk off (Shakri), Stephen Blything (Henry), Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart), Selva Rasalingham (Ranjit), Alice O’Connell (Laura), Alan Sugar (Himself), Brian Cox (himself)
CREW
| Written by | Chris Chibnell |
| Directed by | Douglas Mackinnon |
| Produced by | Marcus Wilson |
SYPNOSIS
Amy and Rory have tried to adjust to normal everyday life without travelling with The Doctor. One day billions of small black cubes appear around the globe, but they appear to be inert and invulnerable. The Doctor, alerted by news stories, arrives to help. UNIT storms the Ponds’ home soon after in response to The Doctor’s arrival, the UNIT force is led by scientific adviser Kate Stewart, the daughterof the Doctor’s friend and former UNIT commander, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Kate explains that they have no idea of the purpose of the cubes and hope The Doctor can help. After several days of watching the cubes without anything out of the ordinary occurring, The Doctor decides there is no problem and puts Brian, Rory’s father, in charge of watching the cubes, as he returns and departs in the TARDIS
NOTES
- The Brigadier is mentioned
- His daughter is now in charge of UNIT Science
- The working title for this episode was Cubed
- The shot at the end, in which Amy, Rory and The Doctor bid Brian farewell and board the TARDIS, was the final on-screen performance of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill as Amy and Rory
- The Doctoronce again asks how humans cope with just one heart.
- The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory have fish custard. (The Eleventh Hour)
- Whilst hiding from Henry VIII, The Doctor is holding a mobile phone charger, which is apparently dropped as he sneezes. (A Town Called Mercy)
- The Doctor, talking to a flying cube, says, “Is that all you can do? Hover? I had a metal dog that could do that “, referring to K9. (The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
- A voice interface was last seen in Let’s Kill Hitler.
- Rory kisses The Doctoron the cheek. The Doctor previously kissed Rory on the mouth in a moment of excitement. (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
- Rory’s father Brian reappears. (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
TRAILER