Rory & Amy Williams are no more . . .

Now we know what happens.

It was a good episode and tied things up rather nicely I think.  Now on to the Christmas Special and a new companion.  I always hate to see companions go - but its like changing Doctors, there just comes a time.  We still have Melody Pond (but we've seen her ending) and a new companion on the horizon.

 

Much of Amy and Rory’s story in Doctor Who Season 7 has been centered around pulling the Williams’ away from the Doctor, through relationship problems and/or a busier, more demanding life than traveling with the Doctor can allow. Fortunately, the highly-anticipated, long-awaited mid-season finale proves to be one of Steven Moffat’s most successful episodes of recent, mixing the terrifying suspense of his most famed episode, “Blink,” with that of his most emotionally nuanced, “The Girl in the Fireplace.”
Amy and Rory’s final episode finds them taking in the sights of New York City, through various moments in time, thanks to the Weeping Angels. Though the Weeping Angels have returned since their introduction in Moffat’s aforementioned opus, this is the first time since that moment where their involvement was an integral, active, element of the story, rather than a species looking to rescue itself using time energy.

For Amy and Rory’s farewell, most of the  Williams family is brought in on the action, giving an update to Professor River Song (still working on that doctorate eh) and her frequent legal issues (which seem to have disappeared along with The Doctors history). Song isn’t used to her full potential in the episode, but since it is a story centered around Amy and Rory, her inclusion as a supportive character brings some emotionally rich, often painfully dark, moments to the episode.


On to bigger and better things. And a new companion to find in the past or the future.