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[@Darkstar263]

It's even more sad when you think about it. The reason he asked River to travel with him is because he secretly knows that she'll be going to the Library eventually to die. Probably wanted to make the most of the time he had left with her.

[@LarianeCostaRamos]

+TheRealG she cant get younger or she wouldnt know his future...

[@timobakker3567]

+TheRealG it's not that, River and the Doctor are both time-travellers and they travel each in the opposite direction. So when they meet, it's not like River becomes younger and Doctor gets older. It's just that the Doctor keeps meeting River opposite of her timeline.

[@breakingthewall3837]

And we just found out River has been cheating on the Doctor this Christmas in the immediate aftermath to this story. I hope she becomes the next companion. I want a River and Missy scene!

[@LarianeCostaRamos]

and she was.... one last time #ChristmasSpecial

[@johnfriedgen357]

+Typhlosion T.V. Yes for her. For him her past is his future. He knew she was going to die and the day of her death, because of him it already happened and that's when time for him started counting backwards for them.

[@CrystalWong]

my favourite thing about matt is that he can be a jumpy excited puppy in one scene and be a sad old man with a box in the next

[@lolamagenta]

+Crystal Wong Perfect description of Matt Smith's 11th. I don't think many got how very subtle he was in playing someone who is truly ancient. He defied everyone who were critical of his being so young for the role.

[@ValpasKankaristo]

Atleast he was an alien again

[@nienkehuijbens301]

That's exactly what made him so special

[@petersenior5432]

That last sentence: So true. He was the youngest actor to act the doctor, but as the doctor he became the longest lived iteration of the franchise, living for over a thousand years.

[@thomasl.koehnline5775]

I find that to be very true, even though I prefer Peter Capaldi, I will always respect Smith for his ability to do exactly that.

[@theevilplaguedoctor6464]

i couldn't hold anymore by the time amy says '' theres a little girl waiting in a garden'' that was it for me i started sobbing

[@JanneSala]

Me too, it's too sad!

[@nanicrash]

@@michaelminecraftvloger7899 its somehow reassuring to know someone who watches Steven universe, when you are thinking about the end of amy

[@edthejester]

It was the Tardis sound and her hopeful glance that did it for me

[@witherpool_77]

SAMEEEE😭

[@DarkAutumn3D]

Little fact for you: When this scene was being filmed Karen Gillan was sitting next to him off camera reading this to him. When the director shouted "CUT!" Matt burst into tears =(

[@AdventuringwithTrevor]

linkify me!

[@SupahLegend]

That's so sad. I cried also watching that scene

[@InsanityVirus]

i need to see that xD i really wanna see that =;3 *i cried also*

[@leonatanamisa4708]

TheSingingGamingArtist yes I cried too. This is the most sad moment in doctor who,so next to the Eleventh fall. His regeneration to 12th is so bad and too quick.

[@arrblue94]

***** it was

[@ZainabAli29]

I love how he kept Amy's glasses :)

[@BarryLetts379]

And I liked how Ten kept Rose's personality through the end

[@slevinchannel7589]

Rorys and Amys Story ended with a Nonsense-Plot-Hole-Nonsense. Time-Dissortions made it impossible for the Tardis to land - which is already the Logic Hole. I wont say more, you have to understand yourself how much wrong is up with this and how it makes no sense. A little help though: Remember what the Tardis is and can do...

[@TSotP]

@@slevinchannel7589 if I remember correctly, it's not that that tardis couldn't land. It's more that if it ever did, it would rip Manhatten apart

[@commandercoldbird1777]

@@TSotP one thing i've always wondered is this: why not land the tardis in NYC and travel to manhattan from there? we know the doctor can drive. so he could park it in NYC, drive to manhattan, pick up Rory and Amy, and be back home in time for tea.

[@RedDragonForce2]

@@commandercoldbird1777 it’s because the weeping angels send you back in time and you’re not supposed to leave that designated time. Sure, the Doctor and Martha were a special case in series 3, but that’s more of an exception than a rule. Remember, Rori and Amy had to suicide themselves long before their appointed old age deaths to escape the Angels once. They couldn’t do it again without serious consequences.

[@Mr-Trox]

This is why he changed the console. Amelia was the first face that face ever saw,she was the Doctor's best friend. I'd imagine after spending so much time with Ponds, marrying their daughter, and knowing when and where she was going to die, the Doctor just couldn't stand to look at something that reminded him so much of the Ponds. Especially Amelia. So he changed the TARDIS to it's much more sleek appearance that has cold lighting and cold, unfeeling metal, as it was the anti-thesis to the first face he'd seen, and his companion, Amelia Pond.

[@ValpasKankaristo]

You don't say

[@petersenior5432]

The closest he had ever gotten to his companions: he was direct family to them. I mean, he was family with Susan, way back at the first doctor, but this time, his original companions were his in-laws, and their daughter was his wife.

[@CallumMcPherson]

This is an amazing observation, I'd never thought of it like that before!

[@lumo_exe]

right in the feels

[@bathtubbarracuda2581]

The "Pond" console was also much closer to that used by 9 and 10. I feel like this moment is the big breaking point in the series.

[@redcardinalist]

We will love you always Oh Amelia. The girl who waited

[@slevinchannel7589]

Rorys and Amys Story ended with a Nonsense-Plot-Hole-Nonsense. Time-Dissortions made it impossible for the Tardis to land - which is already the Logic Hole. I wont say more, you have to understand yourself how much wrong is up with this and how it makes no sense. A little help though: Remember what the Tardis is and can do...

[@aoisora1445]

let us not forget the other Amelia Pond who was trapped inside that other place for 50+ years

[@Cailus3542]

@@slevinchannel7589 If you're watching Doctor Who for logical and easy science-fiction, then I think that you've rather missed the point. That, or you just want to hate something purely for the excuse of hating it.

[@KbIPbIL0]

"You've waited long enough"

[@brookej8554]

Fun story: Matt actually broke down in tears after the filming of the epilogue scene.

[@aKoolAidMan]

What? All he did was pretend to read a book.

[@Mineboost]

I can't confirm the crying, but as I recall the behind the scenes of it was that Karen Gillan(Amy) read the it to him for the filming of the scene.

[@1ndiaa]

lol

[@iz723]

no he didnt, the crying was scripted but it didn't make the final cut

[@dylancampbell8954]

I Z no he actually cried. Karen and Arthur were his best friends. They worked together for three years. Wouldn't you be upset if people you knew so closely left?

[@MattStokess]

This many years later and it stills feels like yesterday since I broke down in tears

[@philiptucker6119]

I'm still crying

[@unoriginaluser575]

I can't stop rewatching it

[@danielueblacker9118]

the power of Dr. Who

[@lizardblue2022]

Still holds true

[@3NA_exe]

I still cry at this scene, every. time.

[@say2135]

No, no, no, Moffat. This doesn't work like this. Look, we give us sad season endigns, and we're prepared for them because we know you. But you can't do this to us IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. IT'S NOT FAIR. I WASN'T EMOTIONALLY PREPARED, OK?

[@EightThreeEight]

I treated this as two separate seasons, considering they were aired in different years.

[@lolamagenta]

+Say There there it's okay...Whovians get used to the sadness ..kind of. :(

[@say2135]

Oh, yeah, we must. If we don't get used to it, we'd burn internally.

[@liamations]

+Say Sad about characters getting killed off mid-season? You should watch Game of Thrones.

[@say2135]

liamations +1

[@Mario-us5xm]

I love coming back to this scene for River alone. Her parents are gone and she'll never see them again yet she stood strong for the grieving Time Lord, facing the angel at all times for him

[@aaaaaa-nr5mo]

Don’t their timelines run backwards from eachother

[@johannalietar9462]

Actually river gets to visit them whenever she wants, her actress wrote a book called the Ruby's curse and we get to see Amy and rory again.

[@callumocreary1253]

She does tho. She can still visit them

[@christoperjaime]

Christoper si 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋💋❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MurrayMelander]

I've been a fan since Tom Baker was the Doctor. But now I'm 60 yrs old and some of these episodes still can make me cry. I love this show. Always have.

[@lol-yi4xv]

Murray Melander I'm under my 20s and I'll say you're better looking than most 60 year olds. you look like mid 40s. (also no homo)

[@MurrayMelander]

Well thanks for the compliment. I owe it all to picking parents with good genes.

[@joebennett1321]

the recent 3 doctors are not as good as the oldies

[@ContraNovae]

@@joebennett1321 And Tom Baker will always be THE Doctor.

[@julieeverett7442]

@@ContraNovae always, there is NO comparison!

[@RSwizard101vids]

"I'm not a hero. I really am just a mad man with a box." - The Doctor

[@Lamadredetuamigo]

"I am not a good man... Neither a bad one... I am... A Fool!!" - The Eyebrows Doctor. :)

[@haydenmarshall1881]

Serge Kent I AM NOT A GOOD MAN and im not a bad man IM not a hero and no in not an officer i am an idiot with a box and a screwdriver , passing through, helping out learning i don't need an army i never have because iv got them always them and your wrong love it's not an emotion love is a promise and he will never hurt her pe catch

[@SeanEnglishHD]

richard wright Woman

[@slevinchannel7589]

Rorys and Amys Story ended with a Nonsense-Plot-Hole-Nonsense. Time-Dissortions made it impossible for the Tardis to land - which is already the Logic Hole. I wont say more, you have to understand yourself how much wrong is up with this and how it makes no sense. A little help though: Remember what the Tardis is and can do...

[@the11thdoctor40]

Yeah I am

[@luvnatexo]

This was 7 years ago yet I still get so emotional every time. The Ponds were my favorite companions 🥺

[@iamsherlocked345]

I still miss the ponds so much .. the show has not been the same every since

[@kevinmclean96]

Same

[@ApollonDriver]

They did Ponds dirty, all his companions were saved but only not them

[@jrsiv4462]

SPOILERS AHEAD In "The Husbands of River Song" it's revealed that until that episode until her death (which was about 24 years) River is unsure if the Doctor truly loves her. Also look at River's face at 0:31 she's smiling like a girl who's crush just asked her if she wanted to go out. River loved the Doctor at this point and was unsure if he loved her back, so him asking her to travel with him ment so much to her. At least that's what I thought.

[@quirklesshero5009]

+Papa Acachalla OMMG PAPA

[@ValpasKankaristo]

Teehee. "Spoilers".

[@slevinchannel7589]

Rorys and Amys Story ended with a Nonsense-Plot-Hole-Nonsense. Time-Dissortions made it impossible for the Tardis to land - which is already the Logic Hole. I wont say more, you have to understand yourself how much wrong is up with this and how it makes no sense. A little help though: Remember what the Tardis is and can do...

[@selonianth]

@@slevinchannel7589 The distortions made it difficult. The numerous paradoxes followed by him *reading their tomb stones* made it impossible for him to save them. Once he read their tombstones it became a fixed point that he, at least, was incapable of altering.

[@palebloodgamer3456]

@@selonianth wait a minute, since he didnt see there corpses couldn't he have just. Make fake tombstones???

[@Free.Spirit.Rebel.]

When i first saw this, I felt like the entire world was changing. I was feeling emotinal and really sad. No more the girl who waited or the last centurion. They were the very best of matt smith's era. It was always The Doctor and The Ponds. And now the eleventh doctor is now dead and the twelve doctor is born. This era I will never forget for as long as i live and beyound the end of time. Hope the new era will have great adventures with the impossible girl (Clara Oswald) and new companions.

[@Bobb11881]

That era STARTED after The End of Time.

[@Lundmunchkins2000TV]

I actually think that Clara is my favorite companion, I really hope she doesn't suffer a horrible fate.

[@Bobb11881]

Lundmunchkins2000TV Worse than travelling with the Doctor and dealing with nightmarish fiends every week?

[@julesponge]

Lundmunchkins2000TV This is Doctor Who you're talking about.

[@greyardwhite2683]

clara isnt the impossible girl anymore since the Doctor regenarated his death isnt in trenzalore wich means Clara didnt go through his timeline. if Clara dies shes dead sadly :(

[@darrylm5100]

Matt killed this scene. He actually smashed it. His outrage and anger in one face tells a huge story. Then his snapping out of his emotional state by river. He seems actually jumbled by emotions. His ling long life and the one thing he can’t fully handle. His worst enemy. Emotions.

[@cosmic2750]

I never realized how amazing Matt was as the Doctor. I miss him. Bring him back Doctor Who.

[@samanthaharney9396]

I don’t think it would be the same without Moffat. I just rewatch the seasons when I need to.

[@philippaettrick7012]

"River, they were your parents. I'm sorry, I didn't think." I love that he cares about her sorrow as well as this.

[@ajah6869]

If the Earth is flooding it's probably my tears

[@arip.]

Ajah Fairlamb the fandoms tears*

[@beezie687]

Amy's goodbye was one of the hardest scenes for me to endure without breaking down. Also The Eleventh Doctor really went dark after this, like changing his beautiful exciting interior of the TARDIS to a very boring one and even changing his suit but at least he kept the bow tie.

[@GacMan47]

Makes sense when he turned into Capaldi and was a cold Doctor at first.

[@briannabee829]

I was unbelievably sad the moment Amy got zapped away and i knew the Ponds were never coming back. But I think the thing that made me CRY was the Doctor's reaction, the last line "and this is how it ends", and immediately watching the next episode and having a second realization that they were really gone for good

[@slevinchannel7589]

Rorys and Amys Story ended with a Nonsense-Plot-Hole-Nonsense. Time-Dissortions made it impossible for the Tardis to land - which is already the Logic Hole. I wont say more, you have to understand yourself how much wrong is up with this and how it makes no sense. A little help though: Remember what the Tardis is and can do...

[@Void_Deserts_Tower]

​@@slevinchannel7589then you explain.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@Void_Deserts_Tower No, thats not how you request something from a person. You dont rudelly order me around, while not startingyour sentence ig. Try again

[@Void_Deserts_Tower]

@@slevinchannel7589 then don't

[@shawn4116]

​@@slevinchannel7589 Imagine copy and pasting the same comment in every damn reply section and then still defending that point 3 years later. Honestly you're more pathetic than the bots in most comment sections.

[@iamsherlocked345]

This episode will never not make me ugly cry ... once the ponds left the show lost that sparkle that drew me to it

[@jokebyLASSE]

Yeah, Clara is so lame, Doctor romance is so obvious. Lucky it only lasts for 5 episodes lol.

[@iamsherlocked345]

Lol yeah but she was a companion for 3 long years 😒

[@jokebyLASSE]

iamsherlocked345 from the doctor's perspective I think she was even longer than Amy.

[@Matheus21video]

+Tanya Ellaboarde No

[@jokebyLASSE]

Matheus21video Yes she was, he became much older being with Clara than he became being with Amy.

[@TheJaviferrol]

I didn´t cry when Amy was transported back to the past but i did so with the letter

[@carolineshore1094]

Me too

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I would go back for Amy and if it was Karen Gillan herself, I'd do anything it took to save her.

[@Carlos19jp]

Me too :''(

[@jasonknight8581]

Nope. Not crying. I'm just... cutting onions. At 1 AM in the morning. At my computer.

[@lillysart24]

good idea, I'll join ya

[@darkhorseash4337]

Poor 11. The look on his face reading that letter, you can see it's pretty much the first time in a very long time someone has told him they love him. This scene is why 11 is my favorite, because he actually shows emotion. He is afraid and angry and happy and miserable and furious and terrified. He doesn't act like he is perfect; he admits when he makes mistakes (and generally blames himself for the ones he couldn't possibly have controlled). He cares.

[@180223]

Raggedy Man, Goodnight

[@homfencing]

Oh man....I cried like a baby at the end of "Angels Take Manhattan"....I cried like a baby again at "Raggedy Man, Goodnight." Not ashamed to say it at all.

[@markraw9677]

MOFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@h0lly_blue]

THIS IS NOT OKAY

[@elijahpoley287]

-sniffle- um what i am not crying

[@Cloudrunner5k]

good helping of feels is just what I need in the morning

[@marbecva4173]

Can anyone believe that this was improv? Amy didn't have the script for half her speech!

[@Faulty720]

+Rebecca Meagre Amy doesn't exist. Karen Gillan read the script out beside matt in central park as to make his acting real, she then read out the script for voiceover in the post edit

[@marbecva4173]

...I was just saying it was good dude..

[@aKoolAidMan]

+TomSee Boy, you must be really fun at parties.

[@dylancampbell8954]

TomSee wow you just ruined some childrens' imaginations that Amy was real

[@bun6134]

*+Inferno Intensifies* An inability to distinguish between reality and make-believe is not something to be commended.

[@Soliy87]

The Doctors face as river leaves the Tardis is heartbreaking :'(

[@slevinchannel7589]

Rorys and Amys Story ended with a Nonsense-Plot-Hole-Nonsense. Time-Dissortions made it impossible for the Tardis to land - which is already the Logic Hole. I wont say more, you have to understand yourself how much wrong is up with this and how it makes no sense. A little help though: Remember what the Tardis is and can do...

[@taylorb9484]

THIS is the kind of episode ending that makes Moffat such a good head writer. As much as I enjoy RTD episodes, Davies didn't have the knack for tearing your heart out and smashing it with a sledgehammer in front of you the way that Moffat does. And epic speeches? How many did Tennant & Co. have? Moffat's time has given us Stonehenge. Demon's Run. Akhaten. The Byzantium. Trenzalore. The Town Called Mercy. And not just epicness--he brings us moments like this one where any normal person is painfully kicked in the feels. The Angels. Wedding of River Song. Demon's Run. Stonehenge. Karn. Gallifrey. The Snowmen. The Dalek Asylum. Trenzalore. Need I continue? Now just look at that list and tell me--TELL ME--that Moffat doesn't know how to make Doctor Who more than just a run-of-the-mill sci-fi show. Because Davies was fantastic...but Moffat is brilliant.

[@iamsherlocked345]

so true..when he's good he's good and when it's bad...well it's just plain bad. I miss the story archs like series 5 had...series 7 was lacking in a way i've not been able to properly explain.

[@einezcrespo]

iamsherlocked345 Series 7 was lacking because there wasn't a big story arc more of stand alone episodes like on the older Who stories. The NuWho fans aren't used to that format.

[@iamsherlocked345]

Einez Crespo ahhh yes that's what i was missing.. A whole season of stand alone episodes just did not work for me at all. A few story arcs would have been fine.

[@einezcrespo]

iamsherlocked345 Series 7B had the Impossible Girl story arc though. Better buckle up for Series 8 then. So far there may not be a big story arc. I'm used to the stand alone episode format having watched the Classics. They were not so reliant on big arcs I guess back then since the show was in a serial form. The story gets played out longer unlike the 45 mins format of today.

[@emmajean8631]

+Albus Nix As much as I like Moffat, I think RTD was very good at the more subtle things, showing how human the companions were, and how both their strengths and weaknesses came from that. Rose had incredible compassion, so much so that she looked a Dalek in the eye and showed it kindness, but she almost died near the end of Doomsday (inadvertently) because she had fallen in love with The Doctor. He showed how, as much as humanity is so futile and destined to ruin itself, is so full of wonder and imagination. Even though we feel so advanced in our tech, when it's dark and the stars are out, our first instinct is to throw our heads back and gaze at the sky. I think RTD captures that well.

[@chloetrory5278]

This was the last adventure river had with 11 before she met 12

[@Mr.LaughingDuck]

+Claire Mitchell Yes

[@Nesianmix]

And thus the knife of sadness plunges deeper in to my heart

[@Nesianmix]

And thus the knife of sadness plunges deeper in to my heart

[@ValpasKankaristo]

Confirmed.

[@JipvandeGeijn]

but she is also there with 11 at trenzalore and the great intelligence, that is the episode when John Hurt was introduced

[@Jamestopboy]

"Whenever and wherever you want..."

[@lizardtheory2280]

Just the thought that the doctor would have had to put on a brave face when going back to the young Amy Pond, knowing what will happen to her is utterly heartbreaking. I genuinely cannot imagine how hard that must have been.

[@vchatila]

Who's watching in 2016 and sobbing right now? First time I saw it, i broke down and was inconsolable. :( :(

[@ianmitchell5979]

+Vivecca Chatila ME!!!

[@joeybaldini5202]

me

[@miros-mam2918]

Me too

[@markd2973]

Me

[@muskaansyeda3935]

+Vi Cha me

[@ecclestonsangel]

This episode broke my heart. I was very fond of Amy and Rory, and I'm very sorry the actors wanted to go. I thought they were some of the best friends the Doctor ever had. I cried so much during the last part of the eppy, I think I went through a whole box of kleenex.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

The closing credits should had rolled in silence.

[@iamameliapond8559]

“Tell her this is the story of Amelia Pond, and this is how it ends” that bit literally rips my heart apart 😫

[@Oscxr_-fq7nj]

This trio of the doctor, Amy and Rory is my favourite era of doctor who it just seems so perfectly done, give us another doctor like Tennant and smith and give us another companion like Amy they are the best of the timeline so far

[@HOTD108_]

Good news, you are getting a new Doctor like Tennant. Even looks and sounds kinda like him too!

[@Sabbalab92]

I just watched through this episode again. Over a decade later, it still hurts.

[@samanthapoole9617]

I can't watch it, I just cry

[@HHopebringer]

I think she knew about some of his worse tendencies. 11 likely told her about 10's disastrous attempt to rewrite fixed time in The Waters of Mars, she likely knew about the Titanic (when he had no companion but lost Astrid, who would have been a wonderful companion), and she also knew about Donna Noble. 11's only one lack of a companion away from disaster (see Turn Left and Waters of Mars) and he badly needs someone to keep him from self destruction. And he just watched his best friends disappear in front of his eyes. River was right. The Doctor should never travel alone if they can help it.

[@AnselmoFernandesDW]

The ending is exactly how Amy Pond began, waiting in her garden.

[@ericmarshall2991]

It would've been so cool to have a few straight episodes of River travelling with the doctor. Not a whole season, just 3 or 4.

[@masterskrain]

Matt's eyes, the second he remembers "Last page". Amazing!

[@whatever_it_can_be1222]

"This is the story of Amelia Pond, And this is how it ends." Oh! Hit me right in the feels!

[@grennysohail]

This made me cry but when I saw the BBC extra of this I was in the fetal position for an hour. I really wished they added it to the episode instead of leaving it out. It really brought alot of closure to Amy and Rory

[@grennysohail]

The scene that I am talking about is when rory dad gets a visitor from his grandson and gets a message from rory saying that he is never coming back and the person that gave you the this is your grandson

[@ChoiiZy]

grennysohail Is this the scene? /watch?v=XWU6XL9xI4k If so, I agree. It's sad to see it didn't get longer than to the storyboard with a voice-over by Rory..

[@grennysohail]

ChoiiZy Yea that the scene that I am talking about. I really wished they added this to the ending since it brings more closure to Amy and Rory and tied in Brian as well since he was slightly involved with the Doctor

[@ChoiiZy]

I agree. But I guess they had their reasons

[@grennysohail]

*sigh* i bet they do. Well at least its out there for people to watch.

[@lavenderbrown8376]

I used to be a DW fan... BUT THEN I TOOK AN ARROW TO THE FEELS.

[@sectorzisnumbuhone]

+Lavender Brown XD

[@thekaze70]

nice one ")

[@bobtheduck]

+Lavender Brown "...and was eaten by a werewolf"

[@ianmitchell5979]

+Lavender Brown But you're still a Doctor Who fan, right?

[@elanoriscool]

Ian Mitchell well he can't be he's dead he took an arrow remeber

[@ahussain2973]

I'm crying uncontrollably rn! Amy and Rory were my favourites! The power of three indeed! Amy, Rory, and the Doctor will forever be living on and having more adventures in my dreams!

[@TheDoctorMcGuinness1]

One of the best moments and the saddest in Doctor Who... God how I and many others miss those days with Matt, Karen and Arthur.

[@Shaunyesk049]

Why do I watch this video again while I know perfectly that I'm about to cry.

[@Shizarif]

7 years later and I still broke down crying

[@TheGeekNetwork]

This is the story of Amelia Pond, and this is how it ends 💔

[@seijuruhiko]

I miss this era very very much. I still enjoy Doctor Who alot but I feel like this was just a special time for the doctor where everything just coalesced perfectly into a magical fantastic emotional roller coaster. Amy and Rory will always be missed.

[@Trayusstudent1]

Really excellent scene, I'm not as big a fan of S7 as Matt's other series, but this one had some really cool key moments! Talking about the old set I think the great thing about the old console was the fact Matt could act off it, there's all sorts of levers and big buttons to play with, and every time you see Matt flying the TARDIS, he's almost skidding around the glass floor having an amazing time... with the new one though, it does seem more somber and dark and serious, It's still a lovely new TARDIS control room, but it seems suited for a different actor....

[@desaiaakash90]

I'm not the biggest fan of Matt himself (he's not bad at all, just that I loved David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston more) and this scene made me bawl my eyes out. Almost as much as when Rose left.

[@desaiaakash90]

Out of curiosity, how does your list read?

[@BrightIslandCreative]

@@desaiaakash90 Rose and the doctor did cause there separation tho

[@Zeynep-ut5gt]

I still cry over this even after all these years, Amelia, Rory and River were really a real family to the doctor. I miss those old days *sigh*

[@JohnSmith-nu9jz]

"This is the story of Amelia Pond and this is how it ends." 3:04 - tears. She got to go in the TARDIS as a young child.

[@mediaman834]

That last line always gives me chills, and it's by far my favourite episode (next to Heaven Sent, Turn Left, Face the Raven and Flatline).

[@CrystalWong]

I AM CRYING

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

that "this is how it ends" just makes it worse

[@CrystalWong]

Carsten Kuehn Yeah.. I can't contain all my feels

[@AlekWheeler]

Hi Crying, I am Sobbing

[@noellecleary771]

me too i am in a pool of heartbreaking

[@geronimo7360]

Perfect! Just perfect profile pic for this comment!

[@charlieinthefog]

Best ending ever for a companion. My tears all over my face. I Guess this is Doctor Who. Great stories, sad stories, hope stories... Excellent.

[@KhrystaPlays]

Do you guys think that River went to visit Amy and Rory back in 1930s New York and forward? I mean. how else is she going to get the book to Amy so that Amy can get it published?

[@CADoesMinecraft]

ya

[@KhrystaPlays]

Not just once though. I mean. More than once. Loads of times. Even after Amy and Rory adopted Anthony. It would figure because she is their daughter.. and even when you have the whole of space and time at your fingertips, you still need your parents.

[@Bloodshade]

Lyssa Simmers No, all River did was give the book, ask Amy to write the forward, and probably console them a bit before she left... Time travel is screwy enough as it is in how it can tear a place apart (why the Doctor can't go visit them), and River's progression of time is similarly crazy, let alone the fact that she hates spending too much time in one place. So no. Don't try to romanticize it beyond reason.

[@Naarii528]

Lyssa Simmers Anthony?

[@TheSeang2011]

DOINKassassin There is an unshot episode called P.S. that details Amy and Rory's life after they left. It was never offically filmed, so all the video contains is a bunch of still shots of drawings and words, but it's absolutely beautiful all the same. I sincerely advise you watch it if you feel any emotional attachment to these characters. Let me know if you can't find it, if you search "Doctor Who P.S." you should find it.

[@hzbblur]

Probably the most touching moment for #11.

[@burgos387]

This episode upset me so much I can't watch the rerun. I miss Amy and Rory so much.

[@vinokai]

Everyone has their Doctor, but Matt Smith will always be my favourite ❤️

[@FrostySphere]

Ok, i'm just gonna say it, The Ponds where the best companions. Rose overstayed her welcome, and i only remember Martha from David Tennents companions (besides rose).

[@ironwolg]

not Donna? Donna and the Ponds were my favorites :D Rose whined too much

[@FrostySphere]

Perry Davis " i only remember Martha from David Tennents companions (besides rose)."

[@HaruZAASasdfghjkl]

Perry Davis The gingers he wanted to be are gone... whoops

[@GuitarGuy190]

Clara, Donna and the Ponds. My favorite (not necessarily in that order).

[@Ryan-rn1ew]

Donna!

[@PhoenixPonyPhoenixOwl]

74 people were so choked up and teary they accidentally mistook the thumbs down for the thumbs up, myself included...*sobs*

[@megangarza3828]

I love that they have A Lonely Decision playing during this😭. I knew it sounded familiar.

[@EddieKat]

The line "tell her this is the story of Amelia Pond and this is how it ends" ALWAYS kills me. So damn sad. :'(

[@jessb6006]

I cry every time this episode comes up. I still can't believe that they're gone. Rory and Amy were my favourite companions. Forever missed :(

[@LeafyBoy155]

*I've never cried so much in Doctor Who* It's always a goodbye... But never a death. Someone forgets. Someone leaves. But never dies. None of the companions have actually died before. They still exist, even if they don't remember the Doctor, even if they're trapped in a parallel universe. But they never die. Except Amy. That's why I cry so much.

[@mysty042]

There are those in the past, Adric was the first.

[@petercampbell869]

My two favourite companions. Little Amelia Pond, the girl who waited and Rory Williams, the last centurion. Wish they had more episodes together but I'm just happy it happened

[@coramber421]

Those last six words make me cry every time. "And this is how it ends."

[@jakeollyb]

This ending could have been done so much better. 'The Angels Take Manhattan' has so many plot holes and things that just downright didn't make sense! I wish Moffat had taken more care with the Pond's exit. I just thought it seemed kinda rushed, like he couldn't wait to get rid of them and introduce Clara - who up until this point in time, still hasn't had hardly any sort of character development and has been used entirely as a plot device. I'm kinda looking forward to the day Moffat steps down as head writer. :/

[@Proudmenhera]

I remember crying my eyes out when I first watched this episode. I was SO not prepared for this. My pajama pants was soaked with tears watching the graveyard scene... Don't know why I remember that day so clearly even after all these years.

[@brathernumzy]

i have only ever watched this episode once and i cant do it again it crushes me each time

[@DarthRushy]

henry gane Each time? I thought you said you only watched it once.

[@brathernumzy]

each time i attempt it

[@TheUnknownhumangirl]

The 11th Doctor actually time travelled with family: Amy & Rory were his in-laws, and River was his wife. 🙂 So yes, this ending hurt so much because this was The Doctor's family and he lost them too. 😢💔

[@timelordgeek16]

It’s kind of sad in a way because the next time River meets the Doctor after this is just before the Library

[@homfencing]

I just watched a clip about the filming of the scene on the bench...did not know that Karen only had PART of the script as she sat next to Matt, reading it off while they filmed him. She said she had to improv the last bit....I'm guessing it was the part about young Amelia...very VERY well done.

[@sandrameesala6804]

I loved this ending. It really does both characters justice!

[@Taken4Granted2]

I watched this and I only cried for 7 years straight

[@nienkehuijbens301]

Is it been 7 years?

[@Taken4Granted2]

Yes

[@nienkehuijbens301]

- XPL0S1V3 - wow i thought this was like 2013

[@Taken4Granted2]

I'm a time traveller ;)

[@blueraccoon1088]

Never travel alone, bring someone to see the stars and see the universe in its many mysterious worlds and sights that no one ever imagined...

[@mythalia955]

I think no one will ever understand how much I love Amy's character and how much I get sad when I see someone hating on her. I will forever miss her

[@iamsherlocked345]

MyThalia I still miss her so much once she left ... meh I've not loved any of the episodes after that and don't get me started on Clara 😑 who was a poor substitute for Amy and Rory. I miss how the show used to be

[@Hendo56]

It appears that Moffatt has adopted Joss Whedon's philosophy of "happy characters are dull characters". Whedon would devise characters that you cared about, and then have it all end badly. While we see Amy and Rory did live a happy life together, the fact that they "are long gone", even beyond the reach of a time traveling Time Lord, is sadder than sad. And yet, this ending is superb. The return of the Tardis to a young Amy puts a small smile on a sad moment. And yet, it would be wonderful if somehow someway the Doctor could one day see again his old companions. Heck, with this show's screwy science, it could happen. Anybody have a kleenex?

[@slevinchannel7589]

Rorys and Amys Story ended with a Nonsense-Plot-Hole-Nonsense. Time-Dissortions made it impossible for the Tardis to land - which is already the Logic Hole. I wont say more, you have to understand yourself how much wrong is up with this and how it makes no sense. A little help though: Remember what the Tardis is and can do...

[@michaeldunlap8239]

I love that River left the brakes on because the Doctor loves the sound it makes

[@donotserorator]

I am an English /Brit (And Proud)..this TV show was for kids..Aired on Saturday nights..Then it stoped...I do not know why...and then along came Russell.T.Davies .He reinvented the show .On the 23rd of November 2013 you will watch an episode that will blow your socks off !!!!!!!!!!!,.....I will not spoil the event.. but afterwards you will want to watch it again..Regards...Chris...East Sussex..England....UK

[@doodoo5594]

“a lonely decision” is a ridiculously beautiful peace of music, this 0:35 jump down always hits me

[@TheoneAlice]

In 2021 i'm here... i was so young when i was watching this episode. I'm 22 now and i came back. She always gonna be amazing always.. Miss you Amy

[@enchantedmistress06]

You know, I've always thought that one of the reasons why River is kind of blase about losing her parents here is because she's already planned or already has traveled back in time to see them and will go there again. After all she does have the vortex manipulator, a motorbike through time.

[@linaflubbs7164]

I saw this so many times, and every time I can't stop crying. It's sad, it's wonderful, but it's so so sad. I loved the Ponds so much.

[@kuromiyuu]

Fav seasons: 5, 6, 7 Also, I love the part where Amy says all of the adventures she's been on with the Doctor 😢

[@mdeluxe1929]

I love how delicately he picks up the page.

[@chikowashere]

Moffat came out and said that the Doctor went back to visit Amelia again, that's why she heard the TARDIS. He said that the Doctor took her on some more adventures. Also that scene of Amelia at the end happened in the very first episode. So technically Amy's last scene, happened in her first episode. Timey Whimey.

[@anniesmith5739]

I do wonder about this, continuity-wise. He went back to when she was 7 and took her on more adventures but she just doesn't remember them later? Or she's pretending? How does that not mess up the paradox of him seeing her again.. and if it doesn't, why can't he just go visit them earlier in their timeline before they came to NYC?

[@caddy1957able]

Every time it is hard to watch this.....but the idea that they went on in this time line to live long happy lives!....now where are those damned onions?!? MY EYES!

[@brade7022]

why could you not have just dragged amy back in to the tardis WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY "starts to cry in a corner just like 3 years ago"

[@ValpasKankaristo]

Because frigging paradoxes

[@nienkehuijbens301]

Exactly! Let her fight, let her cry. You're with two people and probably stronger so just drag her back goddamnit! Drag her back and deliver her home safely.

[@hyperbiscuit2284]

@@nienkehuijbens301 Because she would never see her *husband* again, and she would rather be with the man she loves than the Doctor. Besides, that would basically be kidnapping at that point seeing as she wouldn't want to go with them.

[@InfamousWolf89]

I miss those years (2010-2013). :(

[@sabrinaf506]

It never fails to make me cry, no matter how much time passes or how many times I see it...it's just a beautifully sad way to send off my favorite character.

[@mickys8065]

So, having recently watched season 5 again, I just realised it's a giant loop. That final shot of Amelia is ripped straight from eleventh hour, where it's also the end of the episode. Which implies the 2nd time Amelia met the doctor, was the last time the doctor saw her. And then this aged doctor has to say he'll be gone for a few minutes, knowing Amelia wont see him for years, and that he'll never see her again. It's no wonder he literally spent years on a cloud having given up being the doctor. But sure RTD says Donna was the best friend the doctor ever had...

[@danthechatterboxman]

Angels take Manhattan is probably one of my favourite 11th doctor episodes

[@robertbarnard6120]

Don't travel alone well, he didn't travel at all, but went to Victorian London and took up isolation

[@w3x8m2173]

True but he had friends in Strax, Vastra and Jenny in London

[@robertbarnard6120]

but he did tell them to stop bovering him during the mini-sode 'the great detective' and as vastra told Clara curing the snowman, 'we help him in his isolation, but that does not mean we approve of it' sugests that although he respects them, he does not listen to them

[@KasaiWolf07]

This is defo one of Moffat's best moments. Sadly he never had as many as RTD did. This actually brought a tear to my eye. This and Amy and Rory's goodbye.

[@arrblue94]

a nod to shada

[@solarisprime2174]

At the end when little amy is looking up and smiling and the screen is getting darker behind her and to the left the tree of whatever looks like a weeping angel

[@daphneconstantinides368]

I think I can't watch this without crying. It's impossible..