Doctor Who (2005–…): Season 5, Episode 7 - Amy's Choice - full transcript

Five years after finally leaving the TARDIS Amy and Rory now married, live in the quiet little village of Leadworth. But everything is not what it would seem.

The TARDIS team is stuck
in a dream dilemma,

and the Dream Lord's deception
will drag the Doctor down to earth
with a bump.

Are you pregnant?

Arthur Darvill guides Confidential
through the reality
behind the fantasy.

It's the Doctor's fantasy
versus Rory's fantasy.

As Rory turns father-to-be,

action hero...

Waa!

And '70s rock god.

HE MOUTHS

- It's been such a fast episode.
- Action!



- So much happens in it. - Agh!

Whether it's battling with old people
or freezing to death on a TARDIS.

I think that shows in it, that it's
kind of a bit of rip-roaring fun.

I just had a nice little nap
on the floor.

Did you? Did you actually
fall asleep? See, that's how...

- I did actually dribble.
- That's how professional he is.

So join Confidential as Arthur
takes us through the filming process

from beginning...to end.

Ah! Ah!

I'm going to show you around a bit
and kind of show you how we made it.

It's day one of the production block
and in the studios in Cardiff

Arthur has the latest script
hot off the press

to prepare for the cast
and crew read-through.

I'm in the Blue Box, which is
our little cafe here at the studio,



I say 'our' cafe as if I own it,
I don't.

It's a little cafe on set.

We received the final script
of this today.

And we've got the read-through
this afternoon.

And then we start
filming it tomorrow.

I'm quite looking forward to this one
cos it's a really funny script.

And I've only just read it,

so, you know, there's only
so much you can prepare.

But it's good to hear the whole story

and good to hear
people's first impressions,

it really is a first impression.

And sometimes you really go for it.

There are certain lines
I'm looking forward to, I suppose.

I think I've got an idea of, kind of,
how I'm going to say those,

but that will completely change by
the time we film it, so it's not

really a representation of what we'll
do when we film it, I don't think.

But it gives a good idea of vaguely
what's going on in the story.

I think the thing that blew us
away about Arthur was -

and we saw a lot of good people
for the part of Rory -

was just how funny he was.

Arthur has that perfect... He always
finds a perfect moment for a gag.

You just summoned aliens
back to Earth!

Actual aliens.

Deadly aliens.

Aliens of death.

And now you're
taking your clothes off.

He found a space next
to our two leads

who already seemed
rather complete.

But he actually, once he comes in,

it's quite hard to imagine
the show without him,

which is a tremendous tribute
to Arthur's brilliance.

- Hi. - Hello.

Oh, you're a doctor!

Oh, yeah. And unlike you,
I've passed some exams.

A doctor, not a nurse,
just like you always dreamed.

I think the three of us
get on really well in,

you know, in real life,

which makes it, you know,
far easier to get on with working,

you know, at work.

And the person
who dreamt up this dreamscape

is writer Simon Nye.

I know Simon fairly well, he knew
I was taking over Doctor Who,

he always watched Doctor Who
with his kids, so he was keen.

I want the other life,
where we're happy and settled

and about to have a baby!

I love the fact, as a family,
we can all watch Doctor Who,

it's one of the few programmes
the family gather round,

it's nice to write
something they'd watch

as well as the challenge
of writing something

slightly more sci-fi
and adventurey than I'm used to.

- I thought you'd chosen me, not him.
- Why are you so insecure?

- You ran off with another man!
- Not in that way.

- The night before our wedding. - It
still is, we're in a time machine.

It's the night before our wedding
for as long as we want!

He's got quite a satiric eye
about normal relationships,

a lot of his comedy is about
ordinary people in a way.

Beautifully observed. That's what
he brings to this episode.

He brings a lot of detail
of Rory and Amy's relationship,

very beautifully rendered.

If we could divide up, so we have
an active presence in each role,

but the Dream Lord is
switching us between worlds.
Why? What's the logic?

The Dream Lord appears wearing
an incredibly ornate poncho.

Good idea, veggie.
Let's divide you three up,

so I can have a little chat
with your lovely companion.

Maybe I'll keep her
and you can have Pointy-Nose
to yourself for all eternity.

I get some nice chin-bashing
in this next one, don't I?

We all get a bit of bashing in this.

Actually...

Amy's... Well, Karen's size,
pointy nose, big chin.

You've had this the entire time.

It's better than...

Sure.

He's not seen that yet, you see,
so he has no idea why...

You don't know what he does
every single time he refers to Rory?

Not every single time!

Oh, right!

- He always does it, honestly!
- I don't always do it! - Right.

You've got a strong nose,
it's a good thing!

Is this being filmed? Thanks(!)
Arthur's going to beat me up now.

- But it's a good thing.
- Don't worry about it.

I had to distinguish...
I've got to go!

- See you tomorrow! - I'll see you...

It's the first day on location

and the TARDIS trio are getting
the final touches to their bump,

- quiff...
- HE MOUTHS

And um...

rat-tail.

(Status Quo!)

MUSIC: "Whatever You Want"
by Status Quo

- This is going to be my hair. - Hm-mm.

- Lovely. Like a lady. - We hope.

We hope!

Right, so here we go!

This is the wig.

OK, if you put your finger
on there, please, sir?

On there?

Just on the front, so that... Yep.

- Yep. - Perfect, I don't think
we need to do anything to it.

I think it was called like
a Britney wig or something at first.

So, yeah, I look pretty...
Pretty good.

Then Babs, the make-up designer for
this did an amazing job cutting it

to make it look a bit more
masculine... A bit more masculine.

And then put it back in a ponytail.

The ponytail was entirely
Simon Nye's idea.

I remember picking up the script
and reading the first page and went

"Oh, God! Rory's got a ponytail,
how are we going to do that?"

And then we were all very determined
in the meeting, saying

"No, he's going to have that
ponytail, that's just funny."

Rory has a ponytail because
he thinks that's his way of cutting

a bit of a dash in the village
and not being a dull, rural doctor.

So he, misguidedly - I think
we can all agree - grows a ponytail.

I think people basically think it's
really cool, so I haven't had any...

Don't give me that face.

SHE LAUGHS

Everyone basically has just told me
how cool I look with it.

There have been no negative comments
so far.

It was hideous,
I think it's safe to say.

But it was really funny.

It made Arthur look
really different.

I find him quite scary
to look at, actually.

And I hope he doesn't get any ideas

and decides to grow his hair
like that.

I look a bit like my dad
when he was younger.

Cos he was long-haired for a while.

This is for you, Dad.

And in this episode,
it wasn't just Arthur's hair
which gained some extra body.

Playing pregnant was so much fun.
I got really attached to the bump.

I really did!

It really affected me actually.

SHE HUMS

It didn't feel so much
like I had this thing on me,

it just became quite natural.

And yeah, I kind of found myself
rubbing it and stuff,

like pregnant women do,
but this was all subconscious.

Strange!

Look at you! When worlds collide!

Oh, look at you both
five years later.

You haven't changed a bit!
Apart from age and size.

It's good to see you, Doctor.

Are you pregnant?

We're all very used to
beautifully slim Karen Gillan

racing around the place,
like a supercharged giraffe.

And in this, of course,
she's wheezing behind.

Wait! Stop!

She says, "Oh, can we not
do the running thing?"

"Oh, can we not
do the running thing?"

It's fundamental to all
the Doctor's women, that they run,

and she suddenly can't.

Hello and welcome to a new segment
of Doctor Who Confidential

called Arthur Chews The Fat.

I will be chatting to the good
and the great on Doctor Who

and literally today
I will be chewing the fat

with Karen Gillan.

- SHE LAUGHS
- Hello!

- Hi, Kazzer. - Hi.

Um, a few quick questions
for you today.

- What do you mean, "literally
chewing the fat?" - Nothing.

OK. Fire away!

So, how is it being massive?

It's fantastic. I'd like
to introduce you to my...

- Our, in fact... - Yeah. - Unborn child.

- What is it actually made of?
- I don't know.

Ray, what is this,
what's inside the bump?

It's a latex prosthetic bump.

- OK. - So it's completely latex.
- Ray Holman, costume.

- That's why we have a little
belly button. - Belly button.

See. Woo!

No stuffing.
So it's slightly heavy as well.

And I have massive breasts
made of lentils.

That's lovely.

Thank you for that. Have you
become attached to the belly?

I have, I do not want
to take it off.

I feel it's made me more of a woman,
some might say.

I'm feeling quite authoritative
and, you know, you're older than me,

but now you seem like
a daft wee boy.

Next question?

I developed a bump dance,

which is basically kind of
moving it around and shaking it

and it just looked really weird.

- Oh. - Go on, go on!

Show them the belly dance!

Oh, no! Get it away! Get it away!

- Ah! - Were you doing that in the
mirror all of yesterday lunchtime?

Pretty much.

To The White Stripes.

♪ I'm thinkin' about my doorbell

♪ When ya gonna ring it?
When ya gonna ring it? ♪

Ding dong!

We're in Skenfrith village,
it's an amazing little village.

I haven't actually seen anyone
who lives here.

I think they've all run away
for the day.

We're just filming all the scenes
outside in the village.

♪ Stars shining bright above you... ♪

Upper Leadworth was lovely.

So it wasn't that hard to imagine it
as Rory's ideal place to be,

cos I got there and I was like,
"Right, I like it here. A lot."

♪ Dream a little dream of me. ♪

First thing we're doing today

is just before we see
the children turn to dust,

just on the playground and...

..Some lovely pony tail comments...

..are coming into that.

Then we've got a massive...

It's a five- or six-page scene
with the Dream Lord

in the village which will
take up most of the day.

Action!

Why would they leave?

And what did you mean about
Mrs Poggett's nice old lady act?

The thing is about Doctor Who,

there isn't really
an average filming day.

I mean, obviously you get picked up

and lunch is at the same time vaguely
every day and then you go home,

but everything that happens
in between is always so varied

that you just have to approach
each day with an open mind.

We're all dreaming
the same dream at the same time?

Sort of a communal trance,
very rare, very complicated,

I'm sure there's a giveaway,
a tell, but my mind isn't working,

because this village is so dull!

We don't get a lot
of rehearsal time,

but we do get a chance
to play with it.

Playtime is definitely over.

I suppose because
myself, Matt and Karen

have worked for quite
a long time together,

we kind of immediately
have ideas with what to do

and how our characters would behave
in each situation.

80, take one. B camera only.

You come up the stairs
on "action", yeah?

And action!

We generally film a wide shot,
which is a master of the whole thing.

You have one shot
with all the moves in,

so everyone knows
the geography of it.

And then they go in for close-ups...

- Nothing bad could ever happen here.
- It's not really me though.

..Which when I started this
was really terrifying,

because it's like,
"Here's a camera in your face."

- Ah! - That's why I got pregnant,

so I don't have to see them
doing Oklahoma.

But, I don't know,
you kind of forget about it.

You just get on with it.

I know who you are.

Course you don't.

Course I do. No idea how you can
be here, but there's only one person

in the universe
who hates me as much as you do.

Never mind me.
Maybe you should worry about them.

So many of the monsters in Doctor Who
are kind of computer-generated

and to have a whole bunch of people

with Zimmer frames and walking sticks
with their mouths open was pretty...

I mean, it was hilarious.
But it was quite scary.

♪ They say I might as well
face the truth

♪ That I am just too long
in the tooth

♪ I started to deteriorate

♪ And now I'm past
my own sell-by date... ♪

Now we get a terrible insight into
the mind of Simon Nye, don't we?

I asked him to come up
with a Doctor Who monster
and he thought old people!

Well done, Simon, you strange man.

I think it's a brilliant idea!

♪ So I'm a wrinkly crinkly
But don't shed a tear

♪ I'm not exactly a little old dear

♪ One thing's for sure
I'm still bloody well here

♪ One foot in the grave

♪ One foot in the grave

♪ One foot in the grave. ♪

It looks like I've got it in
for old people.

I just think there
is something scary,

especially if you're young,
about old people.

I'm heading that way myself,
as we all are, hopefully, one day,

but I think we can all remember,
as a child particularly,

lovely aunts and grandparents
just looking a bit scary.

Hello! We were wondering
where you went.

To get reinforcements,
by the look of it.

Are you all right?
You look a bit tense.

And it's partly
to do with the teeth, perhaps

which is why the Eknodines
in this episode,

who invaded
these poor people's bodies,

they emerge from their mouths.

There is an eye in her mouth!

There's a whole creature
inside her, inside all of them,
living and waiting.

WHIRRING

That is disgusting!

They're not going to peep
out of anywhere else?

THEY SCREAM

Right, leave them, talk to me.

I hope I don't put children
off their grandparents

because, obviously, we should
be learning from the elderly

rather than mocking them
or making them look scary.

But, um, that's what
we're doing in this episode.

It's getting to the end of the day,
now. It's getting a bit dark.

So this is the last shot
that we're doing today.

We're all just hanging around
to watch someone get covered in goo.

'Action.'

Morning.

In that scene there were different
effects shots and they take for ever

because you have to film them
in so many different ways.

So when the post guy with the bike
went past, you have to film him,

then you have to film
the background,

then you have to film him
against a green screen,

then you have to film it
from different angles.

When you see it in the episode
it's just a couple of seconds,

but it's actually a few hours' work
to get that done.

Morning.

We've come to the end of the day
and we haven't finished the scene,

but it's been going well
and we've had all the old people -

is that politically correct
to say "old people"? -

we've had all the elderly,
the over...

There's no... I mean, it's not a bad
thing, it's just how old they are.

We've had all the people with eyes
coming out of their mouths,

which is obviously lots of effects,
so that's taken a little while.

So we are doing the stunt
first thing tomorrow,

which is good because I had a big
lunch and I was worried about, um,

getting that all over me
later on in the day.

So we are going to go back to the
hotel now because it's getting dark

and, er, back in
to do the stunt tomorrow.

Ah, Leadworth, vibrant as ever.

It's Upper Leadworth, actually,
we've gone slightly upmarket.

When you're in a dream,
do you really know you're dreaming?

- Where is everyone? - This is busy.

One reality is Amy and Rory
in the future with a child on the way

having abandoned the TARDIS and
the Doctor turning up to visit them

five years later
and being as he would be,

a little bored and a little critical
of what he would regard as

the dullest lifestyle imaginable.

So, what do you do around here
to stave off the, you know...

- Self harm? - Boredom?

We relax...

HE MOUTHS

We live.

The real bomb goes under that
when they discover,

"Hang on, that could be a dream.
We might all still be adventuring
on the TARDIS."

- We had the same dream. - Basically.

- You said it was a nightmare.
- Did I say nightmare? No.

More of a really good...mare.

Look, it doesn't matter. We all had
some kind of psychic episode.

We probably jumped a time track.
Forget it!

- BIRDS TWEETING
- We're back to reality now.

I think the most interesting
thing about a dream

is that while the dream is happening
you absolutely think it's real.

I always think my dreams are real
then I wake up and think,
"Phew! That wasn't real."

OK, this is a real one.
Definitely this one, it's all solid.

It felt solid in the TARDIS, too.

You can't spot a dream
while you're having it.

- Err, what are you doing? - Looking
for motion blur, pixilation.

It could be a computer simulation.

I don't think so, though.

I think that this episode is very
much about how often the emotions

that a dream will generate
can effect your waking state

to such an extent that you begin to
question your waking state.

And manipulating the mares
of the TARDIS threesome

is a powerful new thug.

- What are you? - What shall we call me?

Well, if you're the Time Lord,
let's call me the Dream Lord.

The Dream Lord is the villain
throughout this episode.

'Spooky. Not quite there.'

And yet very much here.

He's playful, he's gentle,
he's quiet, he's little...

Spooky, old, not-to-be-trusted, me.

..and he's in complete control.

- BIRDS TWEETING
- Maybe you need a little sleep?

He's almost an idea
more than a character.

♪ Sleep with one eye open... ♪

Call me in the morning.

♪ Gripping your pillow tight

♪ Exit light

♪ Enter night... ♪

Anything could happen.

♪ Take my hand... ♪

We can have fun, can't we?

♪ We're off to Never Neverland. ♪

That part could have been,
you know, it could have been
a massive comedy thing,

you know, it could have been anything
and he's really made it his own

and been brilliant
and been really quite scary with it.

I think that's made it a really
interesting episode to work on
because it's become quite dark.

You're going to face,
in both worlds, a deadly danger,

but only one of the dangers is real.
Tweet tweet, time to sleep.

BIRDS TWEETING

Oh, or are you waking up?

In effect, he doesn't have
individual characteristics,

it's more that he preys upon
the Doctor.

Loves a red head,
our naughty Doctor.

Has he told you about Elizabeth I?
Well, she thought she was the first.

Drop it! Drop all of it,
I know who you are.

- Course you don't. - Course I do.

The Doctor has figured out who it is.

The answer is, perhaps, the most
sinister thing about the episode

because he casually says,
"I know the Dream Lord's me."

Sorry, wasn't it obvious?
The Dream Lord was me.

Psychic pollen,
it's a mind parasite.

It feeds on everything dark in you.

Gives it a voice.
Turns it against you.

"The Dream Lord is all my negativity,

"all that vicious stuff I keep
hidden away coming out to play

"and torturing me
and torturing my friends."

He's that nightmare version of
yourself saying, "What about this?

"Don't you think you're this?"
It's the kind of nightmare you.

It's a nightmare, really,
rather than a dream.

But those things he said about you,
you don't think any of that's true?

You don't really think of the Doctor
as having a lot of bile
under the slab somewhere,

but there it is incarnate, in a
bow tie, in the form of Toby Jones.

Back on set, the Who crew
get ready to turn Arthur

into an all-action stunt supremo.

Welcome to another addition
of Arthur Chews The Fat.

Er, and today, right now,
I'm being joined by Crispin,

our wonderful stunt coordinator.

What are we doing today, Crispin?

Today we are going to... Mr Nainby,
an elderly sweet shop owner,

is going to pick you up off your feet

- and throw you several metres
into the mud. - Right.

- Is that all right? - And how much
of that is actually going to be me?

- We're going to have you
standing on a box... - Yeah.

..throw you backwards onto
a crash mat and then we'll pick up

on the other side with Gordon,
your stunt double,

- to do the whole thing again
onto the ground. - Brilliant.

Then we'll pick you back up
on the floor. If you're nice to me.

Right. Brilliant. Thank you.

Hello, Mr Nainby.

Mr Nainby ran the sweet shop and
used to slip me the odd free toffee.

Did I not say thank YOU!

I love the way Gord's got
the old shower cap action going on.

You're not supposed to
shoot me with this on.

I think you should be proud.
Get it out.

Actually, I do like it.

That is... Come on.
Come on, lets get 'em out.

Here we are.

Hi, Dad.

BOTH LAUGH

- Did you say what I think
you did? - Yeah. - Yeah.

It's funny, isn't it? It's always
weird when you've got stunt doubles

and they're all dressed the same
as you. You do a double take

thinking you're standing over there
having some kind of strange Doctor
Who out of body experience.

We get used to it, don't we?

So you grab him, you lift him up
on, "Did I not say thank you?"

And then, bang. And use the fall mat.

I'd never seen myself as an
action actor, er, and I still don't.

But the stunt guys on this are
brilliant and they do let us do

a lot more than I would have
anticipated to be doing.

Mr Nainby ran the sweet shop,
used to slip me the odd free toffee.

Did I not say thank you? Whoa!

'It's always fun when you turn up
and you know you're going to have to

'bounce on a trampoline
or jump onto a crash mat.'

- Are you happy on both? - Yeah, yeah.

- It's ready, let's go.
- That's good timing.

B camera.

Action.

- Hello, Mr Nainby. - Rory.
- Mr Nainby ran the sweet shop.

He used to slip me
the odd free toffee.

Did I not say thank you? Whoa!

So...?

That was all right. I mean,
that's not really the hard bit.

It's just kind of falling off a box,
but, um, yeah, Gord's got the flying
through the air stuff,

which, you know, would be fun to do.

But I think he's going to do it with
the trampoline onto the crash mat

and then just onto the floor.

- Set, Gord? - Yep.

OK, ready and, three,
two, one, action.

All pensioners in your stance,
please.

- Thank you. Standing by
for a take. Crispin? - Set.

And, three, two, one, action.

Ah, ah, ah, ah. Interesting
party trick, don't do it again.

So...? Share your problem.

- And, cut. - Thank you.

CLAPPING

- Bravo! - Brilliant. But pretty muddy.

I'm glad I didn't have to do that.

- Hello, Mr Nainby. - Rory.
- Mr Nainby ran the sweet shop.

He used to slip me
the odd free toffee.

Did I not say thank you?

Whoa!

- How did he do that?!
- I suspect he's not himself.

- Cut there. - Cut!

Happy?

So, scene complete, ladies and gents.
Thank you very much.

THEY CHEER

It's nice having longer scenes
because you get, you kind of,

you get into it more and, er,
you can get the rhythm of it more.

So, yeah, no, it was good fun.

After larking about in Leadworth,
Arthur is due back on set...

You're in costume first,
then we rehearse,

then make-up after, all right?
Is Nick getting you some breakfast?

..where the TARDIS
is about to turn a little chilly.

It's Monday morning. As you can see,
I'm covered in...covered in ice.

Which is, er, which is lovely.

It comes off me so it's
kind of like I can make it snow

and it is freezing
so it's quite appropriate.

We're about to go on the TARDIS
and it's all frosted up.
I haven't seen it yet.

♪ You're as cold as ice

♪ You're willing to sacrifice

♪ You're as cold as ice

♪ You're willing to sacrifice. ♪

Today we are snowing up the TARDIS.

It's terrifying. We really need
to do this to the TARDIS.

So I'm hoping our preparation
is going to save us.

Otherwise the art department
will come after me.

♪ You're as cold as ice

♪ You're willing to sacrifice

♪ You're as cold as ice

♪ You're willing to sacrifice. ♪

Oh, my God.

Wow.

They really have frosted it up.

You read something in the script
and go, "Oh, the TARDIS is going
to be iced up, that's that."

And then you actually turn up
and see it and it's like, "Wow!"

"Oh, my God, you really iced
the TARDIS up." It was amazing.

It always surpasses
what you imagine.

Hey! A frosty TARDIS.
Isn't this exciting. Wow.

- Hey, man. - Morning, everyone.
It feels cold.

It's really weird
because it's all frosted up.

It's not actually that cold in here,

but for some reason
it feels really cold.

But, yeah, so this is the bit
where the TARDIS explodes.

Um, so everything starts shaking.
Toby is the Dream Lord there.

He concedes and then we, er,
we all blow up.

They told me I need
my face frosted up now,

which I'm sure will be a joy.

Right...

So the ice is all... This is all
crushed up bottles on my face,

which is entertaining.
Getting in my mouth.

And the rest of it, all the stuff on
the set is made of wax, apparently.

And they've got a wax making
machine which sounds like
a Sunday craft, bit of fun.

They're just
going to cover us in it.

- It's quite nice, actually.
- Therapeutic. - It's quite warm, yeah.

- It helps exfoliate, as well.
- They could do this in health spas.

MACHINE WHIRS
Spin around.

Have they got enough ice
for your chin, mate?

HE LAUGHS

Cheeky.

I think they've used it all
on your nose, man.

Duh-dum, sssh.

Back and forth,
just hitting it between us.

I think it's one of the most
startling things to do with that set,

which is always...
It's always in a way the same.

The TARDIS is always the same,
it's the secure bit of every episode

where the monster never gets to,
you know, it's safe there.

It never really changes its look.
That's our anchoring point.

Suddenly it becomes
the place of maximum danger,

it's no longer a sanctuary,
it's a trap.

And it looks so cold and different
and becomes scary.

It's your oldest friend
turning on you.

Poor Amy.

He always leaves you, doesn't he?

Alone in the dark.

- Never apologises.
- He doesn't have to.

That's good...

because he never will.

It gave you the sense
that you were cold, being on
the TARDIS when it was like that.

'It was strange for the brain because
it feels like you should be cold,

'but you're actually not that cold.
We were head to toe'

in this frost and it was horrible

because it just crusted
over our faces!

We couldn't even move very easily.

B camera.

And action.

So...

You chose this world?

Well done. You got it right.

And with only seconds left!

Fair's fair.

Let's warm you up.

And cut.

Oh, I just had
a little nap on the floor!

- Did you?
Did you actually go to sleep? - Yeah.

- See, that's how...
- And I did actually dribble.

That's how professional he is.
He goes the whole way(!)

I hope you've enjoyed
your little fictions.

It all came out
of your imagination so...

I'll leave you to ponder on that.

I have been defeated.

I shall withdraw.

Farewell.

We're coming to the end
of our frosty day on the TARDIS.

So at some point tonight, I imagine
all this will be cleaned up.

But not by me!

It's been good fun. I think we'll
be findings bits of the snow...

..in various places over my body

for the next few weeks.

After the ice-scapades
of the TARDIS,

the Who crew head off
into the country.

Release the geese!

We're at Rory's dream house,
which is pretty nice.

Let me show you around.

This beautiful little cottage...

which is pretty cool.

We've kind of taken over.
The TARDIS has landed in the middle.

I'll take you around the back.
We've got some lovely decking.

Don't know whose cottage this is,
but it's really beautiful.

Little shed.

It's obviously where we sit out
and lounge in the morning,

eating croissants.

So I'm about to hit
an old woman with a stick...

..which isn't something
I've done before.

I'm quite looking forward to it.
I forgot we were doing this today!

Yeah...

It's a big stick as well.

Little old lady.

And obviously, just pull it
and she'll just squat out of shot.

Believe it or not,
it's not a real piece of wood.

It's made of something else.

So, er...

..so it's softer,
but it looks like a piece of wood.

So...that's a bit
of inside information.

And...action!

Wait!

After all I've done
for the over-70s in this village!

SHE PANTS

Ah, OK, this is crazy. She loves me,
I fixed her depression.

- She's just a little old lady.
- Mrs Hammill...

we don't understand.

SCREECHING

I'll deal with this one, chubs...

'We only have one piece of wood
and I broke it quite early on.'

- I can't hit her. - Whack her!

Great fun.

- That's the thing with breaking stuff!
- Great!

- Built to break. - Yeah.

- Basically ruined it. What's it made
of? - It's just insulation material.

Right...

- It this going to be repaired, or...?
- No, just paint it.
Just darken up the ends.

I broke it.

We got the shots, thank God, but...

..I-I just broke it.

I'll deal with this, chubs...

'Obviously, Audrey is there
and it looks like...

'I hit her
with a big piece of wood...'

- I can't hit her. - Whack her!

- HE GROANS
- 'The way they shoot it
is really clever.'

When she's facing the camera,
you kind of go to hit,

but you don't actually touch.
And then they cut to a shot from...

behind her,
which is actually a stunt woman
who I was allowed to hit.

- I really hit her with it? - Yes.

- As if I was going to hit you, yes?
- Yes.

As long as you avoid the face.
Across here, yeah?

The way they cut it together
makes it look like I've just hit...

a dear old lady with a big stick.

But it's necessary because she's got
an alien living inside her.

Argh!

I wasn't quite sure if I...

if I hit hard enough,
if it looked real enough.

But I watched it back
and I think it does.

They'll cut it together
and put a big sound effect on it
so I'm sure it'll be...

It's very weird just
hitting someone with a stick.

I can't hit her!

SHE TUTS
Whack her!

Argh!

I did actually hit Audrey...

..by mistake.

Argh!

Which was quite unfortunate,
I feel quite bad about that.

'I still feel bad about that.
I might write her a letter.'

Oh, my God, are you all right?!

Are you OK?! I'm so sorry!

- Are you OK? - Oh, dear!
- Oh, my goodness!

I just...

Oh, I'm so sorry!

After having his fill
of battering the elderly,

Arthur takes a backseat to watch
the stunt people do their thing.

Stunt people are great, actually.

They always make it look
really brilliant.

Someone will be jumping out of a
window and landing on these boxes.
I don't know how safe that is.

So...don't try this at home, kids!

It's a scene that involves Rory,
Amy and the Doctor stuck inside
the nursery near the top window.

One of the pensioners manages
to climb on top of the porch roof

and then she breaks the window
and the Doctor basically pushes her

off the porch roof
into the flowerbed just behind me.

'We've got a stunt double for her
and we have her sitting
on top of the porch roof.'

'Because of the angle of the roof,'

I don't want
the stunt girl to jump out.

I don't need her to go too far.
I need her literally as if she's
just rolled off the roof

and fallen down into the flowerbed.

She's just to be aware of when
she's falling to avoid the windows

and the window ledges, and also
doesn't push herself too far out
to hit the rockery.

187, take two, camera A.

3, 2, 1, action!

DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS, SHE SCREAMS

Well done.

I think we've only got a couple
more days left on this episode...

..which is a bit weird.

It's kind of coming to the end.

But, yeah, it' going... It's funny,
I went through the script...

last night again
and I haven't even shot most of it.

And it's like, "Oh, wow."
It's gone really fast.

Quiet, please.

And Arthur's last adventure is
to film Rory Williams' long goodbye.

- Action!
- GASPING

The death scene was really weird
because it was so quick.

It happens so out of the blue.

SCREAMING

HE SCREAMS
Rory!

'It's horrible because Rory,
at that point knows'

it's his reality.

No! I'm not ready!

'It's like everything he ever wanted
is just completely being denied.'

Look after our baby.

'I think in that moment, Amy realises
her feelings towards him.'

No...

Come back.

It's just tragic it takes something
like that for her to realise.

Save him. You save everyone,
you always do.

- It's what you do. - Not always.

'She's absolutely distraught, but
thinking more clearly than ever'

about their relationship.

'It is to her own shock, absolutely
clear to the moment she loses Rory,

'that she could not bear'

to be without him.
And that is proper shock.

It's not the Doctor, it's never
been the Doctor, it's about Rory.

I think Amy surprises herself by
realising that it's great to have

an enigmatic genius
to run around after

and be with, but in the end,

that's perhaps not enough.
I think she realises that...

she really does love Rory.

This is the dream.

How do you know?

Because if this is real life,
I don't want it.

I don't want it.

There is obviously the risk
that that's not the dream
and then they'll all die

if they get it wrong.
But she doesn't care because
she realises how much she loves him.

Be very sure -
this could be the real world.

It can't be!

Rory isn't here.

I didn't know. I didn't.
I honestly didn't until right now.

Massive turn in their relationship,

you know, when Rory dies. Maybe he
realises exactly what she wants.

OK.

Killing herself
in a dream where she doesn't know
if she's going to wake up,

but the thought
of living without him is...

not worth considering.

'It's amazing.

'It really cements...

'their relationship...'

at that point.
And it makes Rory so happy.

Oh, wahey!

From now on, trust nothing
you see, hear or feel.

This is good.

So...?

Well, then?

Where now?

I don't know.
Anywhere is good for me.

I'm happy anywhere.

It's up to Amy this time.

Amy's choice.

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