Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 They're at the heart of the episode's most sinister scene, when Amy encounters one of them in the White House toilet. It was brilliantly done, threw in a Star Trek gag, and might just have given one or two younger viewers an uncomfortable sleep. But they are just part of what makes The Impossible Astronaut so bold and effective. For it really is to the credit of Who chief, Steven Moffat, that he's jammed so much into one episode and made it all stick. I, for one, really enjoyed watching the roles reversed in the Tardis, for starters. Three companions at the start of a series harks back to the Peter Davison years, but each of them here has some complication at heart, a part to play.

Plus, it's the three companions who, for a change, have the knowledge advantage over the  Doctor. And while it doesn't totally change the roles, it does alter the mechanic somewhat. It also brings out a slightly sinister side to Smith's Doctor ("Don't play games with me. Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that.") and that looks set to be built, on too. A year ago, some people were questioning whether Smith was the right man for the job. Surely all of those questions have disappeared by now. Going back to the start, though, this particular episode shot out of the traps. Comedy has been a major ingredient of Who under Steven Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4

It was after the credits that the ante was thoroughly upped, though. TheDoctor getting shot. His body burned. The astronaut. And the arrival of Canton Everett Delaware III, at least the older version of him. For we get the younger one once theDoctor breaks into President Nixon's office in the White House. As the man himself said, "I won't be seeing you again, but you'll be seeing me." And it's the younger Delaware who eventually persuades the President that theDoctor is on his side. President Nixon (Stuart Milligan, just brilliant) has a problem of his own. He's getting mysterious phone calls, but from who? Tricky Dicky's tapes have a recording from a young girl, but which Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 young girl isn't clear. She's scared of the spaceman, which presumably is something to do with the astronaut, but where does she fit in? Even when they track down where her recording is coming from (albeit without either Jammie Dodgers or a fez), it's hard to be entirely sure.

Could she be Amy Pond's future daughter, I wonder? For right near the end of the episode, Amy has that massive revelation: she's pregnant. The ramifications of that might just be immense. Never have we had a married couple in the Tardis. And never have we had a married couple with a baby. A trip to intergalactic Mothercare may be in order. It's one of several questions to ponder. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 Let's spare some words, too, for guest star, Mark Sheppard, a veteran of shows such as Leverage, Supernatural and Chuck, who is terrific as Delaware. And Arthur Darvill, too, is really coming into his own as Rory, and making a once-background role into something more significant. His nervousness, and demeanour of not quite fitting in is suiting the Tardis mechanic a treat.

Then there's that haunted look on River Song's face when she starts talking about theDoctor, as she reveals that the two of them are drifting further and further away. Is theirs to be a doomed love story? It's certainly looking that way. One final element I want to praise, and that's the setting, and how director, Toby Haynes, made the most of it. The last timeDoctor Who tackled America, it was the troubled Daleks In Manhattan, notorious for Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 British actors attempting to do American accents. By shifting the location shoot to the US, Haynes has some glorious scenery to stage his shots in, and he really doesn't disappoint. This is, at times, wonderfully cinematic Who (backed by a terrific Murray Gold score), and hopefully, such ambitious location shoots will be back on the agenda again in due course.

The Impossible Astronaut was, in all, a triumphant return forDoctor Who, bubbling with confidence and throwing down story strands that hint at an engrossing series. I could quibble about the fact that I struggled to always hear what The Silence had to say, if I was being really picky. But I don't want to be. This was glorious television, all the more remarkable for being a 48-year-old show that's still, time after time, finding interesting stories to tell. 'Doctor Who' airs Saturdays at 9PM on Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 BBC America. In the beginning of the episode, Amy, Rory, and River all receive notes (in Tardis blue envelopes) with a date, time, and coordinates. Assuming the notes come from TheDoctor, the three make their way to the U.S.A. to meet up and plan a trip to 3969 – the year of the moon landing.

Of course, as with all things related to TheDoctor, nothing is quite as it seems. For one thing, TheDoctor is 200 years older than when we last saw him. For a time-traveler, that’s not necessarily too strange. However, things get really crazy moments later when TheDoctor meets a mysterious astronaut walking toward him out of a lake (in a completely surreal shot that could only work in the deserts of the American West) and is killed in front of his friends (in mid-regeneration no less). That’s right, TheDoctor dies in the first five minutes of the episode. But can TheDoctor ever really die? The version that was killed, and subsequently Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 set aflame by Rory and cast out into the lake, was actually TheDoctor’s future self. Moments later in the episode, TheDoctor comes back – or rather his old self (or current self) appears for the first time.

If you’re confused, don’t worry, I was too. And the rest of the episode didn’t do much good in clarifying the situation. Of course, that’s why it’s a two-parter! Besides, when you’re having this much fun along the way, what difference does it make? I’ll try and recap the plot as best as I can, but again, it was pretty confusing, so please feel free to clarify my summary in the comments. Basically, after TheDoctor shows up (the 900-year-old version), nobody can tell him what’s going Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 to happen in his future – lest they create some kind of time-space explosion. However, that doesn’t mean they can’t try and stop the astronaut that killed him from ever making it to 2033. Moffat's watch, and the wonderful opening few minutes had a lot of fun before the tone had to darken a little. We got Marilyn Monroe at Christmas, and now we get Laurel and Hardy here. You can't help but love little touches like that.
Plus, it's the three companions who, for a change, have the knowledge advantage over theDoctor. And while it doesn't totally change the roles, it does alter the mechanic somewhat. It also brings out a slightly sinister side to Smith'sDoctor ("Don't play games with me. Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that.") and that looks set to be built, on too. A year ago, some people were questioning whether Smith was the right man for the job. Surely all of those questions have disappeared by now. Going back to the start, though, this particular episode shot out of the traps. Comedy has been a major ingredient of Who under Steven Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 Moffat's watch, and the wonderful opening few minutes had a lot of fun before the tone had to darken a little. We got Marilyn Monroe at Christmas, and now we get Laurel and Hardy here. You can't help but love little touches like that.
Could she be Amy Pond's future daughter, I wonder? For right near the end of the episode, Amy has that massive revelation: she's pregnant. The ramifications of that might just be immense. Never have we had a married couple in the Tardis. And never have we had a married couple with a baby. A trip to intergalactic Mothercare may be in order. It's one of several questions to ponder. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 Let's spare some words, too, for guest star, Mark Sheppard, a veteran of shows such as Leverage, Supernatural and Chuck, who is terrific as Delaware. And Arthur Darvill, too, is really coming into his own as Rory, and making a once-background role into something more significant. His nervousness, and demeanour of not quite fitting in is suiting the Tardis mechanic a treat.
Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 And so, the gang makes their way back to 3969, with TheDoctor reluctantly trusting his companions – who he knows are holding something back. In 3969, President Richard Nixon has been receiving a distress call from a little girl somewhere complaining about a malevolent “spaceman.” After a few minutes, TheDoctor figures out the girl’s location and takes ex-FBI agent Canton Everett Delaware III with him to investigate (In the beginning of the episode Delaware III was issued an invitation to meet the 3300-year-oldDoctor and witness his death). Here, the episode begins to come together a bit more clearly. Throughout the , Amy has been spotting alien creatures (who wear sharp suits) out of the corner of her eye. Whenever she stops looking at them, however, she completely forgets that they ever existed. Later, River and Rory both see the aliens and experience the same phenomenon. The aliens are a formidable enemy, and one that rivals the Weeping Angels in the creepiness factor.

Once TheDoctor arrives at his destination, Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 Rory and River investigate a series of tunnels that appear to be created by the alien creatures (of course, they don’t know this, because they keep forgetting the aliens exist). Eventually, they end up in what seems to be the control room of a spaceship (extremely similar to the partially constructed spaceship found in the Season 5 episode “The Lodger”). If the partially constructed craft is related to the earlier episode, then it makes sense that the cries for help were actually a trick intended to bring TheDoctor to the ship – since he’s likely to be the only one capable of defeating the aliens. In previews for next week’s episode, however, it appears that TheDoctor and his crew are facing a pretty formidable foe. According to some brief lines in the preview, the aliens have been living among us for years, completely unknown to humans. How will TheDoctor and his team fight off an Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 enemy that they can’t remember? I don’t know, but I’m definitely excited to find out.

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