History Recap / DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone

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'''Original air date:''' May 1, 2010

'''Production code:''' 1.5

Written by Creator/StevenMoffat.

Finally... there's [[ArcSymbol a crack in the wall]]. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour A rather big, glowing, familiar-looking one.]]

The one where the Weeping Angels... MOVED.\\

* ClingyJealousGirl: Despite instructions to show ''all'' previous companions, the TARDIS only shows the female ones, leaving out all the men. The Doctor snarks at her for leaving out the metal dog too (K9).

* EveryoneHasStandards: In "Meanwhile in the TARDIS", the TARDIS is, ''most definitely'', being a troll — but even she has a line she won't cross; while she shows pictures of other companions, she does '''''not''''' show any pictures of Susan. The one subject that is probably delicate to the Doctor — especially given how Susan and Eight parted — is the one thing the TARDIS keeps away from.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Amy for most of the episode; justified in that she actually has a ''reason'' for keeping them shut.

** Regarding the section of the ''Byzantium'' everyone is stuck in, the Doctor has thought about what to do when the power and artificial gravity fail — well, they'll plunge to their deaths, of course. See, he ''did'' think about it.

** The Doctor coming back for Amy briefly, ''with'' his jacket. The Doctor is also noticeably nicer to Amy compared to his departure earlier.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Played with, since in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink Blink]]", the Angels wouldn't move if the characters ''or'' camera saw them. Here, the Angels move on camera.

* HeroicSacrifice: Father Octavian is content.

* JerkassBall: The Doctor behaves ''much'' more callously than he usually does to a companion whose life is in danger. See Brutal Honesty above.

* LetsSplitUpGang: At first it seems the Clerics are doing this even though Amy (and the audience) begs them not to, but then it turns out that the two investigating Clerics have been wiped from existence, and the remaining pair don't remember them or think that anything is wrong with going towards the big glowing light. Creepy? Oh yes.

** The Angels themselves. ''Physically'' they are beautiful statues of angels, beings associated with light and purity. Mentally, they're evil on a level rivalled only by the Daleks and the [[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth 456]].

* NeckSnap: The Angels kill the clerics in this fashion — ''*bone crunch*''.
* NearVillainVictory: Before the end of the episode, Octavian and the other clerics are dead, Amy still can't open her eyes, the other clerics with them have been erased from existence, River, Amy and the Doctor are in the flight deck surrounded by ''dozens'' of Weeping Angels, and to cap it all off, if something isn't "fed" to the crack, they're all going to be erased anyway.
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: The cracks are revealed to be this, as they are explosions from the end of time that will ''erase you from existence'' if you get too close to them.

* RedemptionQuest: River is on one of, as it seems, many. She wonders if ''this'' one will get her ThePardon she wants.
* RedShirt: Alas, poor neck-snapped and retgonned Clerics.
* RetGone: If you're consumed by a crack in time, it does this to ''every moment of your existence''. You not only cease to exist, but for all intents and purposes you ''never'' existed.

* TemptingFate: Just as the Doctor claims that there are worse things than Angels on the ship, Father Octavian gets caught in a headlock by one that he ''knows'' is going to break his neck sooner or later. His response: "I beg to differ, sir."
* ThinkingOutLoud: The Doctor is very poor at bedside manner and is a MotorMouth to boot. Eventually he gives himself cause to regret this, as he works out why the Angels are making Amy count down while speaking to her and River. The ''horror'' of the thought and the wish he hadn't told Amy that [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud are clear to see]].

* TooDumbToLive: Or even Too Dumb to Have Ever Existed — The Weeping Angels fall into the crack in time because the gravity turned off, and the gravity turned off because they drained the power for it. The Doctor did ''nothing'' to stop them other then lead them into position over the crack, and he didn't do that on purpose. He just figured out what would happen right before it did.
* UnwantedHarem: The Doctor is trying to evade a ''very'' flirty Amy, who eventually gets around to questioning him about any and all previous companions he's had. [[BlatantLies He admits that there have been a few, and more than half have been female, but he didn't notice if any were hot]]. Amy tricks him into calling up a visual record of all the other TARDIS inhabitants over the years (mostly attractive women, as we know). He nearly dies of embarrassment.

* YouDoNotWantToKnow: When the Doctor asks Octavian who River Song killed, the Bishop simply says that he ''really'', absolutely doesn't want to know the answer.

-->'''Amy:''' Typical bloke. The first thing he does is start fiddling with his motor.

* NubileSavage: One picture in particular catches Amy's eye. "Is that a leather bikini?"

* RedShirt: Alas, poor neck snapped and retgonned Clerics.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Remembering things that have been retgoned is a side effect of being a time traveller.

* UnwantedHarem: The Doctor is trying to evade a ''very'' flirty Amy, who eventually gets around to questioning him about any and all previous companions he's had. [[BlatantLies He admits that there have been a few, and a couple of them have been female]]. Amy tricks him into calling up a visual record of all the other TARDIS inhabitants over the years (mostly attractive women, as we know). He nearly dies of embarrassment.

* BerserkButton: The Doctor threatens the soldiers that if anything happens to Amy while he's away he "will hold each of [them] personally responsible. Twice." Later behaviour as he realises leaving Amy behind was a mistake crosses into PapaWolf or BigBrotherInstinct territory. And his reaction when Angel Bob tells him they're terrorizing Amy before killing her because it's ''fun''...

* ArbitrarySkepticism: