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REPRINTED FROM WIKIPEDIA WITH THANKS AND RESPECT Plot [edit] Synopsis The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) have discovered that Amy (Karen Gillan), Rory's wife and the Doctor's companion, has been taken from them and was replaced with a doppelganger made from 'the Flesh' ("The Almost People"). The Doctor has come to learn that the real Amy is being held on a secret asteroid base called "Demon's Run", and collects several old allies from across time and space, including Sontaran Commander Strax (Dan Starkey), Silurian Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh) and her human companion Jenny (Catrin Stewart), and the black market trader Dorium Maldovar (Simon Fisher-Becker), to lay an assault on the base. Rory, after collecting information on the base's location from a Cyberman fleet, attempts to recruit River Song (Alex Kingston) from her Stormcage prison cell, but she refuses, saying she cannot be with the Doctor at this time as this battle is when he will discover her identity. Aboard the base, Madame Kovarian (Frances Barber), who has been watching over Amy during her pregnancy and taken her child, Melody, from her, prepares her human troops to fight the Doctor alongside the Order of the Headless Monks who reside at Demon's Run; the monks are literally headless and incapable of being influenced by emotions. Human soldier Lorna Bucket, who had met the Doctor as a young girl in the Gamma forests, attempts to befriend Amy and gives her a cloth good luck token with Melody's name on it in her language. Amy warns Bucket of the Doctor's fury if she fights against him. Demons run when a good man goes to war Night will fall and drown the sun When a good man goes to war Friendship dies and true love lies Night will fall and the dark will rise When a good man goes to war Demons run, but count the cost The battle's won, but the child is lost “ ” River Song, explaining the meaning of the name of Demon's Run base Assisted by additional Silurian and Judoon forces, the Doctor and his allies launch a surprise attack and secure the base. The Doctor and Rory free Amy and retake Melody before Madame Kovarian can escape with her. As the Doctor celebrates, considering this his greatest achievement, Vastra and Dorium discover that Kovarian has been scanning Melody and has found that the child has both human and Time Lord DNA. The Doctor surmises that Melody was likely conceived on Amy and Rory's wedding night aboard the TARDIS, the baby's DNA influenced by the time vortex. The rest of the Doctor's allies regroup, and Amy and Rory tend to their daughter using an ancient wooden cot that the Doctor claims was his own. Kovarian, well away from the base, contacts the Doctor, explaining that they will be using Melody as a weapon in the war against him. She takes delight in telling him he has fallen into another trap, and that "fooling [the Doctor] once was a joy, twice in the same way is a privilege." The Doctor races to the hangar to warn his friends. Meanwhile, Bucket has arrived and warns the group of Kovarian's trap, but they are too late as the TARDIS is blocked by a force field and they are attacked by the Headless Monks. Dorium is killed immediately, while Strax and Bucket are fatally wounded in the battle. At the same time, Kovarian, appearing through a hatch opening in midair near where Amy and Melody are hiding, tells the baby to wake up. The baby dissolves into the Flesh liquid, leaving Amy distraught. The Doctor arrives too late to help his wounded allies, and helps Rory to console Amy. River appears, and the Doctor berates her for not helping. She tries to explain that she could not, and tells the Doctor how these recent events were partially his fault, having been brought about by those that feared his reputation. The Doctor, angry and emotional, demands to know who she is. River shows the Doctor the cot, and The Doctor recognises River's identity. Elated, he goes off on his own in the TARDIS to rescue Melody, asking River to return everyone to their proper time stream. Amy demands that River explain what the Doctor learned, and she shows them the cot. Initially Amy believes River is referring to the Gallifreyan symbols engraved on it, but they cannot be read by humans even with the aid of the TARDIS translation systems. Instead, River shows them Bucket's cloth charm with Melody's name, still in the cot. The Gamma forest people only know of one source of water ("The only water in the forest is the river" quotes Dr. Song) and have no word for "melody", Bucket used the closest approximations: "song" and "river". River Song re-introduces herself to Amy and Rory as their daughter. [edit] Continuity Dorium previously appeared in the opening to "The Pandorica Opens", selling River Song a vortex manipulator. Henry and Toby Avery, from "The Curse of the Black Spot", appear briefly to secure Madame Kovarian's ship. The space-worthy Spitfires modified by the Doctor and piloted by "Danny Boy" as shown in "Victory of the Daleks" are shown to disable the base's communication array. Fat One and Thin One refer to the Doctor sending the Atraxi away from a planet before calling them back "for a scolding", an incident that took place in "The Eleventh Hour". The Headless Monks were previously mentioned in "The Time of Angels", added to that episode's script to help explain the Delirium Archive's monastic look.[2] Bucket refers to her unit as "the Clerics" - this unit was introduced in "The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone". "The only water in the forest is the river," the phrase River uses to explain why the people of the Gamma Forest translate Pond to River, was first said to Rory by Idris in "The Doctor's Wife". Rory wears the armour of a Roman centurion, as in "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" and "A Christmas Carol". Amy also tells Melody of Rory's nickname of "the Last Centurion", derived from his two thousand-year vigil over the Pandorica in "The Big Bang". In describing Rory's time in and out of the TARDIS, the Doctor refers to "sexy fish vampires" ("The Vampires of Venice"), Rory's death and erasure from time ("Cold Blood") and his time as an Auton before the universe was restored ("The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"). [edit] Prequel On 28 May 2011, immediately following the broadcast of "The Almost People", the BBC released a prequel to "A Good Man Goes to War". The prequel has Dorium talking to two Headless Monks. He gives them the brain of a Judoon, which contains a security protocol the hooded figures need. Dorium tells them that he knows what they are up to, as he hears a lot of rumours around the area. He asks them, "All this, to imprison one child? Oh, I know what you're up to, I hear everything in this place. I even hear rumours about whose child you've taken. Are you mad? You know the stories about the Doctor? The things that man has done? God help us if you make him angry!"[3] [edit] Production The seventh episode of series six was the 777th episode of Doctor Who, but there are no seven puns as the production team did not realise this until after shooting.[4] [edit] Cast notes Dan Starkey appears as the Sontaran Commander Strax. He previously played Commander Skorr in "The Sontaran Stratagem" / "The Poison Sky" (2008) and Commander Jask in The End of Time (2010). Neve McIntosh played the Silurian sisters Alaya and Restac in "The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood" (2010). [edit] Broadcast and reception Matt Risley of IGN rated the episode a 9.0/10, stating that the episode was an "epic" one that "opened with a grandstanding, wonderfully OTT pre-credits tease and didn't really let up from there."[5] Gavin Fuller of The Telegraph said that the episode was good but lacked significant background motivation into the villains. Fuller also notes that the revelation of River Song being Amy's grown up child "is perhaps a narrative strand that would sit uncomfortably with a series where loss has often been brushed off as soon as the next couple of episodes". However, he did have praise for the performance of Matt Smith, commenting that "the last few weeks have seen Matt Smith’s Doctor in a welcome generally more serious vein, which he kept up here, with leavening at the right moments where his alien lack of comfort with human emotions, although used to comic effect, rang very true, as did his awkwardness when discovering the truth about River".[6] Dan Martin of The Guardian was less favourable, stating that that the producers "promised us a cliffhanger, and now we're left the whole summer long to contemplate whether our favourite show can really have just dropped the ball. Oh there was plenty to love about this mid-season finale, and even more to pick over. But as an hour of drama it was all over the place". Because the episode was so fast-paced with little being explained, he did not feel any emotional connection to the Anglican marines or Lorna Bucket. Unlike Fuller, Martin was not favorable to Matt Smith's Doctor, stating that "the non-event of the battle means that the Doctor never really gets to show this dark side we've been hearing so much about" and that Smith's predecessor, David Tennant, "got angrier most weeks". Martin did have praise for the final reveal of the episode, stating that although it had been "hidden in plain view from the very beginning as soon as its revealed Amy has called the baby Melody", he was unable to make the connection and was suitably surprised.[7] [edit] References ^ "Matt Smith's Series Two: Latest News". Doctor Who Magazine (432): 9. 6 April 2011 (cover date). ^ "The Born Identity". Doctor Who Confidential. BBC. BBC Three. 04 June 2011. No. 7, series 6. ^ "A Good Man Goes to War Prequel". BBC. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011rf7y ^ http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1172497p1.html ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/8552099/Doctor-Who-episode-7-A-Good-Man-Goes-to-War-review.html ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jun/04/doctor-who-a-good-man-goes-to-war [edit] External links "A Good Man Goes to War" at the Internet Movie Database A Good Man Goes to War on TARDIS Index File, an external wiki "A Good Man Goes to War" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage "A Good Man Goes to War" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel)

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Two overly butch aliens called 'Dominators' hunt submissive men in skirts because they want some slaves that they can force to take part in something called a Dull Kiss (I'm quite relieved they never explain that bit). Alright, who said subtext?

Alan and Derek return one final time this week to round out the daily looks at the Big Finish sale, and once again find themselves spoilt for choice by the plays on offer as they discuss the 40th Anniversary release, singing pirates, and some of Big Finish’s more experimental releases.

Today’s plays are Nekromanteia, The Dark Flame, The Pirates, Creatures of Beauty, Project: Lazarus, Flip-Flop, Omega, Davros, Master and Zagreus.

Check out all the Big Finish sale releases at http://sale.bigfinish.com

It’s the Battle of Demon’s Run but Scott and Matt are left scratching their heads in the seventh episode of series 6, “A Good Man Goes To War”. Amy Pond has been kidnapped and the Doctor is raising an army to rescue her. Can he get to her and her newborn baby named Melody before this new and mysterious enemy escapes? Why can’t River help this time, and who exactly is she anyway? Is this really the Doctor’s “darkest hour”? Find out in the newest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

Next Week: Jon Pertwee and “The Curse of Peladon”!!

It’s the Battle of Demon’s Run but Scott and Matt are left scratching their heads in the seventh episode of series 6, “A Good Man Goes To War”. Amy Pond has been kidnapped and the Doctor is raising an army to rescue her. Can he get to her and her newborn baby named Melody before this new and mysterious enemy escapes? Why can’t River help this time, and who exactly is she anyway? Is this really the Doctor’s “darkest hour”? Find out in the newest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

Next Week: Jon Pertwee and “The Curse of Peladon”!!

Its day 4 of the Big Finish sale, and Alan and Derek are united in what you should buy today.

While there are some strong plays today is dominated by the impressive and outstanding “Spare Parts”.

Today’s plays are Embrace the Darkness, The Time of the Daleks, Neverland, Spare Parts, a|Ish, The Rapture, The Sandman, The Church and the Crown, Bang-Bang-A-Boom!, Jubilee.

Check out all the Big Finish sale releases at http://sale.bigfinish.com

 

Matt is joined by Anna from The Shelflife Podcast to watch and discuss S6E06 The Almost People, plus your three word descriptions and feedback on the ep. Then "The Stowaway" Mytharc returns with S2E07 "Ipods of Steel" with Andrew Rich and Nancy Drew from After LOST, Anna from Shelflife, Donald From Re-Opening the X-files, The JD Man from the JD Man Expericence, Mike Mike and Dan from Earth Station One, Sgt Draino from Station 7 The Door, Wes and Wendel from The Omega Podcast, and special guests Ryan and Jen from The Transmission and Popspotting.

Returning to some level of normalcy, Nick, Lindsey, and Alex gather together to briefly go over what those who were suffering the lurgy last week missed, and then give A Good Man Goes to War a good going over.

If you look (or listen) a little closer you will find Alex suggesting the most tired crazy theory a Doctor Who fan could possibly attempt to come up with, Nick finding time to lead everyone else into a surprise pun, and Lindsey hating all over... well, stuff, really. 

All this and more this week in the world of Telos AM!

Thank you to Soph for the beautiful cover!

With our gangers now just goo - Ian, Mike & daveac borrow three spare heads found all boxed up & talk all over Dr Who Series 6 Episode 7 'A Good Man Goes To War'

It's the mid series finale and all 4 Projecteers are on board to rip it a new one. At last we know who River Song is, thanks to the embroidery of a sexy forest girl, but has it been worth the wait?

Twats: @natalien, @KungFuYoda, @beastmasterpete, @Doctor_Vendetta & @PharosProject

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Slight audio level probs in this ep, due to the headphones we use to edit going tits up half way through.

Congrats to David Perry for getting the secret word, which remains the same as last time.

With our gangers now just goo - Ian, Mike & daveac borrow three spare heads found all boxed up & talk all over Dr Who Series 6 Episode 7 'A Good Man Goes To War'

With our gangers now just goo - Ian, Mike & daveac borrow three spare heads found all boxed up & talk all over Dr Who Series 6 Episode 7 'A Good Man Goes To War'

With our gangers now just goo - Ian, Mike & daveac borrow three spare heads found all boxed up & talk all over Dr Who Series 6 Episode 7 'A Good Man Goes To War'

Hello wonderful listeners! Sorry for the delay, but I have been very busy. In this episode I review Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife, Neil Gaimen's brilliant episode!

The next episodes will be with you soon, so please send feedback to my personal e-mail address (because the others are having trouble) rhys@ecoman.com.au.

Next time I will review The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People.

NOTE: the editing for this episode is very shoddy...as I said, I was busy!

Fuschia tortures New York Times Best-selling Graphic Novelist and writer Tony Lee, of IDW Publishing's Doctor Who comics fame.

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Well, the time has finally come, our review of a Good Man Goes to War (aka The Only New Doctor Who You Will Be Getting For A While Thankyou Very Much)

Trevor, James and Trevor share their thoughts on this episode, which as is par for the course these days, some questions get answered and some don’t.

Well, the time has finally come, our review of a Good Man Goes to War (aka The Only New Doctor Who You Will Be Getting For A While Thankyou Very Much)

Trevor, James and Trevor share their thoughts on this episode, which as is par for the course these days, some questions get answered and some don’t.

Well, the time has finally come, our review of a Good Man Goes to War (aka The Only New Doctor Who You Will Be Getting For A While Thankyou Very Much) Trevor, James and Trevor share their thoughts on this episode, which as is par for the course these days, some questions get answered and [...]

Nachdem der Whocast auch ein wenig gestrandet war, geht es heute nun weiter mit der Besprechung der Folge 3 der aktuellen Staffel "The Curse of the black Spot". Ausserdem gibt es reichlich News und Post. Des weiteren wisse bitte jeder zu wurdigen, dass sich Pia und Raphael bei gefuhlten 10000000 degC aufgerafft haben, diesen Cast aufzunehmen und NICHT kuhl im Schatten am Rhein gelegen haben.

Nachdem der Whocast auch ein wenig gestrandet war, geht es heute nun weiter mit der Besprechung der Folge 3 der aktuellen Staffel "The Curse of the black Spot". Ausserdem gibt es reichlich News und Post. Des weiteren wisse bitte jeder zu wurdigen, dass sich Pia und Raphael bei gefuhlten 10000000 degC aufgerafft haben, diesen Cast aufzunehmen und NICHT kuhl im Schatten am Rhein gelegen haben.

Once again this week a warning: We are reviewing the latest episode from Series Six to air in the UK, A Good Man Goes To War.

Also a review of last week’s Friday Night Who and Seven Weeks For Seven Doctors finale – Delta and the Bannermen.

And of course news and feedback.

Hope you enjoy!

Well, the time has finally come, our review of a Good Man Goes to War (aka The Only New Doctor Who You Will Be Getting For A While Thankyou Very Much) Trevor, James and Trevor share their thoughts on this episode, which as is par for the course these days, some questions get answered and [...]

Well, the time has finally come, our review of a Good Man Goes to War (aka The Only New Doctor Who You Will Be Getting For A While Thankyou Very Much) Trevor, James and Trevor share their thoughts on this episode, which as is par for the course these days, some questions get answered and [...]

So, I herd you liek Kinect?

This week, Bobby, Brian, Nancy, and BJ come to terms with their insurmountable loss of Doctor Who with the mid-series finale of "A Good Man Goes to War." It's going to be a long road until September, but until then the Whocast crew goes over the shocker of an episode and what it means for the remainder of the series. We also announce a contest winner, talk about some listener feedback, and BJ and Brian somehow manage to sing the latter half of the show.

Doctor Who Cast Episode 7: A Good Man Goes To War | Doctor Who Podcast 

Well folks, it's here at last, the mid series finale A Good Man Goes to War and this week, Phil and Paul find that their roles are reversed with Phil liking the episode and Paul not so keen. However, they both discuss whether this was the massive cliffhanger we were all promised or was is it a bit of a damp squib and are left to ponder what will happen in the Autumn? Oh and the pair of them lied about the mid series review promised last week. That's not till next week, the lazy good for nothing swines!

In this episode we'll be featuring an interview with musicologist and musician Dr. Louis Niebur, discussing his work Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, recorded the 13th of May, 2011. Please welcome Dr. Lou as our new co-host on Adventures in Time, Space and Music.

In this episode we'll be featuring an interview with musicologist and musician Dr. Louis Niebur, discussing his work Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, recorded the 13th of May, 2011. Please welcome Dr. Lou as our new co-host on Adventures in Time, Space and Music.

Miss Manners being unavailable, I take it upon myself to pontificate about spoilers one last time, in light of the revelations about River Song yet to air outside the U.K.

The Collective Review the Dr Who mid-season cliffhanger episode 'A Good Man Goes To War'

Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, timber shivered, in front of the 2011 Doctor Who episode, The Curse of the Black Spot, and spout our usual nonsense!

Amy needs to swash her buckle, Rory’s drunk on desire and the Doctor’s having dominance issues. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spota|

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The Collective Review the Dr Who mid-season cliffhanger episode 'A Good Man Goes To War'