Doctor Who series 5

Doctor Who
Series 5
DVD box set cover art
Showrunner	Steven Moffat
Starring	Matt Smith Karen Gillan
No. of episodes	13 (+2 supplemental)
Release
Original network	BBC One BBC HD
Original release	3 April (2010-04-03) – 26 June 2010 (2010-06-26)
Series chronology
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List of episodes

The fifth series of the

It was the first series to feature Matt Smith as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS (a spacecraft whose exterior resembles a British police box). Karen Gillan is introduced as the Doctor's new companion, Amy Pond. Her fiancé, Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill), appears in seven episodes, travels with the Doctor and Amy, and is a regular character in the next series. Alex Kingston returns as River Song, a mysterious woman from the Doctor's future who summons him twice in this series. The main story arc, covering several episodes, concerns a pattern of cracks in the universe which are sometimes unnoticed by the characters. It is discovered that the cracks can erase things from existence; this happens to Rory, and Amy forgets him. It is revealed in the series finale that the cracks were caused by the TARDIS exploding, and the Doctor is forced to reboot the universe to its state before the cracks appeared.

In addition to the six episodes written by Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Toby Whithouse, Simon Nye, Richard Curtis, and Gareth Roberts wrote one episode each; Chris Chibnall wrote a two-episode story. The series was meant to be fantastical to stand out from other science-fiction and fantasy shows, and the production team strove for a fairy-tale quality because Moffat believed that media aimed at children were some of the most popular among adults. The episodes were directed by directors who were new to Doctor Who. Filming began in late July 2009, lasting about nine months. The series was filmed primarily in Wales, except for "The Vampires of Venice" and "Vincent and the Doctor" (which had scenes filmed in Trogir, Croatia). Design changes from the previous series included a new logo, title sequence, variant of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, interior and exterior of the TARDIS, and a change in the theme music.

The series premiere was watched by 10.085 million viewers (the most-watched premiere since "

Supplemental scenes

Two scenes were filmed for the Complete Fifth Series box set, revealing what happened between pairs of regular episodes.^[2] The first scene is set between "The Eleventh Hour" and "The Beast Below", and the second is set between "Flesh and Stone" and "The Vampires of Venice".

Casting

The series introduced the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith. This followed the departure of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, who left the show to help ease the transition from Davies to Moffat.^[3] Smith's agent called him, suggesting that he audition for the role.^[4] Moffat wanted to cast a middle-aged actor, "young enough to run but old enough to look wise".^[5] When Smith was the third person to audition the production team knew "[they] had their man", although he was 26 years old.^[6] The producers were cautious about casting Smith because they felt that a 26-year-old actor could not play the Doctor; although BBC Head of Drama and executive producer Piers Wenger agreed, he said that Smith was capable enough to play the part.^[7][8] According to Moffat, Smith did not appear youthful.^[5] Smith's casting was announced during an episode of the Doctor Who companion show Doctor Who Confidential, when he described the role as "a wonderful privilege and challenge that I hope I will thrive on".^[7][8]

Doctor Who was renewed for a fifth series in September 2007.[25] Russell T Davies was succeeded by Steven Moffat as executive producer and head writer^[26] and Julie Gardner was replaced as executive producer by Piers Wenger,^[27] who had replaced Gardner as BBC Wales head of drama.^[28] Beth Willis was an executive producer,^[29] and the series was produced by Tracie Simpson and Peter Bennett.^[29] Murray Gold remained as composer.^[30]

The 2005 Doctor Who revival was marketed as

Despite changes to the show, Moffat wanted to reassure the audience that "nothing has really been lost"; it was the same show, and the Doctor was the same character.[38] The story arc of cracks in the universe was inspired by a crack in the wall of Moffat's son's bedroom.^[39] Moffat wanted to ensure that the show appealed to young children; if they could not follow the plot, there would be "big pictures" to entertain them.^[40] He believed that although Doctor Who is fundamentally a children's show, it has a universal appeal comparable to Star Wars and Toy Story. Moffat considered a children's story the "most popular form of entertainment". About the series, he said that they "pushed the fairytale side of it"; Doctor Who "now has to be the most fantastical of the fantasy shows" to be more vibrant and "bonkers" than any other fantasy show.^[41]

In a 2013 interview, Moffat said that he had worked out a rough idea for how his first series as showrunner would work if David Tennant had decided to remain as the Tenth Doctor. Its premise would have been similar to the beginning of "The Eleventh Hour" as broadcast:

Had David stayed for one final year, it would certainly have been his last, so my pitch was that it would start with the Tardis crashing in Amelia’s back garden – as now – and a terribly battered and bruised Tenth Doctor staggering out. Amelia finds him, feeds him fish custard (no that was for Matt, it would have been something more Davidy) and generally helps him. But we, the audience, can see he’s in a truly bad way. Dying maybe. Eventually he heads back to his TARDIS, and flies off. But when he returns – many years later for Amy – he seems perfectly fine, and indeed doesn’t remember any of those events…And of course over time, we realise what we saw was the Tenth Doctor at the end of his life, about to regenerate. Events that we return to in Episode 13 ...^[42]

Moffat wrote six episodes for the series;

In the first episode, Moffat intended to introduce the Eleventh Doctor and establish his new identity;[15] the second was intended to demonstrate the Doctor's need for a companion and Amy's importance to him.^[46] For the third episode, he asked Mark Gatiss to write an episode about "Churchill versus the Daleks".^[47] Moffat wanted to incorporate the popular Daleks into the new series,^[48] and considered redesigning them.^[49] Gatiss, Moffat and the production team worked together to create large, more-colourful Daleks, similar to those in the 1960s films.^[50]

For the fourth and fifth episodes, Moffat planned a two-part sequel to his 2007 "

Although Neil Gaiman had written "The Doctor's Wife", it was moved to the next series due to budgetary constraints and replaced with "The Lodger".^[61] "The Lodger" was adapted from a comic strip of the same name by Gareth Roberts for Doctor Who Magazine, although he said that most of it was begun "from scratch".^[62] The story was inspired by the desire to see the Doctor in normal, every-day human circumstances and Roberts' enjoyment of stories set on Earth, rather than in space.^[62][63] Roberts was interested in doing a television version of the story, but had not mentioned it; Moffat enjoyed the comic story, and asked to adapt it into an episode when he became showrunner.^[62][63] In a 2021 interview, Robert Shearman revealed he had been involved in development for Series 5, but later departed. Moffat extended an open invitation to return, but Shearman declined, citing changes in his career and the higher profile of screenwriters attracted to the show.^[64] Jack Thorne was also in contention to write an episode, but amicably parted ways.^[65]

Aspects of the finale occurred to Moffat as he planned the series' story arc, although he left room to improvise as the story developed.^[66] "The Big Bang" ends with Amy and Rory's wedding; Moffat said that he had intended for them to get married "from the off".^[38] The finale left questions (which would be answered in the next series) about River Song's identity and "the Silence", which apparently caused the TARDIS to explode.^[16]

Costumes

Although the Eleventh Doctor still wears his previous incarnation's costume in the first episode, costume designer

Gillan had substantial input into Amy's costume, hairstyle and make-up.[12] Holman said that Amy's identity was unclear in the first episode, but she later wore her own clothes.^[67] According to the actress, Amy had the inner confidence to wear clothes which showed "a bit of skin from time to time".^[12] Although she tried on a number of costumes, when it came to short skirts she "just thought it was right" and indicated that Amy was "comfortable and confident about her look".^[71] Gillan believed that the skirts reflected what young women typically wear at her age.^[72] Executive producer Piers Wenger noted that Amy's 1970s flying jacket (which she wore "quite a lot") reflected Gillan as a "born adventurer", and Amy developed a love of travel and adventure.^[67]

Design changes

The series introduced a new logo, which was announced in October 2009. According to the BBC, it was the eleventh version of the show's logo.^[73] According to Moffat, the "DW" insignia in the shape of the TARDIS was "something really new".^[74] The logo was incorporated in a new title sequence, which was not revealed to an audience outside the BBC until the first transmission of "The Eleventh Hour"; previous press screenings and previews had used a variant of the previous sequence.^[75] Moffat wanted a new version of the theme music, and composer Murray Gold wanted it to "sound a bit reckless". The new version, composed by Gold, incorporated an electronic-trumpet melody and a faster tempo.^[76][77] Some fans disliked the new theme, and the BBC had received 70 complaints by 18 April 2010.^[76] A Doctor Who spokesman responded, "The arranger has made alterations to the music four times since 2005, so change is nothing new. It is important for the regeneration of the show to keep revisiting the score while always retaining the haunting and ground-breaking essence of the original".^[76]

A new TARDIS prop was used, with the St John Ambulance logo which had been used in the early days of the show and the mid-1960s Peter Cushing films (of which Moffat was a fan).^[78] Moffat said that it was something he "really wanted to do", was for "no other reason than that [he] thought it was prettier", and he wanted the St John Ambulance sticker on the front.^[41] It is a brighter shade of blue, like Cushing's TARDIS.^[79]

A new set of the TARDIS interior was designed, which Moffat estimated was three times larger than the previous set. Although he did not decide to create the new interior specifically for the new Doctor, the set designer was briefed to create a design which would suit Smith's Doctor.^[80] Moffat liked the old set, but thought it was time for a new one to "surprise people" and believed that the spirit of a new era was to change everything.^[15] Piers Wenger said that it took "quite a long time to get the design right", and they were careful not to make it too futuristic-looking since "futuristic" meant nothing to the Doctor.^[80] The set was designed by Edward Thomas.^[81] The previous TARDIS interior was shown at the beginning of "The Eleventh Hour"; the Time Rotor on the console had to be rebuilt, due to the explosive special effects used in "The End of Time".^[81] The sonic screwdriver is destroyed in "The Eleventh Hour" and a new version, with a green light and metal claws, was created.^[82] Smith liked to keep the prop with him, "twirling it around and flicking it", and broke four of them.^[83] The noise made by the screwdriver was added in post-production with a synthesizer.^[84] Moffat described the changes as starting with a "clean slate", which made sense after the previous cast and crew had left.^[44]

Music

Murray Gold composed the soundtrack to this series, with orchestration by Ben Foster.

Filming

All the series' directors were new to Doctor Who; Moffat said that he wanted to "shake things up", and it was "never too early to get rid of the safety net."^[85] Adam Smith directed the first, fourth and fifth episodes,^[86] and Andrew Gunn, Ashley Way, Jonny Campbell, Toby Haynes and Catherine Morshead directed two episodes apiece.^[87]

Rehearsing episodes four and five (the first episodes produced), director Adam Smith suggested that Smith and Gillan "have an adventure" in which they could experience something exciting, laugh and scream; he took them on a "real white knuckle ride" on a boat in Cardiff Bay.^[86] Filming began on 20 July 2009 on the Southerndown beach in the Vale of Glamorgan for "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone".^[88] Moffat wrote that in a typical television production the first day of filming "will probably be something fairly inconsequential and involve a minor character getting shot, or a close up of a hand or something", rather than the "iconic" scene with the Doctor, Amy, River Song and the TARDIS.^[89] Forest scenes in "Flesh and Stone" were filmed at Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean over nine nights in July 2009.^[90]

Episodes two and three made up the second production block.^[17] Scenes for "The Beast Below" were filmed in an orangery at Margam Country Park in Port Talbot during a night shoot on 22 September 2009. Half a scene for "The Pandorica Opens", with Liz 10 (Sophie Okonedo) from "The Beast Below", was also filmed there.^[91] Scenes for Amy and Rory's town of Leadworth in the first episode, "The Eleventh Hour", were filmed in the village of Llandaff in Cardiff over a number of days in the autumn of 2009: 29 September, 5–7 October, and 20 November.^[92]

The fourth production block, consisting of "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood", was filmed in October and November 2009; location filming was done in

The grounds of the Margam Country Park estate were used for the placement of "Foamhenge", a lightweight replica of Stonehenge for "The Pandorica Opens".^[91] Several other scenes for "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang" were also filmed there during the first few days of February 2010.^[91] The Pandorica chamber was filmed in Upper Boat Studios, on the largest set ever built there.^[98][99] Additional scenes for "The Big Bang" were filmed in Brangwyn Hall and Miskin Manor.^[16] "Amy's Choice" was partially filmed in Skenfrith, Wales, as Upper Leadworth.^[21]

Filming of the series lasted about nine months.^[100] Production blocks were arranged as follows:^[17]

Release

Promotion

The first trailer of the series was shown on television and released online shortly after the broadcast of the second part of "The End of Time" on 1 January 2010.

The fifth series of Doctor Who debuted on BBC One on 3 April 2010^[105] with "The Eleventh Hour", an extended 65-minute episode.^[71] It concluded with "The Big Bang" on 26 June.^[111] The sixth episode ("The Vampires of Venice") was broadcast at 6:00 p.m. BST, the earliest start time for an episode of Doctor Who since its 2005 return.^[112]

International broadcast

The series was shown in Australia on the

On 7 June 2010, the first volume of Series 5 was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 2 with "The Eleventh Hour", "The Beast Below" and "Victory of the Daleks".^[37][118] The second volume was released on 5 July on DVD and Blu-ray, with "The Time of Angels", "Flesh and Stone" and "The Vampires of Venice".^[119][120] "Amy's Choice", "The Hungry Earth", and "Cold Blood" followed in the third volume, which was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 2 August 2010.^[121][122] The fourth and final volume, with "Vincent and the Doctor", "The Lodger", "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang", was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 6 September.^[123][124]

A collection of the series' episodes was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 2 on 8 November 2010^[2][125] and in Region 1 the following day.^[126] In Region 4, the box set was released on 2 December 2010.^[127] It contained the two "Meanwhile, in the TARDIS" additional scenes, profiles of enemies in "The Monster Files", abridged versions of Doctor Who Confidential, out-takes, in-vision commentaries, video diaries, and trailers and promos for the series.^[2] The commentaries were a departure from previous releases, with six instead of a full thirteen.^[128]

• ^(D) indicates a DVD release for a specific date
• ^(B) indicates a Blu-ray release
• ^(D,B) indicates a simultaneous DVD and Blu-ray release

Books

Novelisations

Novels

Further information: New Series Adventures

In the BBC Books Doctor Who New Series Adventures line (a series of spin-off novels which began in 2005 with the Ninth Doctor and the revival of the television series), six novels were published corresponding to the series. On 22 April 2010, the first three (Apollo 23 by Justin Richards, Night of the Humans by David Llewellyn, and The Forgotten Army by Brian Minchin) were published with the Eleventh Doctor and Amy.^{[144][145][146]} On 8 July 2010, three more novels were published: Nuclear Time by Oli Smith, The Glamour Chase by Gary Russell and The King's Dragon by Una McCormack, with the Doctor, Amy and Rory.^{[147][148][149]}

Science-fiction writer Michael Moorcock, who had watched Doctor Who since the beginning, also wrote a novel.^[150] The 345-page The Coming of the Terraphiles was published on 14 October 2010.^[151] On 16 September 2010, BBC Books published their first Doctor Who graphic novel: The Only Good Dalek, with the Doctor and Amy.^[152] BBC Books also published The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011, a guide to the series with behind-the-scenes content,^[153] in the UK on 30 September 2010.^[154]

Soundtrack

A two-disc soundtrack with 63 tracks of the score from this series (from "The Eleventh Hour" to "The Big Bang"), composed by Murray Gold, was released on 8 November 2010 on Silva Screen Records. It was the second double album after the

previous release; Gold said that the previous double album was popular, and Silva Screen allowed another one. The tracks are presented in episode order, which Gold said "should give a sense of roaming through this gigantic scope".^[77]

Doctor Who: Series 5
Ben Foster and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Released	November 8, 2010[155]
Recorded	2009-2010
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	131:47 139:59 (iTunes Version)
Label	Silva Screen Records
Producer	Murray Gold
Doctor Who soundtrack chronology
Doctor Who: Series 4 – The Specials (2010) Doctor Who: Series 5 (2010) Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2011)

Disc 1

No.	Title	Episode	Length
1.	"Doctor Who XI"	All episodes	1:04
2.	"Down to Earth"	" Amy's Choice"	1:07
26.	"This Is the Dream"	"Amy's Choice"	2:55
27.	"Rio de Cwmtaff"	"The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood"	4:03
28.	"The Silurians"	"The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood"	2:02
Total length:			67:13

Disc 2

No.	Title	Episode	Length
1.	"Paint"	"Vincent and the Doctor"	0:35
2.	"Vincent"	"Vincent and the Doctor"	2:00
3.	"Hidden Treasures"	"Vincent and the Doctor"	1:01
4.	"A Troubled Man"	"Vincent and the Doctor"	2:30
5.	"With Love, Vincent"	"Vincent and the Doctor"	3:27
6.	"Adrift in the TARDIS"	"The Lodger"	0:45
7.	"Friends and Neighbours"	"The Lodger"	1:16
8.	"Doctor Gastronomy"	"The Lodger"	1:08
9.	"You Must Like It Here"	"The Lodger"	0:52
10.	"A Useful Striker"	"The Lodger"	1:33
11.	"A Painful Exchange"	"The Lodger"	1:11
12.	"Kiss the Girl"	"The Lodger"	5:14
13.	"Thank You Craig"	"The Lodger"	0:45
14.	"River Runs Through It"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:28
15.	"Away on Horseback"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:25
16.	"Beneath Stonehenge"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	3:45
17.	"Who Else Is Coming"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:52
18.	"Amy and Rory"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	0:46
19.	"The Pandorica"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	2:00
20.	"Words Win Wars"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:48
21.	"The Life and Death of Amy Pond"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	3:12
22.	"Amy's Starless Life"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:41
23.	"Into the Museum"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:17
24.	"This Is Where It Gets Complicated"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:08
25.	"Roman Paradox"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:22
26.	"The Patient Centurion"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	2:49
27.	"The Same Sonic"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	0:54
28.	"Honey I'm Home"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	2:13
29.	"The Perfect Prison"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	2:41
30.	"A River of Tears"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:00
31.	"The Sad Man with a Box"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	3:18
32.	"You and Me, Amy"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	2:27
33.	"The Big Day"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	2:20
34.	"I Remember You"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	1:53
35.	"Onwards!"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	0:58
Total length:			64:34

iTunes Store exclusives^[156]

No.	Title	Episode	Length
36.	"Emotions Get the Better of Him"	"Victory of the Daleks"	4:36
37.	"Impossible Choice"	"The Beast Below"	3:36
Total length:			8:12

Video games

Main articles: Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth, Doctor Who: Return to Earth, Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, and Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time

In March 2010, it was reported that

Cybermen and was released for the Wii. Both games featured the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, voiced by Smith and Gillan.^[158] Evacuation Earth was released on 12 November 2010,^[159] with Return to Earth following on 19 November.^[160] Wii remotes and DS styluses modeled after the sonic screwdriver were released to accompany the games.^[161]

Children don't just watch Doctor Who – they join in. They make up games, invent their monsters, create their own stories. Now, there’s something else – now they can be the Doctor in brand new episodes. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will offer fans a unique opportunity to enter his world, face his challenges and grapple with his deadliest foes. By developing these games alongside the new TV series, we've been able to weave exciting narrative strands with the very finest game design to create a new kind of Doctor Who, which can be enjoyed by the whole family.

Steven Moffat[162]

In April 2010 the BBC announced

Doctor Who universe.^[163] The games, developed by Charles Cecil and Sheffield-based game company Sumo, were written by Phil Ford and James Moran and overseen by Moffat and the show's producers.^[164] Cecil was contacted by BBC Wales interactive editor Iain Tweedale, who asked him about developing a Doctor Who game.^[165] Smith and Gillan's movements were captured by rotoscoping.^[164]

Since the Doctor is a

pacifist and does not use the guns commonly found in video games, The Adventure Games utilised a more strategy- and puzzle-based gameplay; much of the first game was based on stealth, exploration, and puzzle-solving. The Doctor was equipped with his sonic screwdriver but, since it was often used as a skeleton key in the show, the game employs puzzle-solving to advance instead of simply using the screwdriver.^[166]

The first installment, City of the Daleks, was originally scheduled for release on 5 June 2010,^[167] but was made available two days earlier.^[168] The BBC explained the early release as a testing procedure, and final tweaks were expected to be made before its official release.^[169] In its first twelve days of availability the game was downloaded over 500,000 times, and traffic on the website had increased.^[170] The second game, Blood of the Cybermen, was released on 26 June after the series finale aired.^[171] It was followed by the third game (TARDIS) on 27 August,^[172] and Shadows of the Vashta Nerada on 22 December.^[173]

A mobile game app was also developed by Tag Games for

IOS devices on 16 December 2010,^[177] and for Android on 17 August 2011.^[178]

Reception

Ratings

Final consolidated viewing figures showed that the premiere, "The Eleventh Hour", was seen by 10.085 million viewers^[179]—the most-watched premiere since "Rose", and the eighth-highest figure for an episode of Doctor Who since its 2005 revival.^[180] In the US, the first episode set a record for BBC America with an average of 1.2 million viewers and 0.9 million in the adult 25–54 demographic.^[181] Within a week of its broadcast, "The Eleventh Hour" received 1.27 million hits on BBC's online iPlayer service—a record for the most requests in a week.^[182] It was the most-requested episode of 2010 (with 2.2 million views), and Doctor Who was also the most-watched programme of the year on the service.^[183]

"The Hungry Earth" received the lowest overnight ratings since the series' 2005 return, with 4.4 million viewers;^[184] in final consolidated ratings, "The Lodger" was the series' low point.^[179] Its episodes received an Appreciation Index, a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The BBC considers a score 85 or above "excellent"; "Victory of the Daleks" and "Amy's Choice" were the only episodes to score less (84).^[185][186] "The Time of Angels" and "The Lodger" scored an 87,^[187][188] and "The Pandorica Opens" scored an 88.^[189] The finale ("The Big Bang") scored an 89, a series high and the highest of the BBC's four main channels on the day it was broadcast.^[190]

Based on overnight ratings, the series averaged six million viewers (a drop of 1.2 million from the previous series). BBC managers said that overall viewing numbers had not declined, since more people watched it online or recorded it.

third series (7.7 million), and the first eleven episodes of the fourth series (7.7 million).^[192]

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers (millions)	AI	Ref(s)
			Viewers (millions)	Rank	Viewers (millions)	Rank
1	"The Eleventh Hour"	3 April 2010	8.00	1	2.09	2	10.09	86	[1][193][194]
2	"The Beast Below"	10 April 2010	6.70	1	1.72	5	8.42	86	[1][193][195]
3	"Victory of the Daleks"	17 April 2010	6.20	2	2.01	4	8.21	84	[1][193][196]
4	"The Time of Angels"	24 April 2010	6.80	2	1.79	5	8.59	87	[1][193][197]
5	"Flesh and Stone"	1 May 2010	6.90	1	1.6	5	8.50	86	[1][193][198]
6	"The Vampires of Venice"	8 May 2010	6.20	1	1.48	5	7.68	86	[1][193][199]
7	"Amy's Choice"	15 May 2010	6.20	1	1.35	6	7.55	84	[1][193][200]
8	"The Hungry Earth"	22 May 2010	4.50	5	1.99	9	6.49	86	[1][193][201]
9	"Cold Blood"	29 May 2010	5.70	3	1.79	4	7.49	85	[1][193][202]
10	"Vincent and the Doctor"	5 June 2010	5.00	2	1.76	2	6.76	86	[1][193][203]
11	"The Lodger"	12 June 2010	4.60	4	1.84	6	6.44	87	[1][193][204]
12	"The Pandorica Opens"	19 June 2010	5.90	1	1.67	5	7.57	88	[1][193][205]
13	"The Big Bang"	26 June 2010	5.10	2	1.6	9	6.70	89	[1][193][206]

Critical reception

And when Season 5 went big, it was electric. The likes of "The Eleventh Hour", the "Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone" two-parter, "Amy's Choice" and the series closing double-bill of "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang" delivered absolutely mesmerising TV gold. Bursting well out of its budgetary constraints, we got excitement, adventure, and enormous spectacle...That's not to say everything worked. Episodes like "Victory of the Daleks" (easily the least successful Who outing this year) stumbled with a limp plot that did little justice to the Daleks' rejuvenation. Indeed, the weaker episodes of the series seemed dogged by the kind of silly, slap-dash dips into strained logic that tainted the worst of [Davies]'s Doctor Who and episodes like "Vampires of Venice" and "The Lodger" simply couldn't bust out of previous seasons' bad habits. Even Moffat misfired with his own "The Beast Below" in a story that collapsed under the weight of its own ambitions.

IGN's Matt Wales about the series[207]

Series 5 received highly positive reviews from critics following its broadcast. The series garnered a 100% approval from 14 critics—an average rating of 9/10 on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, which said, "Doctor Who morphs once again into an enchanting odyssey in its fifth season, spearheaded by Matt Smith's endlessly endearing incarnation of the Time Lord."^[208] Matt Wales of IGN gave the series a "great" rating of 8.5 out of 10, saying that it "mightn't have been perfect" but rebooted the show "with a burst of creative energy" and "got bold, exciting, witty, smart, home-grown event television back on the small screen". He praised Smith for "[dazzling] with a performance that painted the Doctor as thoroughly alien" and the Doctor's "effortless" character development, but was critical of the Amy Pond character. Although he considered her "thoroughly watchable" (particularly her chemistry with Smith), he criticised the character as "frequently painted in largely two-dimensional strokes that made for a brash, sometimes irritating turn" and the series as a whole for lacking "heart to ground the elaborate sci-fi trimmings". Wales praised Moffat's "beautifully conceived" story arc and the narrative's complexities.^[207]

first series. He called Smith "magnificent" and Gillan "lovely, although so far Amy's character has been so dictated by the requirements of the arc plot that it's difficult to feel that we've really got to know her yet".^[210]

In a review of the first six episodes, Dan Martin of The Guardian thought that they were strong and "generally funnier [and] appears to have rewritten the rule that said Doctor Who had to out-epic itself every year". However, he criticised the lack of emotion which had previously inhibited the show and did not yet empathise with Amy.^[211] Martin noted that the series had a high expectation (due to the quality of Moffat's previous Doctor Who episodes) which may have disappointed those who expected "dark, adult versions of Who every week" as Moffat took more of a fairy-tale approach; his dialogue was "less soapy and more spiky" than Davies'. Revisiting previous issues, he noted that there was less emotion; however, "when someone did die ... it ploughed heavy into the heart". Amy was "a revelation", although she sometimes "felt a little one-note".^[212]

Gem Wheeler of Den of Geek gave the series five out of five stars, praising Smith's Doctor. Wheeler noted that Amy "seemed a little underwritten at first, but the series finale helped to fill in the apparent gaps in her personality"; Wheeler also praised Darvill.^[213] Slice of SciFi reviewer Michael Hickerson praised Moffat's "fascinating" story arc, which made the series more consistent; it gave the audience answers as it went along, and explored its impact on the characters. Hickerson called it "the best season of the new series", although "there has yet to be a perfect season of the show. This one just comes closer than a lot of others".^[128] Gavin Fuller of The Daily Telegraph, optimistic that it would "go from strength to strength next year", called the series "something of a curate's egg, and perhaps not quite as strong as previous years overall".^[214] Radio Times's Patrick Mulkern praised Moffat for "[rebooting] the series with an ambitious game-plan, a delightful fairy-tale vibe adults can enjoy too, and [finding] stars in Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill". Although he praised Moffat's other episodes, he considered "The Beast Below" a "turkey".^[215]

The A.V. Club ranked Doctor Who the 25th best show of 2010, saying that it "lacked a truly weak episode" and highlighting "The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone", "Vincent and the Doctor", and "The Lodger" as its best episodes.^[216] Digital Spy ranked the programme the third-best of 2010, saying that it "gave us some terrific episodes — the beautifully tragic 'Vincent and the Doctor', the wonderfully-paced opener and the well-imagined finale ... but also the multi-colored monstrosity 'Victory of the Daleks'. Overall, a decent enough start for the new team, but with such a strong pedigree, we couldn't help but feel a little underwhelmed."^[217]

Criticism

After the broadcast of "The Eleventh Hour" (which introduced Amy as a

kissogram, in a skimpy policewoman outfit, who watched the Doctor change into his new costume), it was reported that several viewers criticised the character and her occupation online as "not fitting for a family show". Wenger defended the character: "The whole kissogram thing played into Steven's desire for the companion to be feisty and outspoken and a bit of a number. Amy is probably the wildest companion that the Doctor has travelled with, but she isn't promiscuous."^[71] Gillan defended her character, saying that girls Amy's age often wore short skirts; Amy was a "strong female" and a "normal girl with normal impulses".^[72]

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Doctor Who

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref(s)
2010	Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance in a 2010 Science Fiction Television Episode	Matt Smith and Tony Curran	Nominated	[218]
		Best Female Performance for "Amy's Choice"	Karen Gillan	Nominated	[218]
		Science Fiction Television Series	Doctor Who	Nominated	[218]
		Best Overall 2010 Science Fiction Film or Television Script for "The Eleventh Hour"	Steven Moffat	Nominated	[218]
		Best Overall 2010 Science Fiction Film or Television Script for "Vincent and the Doctor"	Richard Curtis	Nominated	[218]
		Best Technical Accomplishment in a 2010 Science Fiction Film or Television Production	Murray Gold	Won	[218]
	Nebula Awards	Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation	"Vincent and the Doctor"	Nominated	[219][220]
	Royal Television Society	Craft and Design Award	The Mill	Won	[221]
2011	BAFTA Cymru	Lighting for "The Eleventh Hour"	Mark Hutchinson	Won	[222]
		Make Up & Hair for "Vampires of Venice"	Barbara Southcott	Nominated	[222]
		Editing: Fiction for "The Time of Angels"	William Oswald	Nominated	[222]
	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Leading Actor	Matt Smith	Nominated	[223][224]
	Hugo Awards	Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)	"Vincent and the Doctor"	Nominated	[225]
			"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"	Won	[225]

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