"I don't care that you got old. I care that we didn't get old together"
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 10th September 2011
EPISODE NUMBER: Season 6, Episode 10
WRITTEN BY: Tom MacRae
Karen Gillan's tenure on Doctor Who may have just ended, but here's a look back at one of the strongest episodes from the Moffat era, the Amy-centric The Girl Who Waited, which was really driven by a great performance from our favorite Scot sidekick and one of her best contributions to the series.
Waiting has been a recurring theme for Amy and Rory throughout the series. Amy had to wait years for the Doctor to come back. Rory had to wait even longer to get Amy back when he was a Roman Centurion. And now it's Amy's turn to wait again, as a time travel glitch means that when the Doctor and Rory leave Amy behind, they only manage to catch up to her 36 years later.
Karen Gillan gives a great performance as the bitter and bedraggled older Amy, the make-up effects really helping to sell it. But The Girl Who Waited also uses time travel paradoxes as a way to introduce a complex moral dilemma. If Rory saves the younger Amy, the older Amy will cease to exist.
The set design for this episode is also really great, with the bare white walls of Apapucia' kindness centres creating a very futuristic look in a minimalist way. Amy also has some great fight scenes with the roots. But what sends the episode over the top is the extremely emotional ending which will move you to tears.
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