Amy’s Choice

A gorgeous and funny episode with real emotional weight. Its a shame Simon Nye never returned because I think he proves himself as highly capable (assuming this didn't get a healthy Moffat script edit) at reflecting realistic relationship dynamics in dialog as well as realising pleasing, tight, sci-fi concepts.

90% of the jokes here hold up to modern day scrutiny, which is an impressive hit rate for an aging piece of comedy. The only drawback is that one of the worlds (Rory's world) is a lot more interesting than the other (The Doctor's world). There are also far more reasons to believe that The Doctor's world is the real one. I know they both turn out to be a dream but I think there would have been a more satisfying tension if both worlds were more equally unbelievable.

The idea of the Dream Lord being a malevolent aspect of The Doctor's psyche is genius. I hope we see this again one day. It suits The Toymaker vibe we've seen more recently - a tone which is rarely visited in Doctor Who.