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River Song, pointing a gun

Doctor Who S5 • Episode 13

The Big Bang

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Eleventh Doctor

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Doctor Who Series 5

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First aired Saturday, June 26, 2010
Production Code 1.13
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Toby Haynes
Runtime 55 minutes
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Bootstrap Paradox Stone Circle Closed Temporal Loop Amnesia Spoilers Time Travel Pivotal Meeting in the wrong order Companion Doppelgänger Doctor sacrifices themself Mind Control Wedding
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Crack in time Silence Will Fall
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) River Song's Diary Vortex Manipulator Fez Sonic Screwdriver
UK Viewers 6.70 million
Appreciation Index 89
Synopsis

The Alliance has trapped the Eleventh Doctor in the Pandorica, the TARDIS has exploded with River inside, Rory has shot Amy and the cracks have swallowed everything but the Earth and Moon.

The fate of all existence lies in the hands of a little girl who still believes in stars.

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