Stories Television Doctor Who (2005-2022) Doctor Who S5 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Pandorica Opens 10 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 2 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 9 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, June 19, 2010 Production Code 1.12 Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Toby Haynes Runtime 50 minutes Story Type Series Finale, Two-Parter Time Travel Past, Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Companion Doppelgänger, Stone Circle, Spaceship, Doctor imprisoned, Deadlock Seal, Spoilers, Consequences, Time Travel Pivotal, Meeting in the wrong order, Flashbacks, Mind Control Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Crack in time, Silence Will Fall Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Stonehenge, Earth, England, Leadworth, Stormcage UK Viewers 7.57 million Appreciation Index 88 Synopsis A Van Gogh painting ferried across thousands of years offering a terrifying prophecy, a message on the oldest cliff-face in the universe and a love that lasts a thousand years: in 102 AD England, Romans receive a surprise visit from Cleopatra. Nearby, Stonehenge hides a legendary prison-box. As it slowly unlocks from the inside, terrible forces gather in the heavens. The fates are closing around the TARDIS. The Pandorica, which contains the most dangerous threat in the Universe, is opening. Only one thing is certain: "The Pandorica will open... Silence will fall". Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Eleventh Doctor Amy Pond The Romans Vincent van Gogh Autons Blowfish Crespallion Cybermen Cyber-Leader Daleks Hoix Judoon Silurians Sontarans Weevils Rory Williams River Song Liz 10 Winston Churchill Show All Characters (19) How to watch The Pandorica Opens: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Complete Fifth Series [Steelbook] The Complete Fifth Series DVD The Complete Fifth Series Blu-Ray Series 5: Volume 4 DVD Series 5: Volume 4 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 2 reviews 18 August 2024 · 26 words Review by captainjackenoch 1 Man, at least when Davies brought out all the recognizeable faces for one last parading hurrah, he managed to pull some emotional weight out of it. Like Liked 1 12 May 2024 · 217 words Review by dema1020 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! The Pandorica Opens is a strange beast, to say the least. On the one hand it has some really memorable moments with both Rory's return and the Doctor. You've got to love the part where the Doctor is able to bring entire armies to a stand still. And it feels like pretty good pay-off, of sorts, to some of the plot threads in Series 5 with The Big Bang. I do love all the costumes that show up at the end of this episode, yet another very memorable highlight that makes The Pandorica Opens more compelling. There's serious issues with the writing here. It's very silly and awkward at times. Arthur Darvill and Matt Smith do some amazing acting, but it is that much more impressive that some of their lines are just really silly and over the top. I do like the detail that the allaince of bad guys basically cause the TARDIS to explode, kind of creating the problem they were trying to stop. In retrospect, it works okay with what we later learn about the Silence and the crack in reality being Gallifrey, but it is a little janky in these two stories. Still, these episodes work more than they don't, especially for showing just how far the Doctor's reputation can go at this point. Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating595 members 4.12 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,296 votes 4.33 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating195 votes 4.35 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1274 Favourited 140 Reviewed 2 Saved 3 Skipped 0 Owned 10 Related Stories Doctor Who S5 • Episode 13 The Big Bang Rating: 4.07 Story Skipped Television Reviews(3) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Eleventh Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Doctor Who S5 • Episode 10 Vincent and the Doctor Rating: 4.46 Story Skipped Television Reviews(3) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Eleventh Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Doctor Who S5 • Episode 2 The Beast Below Rating: 3.47 Story Skipped Television Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Eleventh Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite AMY: That's a Roman Legion. DOCTOR: Well, yeah. The Romans invaded Britain several times during this period. AMY: Oh, I know. My favourite topic at school. Invasion of the hot Italians. Yeah, I did get marked down for the title. — The Pandorica Opens Show All Quotes (9) Open in new window Transcript [France 1890] (Night. It is raining. In a bedroom, an unappreciated artist is having a breakdown by his new painting of Still Life with Twelve Sunflowers, dedicated to Amy. His doctor is in attendance.) GACHET: Vincent, can you hear me? Please.VERNET: It's not enough he goes drinking all round the town. Now the whole neighbourhood has to listen to his screaming.GACHET: He's very ill, Madame Vernet. (Madame Vernet looks at another painting, which we do not get to see.) VERNET: Look at this, even worse than his usual rubbish. What's it supposed to be? Show Full Transcript Open in new window
