7 Theories on Doctor Who Series 7

7. A Novel Idea

The Angels Take Manhattan: The Doctor and The Ponds take a trip to New York€only to find the Weeping Angels confining them to the city that never sleeps. Now, a lot of stills from The Angels Take Manhattan show Amy, The Doctor, and River (Rory€™s conspicuously absent from a lot of photos) obsessing over the same book. A rather old looking book, which would fit with the €œold time€ cars that were spotted at the New York shoots this past April, as well as the old time glasses Amy is spotted wearing in stills from this episode. As for the mystery book, a still reveals the title: €œMelody Malone€. It looks like a rather pulpy looking entry on a bookshelf, most likely a 40€™s/50€™s noir mystery. But wait a moment€it looks like they also use this book as a guide book for their adventure. Funny, don€™t travel writers write guide books to exotic/famous locales in order to help people get around? And if one refers back to The Power of Three, they€™ll find that Amy said she was a travel writer at the time of the episode. AND, Melody was River€™s given name by her mother, Amy. So maybe Amy writes a pulp detective novel featuring her rambunctious daughter€™s exploits (real or fictional, the line is probably very thin) in order to highlight what has to be done to properly survive the final Weeping Angels adventure. (Which would be an excellent callback to their origin in €œBlink€, which showcased The Doctor helping Sally Sparrow defeat The Angels through DVD Easter Eggs.)
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Mike Reyes may or may not be a Time Lord, but he's definitely the Doctor Who editor here at What Culture. In addition to his work at What Culture, Mr. Reyes writes for Cocktails and Movies, as well as his own personal blogs Mr. Controversy and The Bookish Kind. On top of that, he's also got a couple Short Stories and Novels in various states of completion, like any good writer worth their salt. He resides in New Jersey, and compiles his work from all publications on his Facebook page.