Doctor Who: 7 Great Eleventh Doctor Stories

By Chris Swanson /

3. The Girl Who Waited (Story 220, 2011)

Karen Gillan is a good actress. She reveals just how good in this story, where she plays both the normal, happy-go-lucky Amy Pond and the older, bitter, more unhappy version that€™s been stuck by herself for twenty years. I particularly liked the fact that the €œvillains€ of the piece weren€™t evil. I also really enjoyed seeing older Amy, and what a bad-ass survivalist she€™d become. Lastly, I have to admit, I was suckered in enough to wonder if they might actually find a way to have both Amys on board the TARDIS. I knew in the back of my mind that it probably wouldn€™t happen, but the mere fact that I thought it might have happened was something very impressive.