Doctor Who: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Angels Take Manhattan

20. The Ponds Wanted A Permanent Goodbye

Aside from that Statue of Liberty reveal, The Angels Take Manhattan is most famous for being the last regular appearance of Amy and Rory Pond.

The Eleventh Doctor's first friends were snatched from the jaws of safety by a rogue Angel and cast backwards in time forevermore, writing them out of the show in a tragic and permanent fashion – which is exactly what the actors wanted.

Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill requested that Amy and Rory be removed for good, as they didn't want their demise to be undercut by recurring cameos like certain other companions (*cough* Rose *cough*).

Gillan did go back on her word when she appeared briefly at the end of Matt Smith's final episode, but that cameo was both incredibly short and entirely fitting, considering Amy's connection to the Raggedy Man.

Darvill, meanwhile, hasn't been seen in an episode of Doctor Who since departing.