10 Doctor Who Endings That Get Worse The More You Think About Them

The ending of Flesh and Stone puts a bum note on a story that is otherwise near-perfect. It’s not that the final few minutes are absolutely atrocious, it’s that they’re much worse than everything that came before, and as a result they’re mainly what the story is remembered for!

We’d just spent two episodes enjoying the return of both the Weeping Angels and River Song, and getting some deliciously wibbly-wobbly development of the cracks in time arc, but things quickly begin to unravel with the unusual decision to show the Weeping Angels moving.

It’s difficult to imagine the man who created the Angels as such a terrifying and mysterious force to actually write a scene that nullifies them so much, but, well, there it is.

We then move to Amy’s bedroom for a nice quiet scene to end the episo- OH NO WAIT, she tries to COP OFF with the Doctor, the night before her wedding! What’s worse is that the scene doesn’t even end with Amy coming to her senses after a confused moment of weakness, which might’ve redeemed it somewhat. Seriously Moffat, your innuendos are bad enough, you don’t need to jump the shark like this!

Moffat has admitted that he doesn’t like this scene and I’ve never met anyone that does, which tells you all you need to know. It’s quite uncomfortable to watch in hindsight, especially knowing the full trajectory of the Amy and Rory arc. River clearly had the right idea by exiting the episode just before the end.