Doctor Who: 10 Worst Things Amy Pond Has Ever Done

6. The Girl Who Waited - Not Saving Herself

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We've already mentioned the Girl Who Waited and the first questionable decision of the episode, but moving on from that, is another questionable decision.

By Amy entering the Two Streams Facility by the alternative button, she finds herself on a faster time track. When Rory finally gets into the facility, Amy has waited for 36 years, and has totally changed and grown whilst trapped. Eventually, the Doctor and gang get a plan to restore their younger Amy and get her out of the facility. However, in doing so, the Doctor convinces older Amy that he can save them both, allowing them both to live.

However, time doesn't work like that. You remove younger Amy, then older Amy can never exist, and in the end older Amy realises this. Knowing she will cease to exist, older Amy demands to be taken with the Doctor and Rory, rather than giving back the younger version of herself.

If you think about it, it's not out of Amy's character; she's been through so much, you can understand why she would be selfish about this matter. But she would also know that a happier Amy would take her place. This poor older Amy has lived alone with a robot companion for 36 years, why would she not want the proper life with her husband and best friend for her younger self?

In the end this could come down to a wanting to survive. But when you know you could give yourself a better life, would you take it? Who knows.

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