Doctor Who: All 40 Steven Moffat Episodes Ranked From Worst To Best
8. The Angels Take Manhattan
The episode's film noir theme and the constant sense of foreboding - Rory's name on the gravestone, the wickedly-smiling Weeping Angel at Winter Quay, and the creepy chuckling of the Cherub Angels - create a fittingly dramatic and heartbreaking end to Amy and Rory's adventures in time and space.
The mother of all Angels in the form of the Statue of Liberty adds a touch of blockbuster to proceedings - let's just call it inexplicable awesomeness. Where's the Ghostbusters when you need them to spray some of that happy mood slime?
It’s cruel enough that the Angels zap their victims to the past, even more sadistic is continually zapping them from their very own battery farm at Winter Quay.
The Tenth Doctor said they’re “the only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely.” True, it may be the most merciful way to go but it's also the most merciless. It's one of those deeper philosophical discussions for the Zaggit Zagoo bar.
Just imagine a loved one suddenly disappearing right in front of your eyes, and knowing they’re still alive somewhere else in time but you’ll never be able to see them again. Ok, that person might let you know they lived a happy and fulfilling life, but you’ll always be wondering what might have been, meaning it will never provide proper closure - as shown by the Doctor's despair in The Snowmen.
It’s why the loss of Amy is the saddest of them all for the Doctor. *Starts sniffling* another banana daiquiri please, alien bartender.