Doctor Who: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Angels Take Manhattan
10. An Important Last-Minute Addition
The final recording for The Angels Take Manhattan was supposed to be a few pickup shots on 30 April 2012, but at the last minute, an extra day of filming was pencilled in for 28 June.
It was decided that the Doctor needed to say why he couldn't take the TARDIS back to 1938 New York, so lines were written explaining how the timelines were all scrambled.
This pickup was filmed at Box Cemetery in Llanelli, Wales, where the rest of the graveyard scene was shot. It was directed by Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy's Saul Metzstein, as The Angels Take Manhattan director Nick Hurran was unavailable.
It's a good job these lines were added, otherwise fans would've been even more confused why the Doctor couldn't go back and rescue the Ponds all over again.