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

13. Karen Gillan Read The Afterword

Doctor Who Amy Pond The Angels Take Manhattan
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The Angels Take Manhattan is bookended by the Doctor reading a novel written by River Song, which details the events of the episode before/after they happen.

At the end, the Doctor reads the last page of the book, which turns out to be a special message written by Amy, to let him know that she and Rory lived a good life and still loved him, always and forever.

It's a heavy scene, one of the last bits of communication between The Girl Who Waited and her Raggedy Man. So, Gillan felt it was important that they did as much as possible to get it right.

This resulted in Gillan sitting just offscreen, reading the letter aloud to Smith to get as much emotion as possible out of his performance.

Amy and the Doctor - friends till the very end.

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