The Power of Three
- Episode aired Sep 22, 2012
- TV-PG
- 41m
Earth is suddenly visited by millions of small black cubes of unknown origin. The Doctor joins Amy, Rory and Rory's father, Brian, to help discover what these cubes bring for humanity.Earth is suddenly visited by millions of small black cubes of unknown origin. The Doctor joins Amy, Rory and Rory's father, Brian, to help discover what these cubes bring for humanity.Earth is suddenly visited by millions of small black cubes of unknown origin. The Doctor joins Amy, Rory and Rory's father, Brian, to help discover what these cubes bring for humanity.
- Matthew Amroliwala
- (uncredited)
- Karren Brady
- (uncredited)
- Lab Technician
- (uncredited)
- Scientist
- (uncredited)
- Nick Hewer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Chris Chibnall
- Steven Moffat
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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- TriviaSteven Berkoff proved difficult to work with. He repeatedly went against the wishes of Douglas Mackinnon, in some cases just plain refusing to do what he was told, deliberately ruined takes (sometimes by reading his lines as badly as possible), and had several temper tantrums. Virtually all the footage they shot featuring Berkoff was unusable, and the ending as broadcast is all they could cobble together from the few scraps they were able to salvage, plus some pick-ups filmed later on with just Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill (as well as some shots of Berkoff which were allegedly taken from when the camera was left running between takes, because even the filmed footage of Berkoff walking across the floor could not be used) - it was not originally the intention for Shakri to be a hologram, or for the plot to effectively be resolved entirely by the sonic screwdriver, but that was all they were able to do with what they had.
- GoofsWhen The Doctor vacuums the living room and Amy lifts her legs up in the sofa, you can clearly see the microphone transmitter in her back trouser pocket.
- Quotes
The Doctor: You're thinking of stopping, aren't you? You and Rory.
Amy Pond: No, no - I mean, we haven't made a decision...
The Doctor: But you're considering it.
Amy Pond: Maybe. I don't know. We don't know. Well, our lives have changed so much. There was a time, there were years when I couldn't live without you. Um, when just the whole every day thing would drive me crazy. But since you dropped us back here, since you gave us this house, you know, we've built a life. And I don't know if we can have both.
The Doctor: Why?
Amy Pond: Because, they pull at each other. Because they pull at me and the traveling is starting to feel like running away.
The Doctor: That's not what it is.
Amy Pond: Oh come on, look at you - four days in a lounge and you go crazy.
The Doctor: I'm not running away. But this is one corner in one country in one continent in one planet that's a corner of a galaxy that is a corner of a universe that is forever growing and shrinking and creating and destroying and never remaining the same for a single millisecond. And this is so much, SO MUCH, to see, Amy. Because it goes so fast. I'm not running away from things. I'm running to them before they flare and fade forever. That's all right. Our lives would never remain the same. They can't. One day, soon maybe, you'll stop. I've known for a while.
Amy Pond: Then why do you keep coming back for us?
The Doctor: Because you were the first. The first face this face saw. And you were seared onto my hearts, Amelia Pond. Always will be. I'm running to you and Rory before you... fade from me.
Amy Pond: Don't be nice to me. I don't want you to be nice to me.
The Doctor: Yeah you do, Pond. And you always get what you want.
- Crazy creditsIn theme with the story, the Doctor Who logo is filled with a faux-3D pattern of the black cubes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2012)
- SoundtracksTitanium
Written by Afrojack, David Guetta, Sia and Giorgio Tuinfort
Performed by David Guetta featuring Sia
It's also usually the way a Doctor Who story takes place. The Doctor is called in because an invasion is taking place or drops in on a spaceship to find it is about to be blown up and its cargo of dinosaurs will be destroyed. There is no unity of time. Time is usually composed of moments. Not in this episode.
Chris Chibnall has written a brilliantly different episodes that gives the audience an idea of how the Doctor sees the world: as a collection of discrete moments that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. He drops in occasionally on Amy and Rory to discover that their everyday life is forming a gestalt that excludes the Doctor. He is becoming an occasional intruder and we can see the true end of their journeying with him.
As a meditation on Doctor Who, this is a brilliant piece of work. The occasional fan or newcomer should be amused by Matt Smith's eccentric portrayal. The long term fan will enjoy the fun and also recognize how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
- boblipton
- Sep 21, 2012
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- Belle Vue Park, Penarth, Wales, UK(The Doctor examines a cube in a playground)
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- Runtime41 minutes
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