New Who 5.4: The Time of Angels

It's taken me a few days to get round to writing this up, but I did think it was a great episode - easily the best of season five so far, even though it was only one half of a two-parter. As in The Beast Below, it was absolutely bursting with fantastic ideas (albeit including a few recycled ones), and I still feel like I could do with seeing a transcript of the first part in particular before I can be completely certain that I've picked up on every nuance of the exchanges with River Song.

( The mystery of River herself )

( The clerics and their sacred names )

( What really happened to the Aplans? )

( Getting the hang of Amy )

( Television screens and meta-references )

( Classical references )

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