| Series 5 (2010) |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #63#112 |
“The Eleventh Hour” -- 65 minutes
fifth season debut; occurs shortly after “The End of Time, Part 2″; aired 3 Apr 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #64#113 |
“The Beast Below”
aired 10 Apr 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #65#114 |
“Victory of the Daleks”
aired 17 Apr 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #66#115 |
“The Time of Angels”
features the Weeping Angels (from “Blink”) and River Song (from “Silence in the Library” and “Forest of the Dead,” although from her perspective, this story occurs earlier); aired 24 Apr 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #67#116 |
“Flesh and Stone”
continues from “The Time of Angels”; features the Weeping Angels (from “Blink”) and River Song (her fourth episode); aired 1 May 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #68#117 |
“The Vampires of Venice” -- 50 minutes
- written by Toby Whithouse
worst episode of the season so far; aired 8 May 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #69#118 |
“Amy’s Choice”
aired 15 May 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #70#119 |
“The Hungry Earth”
- written by Chris Chibnall
aired 22 May 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #71#120 |
“Cold Blood”
- written by Chris Chibnall
continued from “The Hungry Earth”; Rory is retroactively removed from history; aired 29 May 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #72#121 |
“Vincent and the Doctor”
- written by Richard Curtis
aired 5 June 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #73#122 |
“The Lodger”
- written by Gareth Roberts
aired 12 June 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #74#123 |
“The Pandorica Opens” -- 50 minutes
features River Song (her fifth episode, although from her perspective, this story occurs before all her other appearances); aired 19 June 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #75#124 |
“The Big Bang” -- 55 minutes
fifth season finale; continues from “The Pandorica Opens”; features River Song; Amy and Rory wed; leaves many questions unanswered, including the TARDIS’s destruction and the nature of “the silence” that will fall; aired 26 June 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #76#125 |
“A Christmas Carol” -- 60 minutes
Christmas special; Amy and Rory are still on their honeymoon, suggesting that this occurs soon after “The Big Bang”; does not occur on Christmas in the present; only okay in terms of quality, although with interesting ideas; aired 25 Dec 2010 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #76.5 |
“Space / Time” -- 6 minutes
truly excellent and a brilliant primer for Moffat’s Doctor Who; aired in two parts on 18 Mar 2011 as part of the 2011 Comic Relief special |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #19#126 |
“The Nightmare Man”
- written by Joseph Lidster
fourth season debut; aired in two parts, on 11 and 12 Oct 2010 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #20#127 |
“The Vault of Secrets”
Luke Smith and K-9 leave for Oxford University; aired in two parts, on 18 and 19 Oct 2010 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #21#128 |
“Death of the Doctor”
- written by Russell T. Davies
features the Eleventh Doctor (played by Matt Smith and written by former showrunner Russell T. Davies for the first time) after the events of “The Big Bang”; features the Third Doctor’s companion Jo Grant (played by Katy Manning); features the series’s only journey to an alien planet; aired in two parts, on 25 and 26 Oct 2010 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #22#129 |
“The Empty Planet”
- written by Gareth Roberts
aired in two parts, on 1 and 2 Nov 2010 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #23#130 |
“Lost in Time”
aired in two parts, on 8 and 9 Nov 2010 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #24#131 |
“Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith”
- written by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman
fourth season finale; aired in two parts, on 15 and 16 Nov 2010 |
| Series 6 (2011) |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #77#132 |
“The Impossible Astronaut”
sixth season debut; begins after a two-month break, during which Amy and Rory did not travel with the Doctor; features River Song (her seventh episode); (on 22 April 2011, as revealed by later episodes) a future version of the Doctor dies (reconciled in the season finale, “The Wedding of River Song”); introduces the Silence (revealed, in “Let’s Kill Hitler,” not to be the species seen here but actually a religious order to which they belong); aired 23 Apr 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #78#133 |
“Day of the Moon”
continued from “The Impossible Astronaut”; features River Song (her eighth episode); introduces the concept of Amy’s pregnancy; a young girl (later revealed to be River Song) is seen regenerating in New York City; aired 30 Apr 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #79#134 |
“The Curse of the Black Spot”
- written by Stephen Thompson
aired 7 May 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #80#135 |
“The Doctor’s Wife”
includes the phrase “the only water in the forest is the river” (explained in “A Good Man Goes to War”); aired 14 May 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #81#136 |
“The Rebel Flesh”
- written by Matthew Graham
introduces the concept of gangers, or remote-controlled duplicates; aired 21 May 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #82#137 |
“The Almost People”
- written by Matthew Graham
continued from “The Rebel Flesh”; in a great finale, reveals that Amy is a ganger, having been replaced sometime before “The Impossible Astronaut”; aired 28 May 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #83#138 |
“A Good Man Goes to War” -- 50 minutes
addresses how the Doctor is perceived by many as a warrior, not a scientific adventurer; features River Song (her ninth episode); reveals that Amy’s baby, Melody Pond, was conceived at the end of “The Big Bang”; reveals River Song’s identity; final episode before a mid-season break; aired 4 June 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #1#139 |
“The New World”
- written by Russell T. Davies
first episode; aired 8 July 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #2#140 |
“Rendition”
aired 15 July 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #3#141 |
“Dead of Night”
aired 22 July 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #4#142 |
“Escape to L.A.”
- written by Jim Gray and John Shiban (based on a story by Jim Gray)
aired 29 July 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #5#143 |
“The Categories of Life”
aired 5 Aug 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #6#144 |
“The Middle Men”
aired 12 Aug 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #7#145 |
“Immortal Sins”
a very good episode (after several disappointing ones) that depicts Jack’s past in 1927-1928 New York City; aired 19 Aug 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #8#146 |
“End of the Road”
- written by Jane Espenson and Ryan Scott (based on a story by Ryan Scott)
aired 26 Aug 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #9#147 |
“The Gathering”
aired 2 Sept 2011 |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day #10#148 |
“The Blood Line”
- written by Russell T. Davies and Jane Espenson (based on a story by Russell T. Davies)
final episode; concludes with the revelation that Rex has apparently acquired something of Jack’s immortality; the 41st episode of Torchwood overall; aired 9 Sept 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #84#149 |
“Let’s Kill Hitler” -- 50 minutes
first episode after the mid-season break; acknowledges the summer break (during which Amy and Rory did not see the Doctor) but otherwise continues from “A Good Man Goes to War”; retroactively introduces Mels, a childhood friend of Amy and Rory; introduces the Teselecta; Mels dies, regenerating into River Song (making this, her 10th episode, her first chronological appearance, at least in that body); reveals that the Silence is not the species seen in “The Impossible Astronaut” and “Day of the Moon” but a religious order; aired 27 Aug 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #85#150 |
“Night Terrors”
aired 3 Sept 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #86#151 |
“The Girl Who Waited”
a very good episode, which features and older Amy Pond and in which Rory has to make the sort of tough choice the Doctor probably has to make frequently; aired 10 Sept 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #87#152 |
“The God Complex” -- 50 minutes
- written by Toby Whithouse
in a surprise ending, the Doctor abandons Amy and Rory; aired 17 Sept 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #88#153 |
“Closing Time”
- written by Gareth Roberts
from the Doctor’s perspective, occurs 200 years after “The God Complex” and shortly before his death in “The Impossible Astronaut”; features Craig (from “The Lodger”); features the Cybermats for the first time in the revived series; River Song is revealed to be the astronaut in Lake Silencio (from “the Impossible Astronaut”); aired 24 Sept 2011 |
| Doctor Who Vol. 2 #89#154 |
“The Wedding of River Song”
sixth season finale; features River Song (her 11th episode, not counting her cameo in “Closing Time”); features the aliens confused for the Silence (from “The Impossible Astronaut” and “Day of the Moon”); the Doctor marries River Song; explains the Doctor’s death in “The Impossible Astronaut”; reveals, predictably, that the question that will cause the silence to fall is “Doctor who?”; aired 1 Oct 2011 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #25#155 |
“Sky”
fifth season debut; aired in two parts, on 3 and 4 Oct 2011 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #26#156 |
“The Curse of Clyde Langer”
aired in two parts, on 10 and 11 Oct 2011 |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures #27#157 |
“The Man Who Never Was”
- written by Gareth Roberts
final episode; aired in two parts, on 17 and 18 Oct 2011 |
| Series 7 (2012) |
