<P> In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) takes his companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and her husband Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) to Central Park in New York City . There, recurring monsters the Weeping Angels send Rory back to the 1930s, where he is reunited with River Song (Alex Kingston), Amy and Rory's daughter . Amy and the Doctor attempt to rescue Rory, but the Doctor realises along the way that this adventure will be his last with Amy and Rory . Actors Gillan and Darvill both departed the series with this episode . </P> <P> Amy's departure from the series was a compromise between Gillan and Moffat . Moffat wrote several endings and situations for the couple, eventually deciding to incorporate the Weeping Angels . Despite being Amy and Rory's last episode, it was not the last episode Gillan and Darvill filmed . Production took place in April 2012, with location filming in Wales and a small crew filming in the United States in Central Park . "The Angels Take Manhattan" was watched by 7.82 million viewers in the UK and received mostly positive reviews, though critics noted some plot holes and other logical issues . </P> <P> The Doctor, Amy, and Rory enjoy a picnic in New York's Central Park in 2012, with the Doctor reading from a pulp novel about a 1930s detective named Melody Malone . Despite Amy's insistence, the Doctor refuses to read ahead to reveal spoilers and tears out the last page of the book . Meanwhile, Rory goes to get coffee and is sent back to the 1930s by a cherub Weeping Angel . There, he meets River Song, who is playing the part of Melody Malone . In the present, the Doctor and Amy are shocked to find Rory written into the book . Amy insists on reading ahead, but the Doctor warns her that anything she reads will be destined to happen . Instead, they attempt to take the TARDIS back to the 1930s, finding the time machine struggling to make the journey . </P> <P> Rory and River are captured by Mr. Grayle, who has a weakened Weeping Angel in his possession . Mr. Grayle orders Rory locked in the cellar with a number of the cherub angels, while he has the Angel grab River by the wrist while he interrogates her . River is able to use her vortex manipulator to set a beacon for the TARDIS, allowing the Doctor and Amy to arrive . Amy, aware of River's having written the book to help guide them, uses the table of contents of the book to look for Rory . The Doctor is dismayed when he reads about River's wrist being broken and the title of the last chapter, "Amelia's Last Farewell". He refuses to help River escape, hoping that the future can be changed . However, River breaks her own wrist to free herself, and the Doctor uses his regeneration energy to heal her . Amy finds the cellar empty and the Doctor is able to use River's vortex manipulator to locate Rory at the nearby Winter Quay apartment building . </P>

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