<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Doctor Who episodes (1963--1989) Doctor Who episodes (2005--present) </Td> </Tr> <P> "A Good Man Goes to War" is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 June 2011 . It served as a mid-series finale . The episode was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Peter Hoar . </P> <P> The episode follows the cliffhanger of "The Almost People", which reveals Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) had been operating a Flesh duplicate of herself and is in fact held in a remote location and about to give birth . Alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) and Amy's husband, Rory (Arthur Darvill), muster an army of allies and set out to find both Amy and her child, a girl named Melody Pond . </P> <P> The episode reveals the recurring character River Song (Alex Kingston) is Amy and Rory's child . River's identity was kept in top secrecy, and only a few members of the cast and crew were issued the correct ending of the script . The beginning of the episode contained many different locations which were challenging for the production team . The main setting, Demons Run, was filmed in a military base and hangar in Cardiff . "A Good Man Goes to War" was watched by 7.57 million viewers in the United Kingdom and received an Appreciation Index of 88 . Critical reception was mixed to positive, and the episode was nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). </P>

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