Given that Paterson Joseph was the bookies favourite for Doctor 11 from the moment Tennant announced his departure to about 24 hours before Smith was announced I'd suggest betting on anyone but them.
Bye-Bye Ponds?
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Given that Paterson Joseph was the bookies favourite for Doctor 11 from the moment Tennant announced his departure to about 24 hours before Smith was announced I'd suggest betting on anyone but them.
For me "The God Complex" had the emotional impact that felt like it was really the end
Ofcourse we're led to believe it's truly the end.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BKpQSiL2HM[/YT]
And then Murray Gold's "The Life and death of Amy Pond" playing
Meh, not me, especially since there were still 2 episodes left in the season. Everything about that scene was just very fishy to me.
Hoestly, I'm just getting tired of sad endings for companion. Its like Eleven said, "Is there anyone in the universe who's life I haven't screwed up?"
I know there were plenty of depressing farewells in the old days, but there were plenty of stories as well of companions going off to marry, or staying behind to help people as well. Saying goodbye to the Doctor shouldn't always seem like they end of a persons life.
I know there were plenty of depressing farewells in the old days, but there were plenty of stories as well of companions going off to marry, or staying behind to help people as well. Saying goodbye to the Doctor shouldn't always seem like they end of a persons life.
Not to mention that we eventually saw Martha again after that initial goodbye and she had moved on with her life when we next saw her. In the case of Amy and Rory, I wouldn't be surprised if their departure isn't told in a 'fairy tale' sort of way, especially Amy, to reflect the way the two of them have been handled since we were first introduced to them. The two of them have both been very different companions for the Doctor than any of the ones we've seen before in New Who.
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I would have been perfectly happy if that scene had been the end of Amy & Rory (aside from the brief cameo in the Craig ep). That felt like a truly proper farewell to me, hitting all the emotional chords, but then it was all stepped on because, don't worry, we'll see them in the next episode, and the one after that, and in the following season too!
And yet it takes longer and is more set up than Sarah-Jane's departure. To name but one.
For what it's worth, I don't know anything about that. I have no knowledge of classic Who. And honestly, I have no interest in comparing one companion to another. I judge Amy and Rory's farewell scene on its own merits, and as far as I'm concerned, it was poorly executed.
That's because it wasn't meant to be a true farewell scene....the one we will see next year will be.
And people complained when Rose kept coming back for another sad goodbye!
Last time I checked the Ponds weren't trapped in another universe and could never EVER return because the walls between realities were PERMANENTLY sealed...
I'm also pretty sure the Ponds won't be back two companions down the line, and I'm also sure the Doctor won't be whinging about how much he misses them every other episode...
But once they go next year I hope that is it, much as I like em...
I'm also pretty sure the Ponds won't be back two companions down the line, and I'm also sure the Doctor won't be whinging about how much he misses them every other episode...
But once they go next year I hope that is it, much as I like em...
Nah, they're off running the Perfume company they managed to get set up and make successful in a couple of months. Not bad for a nurse and a kiss-o-gram!
Well that's not that unbelievable. If a shop worker can go on to be an inter-dimensional trouble shooter and a trainee Doctor can become a UNIT medical advisor and then a kick arse mercenary then why not. Plus who knows what skills Rory picked up during those 2000 years 
And was it made clear that Amy had created it? I mean Beyonce, Britney etc all have fragrances out there, but I'm pretty sure they don't create them...
And was it made clear that Amy had created it? I mean Beyonce, Britney etc all have fragrances out there, but I'm pretty sure they don't create them...
How many other people would want to create a perfume that smells of wet soil?
The God Complex farewell scene was not intended to be a goodbye, so even when it played out I knew it was only temporary, so frankly it didn't count. I'd already seen the publicity photos from Wedding of River Song, and BBC America and Space kept Amy's introduction.
In my opinion it was just a "bump in the road" the same as Tegan's apparent departure in Time-Flight, and a means to an end in order to set up the 200 year gap leading up to the Doctor recruiting the Teselecta.
re: naming the perfume. Considering no one actually knows what petrichor means, its real definition is meaningless so she could have picked the name simply based on its sound. And considering we live in a world where wine critics consider a wine to be good if it reminds them of things like barnyards and Band-Aids (actual terms I've seen used in reviews), "smell of wet dust" could be a positive term with regards to perfume!
Alex
In my opinion it was just a "bump in the road" the same as Tegan's apparent departure in Time-Flight, and a means to an end in order to set up the 200 year gap leading up to the Doctor recruiting the Teselecta.
re: naming the perfume. Considering no one actually knows what petrichor means, its real definition is meaningless so she could have picked the name simply based on its sound. And considering we live in a world where wine critics consider a wine to be good if it reminds them of things like barnyards and Band-Aids (actual terms I've seen used in reviews), "smell of wet dust" could be a positive term with regards to perfume!
Alex
Wait...Amy created the fragrance? I just assumed she was the campaign face.
It'd be a pretty massive coincidence especially when you consider the strapline for the ad is "For The Girl Who's Tired Of Waiting"...