Series 5
(2010)
Overview
This is the first series to feature Matt Smith as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor. Karen Gillan is introduced as the Doctor's new companion, Amy Pond. Alex Kingston returns as River Song, a mysterious woman from the Doctor's future who summons him twice. The main story arc concerns a pattern of cracks in the universe that are sometimes unnoticed by the characters. It is discovered that the cracks can erase things from existence.
Cast
as The Doctor
as Amy Pond
Episodes
The Eleventh Hour 8.3
April 3, 2010
The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked…
The Beast Below 7.3
April 10, 2010
Amy Pond takes her first trip in the TARDIS when the Doctor whisks her away to the distant future and they discover Bri…
Victory of the Daleks 6.6
April 17, 2010
The Doctor has been summoned by old friend Winston Churchill, but in the Cabinet War Rooms far below the streets of bli…
The Time of Angels (1) 8.1
April 24, 2010
A crashed spaceship, a shattered temple and a terrifying climb through the maze of the dead - River Song is back in the…
Flesh and Stone (2) 8.0
May 1, 2010
There's no way back, no way up and no way out. Trapped among an army of Weeping Angels, The Doctor and his friends must…
The Vampires of Venice 6.7
May 8, 2010
Dessicated corpses, terror in the canal and a visit to the sinister House of Calvierri – the Doctor takes Amy and Rory …
Amy's Choice 7.8
May 15, 2010
It has been five years since Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve…
The Hungry Earth (1) 7.0
May 22, 2010
In 2020, the most ambitious drilling project in history is under way. Dr Nasreen Chaudry and her team have reached 21 k…
Cold Blood (2) 7.2
May 29, 2010
It is the most important day in the history of Earth: the dawn of a new age of harmony… or the start of its final war. …
Vincent and the Doctor 8.5
June 5, 2010
Terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence, but only a sad and lonely painter can see it. Amy Pond finds herself should…
The Lodger 7.1
June 12, 2010
There's a house on Aickman road with a staircase that people go up, but never down... To solve the mystery of the man u…
The Pandorica Opens (1) 8.1
June 19, 2010
The Doctor's friends unite to send him a terrible warning; the Pandorica - which is said to contain the most feared bei…
The Big Bang (2) 8.1
June 26, 2010
The Doctor is gone, the Tardis has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all reality is a l…