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| 218 – "A Good Man Goes to War" | |||
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| Directed by | Peter Hoar | ||
| Written by | Steven Moffat | ||
| Produced by | Marcus Wilson | ||
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| Music by | Murray Gold | ||
| Production code | 2.7 | ||
| Series | Series 6 | ||
| Running time | 50 minutes | ||
| First broadcast | 4 June 2011 | ||
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"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.
The episode follows the cliffhanger of "The Almost People", which reveals Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) had been operating a Flesh duplicate[broken anchor] 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.
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 positive, and the episode was nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form).