{"id":37874,"date":"2023-10-11T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1904326"},"modified":"2023-10-11T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:38:44","slug":"doctor-whos-arthur-darvill-on-amy-and-rorys-perfect-ending","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-arthur-darvill-on-amy-and-rorys-perfect-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Arthur Darvill on Amy and Rory\u2019s \u201cperfect ending\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a decade on, Arthur Darvill reflects on that “shocking, surprising, sad” ending. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 11 October 2023 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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It\u2019s been more than a decade since beloved companions Amy and Rory left Doctor Who<\/a>, but their final episode, The Angels Take Manhattan<\/a>, remains one of the most emotional in the show\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

After three seasons of travelling through space and time together, Matt Smith\u2019s Eleventh Doctor and his companions, played by Karen Gillan<\/a> and Arthur Darvill, were cruelly ripped away from him by the Weeping Angels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Rory went first in a shock ending for his character, Amy decided to follow her husband, saying a heartbreaking goodbye to the Doctor.<\/p>\n

Speaking about his first reaction to the scene, Darvill admits that he couldn\u2019t wait to find out how he left \u2013 but Gillan couldn\u2019t face reading the script until the last minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d been talking about it for a while. When I started, I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be in it for very long. Steven [Moffat] says, \u2018Oh no, I always had a plan,\u2019 which I don\u2019t necessarily believe! But I felt like I was just kind of waiting to be killed at any point but it didn\u2019t happen,\u201d he recalls, exclusively chatting to RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>

\u201cThen they sat us down in, I think, mid season 6. And they\u2019re like, \u2018Look, how long do you want to do this? This is what we think, but what do you want?\u2019 which is really rare, and it was real testament to the kind of nurturing nature and caring nature of the producers and writers. It felt like a family, so that was good being involved in that in that conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the writing was so good and Steven is so brilliant, the whole thing was like a big fairytale, and I just think the arcs that he\u2019d written for everyone were so detailed and nuanced and brilliant and exciting that every time we opened \u2013 well, any script but especially his scripts \u2013 it would be a real treat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Darvill added: \u201cThen we got the script and I read it straight away because I just wanted to find out what happened\u2026 I was really into the story so it was just fascinating to see what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously I found it very emotional, but also, I just thought was a perfect ending for them \u2013 slightly open ended, but also really emotional and I liked that Rory had just been whisked away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that was a really good, shocking, surprising, sad thing. But Kazza refused to read it. She refused to read the script for ages. And I was desperate to talk to her about it, because obviously it involved both of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut every time I spoke to her about it, she was like, \u2018I can\u2019t quite bring myself to read it yet,\u2019 which was really sweet. But then I was like, \u2018I mean, we\u2019re filming it next week! You have to read it!’\u201d<\/p>\n

As for anything he\u2019d change about Rory\u2019s storylines?<\/p>\n

Darvill said: \u201cThere were some episodes where I did just end up standing in the background nodding, so I would have given myself more lines! But no, [I wouldn\u2019t change anything], those bits actually just helped his character arc because he ended up being a bit of a third wheel at times and then he had to really prove himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a pretty perfect story arc, I\u2019ve got no regrets really, which is really rare.<\/p>\n

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