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6x02 Day of the Moon (Part 2)

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First Aired: Apr. 30, 2011 on BBC One

Summary: The Doctor is locked in the perfect prison. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted down across America by the FBI. With the help of new friend and FBI-insider, Canton Everett Delaware the Third, our heroes are reunited to share their discoveries, if not their memories. For the world is…
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Main Characters in this Episode



Guest Stars

Rory played by Arthur Darvill
Canton Delaware played by Mark Sheppard
The Silent played by Marnix Van Den Broeke
President Richard Nixon played by Stuart Milligan
Doctor Renfrew played by Kerry Shale
Gardner played by Glenn Wrage
Grant played by Jeff Mash
Little Girl played by Sydney Wade

Episode Quotes

The Doctor: [to the Silence] As I was saying, my naughty friend here is going kill the first three of you to attack, plus him behind. So maybe you want to draw lots or have a quiz.
Rory: What's he got?
Rory: Something, I hope.
The Doctor: Or maybe you could just listen a minute, because all I really want to do is accept your total surrender, and then I'll let you go in peace. You've been interfering in human history for thousands of years. People have suffered and died. But what's the point in two hearts if you can't be a bit forgiving now and then?

The Doctor: Ooh! The Silence. You guys take that seriously, don't you? Okay, you got me, I'm lying. I'm not really going to let you go that easily. Nice thought, but it's not Christmas. First, you tell me about the girl. Who is she? Why is she important? What's she for? Guys, sorry. But you're way out of time. Now, come on, a bit of history for you. Aren't you proud? Because you helped. Do you know how many people are watching this live on the telly? Half a billion, and that's nothing, because the human race will spread out among the stars, you just watch them fly. Billions and billions of them, for billions and billions of years. And every single one of them, at some point in their lives, will look back at this man, taking that very first step, and they will never, ever forget it. Oh... but they'll forget this bit.

The Doctor: Ready?
Canton Delaware: Ready.

Neil Armstrong: [the moon landing on live TV in the background] It's one small step for man...
The Silent: [video interrupts the broadcast] You should kill us all on sight. You should kill us all on sight.
The Doctor: You've given the order for your own execution, and the whole planet just heard you.
Neil Armstrong: ...one giant leap for mankind.
The Doctor: And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence! You just raised an army against yourself. And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throws you off their planet. They won't even know they're doing it. I think quite possibly the word you're looking for right now is, "Oops!" Run! Guys, I mean us! Run!
The Doctor: [to the Silence, who are holding Amy hostage] Oh, hello. Sorry, you're in the middle of something. Just had to say, though, have you seen what's on the telly? Hello, Amy, you all right? Want to watch some television? Ah, no, stay where you are. 'Cause, look at me, I'm confident. You want to watch that, me when I'm confident. Oh, and this is my friend River. Nice hair, clever, has her own gun, and unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kind of do a bit.
River Song: Thank you, sweetie.
The Doctor: I know you're team players and everything, but she'll definitely kill at least the first three of you.
River Song: Oh, the first seven, easily.
The Doctor: Seven? Really?
River Song: Oh, eight for you, honey.
The Doctor: Stop it.
River Song: Make me.
The Doctor: Yeah, well, maybe I will.
Amy Pond: Is this really important, flirting? Because I think I should be higher on the list right now!
River Song: Apollo 11's your secret weapon?
The Doctor: No, no, it's not Apollo 11. That would be silly.

The Doctor: It's Neil Armstrong's foot.

Mistakes/Goofs

  • Goof (revealing mistake): The "live" TV broadcast of the Apollo 11 liftoff and landing have shots that were not available at the time they occurred as they were from cameras on board the vehicle.
  • Goof (factual errors): During the moon walk broadcast, the voice-over states that the whole world watched Apollo 11 lift off five days earlier. Apollo 11 lifted off on Wednesday, July 16th, and the moon walk took place on Sunday, July 20th (four days later, not five).
  • Goof (factual errors): When the Doctor is confronting the Silence at the moment Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon, one can hear the words "You got a bunch of people about to turn blue..." spoken by one of the NASA ground controllers (CAPCOM). This was actually said several hours earlier, when the lunar lander touched down on the moon.
  • Goof (anachronisms): In the opening scene Amy Pond is chased and cornered by two Jeeps. The black one, a JEEP CJ-7 was not made until 1978 and the model shown wasn't available until 1984.
  • Goof (continuity error): When Amy sees the little girl in space suit, there is a bullet hole in the face plate. Later, when the Doctor, Rory and River find the empty suit, there is no bullet hole.