This whole post is a spoiler, but read on anyway, you pansies.
"The Angels Take Manhattan"
Series: 7
Doctor: Matt Smith
Companions: The Ponds, River Song (Arthur Darvill, Karen Gillan and Alex Kingston)
Writer: Steven Moffat
In the final episode with Amy and Rory, the Doctor comes face to face with one of his worst nightmares: having to say goodbye. They try so hard to save Rory, and in failing, the Doctor not only loses Rory, but also Amy to the horrifying Weeping Angels.
With Alex Kingston doing her best Film Noir, she is a delight to be sure, and a welcome relief from the heaviness and impeding doom that the whole episode carries. It's weighty, it's dark, it's sweet, but most of all, it's just sad. I don't like to rate my favorite companions of the Doctor because I love them all for different reasons (yes, even Martha), but Rory and Amy are truly unique in the longevity, brevity, and loveliness.
The Angels Take Manhattan is a love letter to all companions past and reason in itself of why the Doctor takes his friendships very seriously.
To quote River Song, "He doesn't like endings."
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