"Amy's Choice" is a likeable story of "Doctor Who", in that it unknowingly harkens back to the Classic Series era of the show (1963-86), taking the Doctor into literally dark new territory as the TARDIS is plunged into shadow and his villainous alter-ego the Dream Lord (portrayed by the brilliant Toby Jones) mercilessly taunting the Time Lord of his flaws, and demanding Amy make a terrible choice to restore her world to reality. This all sounds great on paper, however where "Amy's Choice" lets Season 5 down somewhat is in its execution: many moments which could have been made genuinely scary by Moffat were merely thought-provoking from writer Simon Nye, and the ever-great Matt Smith isn't given much time to shine, while Amy (Karen Gillian, who seems to be a bit grouchy in this, the final episode filmed) is given the spotlight in all the wrong ways. So- good then, just not great!
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