Flesh & Stone carries the rare strength of being able to make use of just a handful of sets and yet keeping things interesting throughout. The episode reintroduces us to the cracks in time and space that have followed the Doctor and Amy through their travels in the TARDIS, shedding light on what caused them and the latter character's relevance towards them (something which still has yet to be fully addressed- will we find out the truth in the Spring half of Season Six?), while the Weeping Angels hunt the survivors of their current prey through an impossible forest. Admittedly the effect of said baddies is lessened at one point when we technically see them move, but other than that they're as creepy as ever to watch, and certainly warrant a return in the future providing writer Steven Moffat can keep their plans fresh. Even River's identity gets more evident- though as usual nothing's crystal clear- and although many stories would struggle to handle so many plotlines at once Mr. Moffat does wonders over the 45 minutes! There's very little to criticise in what is in my opinion one of the best episodes of Series Five, closing a great two-parter and developing intriguing plot arcs (for both Series 5 & 6) that would come to fruition some weeks later...
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