Amy Pond

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Lore & Background

Amy's existence is woven into the fabric of time itself, originating from a crack in her wall that erased her parents and altered history. When the Doctor returned after a twelve-year delay, he found a nineteen-year-old working as a kissogram. Their adventures began with saving Earth from the Atraxi and soon included Rory Williams, whom she married at the end of the fifth series. The universe's stability hinged on Amy; her memories of the cracks were vital when the Doctor rebooted reality using the Pandorica. During this reset, an Auton version of Rory protected her body for two thousand years. Later, in the sixth series, Amy faced the Silence and discovered she was pregnant with Melody Pond, only to learn her daughter would become River Song. Her life oscillated between domestic normalcy in Leadworth and high-stakes cosmic battles, including a thirty-six-year separation from Rory on a quarantine planet where she aged alone.

In Their Own Story

The narrative begins with seven-year-old Amelia pressing her ear to a crack in the wall, hearing the TARDIS. When the Doctor finally returned twelve years later, he found nineteen-year-old Amy working as a kissogram. Together they faced the Atraxi and traveled to Venice for Rory's date, where Amy realized her love for him over the Doctor. In "Flesh and Stone," they left Earth on her wedding eve. Rory was killed by a Silurian and erased from history, leaving Amy unable to remember him until he reappeared as an Auton Roman centurion in 102 AD during the series finale. After the universe rebooted, she married the restored Rory. The sixth series saw them living normally until the Doctor returned, nearly two hundred years older. Amy witnessed the Doctor's apparent death and dealt with her pregnancy, which turned out to be a Ganger duplicate while the real Amy was held by Madame Kovarian giving birth in captivity. Her daughter Melody was kidnapped and raised to kill the Doctor, eventually regenerating into River Song. In "The Girl Who Waited," an older Amy lived alone for thirty-six years before being left behind due to a TARDIS paradox. By the seventh series opener, she was signing divorce papers as a fashion model, only to reconcile with Rory during a Dalek mission.

Reader's Guide

Amy Pond is characterized by her sharp Scottish wit and a refusal to be passive, often wielding a baseball bat against threats like Weeping Angels or Silurians. She frequently challenged the Doctor's authority, forcing him to confront his own flaws, as seen in "The God Complex" where he broke her faith in him. Her agency was paramount; she chose Rory over the Doctor's romantic tension and later decided to leave the TARDIS to live a normal life. When she discovered she was infertile after "A Good Man Goes to War," she initially left Rory, but they reconciled during their final adventures. She worked as a journalist in her thirties and maintained a close friendship with Vincent van Gogh in 19th-century France. Her departure in "The Angels Take Manhattan" was driven by the need to avoid a paradox; after witnessing a future where they died alone, she allowed herself to be sent back in time by a Weeping Angel to join an aged Rory. They spent their remaining years in New York, with gravestones marking Rory's death at 82 and Amy's at 87. She left a final message for the Doctor in a 1930s novel, assuring him of her happiness.

Did You Know?

• Amy worked as a kissagram at age nineteen before becoming a companion.
• An Auton duplicate of Rory protected Amy's body in the Pandorica for 2000 years.
• Amy gave birth to Melody Pond, who later became River Song and married the Doctor.
• In "The Girl Who Waited", Amy lived alone on a quarantine planet for 36 years while only minutes passed for the others.
• Gravestones in New York reveal Rory died at age 82 and Amy at age 87.

Origin and Early Life

Amelia Jessica Williams (née Pond) lived with only her aunt as a seven-year-old Scottish girl when the Eleventh Doctor crashed into her front yard in "The Eleventh Hour". She asked him to investigate a crack in her wall, but he was delayed by twelve years due to TARDIS alerts. During his absence, Amy's family and friends believed he was an imaginary friend, leading to psychiatric treatment for her insistence on his reality. When the Doctor returned, she was nineteen and working as a kissogram. This period established the theme of waiting that defined her character, transforming a lonely child into a skeptical young woman who eventually chose to travel with him.

Relationships and Companionship

Amy's relationship with Rory Williams began in childhood; their friend Mels revealed Rory had loved Amy for years before hijacking the TARDIS to force them together. After initially traveling alone, Amy was joined by Rory following his death and erasure from history. An Auton duplicate of Rory protected her body in the Pandorica for 2000 years until the universe reboot allowed them to marry on their wedding day. They faced challenges including a visit to Vincent van Gogh in France and a thirty-six-year separation where Amy aged alone while Rory waited. Despite Amy's infertility revealed in the seventh series, they reconciled and continued traveling briefly before leaving the TARDIS crew permanently.

Family Legacy and Motherhood

In the sixth series, Amy gave birth to Melody Pond, who was kidnapped by Madame Kovarian to be trained as an assassin against the Doctor. It was revealed that Melody regenerated into River Song, making Amy the Doctor's mother-in-law after River married him in "The Wedding of River Song". The pregnancy storyline involved Ganger duplicates and visions of Kovarian. In "Let's Kill Hitler", it was shown that Mels, a childhood friend, actually regenerated into River Song after being shot by Hitler. Amy eventually persuaded her adult daughter to make her own way in life. This lineage connected the Ponds directly to the Doctor's future, with River leaving clues for Amy during the universe reboot.

Departure and Final Farewell

Amy and Rory departed in "The Angels Take Manhattan", the fifth episode of the seventh series, when a Weeping Angel sent them back in time. They attempted suicide to create a paradox that would destroy the Angels but failed, leaving only one survivor who sent them to 1930s New York. Gravestones revealed Rory died at 82 and Amy at 87. Before this, they had appeared in "The Time of the Doctor" as a brief cameo. Earlier mentions indicated they spent time on a honeymoon planet and survived an interstellar cruise ship crash. Amy left a message for the Doctor in a 1930s pulp fiction novel, stating she was happy with Rory and worried about him traveling alone.