Editing Amy Pond

{{short description|Fictional character in the TV series Doctor Who}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Amy Pond
| series = [[Doctor Who]]
| image = Amy Pond Doctor Who.png
| image_size = 200px
| caption = [[Karen Gillan]] as Amy Pond
| first = "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]" (2010)
| last = "[[The Time of the Doctor]]" (2013)
| creator = [[Steven Moffat]]
| portrayer = [[Karen Gillan]]<br>[[Caitlin Blackwood]] (young)
| lbl3 = Duration
| data3 = 2010–2013
| affiliation = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
| spouse = [[Rory Williams]]
| children = {{Plainlist|
* [[River Song (Doctor Who)|Melody Pond]]
* Anthony Williams<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Who: Lockdown - Rory's Story |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqW4XjZwC8  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/eVqW4XjZwC8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=19 October 2020 |date=11 April 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
}}
| relatives = [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]] (child-in-law), Brian Williams (father-in-law)
}}
'''Amelia "Amy" Pond''' is a fictional character portrayed by [[Karen Gillan]] in the long-running British [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Amy is a [[companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] of the series protagonist [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]], in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]], played by [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]]. She appears in the programme from the [[Doctor Who (series 5)|fifth series]] (2010) to midway through the [[Doctor Who (series 7)|seventh series]] (2012). Gillan returned for a brief cameo in Smith's final episode "[[The Time of the Doctor]]".

The Doctor first meets Amy when she is about seven years old (portrayed by [[Caitlin Blackwood]]) and disturbed by a crack in her wall. He promises to return to the lonely girl in five minutes and take her with him in the [[TARDIS]], but accidentally arrives twelve years later, by which time adult Amy has become sceptical about her "imaginary friend". However, she eventually decides to travel with him, and the duo are later joined by her fiancé [[Rory Williams]] ([[Arthur Darvill]]). Amy and Rory marry at the end of the fifth series. In the [[Doctor Who (series 6)|sixth series]], Amy gives birth to their daughter, Melody Pond, who is revealed to be recurring character (since the [[Doctor Who (series 4)|fourth series]]) [[River Song (Doctor Who)|River Song]] ([[Alex Kingston]]).

==Appearances==

===Television===
Amelia Pond is introduced in the first episode of the [[Doctor Who (series 5)|fifth series]] (2010), "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]", as a seven-year-old girl living with only her aunt when [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] ([[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]]) crashes into her front yard one night. She asks him to investigate an unusual crack in her wall, but he is interrupted by an alert from the [[TARDIS]]. He promises Amelia that he will return in five minutes, but is inadvertently late by twelve years. In the intervening period, Amelia's family and friends believe the Doctor is just her imaginary friend; her insistence that he is real leads to her being treated by [[Psychiatry|psychiatrists]]. When the Doctor returns, Amy is nineteen years old and working as a [[kissogram]]. She helps him save Earth from the galactic police force, the [[List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens#Atraxi|Atraxi]], and when he returns two years later she begins travelling with him as his companion.<ref name="The Eleventh Hour">{{cite episode |title=The Eleventh Hour |episode-link=The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=3 April 2010|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), Adam Smith (director), [[Tracie Simpson]] (producer)|number=1|series-no=5}}</ref> At the end of "[[Flesh and Stone]]", Amy reveals that they had left Earth on the eve of her marriage to [[Rory Williams]] ([[Arthur Darvill]]) and attempts to [[Seduction|seduce]] the Doctor.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Flesh and Stone]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), Adam Smith (director), [[Tracie Simpson]] (producer)|airdate=1 May 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=5|number=5}}</ref> The Doctor finds Rory and takes him and Amy to 16th century [[Venice]] on an intended romantic date after which Rory continues travelling with them.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[The Vampires of Venice]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Toby Whithouse]] (writer), [[Jonny Campbell]] (director), [[Tracie Simpson]] and Patrick Schweitzer (producers)|airdate=8 May 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=5|number=6}}</ref> In "[[Amy's Choice (Doctor Who)|Amy's Choice]]", Amy is pressured to resolve her conflicted feelings for the Doctor and Rory and realises the depth of her love for Rory.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Amy's Choice (Doctor Who)|Amy's Choice]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Simon Nye]] (writer), Catherine Morshead (director), [[Tracie Simpson]] (producer)|airdate=15 May 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=5|number=7}}</ref> At the end of "[[Cold Blood (Doctor Who)|Cold Blood]]", Rory is killed by a [[Silurian (Doctor Who)|Silurian]], then is erased from history by the cracks in the universe. Because he is part of Amy's own time-line, she ceases to remember him.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Cold Blood (Doctor Who)|Cold Blood]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Chris Chibnall]] (writer), Ashley Way (director), [[Peter Bennett (producer)|Peter Bennett]] (producer)|airdate=29 May 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=5|number=9}}</ref> The Doctor takes Amy to 19th century [[France]] to lessen his guilt about Rory's loss and she forms a close friendship with famed painter [[Vincent van Gogh]] ([[Tony Curran]]).<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Vincent and the Doctor]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Richard Curtis]] (writer), [[Jonny Campbell]] (director), [[Tracie Simpson]] and Patrick Schweitzer (producers)|airdate=5 June 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=5|number=10}}</ref>

In the fifth series finale, "[[The Pandorica Opens]]"/"[[The Big Bang (Doctor Who)|The Big Bang]]", Rory reappears in 102 AD as a Roman [[centurion]]. He triggers Amy's memories, but as she remembers, it is revealed that the centurion Rory is actually an [[Auton]]—a duplicate of living plastic—created from Amy's memories to help capture the Doctor. Rory's consciousness tries to fight his programming, but he is compelled to shoot and kill her.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[The Pandorica Opens]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Toby Haynes]] (director), [[Peter Bennett (producer)|Peter Bennett]] (producer)|airdate=19 June 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=5|number=12}}</ref> Amy's body is kept alive in the Pandorica, a special prison intended to trap the Doctor. The Auton Rory protects it for 2000 years. The Doctor realises that Amy is connected to the cracks in the universe which originated from a temporal explosion on her wedding day. He tells her that her parents had been erased by the crack in her wall and urges her to remember them. After he uses the Pandorica to reboot the universe, the Doctor travels back through his timeline and is able to plant memories in Amy of the TARDIS. Amy awakes on her wedding day in a timeline where her parents are again part of reality and marries a restored Rory. Her memories are stirred by the TARDIS-shaped diary [[River Song (Doctor Who)|River Song]] ([[Alex Kingston]]) leaves for her. Once Amy remembers the Doctor, he is restored to reality.<ref name="Big Bang">{{cite episode|title=[[The Big Bang (Doctor Who)|The Big Bang]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Toby Haynes]] (director), [[Peter Bennett (producer)|Peter Bennett]] (producer)|airdate=26 June 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=5|number=13}}</ref> It is mentioned in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' serial ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'' that the Doctor dropped Amy and Rory off on a "honeymoon planet",<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Death of the Doctor]]|series=[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]|date=25{{ndash}}26 October 2010|credits=[[Russell T Davies]] (writer), Ashley Way (director), [[Brian Minchin]] and [[Phil Ford (writer)|Phil Ford]] (producers)|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]|series-no=4|number=3}}</ref> and the couple continues their honeymoon aboard an interstellar cruise ship which the Doctor saves from crashing into a populated planet.<ref>{{cite episode |episode-link=A Christmas Carol (Doctor Who) |title=A Christmas Carol |series=Doctor Who |airdate=25 December 2011 |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Toby Haynes]] (director), Sanne Wohlenberg (producer) |series-no=6|number=X}}</ref>

The [[Doctor Who (series 6)|sixth series]] (2011) begins with Amy and Rory living a normal domestic life. They receive an anonymous invitation to the [[Utah]] desert where they reunite with the Doctor&nbsp;—now aged nearly two hundred years since they have last met&nbsp;—and fellow invitee River Song. Amy witnesses the Doctor's death at the hand of an astronaut in an [[Apollo/Skylab A7L|Apollo space suit]], but they discover the Doctor also invited a younger version of himself, with whom they travel to 1969 [[Washington, D.C.]] to investigate strange occurrences involving [[Silence (Doctor Who)|the Silence]], an alien race who cannot be remembered after they are encountered. While there, Amy informs the Doctor she is pregnant before attempting to shoot a little girl in an Apollo space suit, believing it will stop her from killing the future Doctor.<ref name="Impossible Astronaut">{{cite episode |episode-link=The Impossible Astronaut |title=The Impossible Astronaut |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |series-no=6 |number=1 |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=23 April 2011 |credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Toby Haynes]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)}}</ref> In the girl's orphanage room, Amy finds strange pictures of herself holding a newborn baby. When the Doctor questions Amy about the pregnancy, she insists she was wrong and further investigation by the Doctor is inconclusive.<ref name="Day of the Moon">{{cite episode |episode-link=Day of the Moon |title=Day of the Moon|series=Doctor Who|series-link=Doctor Who|series-no=6 |number=2 |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=30 April 2011|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Toby Haynes]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)}}</ref> Throughout their adventures, Amy is plagued by strange visions of a woman wearing an eye-patch ([[Frances Barber]]) appearing sporadically only to her.<ref name="Day of the Moon" /><ref name="Black Spot">{{cite episode|title=[[The Curse of the Black Spot]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Stephen Thompson (writer)|Stephen Tompson]] (writer), Jeremy Webb (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)|airdate=7 May 2011|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=6|number=3}}</ref><ref name="Rebel Flesh">{{cite episode |title=[[The Rebel Flesh]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Matthew Graham]] (writer), Julian Simpson (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)|airdate=21 May 2011|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=6|number=5}}</ref> In "[[The Almost People]]" it is revealed that the Amy presented (on screen) insisting she is not pregnant, is actually a [[List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (0–9, A–G)#G|Ganger]] &ndash; a duplicate animated by the real Amy's consciousness &ndash; while the real Amy is in the captivity of the eye-patched woman and about to give birth.<ref name="Almost People">{{cite episode|episode-link=The Almost People|title=The Almost People|series=Doctor Who|series-link=Doctor Who|series-no=6|number=6|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=28 May 2011|credits=[[Matthew Graham]] (writer), Julian Simpson (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)}}</ref> In "[[A Good Man Goes to War]]", her baby&nbsp;—named Melody Pond&nbsp;—is kidnapped by the eye-patched woman, [[List of Doctor Who villains#Madame Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]], who will train her to one day kill the Doctor. River Song then arrives and tells Amy that she is an adult Melody.<ref name="Good Man">{{cite episode |episode-link=A Good Man Goes to War|title=A Good Man Goes to War |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who|series-no=6|number=6|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=4 June 2011|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), Peter Hoar (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)}}</ref>

A flashback in "[[Let's Kill Hitler]]" introduces Amy and Rory's childhood friend Mels ([[Nina Toussaint-White]]). As teenagers, it was Mels who pointed out that Rory had been in love with Amy for some time, which led to the two dating. In the present, Mels hijacks the TARDIS and directs it to 1939 where she is shot by [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] ([[Albert Welling]]) and regenerates into River Song, revealing that Amy had grown up alongside her daughter, who was trained by the Silence to kill the Doctor. Amy is later persuaded by the Doctor to let her adult daughter make her own way in life.<ref name="Let's Kill Hitler">{{cite episode|title=[[Let's Kill Hitler]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), Richard Senior (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)|airdate=27 August 2011|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=6|number=8}}</ref> In "[[The Girl Who Waited]]", Amy becomes separated from the Doctor and Rory on a planet's quarantine facility and lives on her own for 36 years before they return. The Doctor wants to go back in time to rescue the younger Amy, but the older Amy insists that they take both of her. However, the Doctor knows the TARDIS will not accept the paradox and is forced to leave the older Amy behind.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[The Girl Who Waited]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Tom MacRae]] (writer), [[Nick Hurran]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)|airdate=10 September 2011 |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=6|number=10}}</ref> In "[[The God Complex]]", the Doctor breaks Amy's faith in him after he discovers that they are trapped in a prison for a being that kills by feeding on faith. At the conclusion of that episode, not wanting to risk their lives further, he parts ways with her and Rory after giving them a house and car.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[The God Complex]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Toby Whithouse]] (writer), [[Nick Hurran]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer) |airdate=17 September 2011|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=6|number=11}}</ref> Amy appears briefly in "[[Closing Time (Doctor Who)|Closing Time]]", where she is shown to have become a fashion model, noted for a perfume campaign with the slogan "For The Girl Who Is Tired of Waiting".<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Closing Time (Doctor Who)|Closing Time]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Gareth Roberts (writer)|Gareth Roberts]] (writer), Steve Hughs (director), Denise Paul (producer)|airdate=24 September 2011|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=6|number=12}}</ref> The sixth series finale "[[The Wedding of River Song]]" depicts an alternate universe created by River refusing to kill the Doctor in Utah, as previously shown. Amy leads a secret organisation which fights the Silence. She reunites the Doctor with River and later kills Madame Kovarian for kidnapping Melody and depriving her of raising her baby. After history is restored, River visits Amy and reveals that the Doctor has faked his death.<ref name="Wedding">{{cite episode |episode-link=The Wedding of River Song |title=The Wedding of River Song|series=Doctor Who|series-link=Doctor Who |series-no=6 |number=13 |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=1 October 2011|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), Jeremy Webb (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)}}</ref> At the end of [[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe|the 2011 Christmas special]], the Doctor returns to Amy and Rory two years later (in their time) and has Christmas dinner with them.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]] |series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Farren Blackburn]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer) |airdate=25 December 2011|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=7|number=X}}</ref>

The [[Doctor Who (series 7)|series seven]] opener "[[Asylum of the Daleks]]" (2012) shows Amy, still working as a fashion model, signing papers for her and Rory's divorce. In the episode, the Doctor engineers a reconciliation between the two during the mission, allowing them to discuss their feelings for each other. It is revealed Amy left Rory because she has been infertile since "A Good Man Goes to War", and knew he wanted children.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Asylum of the Daleks]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Nick Hurran]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)|airdate=1 September 2012|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]] |series-no=7 |number=1}}</ref> The couple continue traveling with the Doctor on small adventures in "[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]" and "[[A Town Called Mercy]]", but leave at the end of each to return to their normal lives.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]] |series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Chris Chibnall]] (writer), [[Saul Metzstein]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer) |airdate=8 September 2012|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=7|number=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=[[A Town Called Mercy]] |series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Toby Whithouse]] (writer), [[Saul Metzstein]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)|airdate=15 September 2012|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=7|number=3}}</ref> In "[[The Power of Three (Doctor Who)|The Power of Three]]", Amy says that the Doctor has been in her and Rory's life for ten years, and she now works as a journalist. The couple realise they have to choose between their normal lives and their life with the Doctor. They are inclined to choose the former, but Rory's father Brian ([[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]]) encourages the pair to continue travelling with the Doctor.<ref>{{cite episode |title=[[The Power of Three (Doctor Who)|The Power of Three]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=[[Chris Chibnall]] (writer), [[Douglas Mackinnon]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer)|airdate=22 September 2012|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]] |series-no=7 |number=4}}</ref> Their next adventure, "[[The Angels Take Manhattan]]", is their last. In the story, Amy and Rory are threatened by the evil [[Weeping Angel]]s, whose touch will send them into the distant past to die alone. Having witnessed this eventuality, they attempt suicide, creating a [[ontological paradox|paradox]] which destroys all but one Angel, but also renders the area permanently off-limits to the Doctor's TARDIS. In the present, the surviving Angel sends Rory back in time, and knowing the Doctor cannot recover him, Amy allows the Angel to touch her too so she can be with him. Gravestones in a New York cemetery reveal that Rory died at the age of 82 and Amy died at the age of 87. River arranges for Amy to leave the Doctor a message in the afterword of a 1930s pulp fiction novel, where she says she is happy with Rory and that they worry about the Doctor travelling alone.<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[The Angels Take Manhattan]] |series=[[Doctor Who]] |credits=[[Steven Moffat]] (writer), [[Nick Hurran]] (director), Marcus Wilson (producer) |airdate=29 September 2012|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|series-no=7|number=5}}</ref> "[[P.S. (Doctor Who)|P.S.]]", a mini-episode supplement based on the original script for this episode, shows that Rory and Amy adopted a son, in 1946, and named him Anthony Brian Williams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zn6ff|title=Doctor Who: P.S. |format=Video |publisher=BBC |date=12 October 2012 |access-date=13 October 2012}}</ref><!--P.S. is canon; Chibnall confirmed it was originally supposed to be on the DVD--> Gillan reprises the role in "[[The Time of the Doctor]]" (2013), in which Matt Smith departs the series. During the Eleventh Doctor's [[regeneration (Doctor Who)|regeneration]], he hallucinates images of young Amelia Pond on board his TARDIS, before a vision of adult Amy approaches and says a final goodbye.

In the [[Doctor Who (2023 specials)|60th anniversary special]] story "[[The Giggle]]", [[The_Celestial_Toymaker|the Toymaker]] depicts Amy as a [[marionette]] alongside [[Clara Oswald]] and [[Bill Potts (Doctor Who)|Bill Potts]], taunting the Doctor by reminding him of companions who died while travelling with him.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Griffin |first1=Louise |title=Doctor Who brutally references Amy Pond and more companions in The Giggle |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-the-giggle-amy-pond-reference-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>

===Other media===
In addition to the television series, Amy has appeared in several BBC-licensed ''Doctor Who'' novels, audio dramas, and comics. The first set of corresponding [[New Series Adventures]] novels—''[[Apollo 23]]'', ''[[Night of the Humans]]'' and ''[[The Forgotten Army]]''—were published in April 2010 and feature solely the Eleventh Doctor and Amy. The next set—comprising ''[[Nuclear Time]]'', ''[[The King's Dragon]]'' and ''[[The Glamour Chase]]''—were released in July 2010 and feature the Doctor, Amy, and Rory. In [[Michael Moorcock]]'s lengthier ''[[The Coming of the Terraphiles]]'', which takes place during a time in the fifth series Rory is absent, Amy is proposed to by one of the characters, to whom she declines. In April 2011, another set of New Series Adventures were released to correspond with Amy and Rory's travels in the sixth series, containing ''Dead of Winter'', ''[[The Way Through the Woods (Doctor Who)|The Way Through the Woods]]'', and ''Hunter's Moon''. A subsequent series of three books were published in June. In September, another longer novel was published, ''[[The Silent Stars Go By]]'', which sees the trio face the [[Ice Warrior]]s. In addition, Amy appears singularly alongside the Doctor in four 2010 "Decide Your Destiny" books, as well as alongside Rory in six "2in1" adventure chapter books. The three also feature in the [[Quick Reads Initiative]] [[novella]] ''Magic of the Angels''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quickreads.org.uk/content/doctor-who-magic-angels |title=Doctor Who Magic of the Angels |publisher=[[Quick Reads Initiative]] |access-date=28 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110051121/http://www.quickreads.org.uk/content/doctor-who-magic-angels |archive-date=10 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Amy, Rory, and the Doctor appear in [[IDW Publishing]]'s comic book series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2|Assimilation<sup>2</sup>]]'', published from May to December 2012, which is a [[crossover fiction|crossover]] between ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. They team up with the crew of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise''-D]] to stop an alliance between the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2224/ |title=First Ever Star Trek®/Doctor Who Comic Book Crossover Coming in May |publisher=[[IDW Publishing]] |date=13 February 2012 |access-date=28 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410160116/http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2224 |archive-date=10 April 2013}}</ref> Amy and Rory appear briefly in the mini-series "Prisoners of Time" where they join other past companions and versions of the Doctor in battling the main villains of the series. During a battle with some Autons, 11 introduces them to Clara Oswald. 
<!--Other comics, audio drama-->

Amy Pond has appeared in several ''Doctor Who'' video games. Voiced by Gillan, she appears in all five episodes of ''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]'' which were marketed as extra episodes.<ref name="Adventure Games">{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Jones |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/916-doctor-who-the-adventures-interactive-video-games-announced/ |title=New Doctor Who interactive episodes announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418003718/http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/916-doctor-who-the-adventures-interactive-video-games-announced/ |archive-date=18 April 2010 |work=[[Radio Times]]|date=8 April 2010|access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110721_01/New_Adventure_Game_The_Explosive_Details |title=New Adventure Game: The Explosive Details! |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2011 |access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> The virtual character was created using [[rotoscoping]] of Gillan's movements.<ref>{{cite web |first=Simon |last=Nelson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2010/06/enter-the-city-of-the-daleks-in-doctor-whos-new-adventure-game.shtml |title=Enter the City of the Daleks in Doctor Who's new adventure games |publisher=BBC |date=4 June 2010 |access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> She also is featured, voiced by Gillan, in the 2010 video games ''[[Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who: Return to Earth]]'', made for the [[Nintendo DS|DS]] and [[Nintendo]] [[Wii]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|first=William |last=Gallagher |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/1024-doctor-who-games-for-nintendo-and-wii/ |title=Doctor Who games for Wii and Nintendo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825204417/http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/1024-doctor-who-games-for-nintendo-and-wii/ |archive-date=25 August 2010 |work=[[Radio Times]]|date=24 August 2010 |access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> Amy also appears in the smartphone app game ''[[Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Wicks |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2010/12/first-look-doctor-who-the-mazes-of-time-game/ |title=First Look: 'Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time' Game |publisher=[[BBC America]] |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref>

==Characterisation==

===Creation and casting{{anchor|Caitlin Blackwood}}===
[[File:10.13.12CaitlinBlackwoodByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|left|Young Amy, whom the Doctor first meets, was played by [[Caitlin Blackwood]], Karen Gillan's real-life cousin.]]
''Doctor Who'' [[executive producer]] and head writer [[Steven Moffat]] came up with the name for the character.<ref>{{cite news | title = The Name's Pond. Amy Pond&nbsp;— Details emerge about new companion! |work =[[BBC News]] |publisher = BBC |date =20 July 2009 |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090720_news_02 |access-date = 25 December 2009}}</ref> Moffat chose the name "[[Pond]]" to create a link between Amy and River Song, who would be revealed to be Amy's daughter.<ref name="River plan">{{cite web |first=Morgan |last=Jeffery |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a337044/doctor-who-steven-moffat-planned-river-song-twist-for-a-long-time.html |title='Doctor Who' Steven Moffat planned River Song twist 'for a long time'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> Moffat's predecessor, [[Russell T Davies]], stated in an interview with [[Dose (magazine)|''Dose'' magazine]] that "We've held off on companions for a long time, so you'll get rewarded with a great, big, strong character in Amy Pond, when she arrives. I think that plan's been good."<ref>{{cite news|last=Angus |first=Kat |title=More with Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies |work=[[Dose magazine]] |publisher=TV Casualty |date=15 December 2009 |url=http://communities.dose.ca/dose/blogs/tvcasualty/archive/2009/12/15/more-with-doctor-who-s-russell-t-davies.aspx |access-date=25 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222223907/http://communities.dose.ca/dose/blogs/tvcasualty/archive/2009/12/15/more-with-doctor-who-s-russell-t-davies.aspx |archive-date=22 December 2009 }}</ref>

Andy Pryor, the casting director, suggested Gillan to Moffat after her performance in the [[Doctor Who (series 4)|fourth series]] episode "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]", in which she played a [[Fortune-telling|soothsayer]], but Moffat originally thought Gillan was "wee and dumpy".<ref name="DSfuture">{{cite web|first=Neil|last=Wilkes|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a184561/steven-moffat-talks-doctor-who-future.html|title=Steven Moffat talks 'Doctor Who' future|publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |date=1 November 2009|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Later, however, he stated that she was "exactly right for the role", though she portrayed the character differently from how Moffat originally wrote.<ref name="Moffatpress">{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/19/doctor_who2.shtml |title=Doctor Who: Steven Moffat&nbsp;— Lead Writer and Executive Producer|publisher=BBC|date=19 March 2010|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Gillan was reportedly the last to audition for the role, and stood out as she was "a bit kookier" than the others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7421880/Doctor-Who-star-Matt-Smith-on-sonic-screwdrivers-Steven-Moffat-and-following-David-Tennant.html|title=Doctor Who star Matt Smith on sonic screwdrivers, Steven Moffat, and following David Tennant |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=11 March 2010|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Moffat said of the casting, "We saw some amazing actresses for this part. But when Karen came through the door, the game was up&nbsp;— she was funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it. A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too."<ref>{{cite news |title =Doctor Who assistant is unveiled |work =[[BBC News Online]] |date = 29 May 2009 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8073734.stm |access-date = 19 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last = Young | first =Fiona |title =Drama coach on how Doctor Who's Karen Gillan went from teacher to the Tardis |work =[[Scottish Daily Record]]| publisher = dailyrecord.co.uk |date = 6 December 2009 | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/2009/12/06/drama-coach-on-how-doctor-who-s-karen-gillan-went-from-teacher-to-the-tardis-86908-21877725/ | access-date = 25 December 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100125092418/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/2009/12/06/drama-coach-on-how-doctor-who-s-karen-gillan-went-from-teacher-to-the-tardis-86908-21877725/| archive-date= 25 January 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref> ''Doctor Who'' executive producer and drama chief at BBC Wales [[Piers Wenger]] concurred, "We knew Karen was perfect for the role the moment we saw her. She brought an energy and excitement to the part that was just fantastic."<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/29/doctor-who-karen-gillan|title=Doctor Who's new companion unveiled as 21-year-old Karen Gillan|last=Holmwood|first=Leigh|date=29 May 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |access-date=25 December 2009|location=London}}</ref> Gillan was aware of the show but was not as big a fan of it as her mother was, due to it not being on when she was growing up. However, she watched some with her mother after it returned in 2005, and was also a fan of other science fiction such as ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.<ref name="GillanAVclub">{{cite web |first=Emily |last=VanDerWerff|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/karen-gillan,60901/|title=Karen Gillan|work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=25 August 2011|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>

Gillan auditioned for the role in both her natural [[Scottish English|Scottish]] accent and an [[English language in England|English]] one, and it was not until after she was cast that it was decided Amy would be Scottish.<ref name="Scotsredhead">{{cite web|first=Rick |last=Fulton |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-interviews/2010/03/22/new-doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-it-s-great-to-be-a-scots-redhead-in-the-tardis-86908-22129950/ |title=New Doctor Who star Karen Gillan: It's great to be a Scots redhead in the Tardis |work=Daily Record |date=22 March 2010 |access-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609185407/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-interviews/2010/03/22/new-doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-it-s-great-to-be-a-scots-redhead-in-the-tardis-86908-22129950/ |archive-date=9 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name="GillanSFX">{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Golder|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/29/karen-gillan-interview-taster/|title=Doctor Who Karen Gillan Interview Taster|work=SFX|date=29 April 2010|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Gillan commented that she felt the Scottish accent better suited the character.<ref>{{Cite journal | author = EJD| title = The New Companion| journal = [[Radio Times]]|date=March 2010 |page = 20}}</ref> A younger version of Amy, known as "Amelia", appears in several episodes. Amelia was played by Gillan's real-life 10-year-old cousin [[Caitlin Blackwood]]. Though the two actresses had not met until the set of the show, Gillan recommended Blackwood for the role; Blackwood, however, still had to undergo rigorous auditions first.<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=English |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/television-news/2010/03/31/new-doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-mets-cousin-for-the-first-time-on-set-of-the-show-86908-22150888/ |title=New Doctor Who star Karen Gillan meets cousin for the first time...on set of the show |work=Daily Record |date=31 March 2010 |access-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728214733/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/television-news/2010/03/31/new-doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-mets-cousin-for-the-first-time-on-set-of-the-show-86908-22150888/ |archive-date=28 July 2012 }}</ref><ref name="con1">{{cite episode |title=Call Me the Doctor|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|airdate=3 April 2010|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]] |series-no=5 |number=1}}</ref> Blackwood and Gillan did get to act together in "[[The Big Bang (Doctor Who)|The Big Bang]]", which Gillan initially found "weird", though the two actresses became used to it quickly.<ref name="big bang con">{{cite episode |title=Out of Time |series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|airdate=26 June 2010|series-no=5|number=13|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]}}</ref>

===Personality and character arc===
{{quote box|quote="That's been what I absolutely most love about playing this character, is that she's not just a character. We know what she's like, and that's her run on the show. We're seeing her whole life pan out. That's what I love about her so much. I hope she's changing. She was quite snarky in the [fifth series]...Because she was always still such a child inside, as one of the monsters said to her at one point. And then we see the universe rebooted, so she's got two different versions of reality, so she's still a little messed-up, but she's far more settled as a person, having had a normal upbringing in one reality. She's married, and she has a kid."|width=30%|align=right|source=Karen Gillan<ref name="GillanAVclub" />}}
Gillan stated that "having read the first episode I was utterly smitten [with the show], and with the character. Amy's a sassy lady, funny and passionate, and her relationship with the Doctor has a really interesting dynamic".<ref name="guardian interview">{{cite web |first=Euan |last=Fergus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/14/karen-gillan-doctor-who|title=Karen Gillan: Meet Doctor Who's new assistant |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 March 2010|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Gillan believed that the Doctor still saw Amy as the same seven-year-old girl he first met, and described their relationship as brother and sister, with Amy sometimes acting as an "annoying little sister". She also did not want Amy, like previous companions, to stand around "in awe of the Doctor all the time" or "mope around" while he was not there; Amy would "do her own thing, whether it's fighting monsters in strange new worlds or just getting on with her life in her own village".<ref name="Gillandefends" /> During her first series, Gillan wanted Amy to act "like a child in an adult body" because she had not properly grown up.<ref name="brilliant book"/> She appears more guarded because "she doesn't like to show her emotions because she wants to be strong".<ref name="Pond life">{{cite web |first=Sarah |last=Morganre|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Karen's+happy+with+Pond+life%3b+On+the+set+of+Doctor+Who%2c+Karen+Gillan...-a0254599208 |title=Karen's happy with Pond life; On the set of Doctor Who, Karen Gillan drops dark hints about momentous events ahead in the new series |work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|date=23 April 2011 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> However, she begins her second series as a more settled person,<ref name="brilliant book">{{cite book |last=Hickman |first=Clayton |title=The Brilliant Book 2012 |year=2011 |publisher=[[BBC Books]]|isbn=978-1849902304 |page=36}}</ref> and shows more emotion, especially with the birth of her daughter.<ref name="Pond life"/>

Gillan had substantial input into Amy's costume, as well as her hair and make-up.<ref name="GillanSFX" /> In the first episode, costume designer Ray Holman stated that Amy's identity was not clear and that she wore her own clothes later on.<ref name="costume">{{cite web |first=Nick|last=Setchfield|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/03/28/doctor-who-the-new-costume/|title=Dressing Doctor Who |work=SFX|date=28 March 2010|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Gillan thought that Amy had inner confidence to wear clothes that showed "a bit of skin from time to time".<ref name="GillanSFX" /> Gillan said she tried on many things, but when it came to short skirts she "just thought it was right" and showed that Amy was "comfortable and confident about her look".<ref name="too sexy" /> She believed that the skirts reflected what young women typically wear at her age.<ref name="Gillandefends">{{cite web| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7828765/Doctor-Who-star-Karen-Gillan-defends-too-sexy-Amy-Pond.html |title=Doctor Who star Karen Gillan defends 'too sexy' Amy Pond |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref> Executive producer Piers Wenger also noted that Amy's 1970s [[flying jacket]], which she wears "quite a lot", reflected Gillan was a "born adventurer" and Amy developed a love for travel and adventure.<ref name="costume" /> In the sixth series, Amy wears more jeans and longer trousers; Gillan stated, "she's getting a little bit more tomboyish as she becomes more of an action girl".<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Naughton|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-04-23/interview-karen-gillan---doctor-who-hits-america|title=Interview: Karen Gillan&nbsp;— Doctor Who hits America|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=23 April 2011|access-date=31 March 2012|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305202419/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-04-23/interview-karen-gillan---doctor-who-hits-america|url-status=dead}}</ref> Amy never wears heels, as Gillan desired that the footwear be functional for saving the world.<ref name="guardian2013">{{cite news |first1=Cameron |last1=Robertson |first2=Richard |last2=Sprenger |first3=Thibaut |last3=Remy |first4=Stuart |last4=Heritage |first5=Becky |last5=Barnicoat |first6=Steve |last6=Schofield |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/video/2013/sep/27/doctor-who-companions-video-interviews |title=Doctor Who's companions on life inside the Tardis - video interviews |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 September 2013|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref>

As the Doctor accidentally did not return for her until twelve years later, Amy grew up a different person than she would have. She had become "cynical" and "distrustful" as the Doctor did not return as he had promised and she was forced to believe he was just an imaginary friend, and had resorted to being "tough". Moffat theorised that Amy would have taken her anger out on Rory and would have been "mean" about things such as [[Santa Claus]] and the [[Tooth Fairy]].<ref name="eleventh hour con">{{cite episode|title=Call Me the Doctor |series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|airdate=3 April 2010|series-no=5|number=1|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]}}</ref> The second episode, "[[The Beast Below]]", was to introduce Amy into the role of the Doctor's [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] and how much he needed one.<ref name="beast below con">{{cite episode|title=All About the Girl|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]] |airdate=10 April 2010|series-no=5|number=2|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]}}</ref> Though Amy soon tries to seduce the Doctor, Moffat believed that it was consistent with the cynical character he had built up. It was also a reflection of how the two had just escaped from death and shared a hard time together, and Amy's tendency to do things "in the heat of the moment".<ref name="flesh and stone con">{{cite episode|title=Blinded by the Light|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|airdate=1 May 2010 |series-no=5 |number=5 |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC Three]]}}</ref> In "[[Amy's Choice (Doctor Who)|Amy's Choice]]", meant to challenge the Doctor and Amy's relationship,<ref name="Nye">{{cite web |first=Mayer |last=Nissim |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a218936/qa-simon-nye-talks-amys-choice.html |title=Q&A: Simon Nye talks 'Amy's Choice'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=10 May 2010 |access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Rory dies in an alternate universe that was a result of psychic pollen that had entered the TARDIS. This is when Amy truly realises her feelings for Rory.<ref name="amy's choice con">{{cite episode|title=Arthurian Legend |series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|airdate=15 May 2010|series-no=5|number=7|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]}}</ref> As a primary part of the series' story arc, Rory officially dies and is erased from history and Amy's memory.<ref name="cold blood con">{{cite episode |title=What Goes on Tour...|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|airdate=29 May 2010|series-no=5|number=9|network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC Three]]}}</ref> Though Rory later returns, he is an Auton duplicate who kills her, which reflected Moffat's belief that all good love stories end in tragedy.<ref name="pandorica con">{{cite episode|title=Alien Abduction|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]] |airdate=19 June 2010 |series-no=5|number=12|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]}}</ref> The end of "The Big Bang", in which Amy stands up at her wedding and declares the Doctor is real, was the Doctor's success at restoring Amy to the spirit of the girl he first met.<ref name="big bang con" />

Moffat had always intended for Amy and Rory to get married "from the off".<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/04_april/05/doctorwho2.shtml |title=Doctor Who: Interview with Steven Moffat |publisher=BBC |date=5 April 2011|access-date=27 January 2012}}</ref> Gillan stated, "What I love about that relationship is that we really saw it develop to get to the stage where they were happy together. Because we started off at a point where Amy didn't want to be committed to him, and he absolutely did, and that just gave us somewhere to go with it, rather than just them being happy together. So it was interesting, and it evolved, and Rory really became a hero in the process".<ref name="GillanAVclub" /> She was pleased that the audience was able to see Amy's life "pan out", starting when she was a child and through her marriage and daughter.<ref name="GillanAVclub" /> Gillan stated that the aftermath of "A Good Man Goes to War" would "change her in a big way for the long run and I think we are going to get to see Amy in a really different light".<ref>{{cite web |first=Ryan |last=Love |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a322807/karen-gillan-female-viewers-will-feel-for-amy-pond.html |title=Karen Gillan: 'Female viewers will feel for Amy Pond' |publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2 June 2011|access-date=26 May 2012}}</ref> According to Moffat, by the seventh series, Amy and Rory had become "a crack team"; so used to being the Doctor's companions that instead of marvelling at him they "treat him like a big kid they have to look after".<ref name="collider7">{{cite web|first=Christina|last=Radish|url=http://collider.com/doctor-who-steven-moffat-caroline-skinner-interview/182166/|title=Comic-Con: Showrunner Steven Moffat and Producer Caroline Skinner Talk Doctor Who, What to Expect on Upcoming Episodes, the New Companion and More|website=Collider|date=20 July 2012|access-date=29 March 2013|archive-date=19 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619224350/http://collider.com/doctor-who-steven-moffat-caroline-skinner-interview/182166/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2011, it was announced that the seventh series would be Amy and Rory's last.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111216_01/Farewell_and_Hello|title=Farewell...and Hello!|publisher=BBC|date=16 December 2011 |access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Previously in November, Gillan had stated that once Amy had left, she did not want to make returning cameos, as she believed it would "take away from the big, emotional goodbye".<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Miller |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a348853/doctor-who-karen-gillan-i-wont-make-return-cameos.html|title='Doctor Who' Karen Gillan: 'I won't make return cameos'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2 November 2011|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> Gillan had arranged her exit with Moffat and the two decided on how Amy should leave. Gillan stated that she wanted to go "on a high when the character was at her prime" and that she "[wanted] to see her go with everything that she wants".<ref name="IGN leaving">{{cite news|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/121/1218789p1.html |title=Karen Gillan: Why She's Leaving Doctor Who |last=Goldman |first=Eric |date=17 February 2012 |publisher=IGN |access-date=17 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219041341/http://tv.ign.com/articles/121/1218789p1.html |archive-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Gillan would make a brief appearance at the end of the 2013 [[List of Doctor Who Christmas specials|Christmas special]], "[[The Time of the Doctor]]", with Amy Pond saying a final goodbye to the Eleventh Doctor just before he regenerates, bringing actors Gillan and [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] together for a brief moment at the conclusion of Smith's last regular appearance as the Doctor.

==Reception==
[[File:Karen Gillan 2010.jpg|thumb|left|Gillan signing autographs at the US premiere of "The Eleventh Hour"]]
With the premiere of "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]", two viewers anonymously quoted in ''The Telegraph'' complained that Amy's character was too "sexy" for a family programme like ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Executive producer Piers Wenger stated that Amy was intended to be "feisty and outspoken and a bit of a number. Amy is probably the wildest companion that the Doctor has travelled with, but she isn’t promiscuous."<ref name="too sexy">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7554825/Viewers-think-new-Doctor-Who-is-too-sexy.html|title=Viewers think new Doctor Who is 'too sexy'|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=5 April 2010|access-date=7 May 2011|location=London}}</ref> On a similar note, Gavin Fuller, writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''{{'}}s website, criticised Amy's "attempted seduction of the Doctor" in the episode "[[Flesh and Stone]]", claiming that it "did seem out of keeping with the usual tone of the series", and that "Given the number of young children who watch, it may not have been the most appropriate of scenes to screen".<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7658422/Doctor-Who-review-Flesh-and-Stone.html|title=Doctor Who review: Flesh and Stone |access-date=3 May 2010| location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Gavin | last=Fuller | date=30 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100504144232/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7658422/Doctor-Who-review-Flesh-and-Stone.html |archive-date= 4 May 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref>

Critics noted that Amy did not develop much throughout the 2010 series. Dan Martin of ''[[The Guardian]]'', in a mid-series review, wrote, "I wonder whether I really know Amy Pond. Beneath the sass and the sauce and the wit and (there's no getting away from this) the skirts, I've yet to completely empathise with her, or work out what makes her tick".<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Martin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/may/13/doctor-who-steven-moffat-expectations|title=Doctor Who: is Steven Moffat's Who living up to expectations? |work=The Guardian|date=13 May 2010|access-date=15 February 2012}}</ref> In a review before [[The Big Bang (Doctor Who)|the finale]], Martin called her "a revelation", although she sometimes "felt a little one note...But I'd put all of that down to guest writers responding to a character brief that probably said little more than 'feisty redhead'".<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Martin|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jun/25/doctor-who-the-big-bang?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|title=Doctor Who: a triumphant regeneration?|work=The Guardian|date=25 June 2010|access-date=15 February 2012}}</ref> [[IGN]]'s Matt Wales shared similar sentiments, writing, "Despite Gillan's effortless charisma, Pond was frequently painted in largely two-dimensional strokes that made for a brash, sometimes irritating turn. It's testament to Gillan's abilities and brilliant chemistry with Smith that she remained thoroughly watchable throughout but, bereft of back story (albeit intentionally), it was hard to really get involved with the character".<ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Wales|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/113/1132915p1.html |title=Doctor Who: Season 5 Review |publisher=IGN |date=8 November 2010 |access-date=15 February 2012}}</ref> Paul Kerton of [[Zap2it]], however, wrote in a review of "The Eleventh Hour" that Amy's "brilliantly executed introduction to the show stood out. Amy's character after just one episode is already one with depth".<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Kerton|url=http://www.tvovermind.com/doctor-who/review-doctor-who-season-5-the-eleventh-hour/21322 |title=Review:Doctor Who Season 5 - The Eleventh Hour|publisher=[[Zap2it]]|date=3 April 2010|access-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> [[Tor.com]]'s Teresa Jusino was also more positive towards Amy in the fifth series, writing that she was equally "competent, intelligent, and [quick-thinking]" as she was flawed and made mistakes, which made her relatable and "a successful female character".<ref name="Jusino series5">{{cite web|first=Teresa|last=Jusino|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/12/moffats-women-amy-pond |title=Moffat's Women: Amy Pond |publisher=[[Tor.com]]|date=23 December 2010|access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref>

Chris Haydon of Den of Geek argued that Amy was "much more than the supposed eye candy many journalists unfairly referred to her as, or indeed much more than a female human to accompany the Gallifreyan Time Lord. She is far more three-dimensional and developed than the pre-existing judgements made her out to be". He also praised Gillan's acting abilities and the way her relationship with Rory helped "render [her] character into something quite special".<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Haydon |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/television/1045562/doctor_who_the_evolution_of_amy_pond.html |title=Doctor Who: the evolution of Amy Pond |publisher=Den of Geek |date=7 September 2011 |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212212704/http://www.denofgeek.com/television/1045562/doctor_who_the_evolution_of_amy_pond.html |archive-date=12 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph''{{'s}} Michael Hogan considered Amy "the joint best assistant of the rebooted Who era&nbsp;– far superior to [[Catherine Tate]] and [[Freema Agyeman]], equally as excellent as [[Billie Piper]]". He also praised her relationship with the Doctor, saying that they were "totally believable as best friends".<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael|last=Hogan |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/8960682/Doctor-Who-Its-sad-to-see-Amy-Pond-leave.html |title=Doctor Who: It's sad to see Amy Pond leave|work=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 December 2011|access-date=26 February 2012}}</ref> Patrick Mulkern of ''[[Radio Times]]'' praised Amy for being "cheerfully free...of the emotional baggage that mired her predecessors"<ref>{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Mulkern |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blog/2010-04-24/doctor-who-the-time-of-angels |title=Doctor Who: The Time of Angels|work=Radio Times|date=24 April 2010 |access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref> and also reacted positively to her attempted seduction of the Doctor.<ref>{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Mulkern|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blog/2010-05-01/doctor-who-flesh-and-stone|title=Doctor Who: Flesh and Stone|work=Radio Times|date=1 May 2010|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref> ''[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]'' named Amy and Rory the second-best science fiction and fantasy romance.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Golder |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/02/14/sci-fi-fantasy%e2%80%99s-14-greatest-romances/13/ |title=Sci-Fi & Fantasy's 14 Greatest Romances |work=SFX |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=14 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914170900/http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/02/14/sci-fi-fantasy%E2%80%99s-14-greatest-romances/13/ |archive-date=14 September 2012}}</ref> In 2012, leading up to her departure, Martin wrote that Gillan's acting had improved, becoming less of "a rootless collection of personality traits and enunciated sentence peaks" and someone more rounded. He also noted that Amy was unique because so much had happened to her and she became entwined in the Doctor's life, which allowed the audience to see her "develop and change".<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Martin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/aug/31/doctor-who-farewell-amy-ponds |title=Doctor Who: why we will miss Amy Pond |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=31 August 2012|access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref>

''The Guardian''{{'}}s Krystina Nellis argued that Amy functioned more as a plot prop than a strong female character, citing the importance of giving birth to River Song.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/nov/11/misfits-women-alisha-kelly|title=Misfits' women are not to be messed with|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|last=Nellis|first=Krystina|date=11 November 2011|access-date=12 November 2011|location=London}}</ref> [[Charlie Jane Anders]] of [[io9]], while positive towards her relationship with Rory, opined that Amy was still "a bit of a cartoon character" in "[[The Wedding of River Song]]", believing that her killing Madame Kovarian was "no substitute" for dealing with what Kovarian had done to her child.<ref>{{cite web|first=Charlie Jane|last=Anders|url=http://io9.com/5844553/why-this-years-doctor-who-finale-was-mostly-better-than-last-years |title=Why This Year's Doctor Who Finale Was (Mostly) Better than Last Year's|publisher=[[io9]]|date=1 October 2011 |access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>

The character has gone on to be referenced in popular culture. In American drama ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''{{'}}s seventh season episode "The Girl Next Door" (2011), a character played by [[Jewel Staite]] operates under the alias Amy Pond. [[Digital Spy]] felt the ''Doctor Who'' reference was "rather random",<ref>{{cite web |first=Morgan |last=Jeffery|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s6/supernatural/recaps/a344771/supernatural-the-girl-next-door-recap.html |title='Supernatural': 'The Girl Next Door' recap |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=10 October 2011 |date=10 October 2011}}</ref> while [[IGN]] "loved" the shoutout.<ref>{{cite web |first=Diana |last=Steenbergen |url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/119/1199051p1.html |title=Supernatural: "The Girl Next Door" Review |publisher=IGN |date=9 October 2011 |access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref>

Gillan has won over six awards to date for playing the role of Amy Pond. In 2010 she won a ''Cosmopolitan'' 'Women of the Year' Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/lifestyle/ultimate-women-of-the-year-awards-2010-party-pics-109135 |title=Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2010 party pics |work=Cosmopolitan |date=3 November 2010 |access-date=15 February 2012}}</ref> In 2011 Gillan won an ''SFX'' Award,<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Golder|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/02/05/sfx-awards-winners-announced/ |title=SFX Awards Winners Announced|work=SFX|date=5 February 2011|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> a TV Choice Award,<ref>{{cite web |first=Tom|last=Eames|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a340240/tv-choice-awards-2011-the-winners.html|title=TV Choice Awards 2011|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=13 September 2011|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> and in 2012 she won at the [[National Television Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_120125_02b/National_Television_Awards_Success|title=National Television Awards Success! |publisher=BBC|date=25 January 2012|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> In an online poll, with 3,000 participants, taken in late 2010, Amy Pond was listed as the fifth most popular companion.<ref>{{cite web |first=Morgan |last=Jeffery |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a288089/rose-tyler-tops-who-companion-poll.html |title=Rose Tyler tops 'Who' companion poll |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |date=16 November 2010 |access-date=28 July 2011}}</ref>

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*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/characters/Amy_Pond Amy Pond] at the BBC ''Doctor Who'' website
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