At the end of "Flesh and Stone" the Doctor said that he didn't know why, but that everything was all about Amy. And that *the* most important thing in the history of the Universe right then was to get Amy sorted... Yet the very next thing he does is take Amy and Rory on a romantic trip to Venice.

So my question is, in what way was this sorting Amy out? If it was getting her to remember/rekindle her relationship with Rory, why was there a need to do this, what exactly was this fixing? And if wasn't, given how important the need to fix Amy apparently is, why the trip to Venice?

I dopn't think the Doctor is fully aware what he has to do to 'sort' Amy out - he is only aware that something has to be done and he's focusing on the most obvious thing which is a problem. The trip to Venice did at least work, as Amy was far more accepting and happy that Rory was around at the end of the episode thanm the start.

Haha, considering how many times i watched that last scene it's amazing i never thought of this...
You make a very good point! I hope someone can answer it....lol

Misdirection, I think. We were led to believe that 'sorting Amy out' meant he'd worked out that she was fantastically important for some reason and had to get to the bottom of this to save the universe or whatever-but what he'd really worked out was that she came on to him because traveling with him was damaging her relationship with Rory, so fixing that was suddenly his priority. Because fixing a relationship between two people can be as important as saving the universe for the umpteenth time.

Well I assume that because he's worked out that there's a connection between the crack and Amy, and seeing as the crack originates from Amy's wedding day, it's safe to assume that perhaps Amy/Amy's wedding is a catalyst for the crack. It makes sense then to take a detour to allow the Doctor more time to figure out what to do, without drawing Amy's attention to it.

I think he just wanted to help Amy and Rory get sorted out.

I interpreted it purely in terms of her attempt to have sex with the doctor when she had a fiance, and the Doctor simply felt that Rory and Amy going on a trip would indeed make Amy realise where her loyalites and her love really lay.

But I did wonder why Rory was so accepting of the whole time travel thing. It just cut straight into him in the tardis.

We don't know how much time passed between the pre-credits scene and the TARDIS scene, but it was obviously quite awhile later.

i know but it was a bit disjointed noneless. Not that I wanted any great exposition of him seeing the tardis for the first time, but it was a messy start to an otherwise excellent episode.

We also don't know how much time passed between the end of the previous episode and the start of this. Maybe he did sort Amy out , and then went to get Rory...

Whilst I can see where your coming from, I think it was a bit OTT to just be simple misdirection.


Why would it be safe for him to assume this?

You can connect the crack to Amy as it is the same crack as in her room. But why would he assume that Amy getting married was important? Yes, the date is the same day as her wedding, but why assume that by making sure she still gets married, it would stop the crack from happening? Couldn't you equally assume that it could be her getting married that causes the crack? Or for that matter, given that the Doctor saw the date change when he decided to 'sort her out' couldn't it also be equally assumed that it could be his trying to fix things that causes the problem?


That would make sense, but if someone had just told you that a crack in time was all about you, and that the most important thing in the history of time is to get you sorted out, don't you think your attention might already be drawn to there being a problem and lead you to having more pressing things on your mind than a nice trip to Venice?

I think he thought the crack situation was sorted out for the time being after the thing with the Angels. I don't think he has totally caught on yet that there's something else happening.

The one thing he knew was that Amy's relationship with Rory needed fixing. Not because of the crack, but because she is his friend.

He also knows that the crack is somehow related to Amy, but that's all he knows. He's cottoned on, but not enough to know what to do yet. So in typical Doctor fashion, he needs time to think and work it out.

Amy and Rory's wedding day is the day the crack occurs, so Amy and Rory's relationship is a good place to start. What else is he to do? His information is limited at the moment.

Hmm, not so sure about that, this is the Doc after all and both the Atraxi and River have mentioned the Pandorica so Im guessing he knows something is up.

in the first scene after the titles, the doctor, rory and amy are in the tardis and the doctor is welding something and explaining to them what he thinks is wrong...
he says to them...
the light out there it dazzles, i mean it blinds you to the things that are important. Ive seen it devour relationships and plans..... for one person to have seen all that, to taste the glory and then go back, it will tear you apart... so im sending you somewhere, together.

Hmm, could cracks in their relationship relate to cracks in the universe?

Amy and Rory together equals stable universe. Amy and Rory apart equals cracks in the universe.

Or has the Doctor got it wrong and its the complete opposite? Amy and Rory are like Matter and Antimatter. Bring them together (ie, marry) and bad things will happen.

Basically, it's what he didn't do with Rose and Mickey in Series One. He's seen it happen before, and he's not gunna do it again.