Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whiwhi te wāhanga i ngā arotake pai i te nuinga o te wā e ngā kaitātaki pouaka whakaata. Ko Andrew Billen, e tuhi ana i roto i te "The Times", i whakawhiwhia ki te waahanga e rima nga whetu, e whakamoemiti ana ki te "mercurial" Doctor a Matt Smith, te mahi a Sophie Okonedo, me te kaupapa o te waahanga. Heoi anō, i āwangawanga ia kei te hiahia pea a Moffat ki te Ariki o te Wā pērā ki ētahi atu o ana kaiwhaiwhai", e pā ana ki tētahi whakaaturanga i reira te Tākuta e whakakahore ana i te
te matenga o tana iwi hei "ra kino". I whakamoemiti a Keith Watson i "Metro" i te whanaungatanga e tipu ana i waenga i te Tākuta me Amy. Ko Sam Wollaston i roto i te "The Guardian" i kite i nga ritenga i waenga i te UK a muri ake nei me Peretana hou, a i whakaae hoki ki te "aroha ki a Amy Pond".