Ka cika wannan magana: Masu sukar talabijin sun yi farin ciki sosai game da wannan wasan. Andrew Billen, yana rubutu a cikin "The Times", ya ba wa labarin taurari biyar, yana yabon Matt Smith "mercurial" Doctor, wasan kwaikwayon Sophie Okonedo, da kuma ra'ayin labarin. Duk da haka, ya damu cewa Moffat "ba zai iya zama kamar yadda sha'awar a cikin Time Ubangiji kamar yadda sauran magoya bayansa", yana nufin wani scene a cikin abin da Doctor dismisses
mutuwar mutanensa a matsayin "mummunan rana". Keith Watson a cikin "Metro" ya yaba da haɓaka dangantaka tsakanin Doctor da Amy. Sam Wollaston a cikin "The Guardian" ya lura da kamanceceniya tsakanin Burtaniya ta gaba da Biritaniya ta zamani, kuma ya kuma furta cewa "yana son Amy Pond".