The Power of Three is the penultimate chapter of Amelia Pond. It's a nice, quiet, domestic story really is owned by the Ponds. Rory's dad returns and is fantastic. We also get the return of UNIT led by Kate Stewart, daughter of Brigadier Alistair Lethridge-Stewart. The character of Kate appeared in a spin-off video called Downtime, which also starred the late Nick Courtney, over 20 years ago. Jemma Redgrave is perfectly cast here and proudly continues the legacies of both the Brigadier and of Nick Courtney.
The conflict between traveling with the Doctor and living one day at a time in a domestic setting is showcased perfectly with Doctor Who's first married companions. Now that the Doctor can control the TARDIS better and is able drop in and out and pick up people like a taxi, they have shown the Ponds hopping on and off like a San Francisco trolley all season. While they think they should stop, they just can't. But it's Rory's dad, after seeing them defeat the slow invasion, tells them to go, to continue to travel, to keep on saving the universe. It's very touching and some what haunting as they depart for their final adventure...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Three_(Doctor_Who)
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