"Your complete guide to the award-winning BBC One series!" Written and researched by Andrew Pixley. The 2011 season of Doctor Who began in the most dramatic way possible — by killing off the Doctor in the first episode! Unaware of his ultimate fate, the Doctor Matt Smith) was reunited with his friends, newlyweds Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory Pond (Arthur Darvill) and together they embarked on an incredible series of adventures in time and space. Their journey took them from the Utah desert to beyond the universe, and saw encounters with River Song, President Nixon, the Silence, pirates, a Siren … and even the Doctor's wife!