In the near future, humans use flesh avatars called Gangers to mine for acid. An acid factory in a castle on a remote island is owned by Morpeth Jetsan. Unfortunately, the Gangers who are discarded are living, sentient beings with feelings and personalities, and they have a right to life! A group of creepy Gangers decides to fight for survival and overthrow their human overlords. The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory show up and the situation becomes even more complicated when the Flesh copies the Doctor and makes a Ganger duplicate of him! This Doctor Who story was a challenge for Amy, as her trust in the Doctor was put to the test.

The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People

★★★☆☆

TX: 21/05/2011 – 28/05/2011

Written by Matthew Graham    Directed by Julian Simpson

The TARDIS lands on an acid factory in a castle on a remote island in the near future. The human workers use flesh avatars called Gangers to mine for acid without getting hurt themselves. However, the discarded Gangers are living beings with thoughts and feelings and they have the same right to life as the humans do. Following a freak lightning storm, a group of freed Gangers decides to fight back and overthrow the humans. Taking revenge never ends well! You should never hurt others, even if they were cruel people who hurt you first unprovoked. The human crew have no idea who to trust in a castle full of doppelgängers. Double trouble! By the way, I love going on double dates! I would be happy to live with a Ganger double of me because I love myself! Events take a turn for the worst when the Flesh copies the Doctor and creates a Ganger of him. This presents an enormous challenge for Amy as her trust and faith in the Doctor is put to the test. Rory begins to sympathise with one of the Gangers called Jennifer Lucas, as he discovers that the company Morpeth Jetsan is illegally throwing away old Gangers. The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory manage to unite the surviving humans and Gangers and help them off the island in the TARDIS. The Ganger Doctor and another Ganger sacrifice themselves to defeat the mutated Jennifer Ganger. After dropping the survivors off, the Doctor, Amy and Rory return to the TARDIS. The Doctor reveals that Amy is actually a flesh avatar and that the real Amy was kidnapped just before the events of The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon. The Doctor disintegrates the Ganger Amy and the real Amy wakes up in a hospital bed, where she is asked to give birth by a woman with an eyepatch – Madame Kovarian! This leads directly into the events of A Good Man Goes to War.