At some point I had all this math worked out. Even though Amy says she and Rory have been traveling with the Doctor for 10 years their time, not his or Earth time there are still other mentions that tell us it's NOT 2012 in the story. For instance during the Christmas special when he visits them at the end. She says it's been two years since they last saw him. Two years since he "died" and disappeared. That's not Doctor time or Amy and Rory time that's real/Earth time.

So assuming episode date airings coincide with time in the show, he last saw them in October of 2011 making it December of 2013 at the end of "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" because as Amy incredulously says when he shows up at Christmas; "Two years." In the final minisode of "Pond Life" it would have to be August of 2014 and by noe Amy has already thrown Rory out of the house. However she says they need their "Raggedy Man" which would imply she's still hoping to work things out. But even assuming she didn't and she started proceedings that day, the average divorce in the UK takes a minimum of 4 to 6 months. 6 months puts us in January of February of 2015. However since the weather seems really very mild we can guess their divorce may have taken a bit longer and estimate it's perhaps March of April of 2015. The Ponds reconcile following "Asylum of the Daleks" At the start of "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" Amy says it's been 10 months since they last saw each other. At first blush, this would appear to mean we're in January of 2016. But note the fact that Rory states not much further into the episode, "Dad, I'm 31, I don't have a Christmas List." That makes the year 2020. "The Power of Three" happens over the course of a year and assuming the Doctor disappears and reappears in their lives with a few months gaps in between we're now into 2020-2021. ("A Town Called Mercy" happens within the 7 weeks they spend travelling during TPO3)

Finally two points, 1) the newspaper in TATM says it's 2018 and 2) The extra dialogue I include below mentions that Amy is 34. So, since she and Rory were born in 1989 the year of their departure would be 2023.

So, when we last saw Amy and Rory the Doctor had taken them back to the past of 2018 not forward to the future. The other day the BBC released some unused dialogue from "Angels Take Manhattan". (How could they not use this wonderful dialogue!?) This is a snippet of a snippet.

"AMY: "I'm 34."

THE DOCTOR: "Didn't ask."

AMY: "No, but I could hear the sums going on in your head. How old are you these days?"

THE DOCTOR: "No idea."

AMY: "Oh, shut up."

THE DOCTOR: "I don't. I live in a time machine, I don't age – there's nothing to go on."

AMY: "Excuse me, mister, you've got seven grey hairs."

THE DOCTOR: "You counted?"

AMY: "It's a hobby."

THE DOCTOR: "I try to keep up – Time Lord instinct. It's only polite! Can I have a go?"

He takes Amy's glasses from her nose, pops them on.

THE DOCTOR: "Actually, that is much better. Never knew I needed glasses, that's exciting!"

On Amy just staring at him for a moment – amused but troubled. Is he ageing just to be kind?"

So, I'm going by the idea that Amy and Rory are 34 in 1938 when they're sent back which puts her time of death around 1991? So Rorys' is in 1986. I think... Anyway, as she writes this she's 38.

By the way the idea of the Doctor aging for them is so incredibly sweet. Man, he loved them a lot. I am so going to use that in other fan fics.

I tell you, I'm doing more research for this one story than for my entire Masters thesis... which I should be working on by the way.

Ok, that's the end of my authors notes...so exhaustive, so annoying...ugh, you guys must hate me.

To Mr. Edwin Bracewell

From Mrs. Amelia Pond-Williams

3rd of April, 1942

Dear Paisley,

In a word; YES! I would love to be pen friends. It's actually fairly lonely around here. You wouldn't believe how many times I have to repeat myself just to be understood. And the bagpipe jokes never stop. My accent survived Leadworth, 19th century Provence and the Asylum of the Daleks, but Manhattan may just kill it. Another loss to throw on the woodpile.

Rory is excited but also a bit nervous as he's starting medical school in the Fall. Of course he's light years beyond what they're teaching but he's got to learn to do things in this decade. Medical knowledge came a long way from 1942 to 2018 and he's worried about adjusting. He's already frustrated about all the people he might lose because there won't be the proper equipment or the proper knowledge. But he can't help needing to help people. That's my Rory, soon to be Doctor Rory Williams.

Melody, (our daughter) falsified some documents for us, as I think I mentioned in our last letter. We're citizens, with birth certificates, social security numbers, college degrees, we have an apartment on 5th Avenue, and a 1938 Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood Sedan. Car wise, I have no idea what any of that means but it made Rory really, really happy. She even got us stock in Proctor & Gamble. That's our Melody, she spoils us. I wish we could have gotten to spoil her. Someday, I'll tell you about her.

Anyways, we're doing fine, actually, compared to everyone else we're doing much better than fine. We try to do our part by buying war bonds and helping with blood drives and tire drives and scrap drives. I feel quite patriotic!

I was getting bored just sitting around at home. For the first few months I spent most of my time going to see movies. But sitting in a dark theater was no way to spend a life. I tried playing the housewife, but I just wasn't very good at it. In the end I went out and got myself a job. Working as a secretary, again doing my part for the war effort, not sure how but letters do need to be typed I suppose. I kind of imagined myself learning to be a mechanic and putting together bomber engines but not much call for that in Manhattan.

Guess that's all for now. Please stay safe, Bracey. I do know how the war ends, but there are very, very dark days ahead for the world. Do me a favor, stay in Scotland, live, love Dorabella.

Write back soon, my friend.

Yours,

Amelia Pond-Williams

Please review, how do you think its going so far? I contacted FanFic help people by email and they said they'd add Bracewell as a character but so far nothing. Maybe I'll get more reads with it being labeled as an Amy/11 story anyways. Review, review, review...and thank you so much for reading this odd little story I'm muddling through...more letters forthcoming!