Discussion: What makes Rory such a Good Companion?
Is it that he was an Auton Roman Centurion for 2,000 years? Or is it just because, despite everything, he's an ordinary guy?
I like Rory. He's brave. He's loyal. He's practical. He's honorable. He's determined. And he's always wearing that puffy jacket.
But why is it, that with all these other strong, amazing characters around him, the Doctor, Amy, River, it's Rory that really feels real to me?
He's the one who's always pointing out that "this isn't practical," "this isn't sensible," and "are you crazy?" He's the one that speaks my thoughts. When the Doctor and Amy are jitterbugging about vampires, it's Rory who's freaking out and acting like blood sucking monsters might just be a bad thing. You know, something to be, perhaps, scared of?
He's the one who keeps dying. Yet he handles it so well that he can just simply say, "We're dead, again!"
To me, Rory is everything that a Doctor Who Companion should be. He's real, he's believable, he's smart and brave and loyal and funny, and doesn't take the Doctor's wild and wacky world for granted. He's scared of the monsters, worried about the outcome, doing his best in impossible situations, but always steps up to the plate when the chips are down. He brings an absorbing level of threat and risk to the stories, that makes them seem like there are more consequences.
It's not just a big easygoing lark to him. These are strange new worlds to him, full of monsters and odd aliens and uncertainty and also amazing beauty.
He brings a verisimilitude to what they experience, that perhaps the more wild attitudes of the other characters don't.
He's keeping it real.
Discuss. What do you think of Rory?
I like Rory. He's brave. He's loyal. He's practical. He's honorable. He's determined. And he's always wearing that puffy jacket.
But why is it, that with all these other strong, amazing characters around him, the Doctor, Amy, River, it's Rory that really feels real to me?
He's the one who's always pointing out that "this isn't practical," "this isn't sensible," and "are you crazy?" He's the one that speaks my thoughts. When the Doctor and Amy are jitterbugging about vampires, it's Rory who's freaking out and acting like blood sucking monsters might just be a bad thing. You know, something to be, perhaps, scared of?
He's the one who keeps dying. Yet he handles it so well that he can just simply say, "We're dead, again!"
To me, Rory is everything that a Doctor Who Companion should be. He's real, he's believable, he's smart and brave and loyal and funny, and doesn't take the Doctor's wild and wacky world for granted. He's scared of the monsters, worried about the outcome, doing his best in impossible situations, but always steps up to the plate when the chips are down. He brings an absorbing level of threat and risk to the stories, that makes them seem like there are more consequences.
It's not just a big easygoing lark to him. These are strange new worlds to him, full of monsters and odd aliens and uncertainty and also amazing beauty.
He brings a verisimilitude to what they experience, that perhaps the more wild attitudes of the other characters don't.
He's keeping it real.
Discuss. What do you think of Rory?