Comments | derry667: Oh, Rory, I fear for you!

derry667

Oh, Rory, I fear for you!

May 22, 2011 21:15

I just can't shake the feeling that Rory Williams is going to break my heart soon.

Again.

( Spoilers up to and including The Rebel Flesh with speculation on what may be coming )

dr who, rambling

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gaffer42 May 22 2011, 21:19:33 UTC

(yes, please, pics!) And about that Rebel Flesh - I do say that most often, when I think I have the turns of the plot figured out, the Doctor Who writers surprise me. Therefore, I have no idea what's to come, but I share your Rory-worry (Rowrry? Or is that too Scooby Doo?). There is the normal 'gosh, I hope they don't kill his character off' rapidly supplanted by 'oh, right, he's still an Auton' and thence by 'Autons were bad guys, right? What if...'

I have always loved it when the Doctor travelled with more than one companion, even with Adric - the dynamics are different, and they lend themselves to multiple part stories, too.

We see it on Saturday nights in Canada, with a little blurb spoken by Amy at the beginning, about her imaginary friend - does anyone else get that?

derry667 May 25 2011, 13:46:41 UTC

I have to admit that I watch it via DL coz a) it airs a week later here in Oz and b) my TV has crappy reception for the ABC which screens it. So I don't know if Australians get and blurb by Amy first. I suspect not though. Certainly didn't have one for the Christmas special, anyway.

And hey! I LIKED Adric! I was gutted when they killed him off. Admittedly, I was only about 10 or 11 at the time. But some of my first fanfic (although I didn't know it was called that at the time) was stuff I wrote around the age of 12 and read to my school friends, about how Adric was actually saved by the Time Lords and taken back to Gallifrey ( ... )

goldvermilion87 May 24 2011, 06:48:37 UTC

That's a creepy theory. I'm SURE he can't go bad! But now I'm nervous. :-)

I first saw DArvill as Tip in Little Dorrit, so it took me a bit to warm to him, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE him now!

derry667 May 25 2011, 13:51:24 UTC

I SO don't want him to genuinely turn Evil (I could probably handle a scenario where something evil takes over his body). But yeah, that's my great worry.

And I saw him in Little Dorrit AFTER I saw him in Doctor Who and Tip isn't a very sympathetic character, but I think I forgave him a lot because of Rory.

The stuff with Sooty is just HILARIOUS. I think Arthur Darvill was still in his late teens when he was on that show.

goldvermilion87 May 25 2011, 13:55:51 UTC

I was talking to a friend about it, and she pointed out that it really would be weird for a character who had spent 2,000 years being steadfastly good to go bad. It just wouldn't fit into the character arc. (He had his almost-going-bad crisis when he was a plastic weapon hands person) Moffat is a good and responsible writer, so I don't think he'd do that... so I don't think we need to worry. :-D

derry667 May 25 2011, 14:16:03 UTC

Yeah. I'm kinda holding on to those kind of thoughts with all my might.

Rory has faced down most of the "temptations" and he seems too unselfish to just go Evil without a REALLY good reason. And Moffat doesn't tend to go for too many "cheap" ploys.

So yeah... *fingers crossed*

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