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Rory's dad?
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Was anyone else expecting a scene were The Doctor went to Rory's dad and told him that Amy and Rory are dead?
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It was kinda cold writing to be honest.
I thought it was just to obviously foreshadow the next ep.
But in order to ensure it's success emotionally with the audience, Brian should have been in this episode too.
Exactly last week The Doctor promised Brian that he would look after Amy and Rory so why did we not see him tonight tell Brian that they were dead?
That scene would've completed the episode imo.
Well, they're not actually dead [just inaccessible forevermore].
And well, the Doctor being the Doctor, will run away from confronting such a big reminder of his latest failing for awhile, I assume.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's mentioned on-screen that he went and told him off-screen next year, or he's never brought up again point blank.
I agree, even if it was one of those 'background' scenes when we see the characters interacting (the Dr and Brian) but rather than hearing what they're saying, there's music or summat instead. Brian not knowing was the first thing that popped into my head as soon as the episode finished. (For a 'minor' character, I love Brian and I felt really sorry for him not being able to ever again see his son or daughter-in-law).
I'm not happy that they miss stuff like this. Its lazy writing really. If they are wrapping up rory and amy they need to wrap up their counterparts I like it when Who leaves things open but this is different. Its missing key points which would turn an already good episode into a fantastic episode.
Of course they're dead.
In Brian's current timeline after the events of TATM, sure. But they lived out their lives to a natural end in the past, so they didn't 'die' in a sense.
In the way we humans would naturally comprehend it.
OR does the fact Rory has been zapped back mean Brian now doesn't exist? (if Rory is now older than Brian...?)
If it had been an hour long episode I reckon it could have been fitted in, but you can blame world wide distribution (45 mins telly + ad breaks = 1 hour of telly) for that.:mad:
Nope. Brian's timeline continues on as normal - same with the Ponds, except they're stuck in the past until death naturally catches up with them.
Everything that happened, happened.
That's what I thought. It'll still be hard for him to never see his son again, and he was obviously very fond of Amy, but the thought that they did live together happily into old age would be a comfort. Unless told otherwise, I'm going to assume the Doctor told him.
Would've been emotional, and provided another lightbulb link.
I was thinking that they could visit Rory's dad when they are old and he is a young man, so before they went missing, but of course they can't do that because he would have remembered it. All this time travel stuff is confusing!
Maybe even leave his dad some shares or something that he got for him back in the 60's 70's for not much but will be worth a fortune now.
That would be a lovely extra on the DVD. As long as it doesn't involve Karen's huge new wig. That thing is distracting.
A brilliant character with heaps of potential. A brilliant actor to play him. Wasted in DOAS. Wasted in TPO3. And completely forgotten about in the episode where basically his son and daughter in law are gone forever.
It was hinted he didn't really have much of a life. Hell. He sat and watched a cube for an entire YEAR. His life probably revolved around Rory and Amy. So to not have the Doctor return to him in this episode is one reason why the end of the Ponds felt forced and not right to me. I'm no massive fan of Rose and RTD, but Rose's departure in series 2 was superbly done in terms of emotion (bringing her back in series 4 utterly ruined it, but there you go). Here? I just didn't feel it.