You being here is wrong! For a single day, an hour, let alone a lifetime!
Rory Williams
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Most scenes with: Eleventh Doctor (22), Amy (12)
Lines by Rory Williams 1
Scenes with Rory Williams 23
[looking at Prisoner Zero, which is disguised as him] Well, that's rubbish. Who's that supposed to be?
It's you.
Me? Is that what I look like?
You don't know?
Busy day.
It's a lot to take in, isn't it? Tiny box, huge room inside; what's that about? Let me explain...
It's another dimension.
It's basically another dimen-- [realizes] ...what?
After what happened with Prisoner Zero, I've been reading up on all the latest scientific theories. FTL travel, parallel universes...
I like the bit when someone says "It's bigger on the inside!" I always look forward to that. [The Doctor looks annoyed, then grins]
Hey, look at this. I got my spaceship, I got my boys... my work here is done. [struts into the TARDIS, head held high]
[scoffs] Uh, we are not her "boys."
Yeah, we are.
[pause] Yeah, we are.
[As the Doctor is about to enter the TARDIS, everything falls silent; there is no sound from anything. Looks back, and is stunned to see every living thing in the Venetian marketplace has mysteriously disappeared].
Rory, listen to that.
Er, what? All I can hear is... silence.
Exactly.
[The Doctor and Rory step back into the TARDIS, the Doctor visibly unnerved]
[voice-over] There were cracks. Through some we saw silence and the end of all things...
There's someone missing. Someone important, someone so, so important. Sorry everyone, but when I was a kid, I had an imaginary friend, the Raggedy Doctor, my Raggedy Doctor. But he wasn't imaginary, he was real. [shouting] I remember you! I remember! I brought the others back; I can bring you home too! Raggedy man, I remember you, and you are late for my wedding! [As Amy remembers, the Doctor and the TARDIS starts to materialise in the room] I found you. I found you in words just like you knew I would. That's why you told me the story, the brand new, ancient blue box. Oh clever, very clever.
Amy, what is it?
Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue.
[To triumphant music, the TARDIS returns to the Universe. Amy runs to it and knocks on the door]
[In the background] It's the Doctor! How could we forget the Doctor? I was plastic! He was the stripper at my stag do!
Okay Doctor, did I surprise you this time?
[The TARDIS doors open, revealing the Doctor wearing a top hat, white tie and tails]
Er, yeah. Completely astonished. Never expected that. [steps out of the TARDIS wearing a tuxedo] How lucky I happen to be wearing this old thing. Hello, everyone! I'm Amy's imaginary friend! But I came anyway.
You absolutely, definitely may kiss the bride—
Amelia, from now on, I shall be leaving the... kissing duties to the brand new... Mr. Pond!
No! I'm not Mr. Pond. That's not how it works.
Yeah it is.
[looks at Amy and nods] Yeah, it is.
Be careful!
Careful. Tried that once. Ever so dull.
Shout if you get in trouble.
Don’t worry, I’m quite the screamer. [Climbs into the tunnel.] Now there's a spoiler for you!
So, what’s going on here?
Er... Nothing. She’s just a friend.
I think he's talking about the possible alien incursion.
She can smell the blood on your skin. She's marked you for death.
She?
A demon, out there in the ocean.
Okay, groovy. So you're just not pirates today — we've managed to bag us a ship with a demon popping in. Very efficient. I mean, if something's going to kill you, it's nice that it drops you a note to remind you.
You okay?
No. I watched her die. I shouldn't let it get to me, but it still does. I'm a nurse.
"Letting it get to you," you know what that's called? Being alive, best thing there is. Being alive right now, that's all that counts.
Thirteenth century.
Oh, we've gone all medieval.
I'm not sure about that.
Really? Medieval expert are you?
No. It's just... I can hear Dusty Springfield.
What are all these harnesses for?
Ah, the "Almost People"?
Are they prisoners, or meditating, or what?
At the moment they fall under the "or what" category.
Halt, and remain calm!
[pause]
Well, we've halted. How are we all doing on the calm front?
Rory, take Hitler and put him in the cupboard over there, now. Do it.
Right. I'm putting Hitler in the cupboard. Cupboard, Hitler. Hitler, cupboard. C'mon.
But I am the Führer!
Right. In you go! [Rory shoves Hitler into the cupboard]
[turns around, shocked] Who are you?! [Rory slams the doors shut]
What's wrong with you? What has she done to you?
Poisoned me, but I'm fine. Well, no. I'm dying. But I've got a plan.
What plan?
Not dying! See? Fine.
Doctor, River was brainwashed to kill you.
Well, she did. And then she used her remaining lives to bring me back. As first dates go, I’d say that was mixed signals.
This is your fault.
I'm so sorry, but Rory--
No, this is your fault! You-- You should, you should look at a history book once in a while, see if there's an outbreak of plague or not!
That is not how I travel!
Then I do not want to travel with you!
Right, okay, this is big news. This is temporal earthquake time. I'm now officially changing my own future. Hold on to your spectacles. In my past I saw my future-self refuse to help you. I'm now changing that future and agreeing. Every Law of Time says that shouldn't be possible.
Yes, except sometimes, knowing your own future is what enables you to change it. Especially if you're bloody-minded, contradictory, and completely unpredictable.
So basically, if you're Amy, then.
Yes, if anyone can defeat pre-destiny, it's your wife.
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