Like escaping the American Revolutionary War with only minutes to spare and then getting caught up in the French Revolution, meeting Beethoven, avoiding Napoleon’s armies, trying to understand why Lord Nelson never existed, listening to Wagner on opening night, hearing the news from across the pond about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination – not by Booth though, he’d never been born – getting bought – well, it was the Pandorica really – by Queen Victoria, watching them try to x-ray the Pandorica with no results, and then getting presented to the first Olympic games as a peace offering. Though he remembered being present at the actual first Olympics and that was a very weird thought.
One of my absolute favourite passages in the story. Not just because of all the history packed into it, but because of its obvious impact on Rory. He has seen the actual first olympics. Indeed. ALl the references to past companions were great, too. I nearly squealed, reading through all of them and realising Rory's attachment to the whole idea of them.
And WoT!Ten is one of my favourites too. I'm so glad he showed up.
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Date: 2012-08-27 11:13 am (UTC)One of my absolute favourite passages in the story. Not just because of all the history packed into it, but because of its obvious impact on Rory. He has seen the actual first olympics. Indeed. ALl the references to past companions were great, too. I nearly squealed, reading through all of them and realising Rory's attachment to the whole idea of them.
And WoT!Ten is one of my favourites too. I'm so glad he showed up.