# Doctor Who Season 5 US pace thread. \[No Spoilers until US Airing\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-5-us-pace-thread-no-spoilers-until-us-airing/536640 "2010-04-19T17:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-5-us-pace-thread-no-spoilers-until-us-airing/536640/301 "2010-07-29T20:44:41Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Yeah, I remember the legend of the Roman dude guarding the Pandorica. It was awhile ago I saw it though. He pulled the Pandorica to safety during… was it WWII, during a fire? He was still wearing Roman drag according to the drawing they showed. It was during the Blitz. And that’s the last time he was seen in the Roman armour. I do wish they’d waited a bit longer before revealing that he hadn’t been destroyed in the Blitz…I’m not sure what they could have filled it with, but something to draw out the sad before the triumphant return of the non-melted AutonRory. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-5-us-pace-thread-no-spoilers-until-us-airing/536640/302 "2010-07-30T21:46:39Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Anyhoo, I’m not going to overthink it. I like Rory, and don’t think the 2000 years is going to affect him much, but it will be cool if he has an immortal’s perspective on historical events occasionally. Hope so. If you can get your hands on it, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss currently have a modern take (it’s faithful to the old take in a lot of ways though) on Sherlock Holmes, called Sherlock, that is currently showing on BBC. It’s very good. The first 90 minute episode was last Sunday, with another two to go. I reckon you’d like it. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-5-us-pace-thread-no-spoilers-until-us-airing/536640/303 "2010-07-31T16:43:19Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > > [@levdrakon](#): > > > > Anyhoo, I’m not going to overthink it. I like Rory, and don’t think the 2000 years is going to affect him much, but it will be cool if he has an immortal’s perspective on historical events occasionally. > > Hope so. If you can get your hands on it, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss currently have a modern take (it’s faithful to the old take in a lot of ways though) on Sherlock Holmes, called Sherlock, that is currently showing on BBC. It’s very good. The first 90 minute episode was last Sunday, with another two to go. I reckon you’d like it. Cool, thanks. I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-5-us-pace-thread-no-spoilers-until-us-airing/536640/304 "2010-07-31T21:43:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If Rory retains his memories of those 1900 years, does he retain any skills learned during that period? If so, he may prove to be one of the most interesting companions in years. I think he already is pretty interesting. I like that he’s not particularly overawed by the Doctor - remember, he wasn’t blown away first time he stepped in the TARDIS. As I said before, I think that Moffat _et al._ have done a good job of slyly making Rory a significant, interesting character. There’re depths to Rory that have just been hinted at - remember in “The Eleventh Hour”, when everyone is standing around looking at the cool Big-Eye-In-The-Sky alien spaceship, Rory’s looking at the coma patients. He _notices_ things. I’m looking forward to next season. I just rewatched all the earlier episodes from this season, and I’d have to pick “The Time of Angels” as the best of the lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-5-us-pace-thread-no-spoilers-until-us-airing/536640.md?page=15)