I, Rorius (audio story)
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I, Rorius was the third and final story of the audio anthology, The Lone Centurion: Volume One, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner and featured Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams.
Publisher's summary
Drowning in a sea of plots and conspiracies, Rory just wants his life back. But in Ancient Rome, people don't retire, they die. And that's a bit difficult when you're immortal.
Plot
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Cast
- Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
- Marinus - Max Hutchinson
- Juliana - Mina Anwar
- Anna - Sam Béart
- First Passer By / Hilarius - Jacob Dudman
- Second Passer By - Ayesha Antoine
- Quinn - Omar Baroud
- Guard - Timothy Blore
- Workman - Joseph Tweedale
- Varro - Glen McCready
- Citizens - Ayesha Antoine, Inès de Clercq, Robyn Holdaway, Rhys Jennings
Worldbuilding
- Hilarius succeeds Rory as emperor.
- Dalmatia is located across the sea from Rome and north of Macedonia.
- Rory performs chest compressions on Anna, seemingly bringing her back from the dead, and frees her from slavery, making her a High Priestess in service of Amelia of the Waters.
Notes
- Rory spends a lot of this story in monologue to a statue of Amy Pond he has had constructed. He considers two possibilities for why he had never heard of his own reign in the history books. Firstly, he considers that he is in an alternate timeline; secondly, that the Romans were embarrassed to have been ruled by a woman and a former gladiator, and so wiped them from history.
Continuity
- Rory has become emperor of Rome following the death of Augusta. (AUDIO: The Unwilling Assassin)
- Rory wishes he had taken an interest in Roman history like Amy did. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)
- Rory is glad to have missed the Great Fire of Rome (TV: The Romans) and the eruption of Vesuvius. (AUDIO: The Fires of Vulcan, TV: The Fires of Pompeii) Marinus also refers to the assassination of Caligula, who was unpopular. (GAME: The Legions of Death [+]Loading...["The Legions of Death (game)"])
- Rory has made notes about future catastrophes to avoid, including the Great Fire of London in 1666 (TV: The Visitation [+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"]) — which he will actually live through, running in to save an infant girl, to no apparent ill effect (PROSE: The Constant Warrior [+]Loading...["The Constant Warrior (short story)"]) — as well as the Chicago Fire, which may have been in the 19th century, the San Francisco earthquake/fire, (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"], Vampire Science [+]Loading...["Vampire Science (novel)"], AUDIO: The Gift [+]Loading...["The Gift (audio story)","The Gift"]) Hiroshima and Nagasaki, (COMIC: Sky Jacks [+]Loading...["Sky Jacks (comic story)"], PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"]) and the Blitz Air Raids. (TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"], Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"], Captain Jack Harkness [+]Loading...["Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)"] et al.)
- Rory mentions the duck pond without any ducks. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, Flesh and Stone)
- Rory wonders about having children with Amy, (TV: The Big Bang, A Good Man Goes to War) or even adopting. (WC: P.S., Rory's Story)
- Many comments are made regarding Amy's long legs. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut, Deep Breath, HOMEVID: Clara and the TARDIS)
External links
- Official I, Rorius page at bigfinish.com
