What Doctor Who needs, quite often, is a good dose of fun. And Rory's father, Brian Williams, played by Mark Williams, is pure fun through and through. This is a man who carries a trowel in his pocket. Fans saw the wonderful Brian in the episodes Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three. He's a man who will happily perch on the doorstep of the TARDIS and gaze out into space drinking tea and eating a sandwich. This is a man who will actually observe mysterious black cubes for weeks on end, because that's what the Doctor asked him to do. The Doctor needs a man like Brian around. Viewers do too. He's a laugh. And just because Amy and Rory are gone forever, that doesn't mean Brian has to go, too.
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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