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Gladiator (audio story)

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Gladiator was the first story of the audio anthology, The Lone Centurion: Volume One, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David Llewellyn and featured Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams.

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Kidnapped, Rory is taken to Rome and thrown into the arena, where his hapless inability to die brings him to the attention of the Emperor.

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After supposedly killing her, Rory promises to the crowd to cast Marcella into the River Tiber.
Marcella considers returning to Judea.

TV: The Big Bang reveals that the Pandorica was taken to Rome under armed guard in 118. Gladiator depicts the events following that occurrence.
The Emperor is not named in this story, simply referred to as "Caesar", however the fact that he is openly gay suggests that he might be Hadrian. Indeed, Hadrian was emperor in the year 118. Whatever his identity, Caesar's death is depicted at the conclusion of the story, some 20 years before Hadrian actually perished. He was also succeeded by his wife, something which never occurred in the Western Roman Empire. This suggests that this might be unique to the alternate timeline created by the destruction of the Doctor's TARDIS in TV: The Pandorica Opens - a possibility which Rory entertains in AUDIO: I, Rorius.
Marcella is played by Arthur Darvill's real life wife, Inès de Clercq.

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