I've been following things at work by way of BBC's live blog. One of their contributors for sledding events has been the 2010 Olympic women's skeleton gold medalist, representing Great Britain. Name? Amy Williams. So now we know just what "Mrs Williams" was up to during that semi-secret getaway trip to early 21st century Vancouver.

Historically speaking, there was another Amy Williams involved in sport. This Amy was a finalist in both doubles and mixed doubles tennis in the 1894 and 1895 US Championships (now US Open).

Haven't found a RL historical Rory Pond, Rory Williams or Amy Pond yet, but I'm sure they're all out there somewhere.

(ETA - thanks to whoever deleted the mis-fire message from the other thread)

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Heh, I noticed that when I watched a bit of the BBC's coverage of the opening ceremony (and probably when she appeared on Top Gear a couple years ago; it seemed like a familiar idea). It probably doesn't twig for a lot of people because the character is very rarely (if ever? Amelia Williams once that I can recall) actually called "Amy Williams" on TV. :)

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