How have things changed now that... (SPOILERS FOR COLD BLOOD!)

[DAK]

...Rory has been erased from time?

11th Hour: The Doctor used Rory's phone to write the Zero Virus, which ultimately led the Atraxi to the source of the virus and allowed them to capture Prisoner Zero. Also, it was Rory that drove Amy to the hospital while the Doctor ran off to use Jeff's laptop. And he had the pictures of all of Prisoner Zero's disguises.

Flesh and Stone: Did they return to Amy's house at the end, since she no longer had to show him what she was running from? Does Amy have any memory of snogging and trying to seduce the Doctor? (Sure, she could have tried that at any time elsewhere, who could blame her? )

Vampires of Venice: Did this episode even happen now? The only reason they went to Venice was because it was a "wedding present". So did the fish people manage to sink Venice and save their race?

Amy's Choice: Wouldn't have happened either, since Amy no longer has that choice to make.

Hungry Earth and Cold Blood: It was Rory who helped the Doctor capture Alaya, and whose added push helped the Doctor and Ambrose unstick the church door when they were trapped outside. Would Alaya's body have been returned if Rory hadn't insisted on it? And most importantly, would Alaya's shot have hit the Doctor?

Thinking back on this, Rory had a pretty big influence on some of their past adventures. I wonder what sort of memories Amy has now of these events?

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

RoWHAT?!

 

[Saul]

This Rory fellow again. Look there is no Rory in the show! Why are people going on about this Rory, it's just spam.

 

[Starkers]

Didn't the doctor mention some Rory this week? Probably just a mistake...

 

[StCoop]

Your assuming that Moffat even spent two seconds thinking about these things.

 

[DAK]

You know you love me

 

[Maestro]

Rory? Can't remember the chap. Perhaps you're talking about Micky. Or was he Ricky?

 

[David cgc]

Until she mentioned she wasn't the marrying type this week, I thought she might've ended up engaged to Jeff, the good-looking one. Sadly, even without an adorable moppet for competition, it looks like he still needs to clear out his web history.

 

[Starkers]

You know you love me

Who is that, some extra?

Your assuming that Moffat even spent two seconds thinking about these things.

2 seconds longer than Rusty would have...

 

[The]

Your assuming that Moffat even spent two seconds thinking about these things.

2 seconds longer than Rusty would have...

Yep! It's a different world, now. People cannot say the creative team dismisses internal story logic or nods to the past, the way it was "understood" that RTD was above such things. We gotten Hartnell twice in this season so far, and the stories are all pretty damn tight (save the Dalek crap). So, has Moffat thought about the retroactive history this has caused? Totally. There's no way he wouldn't, given his entire fondness for timey-wimey things, and how time travel can play with a story, and vice-versa. To immediately dismiss thinking these things through is old hat, and needs to be left to the past five years.

Now, whether they'll actually address it is an entirely different thing...