The son of Brian Williams and his wife, Rory was born in 1989. (COMIC: The Broken Man) He was a childhood friend of Amelia Pond and grew up in the town of Leadworth. Like much of Leadworth, he was privy to her tales of "the raggedy Doctor," and he found himself a reluctant participant in dress-up games that she based on them. (TV: The Eleventh Hour) The pair were also friends of Mels, who, unbeknownst to them, was their daughter from the future. In primary school, Rory was known as the school "freak" and "geek", with very few friends other than Amelia and Mels. Amelia made him dress as "the raggedy Doctor" at Halloween at one point during the 1990s.