River Song: Iconic Moments | Doctor Who 

Actually her notebook prop has an outline of most of their story in it. She knew exactly what she was saying. What made it fun was David wasn't told about her character so he was genuinely confused about what was going on.

​@terozu5440 Even with the notebook, I'd argue Kingston's playing of River throughout the series was downright impressive. I've watched the River/12 special, then jumped right to the Library episodes, and it feels genuinely coherent, like she Knows the Doctor as a person. Between Kingston and the writing, every moment between River and 10 feels like a callback to future episodes and their relationship.

I’m just

alex kingston is amazing ❤ i think if it was filmed in her timeline (she'd filmed all she said in the library before and then went to the library episode). she would have struggled to film it...watching her penguin books yt video...she gets super emotional watching the singing towers clips

i only remember her in the show Emergency Room where she played the Doctor Corday , i was very surprised to see her in doctor who for the first time

When he turns up just as Donna leaves, I always start sobbing. Even in their 5 minutes of screen time they had such a lovely relationship.

In my mind someway, somehow in the future Donna finds him and they live happily ever after.

@@icano404 Had to have a similar HC, because the alternative is so heartbreaking. Donna has so many tragic storylines, but imagine missing your real perfect soulmate by only a few seconds.

So maybe that’s why they are bringing back tenant voice to text is not writing things as I would wish them to be so maybe they’re bringing back Donna to give her that proper ending. She didn’t get with the right man and the right time in the right place. Oh knows maybe Donna hast to rejoin the doctor in order for the doctor to get some of his mojo back so to speak.

Amy and Rory were tragic figures but imo of all the modern companions Donna surely has the saddest story. Martha gets on with it and keeps fighting, Rose gets to live out her days with him (basically..) Clara becomes a multiversal Carmen San Diego and kind of gets a tardis and Bill gets to fang it around the universe with her baddie. Donna gets her memory erased, if I remember correctly, but I guess we’ll see…

Especially since Catherine Tate is so well known as a comedian!

I'm always a bit surprised they don't just answer, "Well, the doctor is almost 1000 years old, now. You can only be with him in the span of a human lifetime" without alluding to her actual fate.

I mean she has a point to be fair, if he died in The Library, it would likely rip the universe apart. Remember that River is the daughter of Amy, who only met the Doctor during his 11th incarnation, and River was only created by The Silence to kill the Doctor. His death this early would mean River was never born, River never entered The Library and the whole scenario in The Library was impossible. Even something as small as her handing him her packed lunch would be gone. Obviously she could never tell The Doctor, but her death was a fixed point simply because of how vital of a role River played in The Library, and the universe as a whole. Even if the Doctor was right, and he survived The Library and regenerated into the 11th Doctor earlier it would've destroyed the universe. This is because the 10th Doctor's death would've led to the death of the 11th Doctor which without the extra regenerations granted by Rassilon would've meant the Doctor's death entirely. This would've been devastating as the 11th Doctor would've never met Amy or The Silence, therefore The Silence wouldn't have ever been created, meaning once again that River Song would've never been created. Once again, this all leads to a paradox and the destruction of the universe. A fixed point cannot be altered, and the universe will go out of its way to correct this, as proven within The Waters of Mars where Adelaide Brooke killed herself to prevent the entire future of humanity from being altered.

I love how 11 says it to her at lake silencio as a call back, which gives River the line to use on 10.

Eleven’s goodbye as well: ”I will not forget one line of this, not one day, I swear. I will always remember when The Doctor was me.”

River vs The Dalek is one of the 2 most iconic appearances, along with the Library.

One… more… time !

@@TheAceOfTrace Also "I'm an archaeologist from the future. I dug you up"

Omg yes

"You wouldn't answer your phone."

I liked this because she made the 'superior' Dalek BEG for mercy. Something that I have never seen with a Dalek before.

i loved how when asked about the dalek she said dead pan, it died

​@@hunnybee971 From what I've heard, Darlek's are programmed to not know Mercy, not even the very word of it. So, she made a Dalek say a word it wasn't supposed to even know. Making that an even colder moment.

@@Thechaosmaster1997 later on its revealed that davros programmed in the idea of mercy and other emotions into the daleks but only as a thing to exploit and use to their advantage not something that they could experience

She didn't kill it per se, instead she scared it to death with her sheer presence.

EDIT, I posted this before she said "and the last time..." and now I feel like an idiot. I will leave this here for me to remember to finish something before I comment. feel free to reem me. 🤣🤣

But it's not necessarily... Yk, they where 24 years on Darillium 😉

I still have a theory that she met Jodie's Doctor but didn't know it. In The Husbands of River Song, she tells Capaldi that he reminded her of her ex wife. She could have met Jodie's Doctor, had a romance, but knowing what she knew about their last date, she had to pull a switch of that situation where River didn't know she was with the Doctor, but this time the Doctor couldn't reveal herself.

She already told them (Clara and Vastra) that she got out of the computer.... so she could very well return at some point.

Jack and River? The universe would implode.

@@lorifiedler13Which is funny when you consider that Alex Kingston and John Barrowman have the same birthday and have both been on Doctor Who AND Arrow, and yet I don't believe they have shared screen time even once.

@@vindicated30.6 too much sexual tension on the set 😂😂

This just proves how good a female hero can be if written correctly. River is a powerful female character with lots of flaws. That is what makes River both interesting and relatable.

@@winoodlesnoodles1984 ITA, and of all the Companions, I thought Donna was Top Drawer. She was not interested in a romance with the Doctor, and as pitiful as her education and lack of 'paying attention' was, she often got things right in a 'Timely Manner'. Except for the 'love interest' with the Doctor, Rose was pretty good, too. Well, I liked ALL of the Companions. But Donna is mine and my family's favorite.

@@hunnybee971 I have legit 😍😍 for Rose, but Donna was my fave as well. There was no romance, it was just adventures, good vibes, and saving the world.

@@hollygolightly8943 I have fond memories of Rose. But I thought she was a silly girl who fell in love with a 'hero'. Martha was sweet, and loyal. And I felt that she knew he still loved someone else. I just realized that I haven't watched The Doctor in several years. Not even re-runs. Donna. I loved Donna. I thought she was a bit like Rose. Innocent. Foolish. Silly. But instinctive. And loyal. She didn't have problems telling the Doctor what she thought or how she felt. Then Clara. I loved her. She was smart, and she wasn't in love with him, but she did love him. Her life was sad, but in the end ... She had her own TARDIS. Oh, I forgot the Ponds. I enjoyed them immensely. But River Song is my favorite, and I feel she should have stayed around more than she did. I'm just so disappointed that the writers and producers didn't have the imagination to come up with a grandmother and her four grandchildren ages 5, 14 {girls}. 15, and 16 {boys}. The adventures Peter Capaldi could have had. My grandsons spent every weekend with me just to watch The Doctor. Ah, the adventures WE shared while time travelling and visiting other planets. BBC just doesn't know what they missed. LOL They liked River Song, too.

She could return, since she got out of the computer somehow....

I would love to have seen her play Princess Margaret with a dash of RiverSong.

There's one called the Diary of River Song

@@jevgeek7674 You're a saint

Oh! I just made the connection. Hahaha

That's because The Doctor isn't just a passenger/pilot of the TARDIS, the TARDIS picked him to be its companion and accomplish what she felt needed to be done in the universe and across time.

@@lorien833 I know why she lets him do it, but he doesn't know that it's an option until that knowledge is passed back to him from a future version of himself via River. That knowledge followed a circular path. That's the fun part.

@Jeny🍎 Bloody trolls

Sorry to hear about your day. The Doctor has always been 'the Madman in the box', but during Moffat's era, he was the Raggedy man (in the box) 🙃. I'm a 'Tenth kid', as you put it, but that doesn't mean I don't love Moffat's writing or sort of TV auteur. He's been writing for Who for a while -- having even wrote the 1999 Red Nose Comedy Relief special The Curse of Fatal Death, which is a classic for me -- and has even penned such gold as the Girl in the Fireplace and Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead (among many more). So while I did 'grow up' with the head of Series 5 in a much more compressed state than that of Eccleston and Tennant, I've never doubted Moffat for one second. I may have only recently come to fully appreciate his Smith-era style, but hell, the guy practically invented the Angels -- and Blink is a masterpiece.

9th was basically the first Doctor I watched and then 10th came, but I had the privilege of experiencing everything you described about 11th as well. Every once in awhile I go back and watch my favorite 11th moments to lighten up my mood.

I hope things get better for you soon. Stay strong 💛

I was around 12, when I first watched the 11th and I was at rock bottom during that time, but Raggedy Man made things a little better

Right? It was so very well done! I hated the Clara bullshit they tried to pull. But with River, it worked seamlessly.

🙂

I like to imagine he’s the very last one, going to settle down with the only women that he loved and was remotely like the doctor until he died. When he died river song escaped to when we saw her in the name of the doctor.

@@elijahmitchell9944 that was the idea. Doctor Moon was to the final incarnation of the Doctor, the one that River spoke about, who died before she did. He sets up the whole thing so they can be together in CAL forever. However it was a bit constrictive so it was brushed aside. Still a possibility though.

For real, when asked in an interview Alex said that she'd love to return and that the only way for River now is forward which is true, so let's hope RTD brings her back

Yeah that is why the audios exist, but I don’t think we’ll ever gonna see her on screen again, her loop has just been completed too perfectly… (don’t get me wrong I would love to get River back on the official show

Check out the _The Diary of River Song_ audio-play series from Big Finish. Also, Alex Kingston's River Song novel, _The Ruby's Curse_.

@@sixtinemeillier7694 while I get that, they can move past it, surely there's some way they could bring her back physically, even if it's at a point before the library and she has her mind wiped at the end

@@EternalPayne The only time she should be on screen is adaptions of the audio dramas or a spinoff for her, taking place during certain Doctors. She's had three seperate goodbyes. Her death in the library, the kiss on Trenzalore with her data ghost, and The Husbands of River song. Three different Doctors, three different goodbyes. Each of them is perfect. If she comes back to Doctor Who, it will only be a tragedy (Which do we really need to see more angst with these two) or overindulgent garbage where she shows up for pure nostalgia bait. I can pitch an idea if youd like

I love this

And then there's the Master who repeatedly tries (and occasionally succeeds) to kill their past and future selves.

I don't think they were in exactly opposite timelines, but it probably mostly was backwards which was unfortunate.

Oh they took it one step further than that. According to the actress, the actual prop she had her first time on set had a ton of stories of her travels in it. Almost all of them became actual episodes.

it's also suposed to be announcing she's finally gettign a spin off of her own as a limited series where she teams up with lady vastra Jenny and Strax

@@WardNightstone that could work if we didn't see her entire timeline

@@WardNightstone if anyone, Russell will make it happen

@@WardNightstone i really hope this happens cause this is great! I really want to see more of river but i feel her character is over in doctor who. If they ever bring her back they are going to have to end the episode with river having her mind wiped of the events in the episode because she wouldn’t remember that doctor’s incarnation in the husband’s of river song. Which to be fair I wouldn’t mind if they did that for one more appearance, but I wouldn’t want that done more than once. Having that series would make me so happy. I love her character so much and the paternoster gang.

@@omegagamer4124 we’ve seen pretty much her entire time with the doctor, not without him

on big finish they have,I think theres currently 8. You should hear her interactions with the classic doctors, especially 7th, its hilarious

Totally!

It would *have* to be called Spoilers

@@Ph03n1xx Ha ha ha ... well, as someone that lives in the USA the BBC always has me "shaking my head". They created a multi-season TV show with the actress that played Miss Shara Jane Smith targeted for Middle School and High School students. And even cast a female actress in the role of Doctor Who. Then, why not just create a spin-off TV show for River Song as Mrs. Dr. Who. If they did, I would even sign up for an extra streaming service, just to watch her adventures (smile...smile).

@@transitengineer that's what I mean, a spin off, but called Spoilers. Mostly because she says it so often people would remember it really well

"Spoilers..."

What happened to the Dalek?

And a lot of "extra" stuff here should be edited out.

the fact they made one...

@@CharlesEzakichi It died

over half an hour and sorely incomplete!

@@jeffreymontgomery7516 Yeah they need to add "part 1" to the title of the video. Since it ends only about half way thru her appearances on the show.

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Mind you, it makes sense ... but I've always wondered, what kind of parents is ok with their baby girl married to the Doctor? He's fantastic, but not altogether sane, and a happy ever after would never be in the cards. She burned brightly, but she was never going to die of old age.

yes! also love the moment of "I was taught [to fly the Tardis] by the best, it's a shame you (referring to the Doctor) were busy that day", as well as the hallucinogenic lipstick moments (both uses such as with a guard and mentions such as the deleted timeline where she uses it on Kennedy or when she becomes Cleopatra), and def the Dalek begging for mercy, there honestly should be a part 2 cause this is missing so many iconic moments!

1. You'd have to know she's in there 2. It's a sentient computer so probably resistant to wireless hacking or doesn't have wireless features. 3. In order to get to the physical data bank you have to dodge shadows that will eat you

Damn skippy

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@@drwhowhatwhere why russian if they're writing in turkish?

I mean, that's kind of a cool idea, but 1) it wouldn't really be River, it's The Doctor. 2) I dunno, I feel like The Doctor taking the form of their wife is a bit, strange.

1) Yep, it would be The Doctor. 2) Yep, that's The Doctor all right. 😁

Or at the very least tell Donna he finally figured out who River was to him.

It breaks my heart every time!

But didn't the Doctor erase her memory in a later episode? She became normal, and found 'another' love of her life.

@@hunnybee971 Well l, yeah, but just cause she doesn't remember doesn't mean it's not sad.

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Not one line

@@haddy106 don't you dare

And you even missed out her show down with the Dalek!

And at 77 years old, I STILL think she's sexy...

Couldn’t put it better myself