the best of river song 

"are literally an old married couple... kinda" this is the most accurate description of their relationship I've ever seen

“It’s a shame you were busy that day” *was busy literally dying*

Gotta love the fact that she literally makes the Dalek say a word apparently not even in their programmed vocabulary -- Mercy isn't a word they're supposed to be able to say. She scared the crap out of the Dalek so hard she literally broke it to the point of making it say a word it shouldn't have been able to say, and I love it!

"You, me, handcuffs. Must it always end this way?" Yes, it will end this way...

Alex Kingston is utterly ethereal and the fact that people have been paid to kiss her is unfair to like everyone else and i will not be accepting anything contradictory

“OH I HATE YOU SOMETIMES” “I KNOW” The last time the river says she hates the doctor he responds with I know, and every other time he said “no you don’t”, it’s one of those character arcs that you notice more and more about it the more you watch it

for the first episodes with river in them literally being the first alex acted in, she did amazing at acting like she had already experienced everything to come

Star Wars fans: "I love you" "I know" Doctor Who fans: "I hate you" "No you don't"

When you realize that River kept flirting with the Doctor in front of her parents.

Making the Dalek beg for mercy will always be iconic

"I will crush every last remnant of you from this universe" River: "HOW dare you! I'm your wife!" Him: "You plan to murder me" Her: "Don't change the subject"

"By the way, what do you think?" "Of what?" "My new body!" "Oh I don't know yet, I've only seen the face" ;)

The scene where she smacks Eleven in the diner had to be redone so many times that his makeup had to be redone to cover the red spot!

Isn't every scene with her in it is the best?

“I was on my way to this gay gypsy bar mitzvah for the disabled…” 🤣🤣🤣 First time I realized she just listed all the people the Third Reich saw as inferior, imperfect, or undesirable. That is amazing writing!

" hush Mommy and Daddy are busy" nothing like interrupting a time lord and his wife during an argument.. that line alone was perfection., the writers absolutely nailed it when they were asked to create this role, and the casting was perfect.

OH GOD NOW I HAVE THE URGE TO BINGE THE ENTIRETY OF DOCTOR WHO *AGAIN*

7:37 River couldn't remember the silence because she wasn't looking at it so she only shot it because her dad was scared.

“Dear god, your hard work young.” This line fucking kills me, if I’m being honest.

I absolutely adore the way that Alex Kingston acts River at different points in her personal timeline. From wildly-impulsive-yet-uncertain post-regen Melody to in-over-her-head Wedding Apocalypse River to the variously hypercompetent femme-fatale-to-married-woman iterations on Doctor Song to classy confident-yet-jaded Professor Song... They're all such visibly different points in her arc and to have to play that completely out of order must have taken a heck of a lot of skill and poise. Not only that, but the dynamic between her and the Doctor is *so* complex over time as the information each has over the other varies massively from meeting to meeting, never quite matching card to card on an even playing field, but making it work anyway. The closest they ever came was Darillium, both of them happily married at the most mutually mature and equal their relationship ever was... Even then, the informational imbalance between them was a major theme of the episode, with River acting like she had all the cards as per usual for her later life, not realising that The Doctor was A: there, B: older than she'd ever met him and C: had said his final goodbyes twice already, knowing every single detail of their future together. Heartbreaking, and, as per usual, love helped it work. River is delightfully convoluted, fascinatingly clever and, honestly, possibly the best example of Timey-Wimey character development ever. I can't think of a single example that comes close. I can understand why River's story was too much for some people. I think she was brilliant.

7:44 I love that when River calls in and tells them to turn off the alarm it actually does. I can only imagine the exasperated officer on the other side

It's so sad that the first time we see her is the last she sees the doctor 😔

I’m wondering if there’s anything Amy regrets more than that seductive “oh doctor, you soniced her.” Comment ABOUT HER OWN DAUGHTER

"What are you doing?" "Helping!" "You've got a screwdriver! Go build a cabinet!" "THAT'S REALLY RUDE!"

"I'm quite a screamer, now that's a spoiler for you" Don't play my feelings woman

i just realize river song questioning the doctors fez is like a wife seeing her husband trying to walk outside in a dumb outfit

For all his flaws as a writer and show runner; one thing Steven Moffat did right was casting Alex Kingston as River Song. No one else could have played her better

The only woman in Doctor Who history to make a frigging Dalek actually BEG for mercy.

At 7:40 she wasn’t looking at a silence so she had no memory of them. Which means she shot something based of Rory’s look, without knowing what it was and didn’t even check to see it after. What a badass

River and 10: "I hate you sometimes." "I know." River and 11, 12: "I hate you." "No you don't."

The reason she was able to shoot the silence, that she couldn't remember, was because her dad looked scared. I love that bit the most!!

"You're talking about murdering someone!" "No I'm not, I'm actually murdering someone."

her witty sense of humor and sarcasm is just immaculate. 😗👌

12 and river really had a great chemestry, too bad they only got one episode together

The fact that in the white House he just KNEW thats she would respond with "I hate you"

River Song is probably one of the best characters ever created. Alex Kingston plays her brilliantly. River/Alex Kingston enhances every episode she is in. The repartee between her and the Doctor is witty and sharply delivered. I often address my daughters as "Sweetie."

River Song and Captain Jack need to meet... The Universe would implode...

i’m a simple person, I see my queen, i click

The part with the Dalek is epic, especially when you know River's entire timeline. The reason the Dalek is begging for mercy is because River, according to the records, did what no Dalek ever could.

The only thing i was missing was her "when you love the doctor it's like loving the stars themselves" monologue but i still had a lot of fun watching😆

The scene where she shoots the Silent behind her... I didn't realise before but if you don't look at them their main advantage is gone. Despite the name they DO make noise.

The whole River story is brilliant. There's so much more that could have been a spin off.

OMG YES THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT ON MY RIVER SONG PLAYLIST

its insane how she was able to act like this since the very beginning like the chemistry she s had with every doctor is always new yet slightly familiar

Me: *is straight* Also me after watching every River episode: r/suddenlygay

"oOOOo Doctor you soniced her" Amy thats your daughter hush

2:43 I know the flirty meaning of this line, but also... It does always end that way.

"Oh I had lessons from the very best. It's a shame you were busy that day." Did anyone else go, "dying" or am I alone on that? 🤣

SHE IS SUCH AN ICON! Im so sad she is gone forever now. 😢

"It's a screwdriver it's for building cabinets." 7:25 did I just see it kill that Silence.

I like how the Doctor puts her in the Tardis in the last part of the video to save her, but forgets she knows how to fly the Tardis and can fly it back to him. That little detail that she is better at flying the Tardis than the Doctor is because she learned from the Tardis but he seems to forget, or plain ignore it due to pride is funny somehow.

Wait, where's the part where River outsmarts The Doctor's outsmarting of her outsmarting of his outsmarting of her outsmarting of his outsmarting of her outsmarting of his outsmarting of her outsmarting by kissing/poisoning him after he denies all of her other methods to kill him

4:08 the amazing unspoken plan forming between the two. Perfection

"I think I might take the age down just gradually, to freak people out"

1:20 that relatable moment when your future/past/present wife tells you that apparently you weren’t the one to teach her to fly the bigger-on-the-inside space/time machine that only your dead species knows how to fly, and is the only one of its kind now and secretly has a consciousness that you’ll be connected with long before and after she’s gone. (TM)

I fell in love with river song when I was first saw her episodes as a kid and I'm still in love with her, she's ✨everything✨

“I’m river song… check your records again” *activates her gun* “MERCY.” “Say that again?!” “MERCY!” “One more time!…” “MERCYYYYYYY!!!” Badass since she done two things… “killed” the Doctor and kills a dalek right there!

"hush now mommy and daddy are talking" *well-*

ya know, he seems to take offense to how river treats her other husbands but i think it speaks out all the more to how special he is to her that she goes from being the one blatantly in charge to lying that it was him doing the right things and acting like a giddy schoolgirl and getting flustered when hes there

Literally never clicked on a video so fast on my life

River Song is definitely my favourite Doctor Who character even after rewatching the show 3 times. She is an ICON

7:45 I love how the alarm actually turns off after she uses the phone.

Alex Kingston is a queen all on her own, but put her in the role of Doctor Who and she becomes a whole new level of QUEEN. Legit my favorite character in my modern day television.

There are many love interests for the doctor but none of them, yes, not even the Master, can hold a candle to River Song.

River Song has to be one of the best story arcs in Doctor Who

Rory : What kind of Doctor are you? River : Archaeology ... ...as she shoots a Silence she cannot see, and so *cannot* remember exists ... simply because her father looks frightened ....

1:18 I’ll never get over how timey wimey and perfect this line is. He was only busy because he was dying because of her.

"Doctor Song, you've got that face on again." "What face?" "The 'He's hot when he's clever' face." "This is my normal face." "Yes it is." "Oh, shut up."

It must have been hard for River Song to have to pretend not to know that Amy and Rory were her parents.

“I hate you sometimes!” “Oh, I know!!” THATS OKAY I DIDN’T NEED MY HEART ANYWAY 2:30 now that’s the correct response

i would literally die for her

One of the only three time lords who can make a dalek say "mercy"

Rivera was a wonderful character and the chemistry between her and all the doctors works so well. But I love the actress in all she’s done. Moll Flanders’s was excellent as was ER. (Not enough screen time in discovery of witches). Beautiful lady.

THE KING HAS RETURNED 👏👏

“I hate you sometimes” “I know!” “Oh I hate you” “No you don’t”

6:52 Once again, she wins that tiktok challenge

Her background/upbringing made me super sad... but her adulthood and the path she chose gave me so much hope :)

The return of the king.

She's one of the best written characters ever

I love all the hints they give that 11 is on his final regeneration and never tells anyone.

A perfect character seriously

Her being the only thing to make a Dalek beg for mercy is perfection

3:54 WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE SWAPPABLE HEADS? THE HUSBANDS OF RIVER SONG?!

_a little headcanon of mine_ River: Who are you? Thirteen: I'm... Dr. Jane Smith. River: You remind me of my husband for some reason. Thirteen: *choking back tears* Yeah wow that's very interesting!

I'm surprised you didn't have: River: I AM his wife! Amy: Yes! And I'm his --- mother-in-law.

4:00 "Fezzes are cool" mother and daughter in sync. EXECUTE ORDER 66!

God I love River so much she is a goddess and a queen

6:36 THIS US A CHILDRENS SHOW. But who cares shes river song

Best time to stay up all night

The best scene is the one where she tells the dalek her name and it keeps saying "mercy?"

River is the reason I cry so much in doctor who.

I am a sucker for timetravel-stories, and honestly, of all Doctor Who-Storylines, Doctors and Rivers relationship is my favorite. From how it was introduced to how it plays out, the complications with it (The kissing scene hurt a bit, poor River knowing she will never kiss the Doctor again >

Then swappable head!!! Lol I get that now. Gotta love Moffat for being consistent

Damn, seeing the dalek beg for mercy still gives me chills

The universe may fear the Doctor But a Dalek begged River for mercy

The man the myth the legend is back! 2021 just got better :)

River Song is perfect for 11. I love them both so much! I love their parents too! 😂

I love it how the first episode we saw river was “silence in the library” then the last time was “the husbands of river song” and in her timeline the library was after her night at the singing towers of derullium

Actually that last night on Daryllium was River's fault. The doctor wanted to get her out that's why he teleported her into the Tardis... But she just ruined the plan before he could have join her and get away. And he couldn't tell her because that would have been spoilers...

I love River song so much!!!! She literally treats her prison as a hotel, she constantly shoots his hats, and she's just an overall chaotic flirt! The absolute best!!!