the best of river song

[@kyenewman5255]

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

[@mehranx6536]

and she was the one who was killing him 🤣🤣

[@Xidphel]

RIP in F

[@Silverwind87]

Does that mean the Tardis is like her godmother?

[@apologiesbutyourstuckwithm1814]

@@Silverwind87 yea pretty much, to sum it up, a previous version of river met her husband, she travelled with him and her parents to go and kill Hitler by using her god mother, she was then shot by Hitler and thus river song was born. After recently being born she then poisoned her husband threatened her parents, forced a whole restaurant to strip, went into her godmother to learn how to fly her. Then gave up the rest of her lives to save the husband she just met and proceeded to poison not even half an hour ago.

[@Thetruepianoman]

@@apologiesbutyourstuckwithm1814 Thank you for the effort but that was a poor summary 😂 Read it all and it was interesting but not easy to follow

[@prollymarkus]

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

[@tevvytevvy2672]

fun fact: Alex thought the diary was cleverly written with made-up stories to help her acting, but it was actually Moffat writing all the episodes she was going to be in later. She knew about River Song's run on the show before it even happened, and she had no idea.

[@dippyfresh8155]

Alex Kingston is an incredible actress. Her role in ER is my favorite and it’s just 🤌

[@rodvincent]

@@tevvytevvy2672 She fell in love with the doctor before the doctor met her. And it couldn't have happened any other way.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@rodvincent It literally couldn't, you're right. Her entire life is a bootstrap paradox; she wouldn't have been born if she hadn't saved The Doctor on the day she died.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@rodvincent she fell in love with the Doctor shortly after she tried to kill him. He already knew her, and knew that she would die in the Library - he knew how she would die the entire time they were together. But no, she didn't fall in love with him before he met her. Not in _her_ timeline, anyway. "They engineered a psychopath to kill you." ~ Tasha "Totally married her. I’d never have made it here alive without River Song." ~ the Doctor (#11)

[@nebulonicc]

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

[@thebighurt2495]

Funnily enough, the Doctor has two Wives. River is *one* of them.

[@M888HGAAAWNKLMTOZLNLSSSKKHHZBB]

YEAH THATS LADY JESIS AND LADY THOR LOLOLOL THEYRE MY SUN AND MOON OF VENUS

[@yehiahuzayyin7972]

@@thebighurt2495 Four, actually.

[@ThwaryesTheIvattEngine]

@@yehiahuzayyin7972 Who were wives two and three?

[@Blazieth]

@@ThwaryesTheIvattEngine If I had a guess, 1) was whoever Hartnell had his children with that would give birth to Susan, his granddaughter. 2) would be the TARDIS - technically not official, but let's be honest with ourselves here. 3) is Queen Elizabeth I, the not-so-Virgin Queen, and then 4) is River Song.

[@MysteryMedia2001]

Making the Dalek beg for mercy will always be iconic

[@chalybs64]

And her cold response: "What happened to the dalek?" "It died."

[@samalvey8168]

@@chalybs64 She never said she shot it. Maybe it died of fright, which would be impressive since they're genetically engineered not to feel fear.

[@brinmoody]

@@samalvey8168 they're also not meant to be able to say the word Mercy either, we learn that later on in a Capaldi episode. So hey, I wouldn't doubt it did, considering she already broke it enough to make it say a word not programmed into it, a word we later learn is meant to be impossible for a Dalek to ever say.

[@lewisfredette1319]

She's literally the only one that has ever gotten a dalek to beg for mercy

[@solaris9426]

@@lewisfredette1319 I think that might have been its Kaled origins emerging in its final moments.

[@Rainbow_Neos1]

"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"

[@liborohanka5010]

It's more funny, when you realize, that she is probably serious! I mean, she did tried murder her husband (multiple times and got pretty close) and he never was rude to her. And this one just heard plan........ Of course she thinks he's overacting 😂.!

[@meatballg8655]

“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

[@nathannunez3127]

And the last time the Doctor hears her say those words he says no you don’t

[@gracelowndes.official]

I think it's her way her way of saying "I love you" when she's mad at him over something. She means to say those words but says "I hate you" instead. Then The Doctor says "No you don't" or "I know" because he knows what she really meant to say.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@gracelowndes.official he only said "I know" once, in the Library.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Well, yeah, it's supposed to be like that. It's done purposefully. And the "I know" only happened in the library, before he even knew who she was.

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

@@MaryAnnNytowl Exactly, because she then dies for him, so every time after, when she says "I hate you," he says "No you don't" cuz he knows she cares enough to die for him.

[@doctordeathdefying132]

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!

[@Riateph]

Yep! You can see the extra makeup in the shot of his left side profile before the slap. And fun fact, after the slap, every editing cut is angled just right to hide the spot where River's hand would have landed - because she would've ruined his makeup and revealed the red spot on camera again. Edit: You can also see the edge of the red spot as Matt turns with the momentum just a tad too far while making his face, and shows a bit of left cheek to camera. @5:31

[@doctordeathdefying132]

@@Riateph, indeed!

[@thebakalord]

At least he got his revenge by calling her “Mrs Robinson”

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@Riateph You've been watch 'Confidential', haven't you. 😃

[@sassylittleprophet]

Oh my God, Matt Smith's poor face

[@brinmoody]

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!

[@yvonneburns2786]

I kinda want to know what the Daleks record said of Dr River Song!

[@brinmoody]

@@yvonneburns2786 you and me both! I so wish we could have known!

[@bananaeclipse3324]

@@yvonneburns2786 probably Run. Hide. Run some more. Then hope the doctor doesn’t find you. (As the daleks think the doctor is their preditor). As they know she is the doctors wife they must know she is also a preditor of the daleks.

[@Tiporax]

@@yvonneburns2786 probably "the woman who kills the doctor", which would be enough of a scare to make most species cry mercy

[@philipgood5041]

@@yvonneburns2786 the person who both killed and married The Doctor.

[@arnoldsherrill2585]

" 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.

[@joeduffy4547]

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

[@jaspreetdigpal2777]

omg no shut up 😭😭😭

[@stephymarie4403]

"Don't you dare" 😭😭😭😭

[@Dandidoodles]

The doctor: Yep! but they won't be on you! Lol

[@shadesofjade]

Why?!?! Why must you do this!?!?!?

[@sammydray5919]

I don't get it 😶

[@AdamSailas]

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

[@anasbinharun555]

Also whovians: - I love you! - Quite right, too.

[@silentsoul2196]

Also whovians: - I love you! - Well, that's good, because I'm your new lodger

[@Dandidoodles]

@@silentsoul2196 🤣🤣🤣

[@milenacharles6081]

good omens fans: i don't even like you! you doooo

[@ExiletheJedi]

Me, a fan of both: “I hate you.” “I know”

[@maxhamlin636]

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

[@nebulonicc]

I have never agreed with a statement more

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Nobody tell 'em...

[@yvonneburns2786]

She's THE Doctor we never had!

[@sinisterhilbily8198]

Other than my wife one of the most naturally beautiful and elegant woman.

[@falcore91]

@@sinisterhilbily8198 if your wife is a Doctor Who fan she might argue that point with you.

[@mr.scarlo2234]

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

[@FreakingPlane]

Yesssssss

[@alyzu4755]

Yup!!!!!!! 🥰

[@stephymarie4403]

FACT

[@gavinator2730]

Essentially

[@mycalondon4964]

Biggest facts

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

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.

[@ThwaryesTheIvattEngine]

Reading what you said made me have a think: If Alex wants to continue on the show, and it does get confirmed (whenever that'll happen), It's pretty much going to be the time between Angels take Manhattan and Darillium. Meaning that when she met/will meet Capaldi's Doctor, she would've known about all of their new faces, and kept up his Number One rule.

[@juju8285]

She was not brilliant, she was fantastic

[@SpookMrsSpooky]

Writing too. they had to have had a plan for her timelline all mapped out.

[@PokeTimelordPatronus]

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

[@chrisa.k.1531]

Imagine all the prisoners being woken up by the alarms blaring. At this point why have an alarm 😂

[@thomasnolastname8734]

"Wait, how did you get out in the first place? Oooooohhhhhhhhh, yeah. I forgot, wibbly wobbly"

[@isiemcculloch8566]

"Oh, it's just River Song in cell 426... Yeah, she broke out again... well, she's back now, so turn the damn alarm off, it's doing my head in!"

[@coffeejellyash]

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

[@mizjohs]

"I'll have to let you know; I've only seen the face" tells me that she fully intends to find out!

[@kylebenoit787]

Oh certainly. And more!

[@starlite04]

Well she had 24 years to find out.

[@arm279145]

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

[@LevonBlueoak]

Going after the Doctor on the eve of her wedding maybe? Once she realized her relationship to him?

[@AngelaOrr-p9u]

Snogging her future son in law perhaps????

[@_yeojo]

maybe her almost kissing the doc?

[@leidenschaftfaul]

I mean, Amy is his mother in law - so, it wasn't as inappropriate as it may have sounded 😂

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Threatening to shoot her at Demon's Run?

[@emmakinsella9574]

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.

[@Tantalus010]

Or because she sensed someone was behind her and knew whoever it was must be hostile because she knew where the Doctor, Rory and Amy were.

[@GuiSmith]

@@Tantalus010 Any information about the Silence is forgotten once you no longer experience it. You may know you felt something, but not what or how. You can’t recall their sound, smell, visage, or the sensations of their movement causing airflow. River could’ve still been feeling or hearing something to help aim, but I almost doubt it.

[@OneMate4Life]

​@@GuiSmith that's the thing though. There's a difference between hearing a sound and knowing what it is, and just hearing something that made sound. She didn't need to know what a Silence sounded like. Just that there was *a* sound behind her. Given that she knew where Amy, Rory, and the Doctor were, she knew the sound behind her wasn't them and had to be hostile. Add to that the fact that she saw Rory's expression, it just confirmed for her the approaching entity had to be killed. That's how bada** she is.

[@yuna2381]

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

[@PageNo70]

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

[@cyberfox9713]

The fact Amy worked out who. River was to the doctor before the doctor always makes me laugh 😂

[@katfoster845]

​@@cyberfox9713call it a mother's intuition.

[@blackhammer5797]

Spoilers

[@philiprice7875]

and the look on Amys face when she realises she is his mother in law

[@thomasnolastname8734]

​@@philiprice7875 "Oh no, it runs in the family"

[@jacobbishop8067]

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

[@FreakingPlane]

Oh yeah 😮

[@deeznuts9063]

The noise they make could also be an indicator but this explanation is so sweet.

[@piniatafullofblood]

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

[@Chris-hx3om]

You're, not your.

[@nickmauricio1058]

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

[@monsieurhannes9072]

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

[@lillycline1414]

Mood

[@julieeverett7442]

all three hundred stories and over 1000 episodes? That'll take a while!!! (and I actually did this once, it took 34 days)

[@monsieurhannes9072]

@@julieeverett7442 You are saying that like i didn't do it 3 times already ._. (and no, I don't have a social life)

[@julieeverett7442]

@@monsieurhannes9072 ok so you do know, fun isnt it!!

[@monsieurhannes9072]

@@julieeverett7442 Sure is, I can not verbally express how much I love Doctor Who!

[@troopship12]

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."

[@patlee4858]

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

[@LevonBlueoak]

That's literally what it is.

[@JaneNewAuthor]

And the Stetson!

[@hollyhughes4028]

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!!

[@bananaeclipse3324]

Or the reflection in his eyes

[@Kerriangel]

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

[@skykrasher4475]

He turned his title character into a trophy husband, iconic.

[@Noobie2k7]

Same as the casting for Missy. It was absolutely perfect.

[@russlane5536]

Ive never understood the moffat hate: for all the meh moments were four times more awesome! Moments consistently.

[@Sus-oh7yg]

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

[@932ForeverLove]

“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!

[@aidanevans654]

It’s an iconic line

[@DefgirRZawa]

As someone who reads all about 20th century, especially Third Reich, this was a hilarious line xD

[@ThwaryesTheIvattEngine]

reminds me of the church scene in Kingsman Secret Service

[@hyhena-gaming9986]

Just missing black people and a Jehovah witness preacher

[@TwilitLugia]

​@@hyhena-gaming9986And Catholics which isn't that well known

[@christopherhodges7607]

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

[@yvonneburns2786]

😅You forget That Rose convinced a Dalek to suicide itself thinking it was the only Dalek left of its kind.

[@thomascrawley3238]

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

[@eveleene3613]

Beautiful meta that only Doctor Who can pull off really. This series is a league of its own

[@annam3243]

Doesn't she see him again in the Name of the Doctor

[@abel5435]

@AnnaM yes

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@eveleene3613 WAS in a league of its own. Chibnall/Whittaker killed Doctor Who, stone dead!

[@edz4prez204]

@@Chris-hx3om nah Whitaker has the personality it's chibnal even now she still embodies the doctor great despite Dw no being what it use to be

[@finsmylie8382]

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

[@wasi2361]

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

[@milanivosevic4771]

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.

[@mrafton9457]

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

[@benayu2577]

Actually, how hasn't this happened...

[@cyberfox9713]

They have met in big finish

[@nickbanale]

Imagine the never ending loop of flirtation... I would LOVE that

[@kimberlytunkel4567]

I’m pretty sure they do since the time thingy on her wrist is actually jack’s, she would have had to met him at some point in order to get it.

[@bunnigirl74]

Oh dear. would the universe explode?

[@emily_boo_19]

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

[@ThePoketrix]

Liar, your username clearly states your pansexuality

[@emily_boo_19]

@@ThePoketrix exactly

[@multifanderisverycrafty]

I’m bi.

[@deeznuts9063]

That woman was my gay awakening.

[@thedragonsunicorn]

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

[@Lucy-yu9op]

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

[@shiroi201]

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😆

[@max_208]

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

[@sorceress_of_craft1036]

But they also spent 24 years together at the singing towers on Durlilim

[@jakepullman4914]

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.

[@dylanhodgson7605]

She didn’t know it was there she reacted because Plastic dude did

[@bananaeclipse3324]

@@dylanhodgson7605 also could be that she saw through the reflection of rorys eyes.

[@dylanhodgson7605]

@@bananaeclipse3324 maybe she did see it in plastic dude’s eyes

[@Damons-Old-Soul]

She simply knows her Father well enough to understand what he's seeing given the events of the episode.

[@Chris-hx3om]

" I didn't realise before but if you don't look at them their main advantage is gone" No, when you don't look at them, you forget them...

[@FreakingPlane]

OMG YES THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT ON MY RIVER SONG PLAYLIST

[@trixanicon8454]

LADIES GENTS AND NON BINARY MISERIES ITS MY FAVOURITE SIBLING, THE BEAN NEXT DOOR

[@FreakingPlane]

@@trixanicon8454 NEXT DOOR BEAN HELLO

[@blacklighthologram5339]

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

[@dylanhodgson7605]

I think that was from the what are they called

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Not on its own, it just redirected the energy from the Silence back at it

[@piniatafullofblood]

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)

[@finallyimginger3223]

i think its funnier when you realize the tardis herself taught river how to drive, and the doctor was busy because he was dying

[@bellabo8166]

This comment deserves a like just for its first line :D

[@piniatafullofblood]

@@finallyimginger3223 ooooh that’s a cool headcannon

[@piniatafullofblood]

@@finallyimginger3223 that name is hilarious

[@piniatafullofblood]

@@finallyimginger3223 I mean, she would qualify as the very best

[@Jen-xl9ph]

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.

[@chiffon788]

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

[@ellievgrace]

and the doctor knew 🥲

[@modsmum]

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

[@gnousgnous6756]

There's an audio series spin off

[@GuiSmith]

There’s a book now

[@stephymarie4403]

"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? 🤣

[@rowanharbour]

I couldn't stop laughing.

[@LevonBlueoak]

It was still the Doctor. just not 11

[@crazydisney91]

@@LevonBlueoak it was 11! He was literally dying because she'd poisoned him so the tardis had to show River how to fly her to save Rory and Amy.

[@LevonBlueoak]

@@crazydisney91 that makes sense. The TARDIS would be the best at flying herself

[@TaylorL333]

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

[@Rainbowboi94]

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.

[@chrisvan2688]

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

[@Cam_Can_Play]

Mother and daughter solidarity

[@DittoGTI]

It's like they're related

[@nolansaylor7710]

"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."

[@arvidassburg4500]

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

[@crusmonster1397]

That part is so funny 😂 “is killing you going to take all day?”

[@quantumblauthor7300]

The goddamn banana

[@potocurry]

Its in Lets Kill Hitler but yes that was an awesome scene which shld hv been included

[@ameliaadamsmartin8055]

11:33, the face he makes when he realises she's taken the TARDIS without him knowing before. Also dropping the hint that now he knows 😂

[@Drp_br_]

“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!

[@user-pb4zb9qp4z]

I love that you can actually hear the dalek gasp after she said 'check your records again'

[@alexhollinghurst3945]

@@user-pb4zb9qp4z “oh fu-”

[@welkingunther5417]

Even better, Daleks are not programmed to say mercy at all, so it's one hell of a thing she did

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

And the Dalek’s like ‘oh shit’ because this is the woman who killed the Dalek’s apex predator.

[@mrandmrsduquette1904]

And then later when Amy asks "Where's the Dalek?" and River deadpans "It died." 😂😂

[@alexrose9507]

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

[@liesmazarina7578]

Yeah. But she can always return for her previous adventures.

[@alexrose9507]

@@liesmazarina7578 That is true but it wont be the same.

[@julieeverett7442]

not quite, her spirit is still in the library, with her doctor

[@bunnigirl74]

she's never really gone, after all she and the doctor did run all over time and space.

[@digifreak90]

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

[@nebulonicc]

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✨

[@piniatafullofblood]

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

[@Dandidoodles]

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

[@winoodlesnoodles1984]

The dalek scene is my favorite. Alex perfectly transitions her demeanor from when she casually says "I'm River Song." to threatening when she says "Check your records again!" Well writen and well acted.

[@nikdzuba1209]

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.

[@random_human2975]

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

[@davidioanhedges]

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 ....

[@JoeKnaggs]

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

[@KiraAsakura14]

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

[@GooseWithAPassport]

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

[@edenfleck2918]

She acted the maturity levels perfectly! I could tell when she was young vs. mature River just by the way she carried herself and the look in her eyes.

[@lance9263]

Literally never clicked on a video so fast on my life

[@TheHearingDeaf2006]

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

[@cryofist]

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

[@DraMiaouh]

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

[@elainemcdermid9043]

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.

[@TheKandyman]

THE KING HAS RETURNED 👏👏

[@alanafowler3024]

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

[@Dryghtendanitsu]

"You are an associate of the doctor, you will show mercy" "I'm river song, check again." "....mercy?"

[@philiprice7875]

we never got to see what the waste product of a darlek is. says mercy thinking "almighty davros save me"

[@FlagCutie]

"How did you do that?" "Disgracefully." I freaking love her!

[@technotrapper]

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

[@ayeeangie21]

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

[@rcaldwell7255]

The return of the king.

[@NicolasDarknessWolf]

"oh turn it off im breaking in not out" immediately turns off the alarms like oh ok carry on

[@skykrasher4475]

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

[@nebulonicc]

HOLD ON-

[@stephymarie4403]

I was just now wondering the same. In The Library she said she dated rubbish androids so there's possibly other stories from that. I'm inclined to agree about the swappable heads but while Remi read from River's diary he said she was just with The Doctor in Manhattan so...maybe or not. Then again things can be wibbly wobbly....

[@piniatafullofblood]

6:52 Once again, she wins that tiktok challenge

[@jaimej110]

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!!!

[@1mtry1ng_myb3zt]

"I point and laugh at archeologists” cue the eleventh doctor pointing and laughing and baby river song

[@turtleisland1940]

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

[@solaris9426]

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

[@LupinRed13]

4:09 The Husbands of River Song really should've ended with Twelve saying "I've been meaning to mention dear....you owe me a new fez..."

[@cosmic7336]

i would literally die for her

[@DramaxxQueen]

She's one of the best written characters ever

[@Ckbtony1983]

Doctor, "Shout if you get in trouble..." River ,"Don't worry I'm quite the screamer..." "Now there's a spoiler for you"

[@just_kos99]

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

[@rieh8373]

One of my favorites is when she is talking to Clara and the look she gives when Clara says the doctor talks about her but didn't realize she was a woman

[@londongirl2768]

A perfect character seriously

[@Silverwind87]

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!

[@LevonBlueoak]

Well, due to the backwards manner of their relationship, River would not recognize the Doctor. Remember, she didn't realize who 12 was for a while.

[@Silverwind87]

@@LevonBlueoak yeah that's why I wrote it like that

[@vexon3.145]

Do they interact?

[@wombat.6652]

She is gorgeous! Thanks for this. :D And a great actor

[@AnthonyHernandez-nv5om]

0:50 Doctor: Why do you even have handcuffs?! River: Spoliers~

[@TennantOfTime]

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

[@oli_kate]

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