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Three of the six actresses to portray River Song at different stages in her story. From left to right: Sydney Wade, Nina Toussaint-White and Alex Kingston. River Song first appears in the Doctor Who 2008 series two-parter "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" (which was written by future showrunner Steven Moffat) during the Russell T Davies era of Doctor Who.
Alex Kingston was introduced as a mysterious time-traveler called River Song in the later portion of the series during which her character was killed-off. [30] The series four two-part finale saw numerous cast members return including Piper, Barrowman, Agyeman, Sladen, and Leeson, [31] while also featuring the departure of Tate. [32]
This series centres on the true identity of River Song (who was introduced in series 4 and recurred in series 5, played by Alex Kingston), [46] and the Doctor's "death". The original transmission of series 6 was split into two parts, with the first seven episodes airing April to June 2011 and the final six from late August to October 2011.
For the role of River Song, whom executive producer Russell T Davies described as "sort of the Doctor's wife", the production sought to cast Kate Winslet. [6] One of Winslet's first acting roles was in the BBC1 teen drama Dark Season, written by Davies. [7] The role of River Song eventually went to Alex Kingston, who had starred in the US drama ...
River discovers they are heading toward the planet Darillium, which the Doctor remembers is where she spends her last night with him before her death. Realising they cannot save the ship, River and the Doctor flee into the TARDIS. The Doctor gives a man the diamond to fund the construction of a restaurant overlooking Darillium's Singing Towers.
The Doctor orders Amy and Rory to follow River, while he returns to the TARDIS. The Teselecta, aware that the Doctor's death in 2011 is a "fixed point in time", follows River, having identified her as a war criminal who is responsible for the Doctor's death. The Teselecta's antibodies, as shown at the Doctor Who Experience
In April 2024, Big Finish announced a sequel series featuring River Song with Kingston reprising the role titled The Death and Life of River Song, which depicts River's post-mortem adventures as a data ghost, as first seen in "The Name of the Doctor" (2013). [14] The series began in August 2024.
Alex Kingston also returns as River Song, a mysterious woman from the Doctor's future who is revealed throughout the series to be Amy and Rory's part-Time Lord daughter and the Doctor's wife. In addition to Song, the series continues story threads from the fifth series , most notably the Silence and the cause of the TARDIS exploding in " The ...