The TVZ team is joined by Chip from Two-minute Timelord and Ross and James of Creeping with Armstrong to discuss the series five finale of Doctor Who. Also, the news of the week and cross-continental insanity.
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Pingback by Chip on Television Zombies 133 « Two-minute Time Lord — July 26, 2010 @ 6:04 pm
I really enjoyed your discussion of Doctor Who, and particularly the discussion of one of the two questions Moffat says we should be asking ourselves — “Who is River Song?” It was pointed out to me by a friend on an internet forum I frequent that perhaps the answer to that question is the question itself:
Who is River Song.
Put another way, River Song is a future incarnation of the Doctor.
I hadn’t considered it previously, but I think a case can be made:
Who is a time traveler, has possession of the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver, knows how to operate the TARDIS, is concerned about giving the Doctor spoilers about his future, and knows the Doctor’s real name? The best answer may be: the Doctor himself.
It would be a neat timey wimey bit of story telling if our introduction to an incarnation of the Doctor is spread out through the lives of other Doctors, bisecting their runs and out of chronological order. It seems like the type of “long game” storytelling Moffat would undertake, with an awesome payoff as Matt Smith ends his run and regenerates into Alex Kingston. It would also explain why, when Winston Churchill called the Doctor for help, the TARDIS routed the call to River Song. Finally, it would explain how River Song recognized Tennant as the Doctor, in the Library. And it wouldn’t be the first time in the show we’ve seen incarnations of the Doctor interact; there’s an established history of this happening from time to time. The main problem I see with the theory is that, well, River Song dies in the Library. However, I’m sure that could be explained away somehow, to allow for the story to continue on post-Kingston. And, personally, I think Alex Kingston would make a great first female doctor.
Comment by danterner — July 31, 2010 @ 6:26 am