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So, in preparation for today's Hipster Who, I watched "Silence In The Library" and "The Forest of The Dead," which gave me more opinions about River Song.
Now, separate from the arc of Doctor Who as a whole, I liked "older" River Song's interactions with the Doctor much better than "younger" River Song's. Frankly, I liked her as a person a lot more. However, I understand why so many people really disliked her when the episode first aired, because she folds too neatly into the Doctor's life (which is a problem that is often seen in rookie writers creating OCs). She is a time traveler herself, knows a lot about the doctor, has a sonic screwdriver, (and is, in fact, much less obnoxious about being clever than River Song circa "Time of the Angels" is). So while I liked River in "The Library" I didn't think she fit into Doctor Who very well, if that makes sense. Then came the ending, which make everything make sense because it gave her the same arc as all the other companions, and thus wasn't narratively placed above them. River Song is a women who met the Doctor, spent time with him, cared about him, gained skills with/through experiences with him, and then, due to circumstances beyond control/being awesome, could no longer be with the Doctor. It's a very similar arc to Rose, Martha, sort-of Donna, and presumably, will happen to Amelia Pond. Personally, knowing the end of the Song's arc integrates her much better into the show as a whole (while still feeling that the writers lost a bit of my suspension of belief by making her too skilled).
On another, more random notes, I was so sad that Donna missed her stuttering husband when she left and liked Ten for about three minutes when he was talking about Anita to the swarm.
Now, separate from the arc of Doctor Who as a whole, I liked "older" River Song's interactions with the Doctor much better than "younger" River Song's. Frankly, I liked her as a person a lot more. However, I understand why so many people really disliked her when the episode first aired, because she folds too neatly into the Doctor's life (which is a problem that is often seen in rookie writers creating OCs). She is a time traveler herself, knows a lot about the doctor, has a sonic screwdriver, (and is, in fact, much less obnoxious about being clever than River Song circa "Time of the Angels" is). So while I liked River in "The Library" I didn't think she fit into Doctor Who very well, if that makes sense. Then came the ending, which make everything make sense because it gave her the same arc as all the other companions, and thus wasn't narratively placed above them. River Song is a women who met the Doctor, spent time with him, cared about him, gained skills with/through experiences with him, and then, due to circumstances beyond control/being awesome, could no longer be with the Doctor. It's a very similar arc to Rose, Martha, sort-of Donna, and presumably, will happen to Amelia Pond. Personally, knowing the end of the Song's arc integrates her much better into the show as a whole (while still feeling that the writers lost a bit of my suspension of belief by making her too skilled).
On another, more random notes, I was so sad that Donna missed her stuttering husband when she left and liked Ten for about three minutes when he was talking about Anita to the swarm.
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