Tumblr Is Smarter Than I

[redbrunja]

Tumblr reminded me of a line the TARDIS had in "The Doctor's Wife" where she says, "the only water in the forest is the river." Now, I'm wondering if that's a reference to something that we don't yet know (but might find out this Saturday) about River Song (and possibly Amy and/or Rory since they are the Ponds) OR if it's a reference to her ending up in that dream world after she dies in "Forests of the Dead." Which, frankly, I need to rewatch. But the more I think about it, the less that feels like a happy ending. I almost feel like her going out saving people and saving the Doctor and then just dying is a more fitting end than 'living' in some dream world that doesn't seem to have a lot of adventure.

Comments

[iki-teru.livejournal.com]

agreed!

River Song without some kind of adventure is a sad river indeed.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Right? Right! The Doctor totally needed to add in some monsters for her to fight.

[whisperingwasp.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. River is just one of those characters who is happy with an adventurous life and wouldn't settle for anything less, so perhaps she will have an epic death where she's fighting off all kinds of monsters.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Have your watched The Silence In The Library/The Forests of the Dead? It's with the 10th Doctor and it tell us how River's story ends.

[whisperingwasp.livejournal.com]

No I haven't but since it's a River episode I will. :)

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that the "ending" of River Song, being trapped in a dreamworld of a computer with other departed souls, was always rather depressing and even vaguely distrubing rather than happy. I mean, its not real. And it is, presumably, never-ending.


Maybe River will become like Rose and Martha and will have adventures defending *her* world, computerized though it is....from.... stuff. I dunno.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Maybe River will become like Rose and Martha and will have adventures defending *her* world, computerized though it is....from.... stuff. I dunno.

Yeah. I'm trying to figure out a what a meaningful threat would look like in that computer world.

I've always thought that the "ending" of River Song, being trapped in a dreamworld of a computer with other departed souls, was always rather depressing and even vaguely distrubing rather than happy. I mean, its not real. And it is, presumably, never-ending.

Which was okay-ish when I thought she was a cool archeologist with some maternal/mentor-ly leanings but less cool know that I know who River Song is.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm trying to figure out a what a meaningful threat would look like in that computer world.

Rogue computer virus

Hackers that don't know what they're doing

Hardware malfunction

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Those could work.