( TV: The Pandorica Opens)Īfter the Eleventh Doctor reset the universe at the cost of his own erasure from existence, River temporarily gave Amy Pond her diary as a wedding present to bring him back. In the 52nd century, in Stormcage, River was writing about one of her outings with the Doctor before taking a phone call from Winston Churchill and escaping to help her husband. The Doctor explained his rules for the diary: River was to use it to keep track of their meetings and adventures together. River brought her diary with her on a trip with the Eleventh Doctor shortly after she had been imprisoned in the Stormcage Containment Facility. While River Song was studying at the Luna University, she did research on the Doctor, and learned a story he was going to die at 5:02pm on 22 April 2011, at Lake Silencio she recorded this in her diary. Tucked inside the diary she found a business card for Professor Arthur Candy from the Department of Antiquities at Luna University and numbers for a comlink code. Since pens were not readily available in the 52nd century, the nurses had to order her one from an antique shop so she could write in her journal. The day after her admission to the hospital, River described that the only things she was left with were a bag of clothes with too many short skirts and her diary. This was done to make sure she kept track of their meetings to keep their timelines from becoming corrupted. It was there that the Doctor gave her the diary. The Eighth Doctor has been caught in the middle, and she must make sure her future husband can arrive at his own destiny with all his memories - not to mention his lives - intact.Upon saving the Eleventh Doctor's life (after killing him) by giving up her remaining regenerations, River ended up in the best hospital in the universe. Out in deep space, a clandestine society faces off with an ancient and powerful alien force – but, for River, there's an added complication. For Mr Song has a connection to River's future, and he would never want his wife to face those perils alone.ġ.4 The Rulers of the Universe by Matt FittonĪs shocking secrets are exposed, and a grand plan for the universe is revealed, River decides it's time she took control of events once and for all. Her companion is a handsome time-travelling stranger, someone with specialist knowledge of the oddities and dangers the universe has to offer. All they do know is that wherever the SporeShips appear, whole civilisations are reduced to mulch.īut River has help. River Song is on the trail of the mysterious, planet-killing SporeShips. But can she identify them before anyone else - or quite possibly everyone else - gets killed? River is confident she can find the killer. The sort of trouble that involves manipulating other civilisations, exploitation, and of course murder. But the party she ends up at is one where not everything – or indeed everyone – is what it seems…īeing River, it doesn’t take her too long to go exploring, and it doesn’t take her too long to get into trouble. River Song always enjoys a good party, even when she’s not entirely sure where or when the party is taking place.

Deciding the universe – and her husband – can look after themselves, she has immersed herself in early 20th century academia, absorbed in writing archaeological theses.īut when a mysterious tomb is found in a dry, distant land, excitement comes looking for River.Ĭan Professor Song stop any more members of the expedition from dying? What deadly secrets lie buried within the crypt? And will British Consul Bertie Potts prove to be a help, or a hindrance?ġ.2 I Went to a Marvellous Party by Justin Richards River Song has had more than enough excitement for a while.

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