I’m an archaeologist from the future, I dug you up!
River Song is back! Some spoilers ahead but it won’t be too bad. I’ve made it very clear that the time traveling archeologist/ scavenger/escape artist is my favorite character in the new incarnation of Doctor Who and it was great to have Alex Kingston back in action, even though it may be her final one. The Doctor Who Christmas Special: The Husbands Of River Song was exactly what it should have been and what I think we as fans needed, after a dark season and losing Clara Oswald. It was a fun and silly adventure and then, boom! We had to say goodbye again.
What I was most looking forward too, was the pairing up of Peter Capaldi and Alex Kingston. For me, it wasn’t even about the two of them being age appropriate as partners, but that they are each such great actors and have such amazing energy. I wanted to see them play and they did not disappoint. Both of them are fiery and quick-witted and it was so fun to watch them romp around in this caper.
Vanity Fair recently spoke to Kingston about The Husbands Of River Song and here’s a little catch up for River and her relationships with The Doctor:
First of all there was the tangled web of River/Melody and her whole mythology. Moffat grew a little dependent, for awhile, on creating female characters who were puzzles for the Doctor to solve. But, more frustratingly, River never truly got her romantic due as the Doctor’s wife. David Tennant’s Doctor greeted her mostly with suspicion (and, ultimately, sympathy) having never met her before and Matt Smith’s treatment of her was often combative or exasperated. “It’s stupid. You embarrass me. Why do you have to be this?” he famously flung at her just before an uncomfortable wedding scene that many consider to be the pinnacle of a dysfunctional relationship.-Vanity Fair
Alex also spoke to Vanity Fair about the differences of working with Peter Capaldi:
I described working with Matt, Karen, and Arthur as spending a day with a basket of puppies. But with Peter its very different because he’s much more focused. He’s just so funny with the faces he pulls on-screen. He’s one of those actors that when you’re actually working next to him you don’t actually see it. He’s brilliant to watch.
To read the rest of the very insightful article about Alex Kingston and her journey with River look, here.
Also, a big thank you to YouTuber and fan, Lyndon Coleman, for editing River Song’s timeline together in this video:
The ending of The Husbands Of River Song was perfect. Moving and full of love between the Doctor and River and I hope that we see more, I mean we do have twenty-four years….
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