River Song (Doctor Who)
River Song is a female television character who features in Doctor Who.
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Biography
Melody Pond was the daughter of Amy Pond and Rory Williams where she was conceived following her parents wedding whilst they travelled on the Doctor's TARDIS as it transitioned through the time vortex. (Episode: A Good Man Goes to War) Her mother Amy was unaware that she was pregnant at the time and continued to enjoy her honeymoon with her husband as they travelled through space with the Eleventh Doctor. (Episode: A Christmas Carol)
Shortly after regenerating from her second incarnation in 1938 Berlin, Melody began examining her new body and, per her programming, began using every obvious means of trying to lure the Eleventh Doctor into a false sense of security. Having already applied lipstick laced with Judas tree poison, she kissed the Doctor, poisoning him beyond his ability to regenerate, as she cheerily ran amok in Berlin, arming herself with guns from German soldiers and stealing clothes from patrons at the posh Hotel Adlon. The Teselecta, after taking her parents on board, decided to punish River for her murder of the Doctor, but the Doctor stopped them. When her parents were in danger of being killed by antibodies, Melody was surprised to see the Doctor ignore his pain for the sake of saving them. Convincing her to let him save her parents, the Doctor had Melody pilot the TARDIS to save Amy and Rory. Melody then agreed to give a message to River Song from the dying Doctor, and he whispered it in her ear. Asking who River was, Amy had the Teselecta turned into Melody's new incarnation. Melody realised that she was the person the Doctor kept calling for help, and reawakened him with a kiss, using all of her remaining regenerations to bring him back to life. She passed out in the process. The Doctor took River to the 'best hospital in the universe' to recover. Knowing of her future as an on-and-off companion, he left a TARDIS-shaped diary as a gift. (Episode: Let's Kill Hitler) The Doctor made it so that the diary's number of pages reflected exactly the amount of adventures they would have together for River to record. (Episode: The Husbands of River Song)
Hoping to find the Doctor once again, River entered the Luna University in 5123. When asked why she wished to study archaeology, River said she was 'looking for a good man'. Her studies led to her knowing some of the Doctor's locations in the past. (Episode: Let's Kill Hitler)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Due to her conception on the TARDIS, Melody Pond was exposed to the Time Vortex which imparted some elements of Time Lord DNA into her genetic makeup. This combined with experiments made by the Silence allowed her to achieve certain traits commonly seen among that species such as the ability to regenerate despite the fact that her parents were ordinary humans. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
Notes
- River Song was created by Steven Moffat where she was portrayed by actor Alex Kingston and featured in the Doctor Who universe.
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