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|image            =  
|image            = A Requiem for the Doctor cover.jpg
|series          = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]''
|series          = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]''
|number          =  
|number          =3.2
|anthology       = ''[[The Diary of River Song: Series Three]]''
|audio anthology = The Diary of River Song: Series Three
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|series in range  = The Diary of River Song: Series Three
|series in range  = The Diary of River Song: Series Three
|number in series = 1
|number in series = 2
|main character  = [[River Song]]
|main character  = [[River Song]]
|featuring        =  
|featuring        = [[Fifth Doctor]]
|enemy            =  
|enemy            = [[Brooke 1]]
|setting          =  
|setting          = [[Vienna]], [[1791]]
|writer          = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|writer          = Jacqueline Rayner
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer        =  
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|sound            = [[Peter Doggart]], [[Benji Clifford]], [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound            = [[Peter Doggart]]
|music            = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music            = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|cover            = [[Tom Webster]]
|cover            = [[Tom Webster]]
|release date    = [[23 January (releases)|23 January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|release date    = 23 January 2018
|format          = 1 X 1 hour
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories
|production code  =  
|production code  = BFPDWRIVER03
|isbn            =  
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78703-493-8 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78703-494-5 (digital)
|prev            = The Lady in the Lake (audio story)
|prev            = The Lady in the Lake (audio story)
|next            = My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)
|next            = My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)
|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second full cast audio story in the third series of ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'', released in [[January (releases)|January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] by [[Big Finish Productions]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story of the audio anthology, ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]: [[The Diary of River Song: Series Three|Series Three]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured [[Alex Kingston]] as [[River Song]] and [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''to be added''
[[River Song|River]] has joined [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] and his friend [[Brooke 1|Brooke]] on their travels, and they stop off in [[18th century]] [[Vienna]].
 
Brooke thinks history is dull. Until people start [[death|dying]].
 
[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s legacy is not just his [[music]]. River has more than one mystery to solve before a [[killer]] is let loose on the people of Vienna – and on the Doctor.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Brooke 1|Brooke]] - [[Joanna Horton]]
* [[Giulia Bruna|Giulia]] - [[Issy Van Randwyck]]
* [[Antoinette (A Requiem for the Doctor)|Antoinette]] / [[Constanze Mozart|Constanze]] – [[Rosanna Miles]]
* [[Viktor (A Requiem for the Doctor)|Viktor]] / [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] / [[Stefan (A Requiem for the Doctor)|Stefan]] / [[Apothecary (A Requiem for the Doctor)|Apothecary]] - [[Teddy Kempner]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor says he feels so good he could mud wrestle a [[Myrka]] and compete in the [[Alpha Centauri Olympics]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* [[River Song|River]] greets the Doctor with "Hello, Sweetie" and tells him she's an [[archaeologist]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' et al)
* River asks the Doctor to give her [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic]], but the Doctor doesn't have it. When the Doctor asks her about it later, she lies and says she was asking him if he had a [[sonic lance]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' et al) because archaeologists routinely carry them. The Doctor accepts her explanation and says he used to own a sonic screwdriver. ([[TV]]: ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'', ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') It was destroyed by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
* The Doctor again says that "[[sleep]] is for [[tortoise]]s", this time inspired by River. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The Doctor starts analysing the [[Aqua Galatia]] by [[taste]] and River remarks how she loves it when he gets "thinky". In River's past, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] poked fun at her for having a "he's hot when he's clever face". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
* River uses the phrase "[[Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey|timey-wimey]]" and the Doctor remarks on it curiously. River tells him it will grow on him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* River calls the Doctor "my love". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' / ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Birthday Boy (comic story)|The Birthday Boy]]'')
* River tells [[Brooke 1|Brooke]] that her hate of the Doctor will never be enough because she's thinking of [[Asgard]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Picnic at Asgard (short story)|Picnic at Asgard]]'') the ''[[Byzantium (spacecraft)|Byzantium]]'' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') and [[Demons Run]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
* The Doctor says he never had companions who simultaneously wanted to love and kill him when he was travelling with [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Nyssa]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' et al)
* The Doctor asks River who she is. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
* River would later mention these events to the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Songs of Love (audio story)|Songs of Love]]'')
* The death of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] places these events in [[1791]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)|My Own Private Wolfgang]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|releases/v/the-diary-of-river-song-series-03-1724|The Diary of River Song Series Three}}
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A Requiem for the Doctor was the second story of the audio anthology, The Diary of River Song: Series Three, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner and featured Alex Kingston as River Song and Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

River has joined the Doctor and his friend Brooke on their travels, and they stop off in 18th century Vienna.

Brooke thinks history is dull. Until people start dying.

Mozart's legacy is not just his music. River has more than one mystery to solve before a killer is let loose on the people of Vienna – and on the Doctor.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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