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|individual name= River Song
|image        = <gallery>
|image=[[Image:River Song.jpg|250px]]
Young melody escaping.jpg|Melody
|alias=Professor River Song
Mels in Hitler's office.jpg|Mels
|race= [[Human]]
River Looks Left LKH.jpg|River
|home planet= possibly [[Earth]]
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|home era= [[51st century]]
|alias        = [[Mels Zucker]], [[River Song]] <!-- for aliases pertaining to specific incarnations, please see those pages -->
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/ ''[[Forest of the Dead]]''
|species      = Human
|actor= [[Alex Kingston]]
|species2    = Proto-Time Lord
}}
|species3    = Data ghost
|job          = Archaeologist
|job2        = Detective
|job3        = Writer
|job4        = Assassin
|affiliation  = The Silence
|affiliation2 = Luna University
|affiliation3 = Felman Lux Corporation
|birth date  = [[52nd century]], [[Demons Run]]
|death date  = [[51st century]], [[the Library]]
|spouse      = The Doctor
|spouse2      = Ramone
|spouse3      = Hydroflax
|spouse4      = Stephen Fry (in-universe){{!}}Stephen Fry
|spouse5      = River Song's second wife{{!}}second wife
|spouse6      = Jack Harkness
|grandparent  = Tabetha Pond
|grandparent2 = Augustus Pond
|grandparent3 = Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
|grandparent4 = Rory Williams's mother{{!}}Rory's mother
|mother      = Amy Pond
|father      = Rory Williams
|adoptive brother = Anthony Williams
|sibling      = Lake (The Lady in the Lake)
|sibling2    = Rindle
|sibling3    = Tarn (The Lady in the Lake)
|sibling4    = Stream (The Lady in the Lake)
|sibling5    = Creek (The Lady in the Lake)
|sibling6    = Wadi
|sibling7    = Beck (The Lady in the Lake)
|sibling8    = Brooke (The Lady in the Lake)
|sibling9    = H-One
|sibling10    = H-Two
|sibling11    = O (The Furies)
|adopted child = Kamen Vers
|adopted child2 = Charlotte Lux
|origin      = [[Demons Run]]
|first        = Silence in the Library (TV story)
|appearances  = {{appears}}
|actor        = Alex Kingston
|other actor  = Harrison and Madison Mortimer
|other actor2 = Sydney Wade
|other actor3 = Maya Glace-Green
|other actor4 = Nina Toussaint-White
|clip        = The REAL Melody Pond - Doctor Who - A Good Man Goes to War - Series 6 - BBC
|bts          = Introducing the Pond Family - Doctor Who Confidential - Series 6 - Episode 13 - BBC Three
}}
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'''Melody Pond''' was the child of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. She was a "[[Child of a TARDIS|child]] of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]", born mostly [[Human]] with some [[Time Lord]] [[DNA]]. She was transformed by [[the Silence]] into the first of several [[Proto-Time Lord]]s, and had the ability to [[Regeneration|regenerate]].


'''River Song''' is a [[Human|human]] Archaeologist.
Melody was named after her parents' childhood friend, '''[[Mels Zucker]]''', who was in fact secretly her second incarnation gone back in time to ensure her parents got together. Regenerating once more into her third incarnation after being shot by [[Adolf Hitler]], she became best known as [[Professor]] '''[[River Song]]''', and married the [[Time Lord]] known as [[the Doctor]] in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]].


She is shown, and assumed to have an intimate relationship with the Doctor, being the only person to know his real name.
== Biography ==
=== Incarnations of Melody Pond ===
During her first incarnation, Melody was a [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|little girl]], who had been kidnapped by [[Madame Kovarian]]. She harvested Melody's embryonic [[DNA]] in order to [[clone]] more children like her. This resulted in the creation of River's clones, the [[Proto-Time Lord|Proto-Time Lords]]. The clones referred to one another as siblings. The first batch consisted of seven clones named [[Lake (The Lady in the Lake)|Lake]], [[Rindle]], [[Tarn (The Lady in the Lake)|Tarn]], [[Wadi]], [[Creek (The Lady in the Lake)|Creek]], [[Stream (The Lady in the Lake)|Stream]], and [[Beck (The Lady in the Lake)|Beck]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'') The second batch of clones included [[Brooke (The Lady in the Lake)|Brooke]], [[H-One]], [[H-Two]], and [[O (The Furies)|O]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'', ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]'') Like River, the clones had [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]] and the ability to regenerate; however, the exact amount of regenerations each of them had was random. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'')


==Biography==
After escaping from the Silence, Melody had made her way to [[New York City]] and developed a terminal illness, but knew she could "fix it" by [[Regeneration|regenerating]]. She was living homeless in an alley when she finally succumbed to her ailment in January [[1970]], and regenerated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')


Professor River Song is an archaeologist from the 51st century who was highly familiar with [[the Doctor]]. The first time the Doctor met her was actually the day she died on the abandoned planet called [[The Library]]. At this point, she had already known him for quite some time and had travelled with him in [[the TARDIS]] as his [[Companion]] and more.
Now under the name of [[Mels Zucker]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mels at School (short story)|Mels at School]]'') and residing in [[Leadworth]], Melody grew up once more, now alongside her parents. She became Amelia and Rory's close childhood friend, ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') Upon meeting the [[Eleventh Doctor]], Mels held him at gunpoint and made him take her to "kill [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]". There, she was caught in a crossfire between him and the ''[[Teselecta]]''. She got the Doctor to promise to marry her, and revealed her true identity to the three of them. Beginning to regenerate, Melody reflected on her last regeneration, and told her parents she was glad she had found them, before she exploded with [[regeneration energy]].


Before Doctor Song arrived at [[the Library]], she sent a message to [[the Doctor]] via his [[Psychic paper]] requesting help. This team was financed by [[Strackman Lux]] on his mission to find the Library, and what disaster had happened there 100 years previous that had caused 4022 people to disappear. She met the Doctor and [[Donna Noble|Donna]] when Lux and his crew hacked into the Library, and was surprised to find that it wasn't "her Doctor".  The message was meant for a later version of the Doctor, but ended up being the reason for them meeting in the first place.
Shortly after regenerating, Melody began examining her new body. Unbeknownst to her, both the Doctor and her parents were already acquainted with this new incarnation, who more commonly used the name [[River Song]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'')


She and the Doctor appeared to be very familiar with an implied level of intimacy shared between the two, apparently marriage.  She had in her possession a worn and battered book which is blue and has a cover that looked very similar in appearance to the doors on the [[TARDIS]].  When the Doctor questioned her as to the contents and the origin of this book, she rebuked him, stated it was "Against the rules" (the Doctor's rules) and that it contained "Spoilers" to the Doctor's own personal future. She does reveal that she's seen his turn back entire armies on his own, and then walk back into his TARDIS while snapping his fingers to open the doors, something the Doctor claims a TARDIS can't do.  It appeared the book was a journal of the Doctor and River's experiences together in his own personal future. 
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While the Doctor set about finding out why the Library was abandoned, River Song spoke with [[Donna Noble]] about how she knew the Doctor. After River realized his [[Companion]] this time was Donna, she was shocked to even see her, which causes Donna to question her own fate in the future since Dr. Song did not know who she was.
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When [[Proper Dave]] is stalked by the Vashta Nerada, it is revealed that River Song has a [[Sonic screwdriver]] which she later claims the Doctor gave to her. Later when running from the Vashta Nerada, River grabs the Doctor's hand and yells "Run!"
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After they are safe, River talks to the Doctor and reveals he gave her his own future sonic screwdriver with more features than his current one.  The last time she saw him, he showed up on her doorstep with a new haircut and a fresh suit, and took her to see [[the Singing Towers]].  He cried that day and gave her his screwdriver. 
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She realizes she has to earn his trust quickly as he keeps wondering who she is, and whispers something to him that causes him to look at her with shock, she had whispered his real name, apologizing profusely for revealing a part of his own future to him.
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Later, when she realized the Doctor was going to sacrifice himself to save Donna and the 4022 people trapped on the Library, she punches him out to take his place.  After he wakes up handcuffed and unable to stop her, she reveals that he must have always known how she was going to die.  That he cried that last time she had seen his future self because he knew her time was coming then.  She pleaded with him to not try and change history, not to change one moment of what is to come for them.  Moments before she sacrifices herself, the Doctor pleads with her to tell him why she knows his name.  That he would only tell her his name for one reason, that he had only one time he could do that.  She tells him to shush before reciting his own rule about "spoilers".
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After saving all the trapped people, the Doctor realizes his future self must have given her his sonic screwdriver for a reason.  Inside he finds a [[data chip]], which contains River's [[Data Ghost]].  The Doctor rushes to save her by downloading her into the virtual world contained in [[The Library]]'s core.  The data chip also managed to save the data ghosts of all of River's dead archaeological team, so she would have company in the virtual world. 
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As the Doctor leaves the Library, he snaps his fingers to open and close the doors of the TARDIS, smiling when they comply.  It is implied that the Doctor supposedly leaves River's diary and screwdriver in the Library as he heads off to the next chapter of his journey, looking forward to meeting River again.
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Latest revision as of 11:56, 2 April 2024

Melody Pond was the child of Amy Pond and Rory Williams. She was a "child of the TARDIS", born mostly Human with some Time Lord DNA. She was transformed by the Silence into the first of several Proto-Time Lords, and had the ability to regenerate.

Melody was named after her parents' childhood friend, Mels Zucker, who was in fact secretly her second incarnation gone back in time to ensure her parents got together. Regenerating once more into her third incarnation after being shot by Adolf Hitler, she became best known as Professor River Song, and married the Time Lord known as the Doctor in his eleventh incarnation.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Incarnations of Melody Pond[[edit] | [edit source]]

During her first incarnation, Melody was a little girl, who had been kidnapped by Madame Kovarian. She harvested Melody's embryonic DNA in order to clone more children like her. This resulted in the creation of River's clones, the Proto-Time Lords. The clones referred to one another as siblings. The first batch consisted of seven clones named Lake, Rindle, Tarn, Wadi, Creek, Stream, and Beck. (AUDIO: The Lady in the Lake) The second batch of clones included Brooke, H-One, H-Two, and O. (AUDIO: My Dinner with Andrew, The Furies) Like River, the clones had two hearts and the ability to regenerate; however, the exact amount of regenerations each of them had was random. (AUDIO: The Lady in the Lake)

After escaping from the Silence, Melody had made her way to New York City and developed a terminal illness, but knew she could "fix it" by regenerating. She was living homeless in an alley when she finally succumbed to her ailment in January 1970, and regenerated. (TV: Day of the Moon)

Now under the name of Mels Zucker (PROSE: Mels at School) and residing in Leadworth, Melody grew up once more, now alongside her parents. She became Amelia and Rory's close childhood friend, (TV: Let's Kill Hitler) Upon meeting the Eleventh Doctor, Mels held him at gunpoint and made him take her to "kill Hitler". There, she was caught in a crossfire between him and the Teselecta. She got the Doctor to promise to marry her, and revealed her true identity to the three of them. Beginning to regenerate, Melody reflected on her last regeneration, and told her parents she was glad she had found them, before she exploded with regeneration energy.

Shortly after regenerating, Melody began examining her new body. Unbeknownst to her, both the Doctor and her parents were already acquainted with this new incarnation, who more commonly used the name River Song. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)

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Proto-Time Lords
Original
First batch
Lake / Lily • Rindle • Tarn • Stream • Creek • Wadi • Beck
Second batch
Brooke • H-One • H-Two • O
The Proto-Time Lords were created by Kovarian on Demons Run, clones of the original: Melody Pond.
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