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|name= Stormcage Containment Facility
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|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''
|aka        = Hesguard Institute
|members= [[Guard (The Pandorica Opens)|Guard]]<br>[[Prison Guard (The Impossible Astronaut)|Prison Guard]]
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|first      = The Pandorica Opens (TV story)
|appearances = [[Stormcage Containment Facility - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
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'''Stormcage Containment Facility''' was a prison in the [[51st century|51st]] and [[52nd century]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'') [[River Song]] was a prisoner there and frequent escapee, but always returned.
'''Stormcage Containment Facility''' was a [[prison]] in the [[52nd century]] of the highest security. [[River Song]] was a prisoner there and a frequent escapee, but always returned as her part of the charade to make [[the Silence]] think she actually killed the Doctor at [[Lake Silencio]]. The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] described it as the "most secure prison facility" on [[Earth]]'s side of [[the Doctor's universe|the universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'')


In 5145, River had been temporarily taken from Stormcage to spend her birthday with the Doctor on an ice-skating trip and watch a performance by Stevie Wonder, who was unknowingly taken to 1815 to do so. After being returned to Stormcage, setting off an alarm, which was quickly turned off when River informed them it was her and she was returning to her cell, [[Rory Williams|her father]], having been sent by an earlier [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] to assist in the battle of Demons Run, was waiting for her. Knowing she would already be there to explain what happens to [[Melody Pond|her past self]], River declined.
[[Human]] [[historian]]s following the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] associated the Stormcage Containment ''Facilities'' with the 52nd century. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') By the [[53rd century]], a Stormcage (perhaps one of many) had been renovated, and became known as the Hesguard Institute. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sin-Eaters (comic story)|Sin-Eaters]]'')


In the 52nd century, River received a letter from the Doctor, asking her to meet him in [[America]] [[2011]]. She subsequently escapes Stormcage with ease, evidently contemptuous of the facility's ability to contain her-- as indicated by a guard's command that the facility be brought to maximum alert simply because "She's doing it again... She's packing." ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'') After they defeated [[The Silence]]'s occupation of [[Earth]], the Doctor returned River to Stormcage. ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'')
The facility was headed by a [[Governor (River of Time)|Governor]] during River Song's imprisonment. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[River of Time (short story)|River of Time]]'') Though the staff were able to keep most of the prisoners in their cells, they failed endlessly with River Song. However, as she always returned after a breakout, they might have eventually given up on trying to stop her and left her to her own agenda. River was eventually [[pardon]]ed and released after the Doctor erased all knowledge of himself from every database in the universe thus causing there to be no proof River ever actually killed anyone.


In 5145, River once again made an escape from Stormcage to warn [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] about the [[Pandorica]] opening and the TARDIS exploding after receiving a call from [[Winston Churchill]] which the TARDIS redirected to Storm Cage. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
It took six stamps to send letters to Stormcage. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')  


Some time later, River was later released under the custody of Father [[Octavian]], who needed her assistance in a mission involving [[Weeping Angel]]s as she could provide the equivalent of an army in the Doctor. When their mission was over, River was presumably returned to Stormcage, though she did hope she had done enough on this mission to earn a pardon. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'')
== History ==
On [[30 November]] [[1955]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] noted that Stormcage did not exist in the current [[time zone]]. She met the mass murderer [[Krasko]], who was imprisoned for the deaths of 2000 people. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'')


==Behind the scenes==
{{Delgado|c}} was imprisoned at Stormcage during the [[52nd century]] with the [[Third Doctor]] constantly keeping tabs on him. Posing as [[the Doctor]], [[Missy]] broke her previous self out. Among the prisoners she saw were  a [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]], a [[Silent]], a [[Cyberman]], a [[Skithra]], Krasko, [[the Hoarder]], and [[Stilean flesh eater]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Master Plan (comic story)|The Master Plan]]'') Krasko had been sentenced for 2000 counts of murder, and was eventually released after being fitted with a pacifying [[neural restrictor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'')
*According to an interview with [[Alex Kingston]], she thinks the Stormcage is some kind of a prison planet and it is particularly unpleasant to stay there.
 
*Through the window of River's cell, heavy rain can be seen.
At an unknown point in time, [[River Song]] was apprehended and imprisoned there ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') for killing the [[Eleventh Doctor]] at [[Lake Silencio]] in Utah, the [[United States]], [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') They gave her twelve thousand consecutive life sentences as punishment. On her first night, River was sprung from prison by her [[the Doctor|husband]] to go on their first date together. She was later returned after learning about her diary. ([[TV]]: ''[[First Night (home video)|First Night]]'')
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In [[5145]], River escaped from Stormcage to warn the Doctor about the [[Pandorica]] opening and the TARDIS exploding after receiving a call from [[Winston Churchill]] which the TARDIS had redirected to her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') She returned of her own free will after leaving the Doctor confused about her marital status following his remembrance back into the universe, but in an earlier century. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
 
At an uncertain time, River left from Stormcage to spend her birthday with the Doctor on an ice-skating trip and watch a performance by [[Stevie Wonder]], who was unknowingly taken to [[1814]] to perform. After being returned to Stormcage, River set off an alarm, which was quickly turned off when she informed them it was she, returning to her cell. [[Rory Williams|Rory]], having been sent by an earlier [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] to assist in the battle of Demon's Run, was waiting for her. Knowing what would happen there, River declined, explaining that she could only be there at the end. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
 
Later in the 52nd century, River received a letter from the Doctor, asking her to meet him in [[America]] [[2011]]. She escaped from Stormcage with ease. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'') After they defeated [[the Silence]]'s occupation of [[Earth]], the Doctor returned River to Stormcage. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
 
In [[5148]], on [[30 September]], the [[great Stormcage breakout]] occurred. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'')
 
At another unspecified time, River was returned to Stormcage via [[River Song's vortex manipulator|her vortex manipulator]] by the Doctor as she was interfering with their first date. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Night (home video)|Last Night]]'')
 
On another occasion, the Doctor, [[Alice Obiefune]], [[The Squire (The Then and the Now)|the Squire]] and [[Abslom Daak]] broke River out for her assistance in a mission to visit [[Shada]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Judas Goatee (comic story)|The Judas Goatee]]'', ''[[The One (comic story)|The One]]'')
 
At an unknown point in River's timeline, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] itself contacted River, ringing the [[Cloister Bell]] over the phone, when the Doctor had become separated from his TARDIS by a [[time storm]] and trapped below the Bank of London. River used her [[hallucinogenic lipstick]] to sneak past the guards to the security office, recover [[River Song's vortex manipulator|her vortex manipulator]] and [[sonic blaster]], and escape to rescue the Doctor. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'')
 
After escaping several times, River was eventually transferred to the [[Bekdel Institute]]. After having an adventure with [[Missy]], the [[Time Lord|Time Lady]] teleported River back to her cell in Stormcage. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|The Bekdel Test]]'')
 
After learning that River was their daughter, [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] made [[Christmas]] visits to the prison. On one occasion where Amy could not visit, Rory visited alone, the two defeating [[Henrik Chyll]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Visiting Hours (TWP short story)|Visiting Hours]]'')
 
Eventually River was released into the custody of Father [[Octavian (The Time of Angels)|Octavian]], who wanted her to go back in time to the 51st century with him to assist in a mission involving [[Weeping Angel]]s. She could provide the equivalent of an army with the Doctor. When their mission was over, River was presumably returned to Stormcage, though she hoped she had done enough to earn a pardon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
 
At some point afterwards, River was indeed [[pardon]]ed and released from Stormcage as there was no longer any evidence that the Doctor existed at all due to him erasing all evidence of himself from every database in the universe as part of his return to the shadows. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'')
 
In the [[53rd century]], Stormcage Containment Facility was renovated and renamed. Now known as the Hesguard Institute, it aimed to "cure" prisoners of their criminal ways by removing all of the prisoner's negative emotions and depositing them into another body, known as a [[Sin-Eater]]. When they tried this treatment on the Doctor, his Sin-Eater became conscious and helped awaken the other Sin-Eaters in the prison. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sin-Eaters (comic story)|Sin-Eaters]]'')
 
== Security ==
Stormcage was situated on an unknown planet on which a storm perpetually raged, although at times it also had a snowy climate. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Judas Goatee (comic story)|The Judas Goatee]]'') The facility was regularly patrolled by guards equipped with blasters; although well-trained, River frequently managed to give them the slip through the use of her hallucinogenic lipstick, despite announcements by loudspeaker about this kind of danger.
 
Electronic security scanners frequently swept the facility hallways; these scanners identified escaped prisoners through facial recognition when caught within their beams and set off alarms to summon guards to the area.
 
The entire facility was surrounded by a [[Tesla binding field]], which prevents escape from within by use of [[Transmat]] or [[vortex manipulator]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* According to an interview with [[Alex Kingston]], she thinks Stormcage is some kind of a prison planet and that it is particularly unpleasant to stay there. Through the window of River's cell, heavy rain can be seen.
* According to the commentary track of '' [[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', the lower level of the [[Millennium Stadium]] in [[Cardiff]] is used for shooting the section of Stormcage in which River is held.
 
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Latest revision as of 17:22, 21 October 2024

Stormcage Containment Facility was a prison in the 52nd century of the highest security. River Song was a prisoner there and a frequent escapee, but always returned as her part of the charade to make the Silence think she actually killed the Doctor at Lake Silencio. The Thirteenth Doctor described it as the "most secure prison facility" on Earth's side of the universe. (TV: Rosa)

Human historians following the Siege of Trenzalore associated the Stormcage Containment Facilities with the 52nd century. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe) By the 53rd century, a Stormcage (perhaps one of many) had been renovated, and became known as the Hesguard Institute. (COMIC: Sin-Eaters)

The facility was headed by a Governor during River Song's imprisonment. (PROSE: River of Time) Though the staff were able to keep most of the prisoners in their cells, they failed endlessly with River Song. However, as she always returned after a breakout, they might have eventually given up on trying to stop her and left her to her own agenda. River was eventually pardoned and released after the Doctor erased all knowledge of himself from every database in the universe thus causing there to be no proof River ever actually killed anyone.

It took six stamps to send letters to Stormcage. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

On 30 November 1955, the Thirteenth Doctor noted that Stormcage did not exist in the current time zone. She met the mass murderer Krasko, who was imprisoned for the deaths of 2000 people. (TV: Rosa)

The Master was imprisoned at Stormcage during the 52nd century with the Third Doctor constantly keeping tabs on him. Posing as the Doctor, Missy broke her previous self out. Among the prisoners she saw were a Raxacoricofallapatorian, a Silent, a Cyberman, a Skithra, Krasko, the Hoarder, and Stilean flesh eaters. (COMIC: The Master Plan) Krasko had been sentenced for 2000 counts of murder, and was eventually released after being fitted with a pacifying neural restrictor. (TV: Rosa)

At an unknown point in time, River Song was apprehended and imprisoned there (TV: The Time of Angels) for killing the Eleventh Doctor at Lake Silencio in Utah, the United States, 2011. (TV: The Wedding of River Song) They gave her twelve thousand consecutive life sentences as punishment. On her first night, River was sprung from prison by her husband to go on their first date together. She was later returned after learning about her diary. (TV: First Night)

In 5145, River escaped from Stormcage to warn the Doctor about the Pandorica opening and the TARDIS exploding after receiving a call from Winston Churchill which the TARDIS had redirected to her. (TV: The Pandorica Opens) She returned of her own free will after leaving the Doctor confused about her marital status following his remembrance back into the universe, but in an earlier century. (TV: The Big Bang)

At an uncertain time, River left from Stormcage to spend her birthday with the Doctor on an ice-skating trip and watch a performance by Stevie Wonder, who was unknowingly taken to 1814 to perform. After being returned to Stormcage, River set off an alarm, which was quickly turned off when she informed them it was she, returning to her cell. Rory, having been sent by an earlier Doctor to assist in the battle of Demon's Run, was waiting for her. Knowing what would happen there, River declined, explaining that she could only be there at the end. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

Later in the 52nd century, River received a letter from the Doctor, asking her to meet him in America 2011. She escaped from Stormcage with ease. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) After they defeated the Silence's occupation of Earth, the Doctor returned River to Stormcage. (TV: Day of the Moon)

In 5148, on 30 September, the great Stormcage breakout occurred. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

At another unspecified time, River was returned to Stormcage via her vortex manipulator by the Doctor as she was interfering with their first date. (TV: Last Night)

On another occasion, the Doctor, Alice Obiefune, the Squire and Abslom Daak broke River out for her assistance in a mission to visit Shada. (COMIC: The Judas Goatee, The One)

At an unknown point in River's timeline, the TARDIS itself contacted River, ringing the Cloister Bell over the phone, when the Doctor had become separated from his TARDIS by a time storm and trapped below the Bank of London. River used her hallucinogenic lipstick to sneak past the guards to the security office, recover her vortex manipulator and sonic blaster, and escape to rescue the Doctor. (GAME: The Eternity Clock)

After escaping several times, River was eventually transferred to the Bekdel Institute. After having an adventure with Missy, the Time Lady teleported River back to her cell in Stormcage. (AUDIO: The Bekdel Test)

After learning that River was their daughter, Amy Pond and Rory Williams made Christmas visits to the prison. On one occasion where Amy could not visit, Rory visited alone, the two defeating Henrik Chyll. (PROSE: Visiting Hours)

Eventually River was released into the custody of Father Octavian, who wanted her to go back in time to the 51st century with him to assist in a mission involving Weeping Angels. She could provide the equivalent of an army with the Doctor. When their mission was over, River was presumably returned to Stormcage, though she hoped she had done enough to earn a pardon. (TV: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone)

At some point afterwards, River was indeed pardoned and released from Stormcage as there was no longer any evidence that the Doctor existed at all due to him erasing all evidence of himself from every database in the universe as part of his return to the shadows. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan)

In the 53rd century, Stormcage Containment Facility was renovated and renamed. Now known as the Hesguard Institute, it aimed to "cure" prisoners of their criminal ways by removing all of the prisoner's negative emotions and depositing them into another body, known as a Sin-Eater. When they tried this treatment on the Doctor, his Sin-Eater became conscious and helped awaken the other Sin-Eaters in the prison. (COMIC: Sin-Eaters)

Security[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stormcage was situated on an unknown planet on which a storm perpetually raged, although at times it also had a snowy climate. (COMIC: The Judas Goatee) The facility was regularly patrolled by guards equipped with blasters; although well-trained, River frequently managed to give them the slip through the use of her hallucinogenic lipstick, despite announcements by loudspeaker about this kind of danger.

Electronic security scanners frequently swept the facility hallways; these scanners identified escaped prisoners through facial recognition when caught within their beams and set off alarms to summon guards to the area.

The entire facility was surrounded by a Tesla binding field, which prevents escape from within by use of Transmat or vortex manipulator. (GAME: The Eternity Clock)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • According to an interview with Alex Kingston, she thinks Stormcage is some kind of a prison planet and that it is particularly unpleasant to stay there. Through the window of River's cell, heavy rain can be seen.
  • According to the commentary track of A Good Man Goes to War, the lower level of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is used for shooting the section of Stormcage in which River is held.