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| '''''River Song: Her Story''''' was a mini-episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' broadcast as part of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]].'' It features [[Alex Kingston]], in character as [[River Song]], narrating a biography of her life featuring clips from all River's episodes presented in chronological order (from River's perspective). | | '''''River Song: Her Story''''' was a mini-episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' broadcast as part of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]].'' It features [[Alex Kingston]], in character as [[River Song]], narrating a biography of her life featuring clips from all River's episodes presented in chronological order (from River's perspective). |
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| | I was born in [[Battle of Demon's Run|battle]] on an asteroid called [[Demon's Run]]. |
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| | I was the daughter of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. They named me [[Melody Pond]]. |
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| | I was kidnapped, taken by [[Kovarian]] servant of the Silent to an orphanage on Earth. |
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| | I was raised with only one purpose, to kill [[the Doctor]]. |
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| <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I was the daughter of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. They named me [[Melody Pond]]. </span></p>
| | I escaped the [[Astronaut|space suit]] and lived on the streets homeless, alone and dying until I regenerated. |
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| <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I was kidnapped, taken by [[Kovarian]] servant of the Silent to an orphanage on Earth. </span></p>
| | I became the best friend of young [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]. Growing up with my parents, awaiting the arrival of [[The Doctor|the Doctor]]. |
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| <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I was raised with only one purpose, to kill [[The Doctor|the Doctor]]. </span></p>
| | And then I [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into a new form. |
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| <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I escaped the [[Astronaut|space suit]] and lived on the streets homeless, alone and dying until I regenerated. </span></p>
| | I was the woman that would become [[River Song]], although I didn’t know that at the time. |
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| <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I became the best friend of young [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]. Growing up with my parents, awaiting the arrival of [[The Doctor|the Doctor]]. </span></p>
| | I was trained and conditioned for one purpose, I was born to kill [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]], and I did so with a kiss. A kiss poisoned by the [[Judas tree]]. |
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| | But I was shown who [[River Song]] would be and I saw just how much I would love him. And so I gave all my remaining lives to restore his. Because I knew [[the Doctor]] was worth it. |
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| | And in return he left me [[River Song's diary|the most wonderful gift]]. |
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| <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I was trained and conditioned for one purpose, I was born to kill [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]], and I did so with a kiss. A kiss poisoned by the [[Judas Tree]]. </span></p>
| | I knew that someday I would find [[the Doctor]], but the [[Astronaut|space suit]] was waiting for me. |
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| | But I just couldn’t bring myself to [[Murder|kill him]] and so [[River Song's World|all of time collapsed]] and only [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] could save the universe. |
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| | [[The Doctor's Rules|Rule 1, the Doctor lies]]. [[Tesselecta|He escaped his own death]]. A secret I knew I had to keep. [[Stormcage Containment Facility|Even though it meant imprisonment]], but I’ve always been good at escaping. |
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| | From this point on I realised I knew more than him. From that moment on we were living our lives in the wrong order, [[the Doctor]] and me. And in all our future meetings I would know him more but he would know me less. Until one day [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] would invite me to watch me kill him. |
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| | Once again I found myself at [[Lake Silencio]], folding back on my own timeline. This time a witness to the Doctor's shooting, knowing everything but unable to tell those that cared the most, that the Doctor would survive. |
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| | Back to the [[Graystark Hall Orphanage|orphanage]] where I grew up, only this time as witness to my own escape. |
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| <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">From this point on I realised I knew more than him. From that moment on we were living our lives in the wrong order, [[The Doctor|the Doctor]] and me. And In all our future meetings I would know him more but he would know me less. Until one day [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] would invite me to watch me kill him. </span></p>
| | [[Day of the Moon|And then came his first kiss, and my last]]. |
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| | But I always knew the Doctor would be there for me. So long as I left him a message. |
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| | He would always be there to catch me. Even at the crash of the [[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]] he came, my love couldn’t resist it. Bringing with him, [[Amy Pond|Amy]], who did not know. |
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| | I’d finally let her know the wonderful secret, that the best man I’d ever known was alive. However delighted they were, I knew a far worse day was waiting for me, [[Silence in the Library|my last encounter with the Doctor]]. |
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| | I always knew that one day my love wouldn’t know me. Now I looked into his eyes and saw that day had come. |
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| | But that man, that impossible man never gives up, the Doctor saved me [[Charlotte Abigail Lux|persevering me in a computer]] and all my glorious memories of [[the Doctor]] live on, because just sometimes everybody lives. |
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