River Song, Romana and the Rani.

[throw_the_ashtray]

My thoughts on River. Spoilers for The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone.


So, in Flesh and Stone, we find out that River has murdered somebody. It's pretty obvious that the person she killed was the Doctor, now, there are a few reasons I believe she did this...

1. She's the Rani. Think about it, who's the one person that wants to kill the Doctor more than the Master, the Daleks or the Cybermen? The Rani. She was an exile, so it's likely she didn't perish in the Last Great Time War. She may have regenerated in the time between Time and the Rani and Silence in the Library, so it's possible.

2. She's Romana regenerated. An evil Romana at that. The Last Great Time War changed her. The Doctor didn't save Gallifrey, so she's out for revenge. I believe Romana could have escaped from Gallifrey in her TARDIS when the Time Lock was broken by Rassilon and the Master in The End of Time, and adopted the name River. This is possibly the least plausible theory I have.

3. She's working for the Valeyard. You know, the guy from Trial of a Time Lord. The evil incarnation of the Doctor. The one between Twelve and Thirteen. Yeah, he's evil. He may want the Doctor dead. Yeah. That's all really.

Yeah, so, they're some of the theories I have about why River killed the Doctor.


Comments

[haa-hsm-fan.livejournal.com]

I think it's only speculation, but I still can't see it. She'll always be Scully to me. To see her as an alien would to a little too weird.