Comments on: Was The Wedding of River Song a runaway success?

By: Emerald

Emerald — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:06:58 +0000

Maybe, apparently all that time needed was for the Doctor to appear, and get shot at. And a form of the Doctor turned up and looked like he’d died. It would’ve been enough for the Silence. The fixed point was not the Doctor’s death per se – after all, the ‘fall of the Eleventh’ looks like it’ll be another fixed point – but just the appearance of his death.

That’s what I think, anyway. Wibbly wobbly…

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:09:03 +0000

My confusion is: when River refused to kill the Doctor the universe began disintegrating because the Doctor’s death was a fixed event. When River shot the robot Doctor, the real Doctor still wasn’t dead! So why, if the Doctor’s death had to have happened then to keep the universe stable, did time return to normal? People can be fooled but surely a force like time can’t be.

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:33:52 +0000

The only problem with that theory is that it means The Doctor could no longer go anywhere where The Silence would be because then his ruse would be over!

Okay, changing the subject…sorta….

If the belief is the doctor married the robot (which if I saw what I thought I saw couldn’t be it because he returned the robot suit…unless he was married before River/Melody came to see her mother and pass on the good news…

Okay, leaving forum and rewatching the show again! I feel more confused now than before I saw it!

By: Professor Zed

Professor Zed — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:14:23 +0000

@TWWL
That’s a nice theory, TWWL. It’s great that that works for you. I’m sure many agree with you.

I don’t, and from what’s being said all over a whole lot of message boards, neither do a whole lot others.

Of course, as we all know, it’s just a TV show. These discussions are all for fun.

By: TWWL

TWWL — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:39:05 +0000

@Professor Zed Yes,because the Doctor was trying to fool everyone, that's why the guy say's it's definitely him, it's not treating anyone like an idiot, it's selling the idea that he really is gone. Yes it misleads people, but that's the whole point!

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:07:24 +0000

And like that my faith in the Whoniverse is restored!

By: Professor Zed

Professor Zed — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:39:28 +0000

@Grace
But River didn’t marry the Doctor. She married the robot.

Of course, as pathetic as River was with all her googly-eyed, “Oh, how I love the Doctor!” behavior in “Let’s Kill Hitler” and “Wedding Of…”, we know that all of that occurred a long time ago in her past. In River’s future, she’ll be all bad-ass, taking on nasty angel statues and evil shadows on the floors of libraries!

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:21:35 +0000

Alright, you want to talk impossible I’m dead but no, not really scenarios: That would have been The Master’s Return! Once we bought that faulty premise, that a Time Lord could survive if part of his essence was inside a ring then we could believe anything!

Personally I found the idea that he was shrunk down inside a robotic human suit not so crazy! At least it was set up so you could swallow it by showing you HOW IT WAS DONE!

But as for marrying River Song to the doctor, I think it was a cheap cop out. Part of River Song’s mystery was that she was a woman of mystery. Now she’s just tragic! She’s sitting in a jail for killing the undead doctor!

And Matt, who runs around with more women than all the Doctors combined seems like the least likely doctor to get married!

By: That Guy

That Guy — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:45:58 +0000

@Simon I know what u mean by it being brilliant.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:47:57 +0000

@mpirks well tha wrong because i am a die hard fans and i get it