To me it is entirely possible that the Doctor does truly love River. I don't think the relationship between River and the Doctor is a romantic one, at least not from his end. Both of you, answer me this. And he will, in a way. Anonymous. But her compliance would not only cause River to lose the Doctor, it would cause the whole universe to lose the Doctor (in her mind). I don't think he was or should've been romantic with Rose either. So he goes cold, and almost flippant. He's getting younger, in her time line. Also, "how do I say it?" She herself admits that there wasn't anyone else she would have fallen in love with. I view it as they've met in the middle, and now she's starting to pass him going th other way. This is something I've thought a lot on - a lot of people really really WANT those two to be a married couple, to the point where a bunch of angry fans go "OMG BUT HEZ MURRIED!! well i was looking at youtube doctor who stuff and i started to wonder does the Doctor really love Rose because i already know that Rose loves the doctor. Cookies help us deliver our Services. And while it should be bittersweet, it is also honestly something of a relief. (C) The river looks strikingly different at sunset from the way it appears at dawn. Alternatively, what if the marriage was not done out of love. On the other hand, it seems pretty apparent that the Doctor also never confirms that he loves River, despite various things like getting married and telling River his name. Then there’s ‘secondary canon’, ie Big Finish. Having finally accepted his fate the Doctor travels to Lake Silencio for his final day. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The real question I think is does she realise that he doesn't really love her, or does she actually think it's mutual? The Doctor and River escape to the top of the pyramid followed by Amy and Rory. You win. Platonic love or romantic love? Although the film's two most important characters are both mad, the hero more than the villain, we're not quite certain what is intended by that final dialogue. I feel the show isn't always great at making these things obvious, or being consistent about them, but if you look for it there are moments when it really works), I think 11th did come to love River (TATM made that pretty clear imo), but it is the type of childlike semi-platonic love that is at times hard to distinguish from close friendship. Though this may not have begun until AFTER they got married. But the Doctor also sneaks her out of prison at night, and they go out on dates. I mean she would kill Clara because she's all flirty and kissy and cute, not to mention an enigma. As he lay dying from the poison he whispers a message to River Song to the newly regenerated Melody Pond and the content is so profound and loving it leads her to order the Teselecta to show her who this River Song is that he cares so much for. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War) Melody's mother, Amy Pond, remained unaware that she was pregnant for a while, so she continued enjoying her honeymoon. It was the type of relationship the 10th, as a rather human Doctor, would have. River has been more divisive than almost any other character in Doctor Who history. I regenerate. Source(s): doctor love rose tyler: https://biturl.im/HBge7. Do you love your Best Friend? No other character brought out the fun side of Twelve quite like River did. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Mel arrives in the small, tight-knit town in search of a fresh start, but for much of season one, her past remains a mystery, only to be unveiled through a series of dramatic flashbacks. But one woman refuses to let time take its course. River grew up hearing about the Doctor from every single angle. April 22nd, 2011; 5:02pm. So what do you think? He knows River Song is going to die after the first time she met him. Others should also consider this scene from School Reunion. Tbh I don't even count the audio books as part of River's timeline just because in Silence in the Library she explicitly states that 10 is the youngest she has ever seen the Doctor. I think there are elements missing from the River Song story. So what do you think? Doctor loves Rose. Yes. If you want to get technical - the wedding was not valid. Virgin River took Netflix by storm in December 2019, and the story of nurse/midwife Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) immediately captured our hearts. David Lean, director of such landmark epics as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, didn't always make giant movies.His first epic was his twelfth film: The Bridge on the River … Passion, insecurity, heartbreak. I don't think the relationship between River and the Doctor is a romantic one, at least not from his end. I have to live on. River: How are you even doing that? It also seems that anytime River claims the Doctor doesn't love her, the Doctor looks rather uncomfortable (or at least 12 did). Maybe pull a Sarah Jane Smith and show up in future doctors. David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary, doctor, abolitionist, and explorer who lived in the 1800s. The doctor sells the doll's diamond-eardrop eyes, and when he wants to sell its porcelain, his wife tells him the ants ate the doll because it had been filled with honey. He has always been flirty, ex. Even accounting for 12 being less manic than 11, I think that is a big deal. With Peter Capaldi, Alex Kingston, Matt Lucas, Greg Davies. The end. The Doctor: You are always here to me, and I always listen. Her history in the weeping angels story seemed to suggest that: that Bishop/army guy didn't want the Doctor to work out who she was, else he mightn't help them, and if she had killed him, you can imagine he might not want to. So he could still be very much moving towards falling in love with her, but not quite there in his timeline. From his perspective, he hasn't spend enough time with her - there are still events yet to experience, that the River we have met has already experienced. The Doctor: Because I thought it would hurt too much. There she sees the miniaturized Doctor and realizes that he is inside the Teselecta ship and will not actually die if time's flow is restored. Directed by Douglas Mackinnon. Oshun, also spelled Osun, an orisha (deity) of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria.Oshun is commonly called the river orisha, or goddess, in the Yoruba religion and is typically associated with water, purity, fertility, love, and sensuality.She is considered one of the most powerful of all orishas, and, like other gods, she possesses human attributes such as vanity, jealousy, and spite. I love River as a character I just don't think their relationship is everything some people's make it out to be. Their entire relationship is based on the fact that she is along a child a time and that she already knew what was going to happen. You say he never confirms it, but I don't know how else to take this other than River's pessimism being dead wrong: River: When you love the Doctor, it's like loving the stars themselves! I think at first the Doctor is intrigued by her, and wants to learn more. That was the only time I ever got the actual utter love vibe from him, as in - I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I would say he sneaks her out, I think she's capable of that on her own but she is definitely a reliable friend. We've seen her love for HIM - in her first episode (and death) in Silence in the Library, and their wedding. I'm not a huge fan of River, but I do really like the time-crossed lovers idea and wanted to see it fleshed out further, so the alternative theory helps me sleep at night. Madame de Pompadour. And I can always see you. Press J to jump to the feed. Dr Masaru Emoto, the Japanese scientist and water researcher, revealed the true nature of water and how thoughts and vibrations affect the molecular structure of water. I don't believe we've seen that moment he tells her his name happen yet. The Doctor: No. The Doctor has been married a number of times throughout many canons. One night he … "There's only one way I'd accept, if you ever loved me, say it like you're going to come back" "well then, see you around". Their happy ending is that they finally get to be together, albeit only for a little time, at the end of River’s life. How can one possibly compare that? By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. 7 Worst: Captain Jack Harkness It could be difficult for fans of the charismatic Captain Jack Harkness to imagine that Jack could be bad at anything. But then as they travel, he sees her as a reliable friend. I don't think he loves her, more that he feels responsible for her becoming the way she was. (The new Doctor whispers in Rose's ear, and she kisses him). (So I'd feel really disappointed if they somehow had him fall for Clara or something). (I actually really like how if you rewatch some of the scenes with the young River Song, especially "Nights with the Doctor" you can see how who is the child and who is the grown-up started out with the Doctor as the grown-up and ended up switching later. He does flirt back with her, and make sure he looks ok if he knows she will be outside the TARDIS. Besides the absolutely incredible final 15 minutes of ‘The Husbands of River Song’ which has already been discussed (although I still can’t resist quoting it - “and he is certainly not in love enough to find himself standing in it with me!”) there’s his heartbreak after leaving Darillium and the fact that he kept her picture on his desk for presumably the whole time he was at St Luke’s - definitely notable that he considered her and Susan to be the most important people from his past. I think personal love and affection from an entity like the doctor is something that works be expressed in a way fundamentally different from how it would be expressed by a regular person. Of course if this doesn't pan out and we don't see that relationship developing as it should then I would agree that he doesn't love her, not like he loved Rose. I agree with that. You don't expect a sunset to admire you back! When a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and hurled into a chase across the galaxy. What was the end of that sentence? A community dedicated to discussions and news for Doctor Who. The Doctor never admits directly that they love someone. I thought it would hurt me... and I was right. https://youtu.be/BgVJDd5vHfw for anyone that don’t remember the scene. It was November 2017. The fact is, Peter Capaldi's Doctor was always going to be the one that brought River's story to its close. The ganger functioned as an avata… This scenic fictional town has many stories, but the romance between Mel and Jack, who have their respective tragic pasts, forms the fulcrum of the show. (B) The older man has grown bored with life on the river and simply wants to return home. Their wedding is where most of my questions come from, it just seemed like the Doctor was just marrying her so that she would help fix time. Not as weighed down with passion and emotional baggage and sexual tension would be another way to put it. He needed that moment to solidify her commitment to him to make sure she'd go through with it, and to get the opportunity for her to look into his eyes up close and see the mini-Doctor inside. In my mind, if the Doctor was ever going to have even the slightest chance of being romantic with someone, it could've been Idris. Press J to jump to the feed. Maybe but I kinda figured she was more or less done one the show. The thing is the Doctor had a platonic love for Clara but fell in love with Rose romantically. That first one was Ten throwing himself on the grenade for the sake of Rose's happiness, though; or at least that's how I always saw it. Go on, say it. 0 0. Just last month, it was announced that Tennant will reunite with Alex Kingston for three stories that feature The Doctor and Professor River Song crossing paths after they first met in The Library. ROSE: All right. Of course she was supposed to kill him. Posted this twice because my phone replied to the wrong person. That's why she saves him. Part … Directed by Jeremy Webb. Silence in the Library has shown us that much at least. It wasn't the Doctor, it was the Tesselecta, he didn't tell her his name, and so on. madness!" I think the long night together proves he does love her back in as much as it's within his ability to. But he hasn't fallen in love with her yet, I don't think. Look how bored and restless he got spending much less time with Amy and Rory in everyday life. Virgin River premiered on Netflix in December 2019, and viewers fell in love with the residents of the fictional northern California town. Not, importantly, in the sense that it's fake or not real or something stupid like that. In his years of water research, through high speed photography of thousands of water crystals, Dr Emoto has shown the most beautiful crystals are those formed after the water is exposed to the words 'love and gratitude.' First Doctor Susan. I'm reminded of Ego in guardians of the galaxy's explanation of "Brandy", and that to truly love a force of nature like that, you have to accept that there is a limit to what their loving you back can look like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfK8y7KVADo. Cookies help us deliver our Services. And if I happen to find myself in danger, let me tell you: the Doctor is not stupid enough, or sentimental enough, and he is certainly not in love enough to find himself standing in it with me! Look at how happy he is when she turns up at the start too, and he’s having a blast for most of the episode. Warm, romantic, and pleasantly restful — Netflix's Virgin River is this year's most unexpected hit show. She told us that “a million, million voices” want the Doctor to live. I mean, dear god, the smile he has when he teases her about the "stars themselves" bit... Oh absolutely, that moment is magical! From Amy as her Raggedy Man and from her brainwashers. Rampant speculation begins among town rumor … Which is disappointing because that was initially the tragic beauty to their relationship. On the other hand, it seems pretty apparent that the Doctor also never confirms that he loves River, despite various things like getting married and telling River his name. Imo I don't think it's fair to compare the Rose-10th relationship to the River-11th relationship, because for all intents and purposes 10th and 11th are two different people. River makes a point of it that she knows the Doctor doesn't love her, but the Doctor never confirms that. I love you. It also seems that anytime River claims the Doctor doesn't love her, the Doctor looks rather uncomfortable (or at least 12 did). By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. The 10th Doctor was much more human and mature, the 11th is much more alien and childlike. The doctor grows older, but his wife keeps the firm, porcelained skin she's always had. Tennant sold it so well how torn he was. In a time where coziness and comfort are foremost priorities, the Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson-starrer delivers. There is no chance he has to take. If he'd have turned around and said "No, Rose, I was going to say I love you and I always will", she's still stuck pining after a man in another universe who'll never settle down and who's going to outlive her species. Susan (Carole Ann Ford) was the Doctor's granddaughter.She escaped with him from the planet Gallifrey in a stolen TARDIS.From her grandfather, she has an advanced knowledge of history and science. I think her attitude is appropriate. haha. The Netflix original show, based on a series of 22 novels by Robyn Carr, follows nurse/midwife Mel Monroe's move from the big city of L.A. to tiny Virgin River in search of a serious change of pace. I honestly believe that he is married (emotionally) to the TARDIS; they are true partners in travelling and fleeing. To carry on the sun/star metaphor, I think the Doctor does love people... but like the sun he shines on everyone. I’d go even further and say that the whole episode is really about how two people can be in love but never quite on the same page; the Doctor spends the first half wondering if he really meant all that much to her, and River herself is adamant that he does not love her back. "The only water in the forest is the river," the phrase River uses to explain why the people of the Gamma Forest translate "Pond" to "River," was first said to Rory by Idris in "The Doctor's Wife." [2] In the seventh series opener " Asylum of the Daleks " it is revealed that Amy's experiences on … That's the curse of the Time Lords. To me, it seems like obsession. ROSE: And you, Doctor? The relationship between 11th and River is very different. Regular visitors to this blog will know that my love for her is unending. Personally, I don't think the Doctor is or should be romantic with River. But humans decay; you wither and you die. There's just no room for Ten in there, and he knew it. Depends what kind of love you talk of. For him to be able to dedicate and spend over twenty years consecutively with one person like that is substantial. (D) The river is suffering as a result of pollution and physical decay. The Doctor marries River on the spot and whispers to her to look into his eye. Relevant quotes from A Good Man Goes to War and The Husbands of River Song were already given. He never really knows when he has seen her for the last time. The alternate fourth Doctor was very much in love with her in The Diary of River Song Series Four, then of course there’s Six... Just regarding the photos on his desk, I'd say Susan and River are not necessarily the only two he cared about that deeply at that point, but perhaps of those he cared about they're the ones he feels the least guilt/pain when looking at their faces, particularly when you think about the tragic fates of many modern companions. I thought that story arch was more or less completely because she had got to the point where he didn't know her and he got to the point where she didn't really know him, after that I thought they were in sync until she dies. The last words in David Lean's "The Bridge on the River Kwai" are "Madness! Dr Raba al-Sayed looked across the Euphrates river towards her family home in the east Syrian town of Al-Bukamal in Deir ez-Zor and was gripped by trepidation. (TV: A Christmas Carol)Amy was kidnapped and replaced with a living flesh doppelgänger during or shortly after her honeymoon. what else would he tell her for her future as River Song? They're married, but often it feels more like two young children playing house. And then Handy steps in to do what he couldn't, and Rose gets her happy ending. (Especially in a flirty way). With Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston. Unfortunately, I think the whole 'going two different directions in time' thing has been relatively dropped. Brian learned the love of travel from his son, and unlike some other parents of Doctor's companions, he seemed comfortable in the Time Lord's presence. The love and reason for the marriage is hashed out in great detail. What would have happened if she never acknowledged that she knew him? To kill him would not only betray her love for him, it would betray the love the universe holds for the Doctor. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Reddit's Doctor Who Fan Community - News, Discussion, Artwork and Fan Creations! With the Eleventh Doctor now passed into Whovian memory, it would seem that the Era of River Song has ended as well. I'll be the first to admit I am a Rose fan but this stem from more than that. River Song was created by Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat for the show's fourth series in 2008, under the tenure of then executive producer Russell T Davies.When Moffat took over Davies' duties as executive producer, he began expanding on the character's background, depicting adventures earlier in River's timeline, upgrading Alex Kingston from a guest star to a recurring actor in the series. I'm not really here. I think Idris prefers the name Sexy! I just haven't really seen the Doctor's feeling towards her, not really. For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/axsuJ. 5 years ago. Just my opinion though. Even if we put the "wedding" aside - he's just not 'there' emotionally, he doesn't trust her as far as he could throw her if he has any choice in the matter and whenever she appears she annoys him more than anything else. Yes and yes. The Doctor: You can spend the rest of your life with me, but I can't spend the rest of mine with you. Imagine, that when he shows her that he's inside the robot version of himself, he's making a display of his trust in her with the burden of killing him, since he knows she loves him. Do you agree with River that the Doctor never loved her, or do you think the Doctor loved River in his own way? He's just seen what happens if he's indecisive or gives her hope: she becomes the woman who spends the rest of her life bouncing from parallel to parallel to find him again. !1" whenever a joke is made about the Doctor flirting with anyone. The Doctor is, at their core, alien and unknowable and very, very old. (A) The experienced pilot is now able to "read" the river rather than marvel at its beauty. The Doctor: I don't age. When I last stood on this beach, on the worst day of my life, what was the last thing you said to me? But, more frustratingly, River never truly got her romantic due as the Doctor’s wife. Yes, there was that "Rose, I..." moment, but the sentence was left unfinished for a reason: so that all the fans could enjoy their own interpretation of their relationship. I know from other folk's previous questions that some of you share my suspicion that at some point in his future, the Doctor will be killed by River Song. Because, you are right, the marriage seems to be a way to get River help mend time. I think he already did it without us knowing, in "let's kill Hitler". ROSE: Yeah, and how was that sentence going to end? And I suppose, if it's one last chance to say it, Rose Tyler. River Song is The Doctor’s wedded wife, and never before in television has there been a more long-distance marriage. He sought to bring Christianity, commerce, and “civilization” to Africa and undertook three extensive expeditions throughout much of the continent. Melody was conceived soon after her parents' wedding, aboard the Doctor's TARDIS while transiting the Time Vortex. Consider this scene: DOCTOR: Quite right, too. But that perfectly fits how 11th's character has been established and portrayed. God that first scene broke my heart. But that it's a more innocent and childlike love. From this point onwards, they both seem to know each other to the same degree, as if they're finally in-sync. So in a sense, while specifically wrong, the principle of her attitude was correct. She will need it in her future and his past, in "Silence in The Library", to get his mind on the job and off the mystery of her by getting him to trust her. It wasn't the Doctor, it was the Tesselecta, he didn't tell her his name, and so on. This from “The Name of the Doctor”. The relationship between 10th and Rose was a very human love relationship. It's more flirty, but also more childlike and innocent. I think she's only half wrong, but I think it's also his nature that makes it a problem. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. While the doctor might in the moment be personal and friendly.... His real nature transcends that. Companions have come and gone but we all know how every one of those instances ended - with the Doctor alone in the TARDIS, letting her take him away someplace ways away to forget the pain. He knows she and him will be together and that she will die. DOCTOR: Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference? If you want to get technical - the wedding was not valid. The Doctor and Dr. Song, a cosmic outlaw who rivals The Doctor … Knowing what happened the first time he met her must make it much harder for the doctor. Alone. Maybe Time Lords express their love differently or Matt Smith doesn't know how to act in love or what (which would be shocking, as he's a great actor), but I've never gotten the feeling that the Doctor loves River nearly as much as she loves him. But he does eventually tell her his name. 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