| The Diary of River Song | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | The Worlds of Doctor Who |
| Featuring | River Song |
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| Starring | Alex Kingston |
| Music | Howard Carter |
| Release date | December 2015 – August 2023 |
The Diary of River Song is an audio play series from Big Finish Productions. Alex Kingston reprises her character River Song from the television series Doctor Who.[1]
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Background
The series is one of the first to prominently feature elements from the revived era (2005 on) of the show; the character of River Song was introduced in "Silence in the Library" (2008) as a time traveller with a mysterious connection to the Tenth Doctor, who does not recognize her. The Rulers of the Universe, the fourth episode of Series 1, sees River crossing paths with the Eighth Doctor, a still younger incarnation. River would appear, again, alongside The Eighth Doctor starting with Doom Coalition 2 and concluding in Doom Coalition 4.
The second series of The Diary of River Song features encounters with both the Sixth and Seventh Doctors.[2][3] The third series, announced September 2017, features an encounter with the Fifth Doctor with Frances Barber reprising her role of Madame Kovarian.[4]
Announced in October 2017, Big Finish confirmed that River Song would return for a fourth and fifth series to be released in 2018 and 2019 respectively. The fourth series features an encounter with the Fourth Doctor;[5][6] whilst the fifth series features encounters with multiple versions of The Master.[7][8]
Big Finish subsequently renewed The Diary of River Song in October 2018, for a further two more series (the sixth and seventh) to be released in 2019 and 2020.[9] In August 2020, the series was confirmed as renewed for its eighth series.[10] Big Finish Productions revealed in July 2021 a ninth series, uniting River with the Third Doctor, UNIT and Liz Shaw, would debut in October 2021. A tenth series was revealed by Big Finish in March 2022 to debut in July 2022.[11] An eleventh series, announced in August 2022, debuted in January 2023;[12] whilst a twelfth and final series was announced in June 2023 for release in August 2023.[13]
In April 2024, Big Finish announced a sequel series featuring River Song, with Kingston reprising the role. The Death & Life of River Song is due to start in August 2024 and will depict River's post-mortem adventures as a data ghost, as first seen in "The Name of the Doctor" (2013).[14]
Cast
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| Actor | Character | Appearances | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Diary of River Song | The Death and Life of River Song | |||||||||||||||
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | S12 | S1 | S2 | S3 | ||
| Alex Kingston | River Song | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Paul McGann | The Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Sylvester McCoy | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Colin Baker | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Davison | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Baker | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Tim Treloar | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| David Bradley | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| David Tennant | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Salome Haertel | Rachel Burrows | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Nina Toussaint-White | Brooke | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Timothy Blore | Luke Sullieman | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Notable guests
- Alexander Vlahos as Bertie Potts
- Joanna Horton as Brooke
- Frances Barber as Madame Kovarian
- Michelle Gomez as Missy
- Geoffrey Beevers, Eric Roberts & Derek Jacobi as The Master
- Claudia Grant as Susan Foreman
- Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton
- Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright
- Ralph Watson as Captain Knight
- Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago
- John Leeson as K9
- Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom
- Joe Sims as Mark Seven
- Jon Culshaw as The Brigadier & The Master
- Daisy Ashford as Liz Shaw
- Mimî M. Khayisa as Other River Song
- Harry Peacock as Proper Dave
- Isla Blair as Older Mary Mortimer
- Wendy Craig as Older Maddie Mortimer
- Jemima Rooper as Mary Mortimer
- Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler
Episodes
The Dirary of River Song
Series 1 (2015)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "The Boundless Sea" | Ken Bentley | Jenny T Colgan | Bertie Potts | December 2015 |
| 2 | "I Went to a Marvellous Party" | Ken Bentley | Justin Richards | Bertie Potts, Mr. Song | December 2015 |
| 3 | "Signs" | Ken Bentley | James Goss | Mr. Song | December 2015 |
| 4 | "The Rulers of the Universe" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Bertie Potts | December 2015 |
Series 2 (2016)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Unknown" | Ken Bentley | Guy Adams | Seventh Doctor | December 2016 |
| 2 | "Five Twenty-Nine" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Rachel Burrows | December 2016 |
| 3 | "World Enough and Time" | Ken Bentley | James Goss | Sixth Doctor | December 2016 |
| 4 | "The Eye of the Storm" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Rachel Burrows | December 2016 |
Series 3 (2018)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Lady in the Lake" | Ken Bentley | Nev Fountain | Fifth Doctor, Brooke | January 2018 |
| 2 | "A Requiem for the Doctor" | Ken Bentley | Jacqueline Rayner | Fifth Doctor, Brooke | January 2018 |
| 3 | "My Dinner with Andrew" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Fifth Doctor, Brooke, Madame Kovarian | January 2018 |
| 4 | "The Furies" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Fifth Doctor, Brooke, Madame Kovarian | January 2018 |
Series 4 (2018)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Time in a Bottle" | Ken Bentley | Emma Reeves and Matt Fitton | Spod, Gammarae, Dante | September 2018 |
| 2 | "Kings of Infinite Space" | Ken Bentley | Donald McLeary | Spod, Gammarae, Dante | September 2018 |
| 3 | "Whodunnit?" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Dante, Franz Kafka | September 2018 |
| 4 | "Someone I Once Knew" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Fourth Doctor, Dante, Gammarae | September 2018 |
Series 5 (2019)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Bekdel Test" | Ken Bentley | Jonathan Morris | Missy | January 2019 |
| 2 | "Animal Instinct" | Ken Bentley | Roy Gill | Luke Sullieman, The Decayed Master | January 2019 |
| 3 | "The Lifeboat and the Deathboat" | Ken Bentley & Jason Haigh-Ellery | Eddie Robson | The Morphant Master | January 2019 |
| 4 | "Concealed Weapon" | Ken Bentley | Scott Handcock | The War Master | January 2019 |
Series 6 (2019)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "An Unearthly Woman" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright (An Unearthly Child) | August 2019 |
| 2 | "The Web of Time" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Captain Knight, Yeti, The Great Intelligence (The Web of Fear) | August 2019 |
| 3 | "Peepshow" | Ken Bentley | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Ogrons, Sontarans, Drashigs (Carnival of Monsters) | August 2019 |
| 4 | "The Talents of Greel" | Ken Bentley | Paul Morris | Henry Gordon Jago, Weng-Chiang (The Talons of Weng-Chiang) | August 2019 |
Series 7 (2020)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Colony of Strangers" | Ken Bentley | James Goss | – | January 2020 |
| 2 | "Abbey of Heretics" | Ken Bentley | Lizbeth Myles | – | January 2020 |
| 3 | "Barrister to the Stars" | Ken Bentley | James Kettle | – | January 2020 |
| 4 | "Carnival of Angels" | Ken Bentley | Roy Gill | Luke Sullieman, Weeping Angels | January 2020 |
Series 8 (2021)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Slight Glimpses of Tomorrow" | Ken Bentley | James Goss | Rachel Burrows | January 2021 |
| 2 | "A Brave New World" | Ken Bentley | Tracy Ann Baines | Tenth Doctor, Rachel Burrows | January 2021 |
| 3 | "A Forever Home" | Ken Bentley | Alfie Shaw | K9 | January 2021 |
| 4 | "Queen of the Mechonoids" | Ken Bentley | Jonathan Morris | Anya Kingdom, Mark Seven, Mechonoids | January 2021 |
Series 9: New Recruit (2021)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Blood Woods" | Ken Bentley | Lizbeth Myles | The Brigadier, Liz Shaw | October 2021 |
| 2 | "Terror of the Suburbs" | Ken Bentley | James Kettle | Liz Shaw | October 2021 |
| 3 | "Never Alone" | Ken Bentley | Helen Goldwyn | Liz Shaw | October 2021 |
| 4 | "Rivers of Light" | Ken Bentley | Lisa McMullin | Third Doctor, The Brigadier, Liz Shaw, The Master | October 2021 |
Series 10: Two Rivers and a Firewall (2022)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Two Rivers" | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | – | August 2022 |
| 2 | "Beauty on the Inside" | Ken Bentley | Lizzie Hopley | – | August 2022 |
| 3 | "Black Friday" | Ken Bentley | Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle | Autons | August 2022 |
| 4 | "Firewall" | Ken Bentley | Barnaby Kay | Proper Dave | August 2022 |
Series 11: Friend of the Family (2023)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Rules of the House"[12] | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | – | January 2023 |
| 2 | "The Key to the Door"[12] | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | – | January 2023 |
| 3 | "The Bird from the Nest"[12] | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | – | January 2023 |
| 4 | "The Isle on the Shore"[12] | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | – | January 2023 |
Series 12: The Orphan Quartet (2023)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Excise Men"[13] | David O'Mahony | Lou Morgan | – | August 2023 |
| 2 | "Harvest of the Krotons"[13] | David O'Mahony | James Goss | Jackie Tyler, Krotons | August 2023 |
| 3 | "Dead Man Talking"[13] | David O'Mahony | Tim Foley | – | August 2023 |
| 4 | "The Wife of River Song"[13] | David O'Mahony | Lizzie Hopley | Brooke | August 2023 |
The Death & Life of River Song
Series 1: Last Words
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | Ken Bentley | Robert Valentine | TBA | August 2024[14] |
| 2 | TBA | Ken Bentley | Robert Valentine | TBA | August 2024[14] |
| 3 | TBA | Ken Bentley | Robert Valentine | TBA | August 2024[14] |
| 4 | TBA | Ken Bentley | Robert Valentine | TBA | August 2024[14] |
Series 2
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | January 2025[14] |
| 2 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | January 2025[14] |
| 3 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | January 2025[14] |
| 4 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | January 2025[14] |
Series 3
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | August 2025[14] |
| 2 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | August 2025[14] |
| 3 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | August 2025[14] |
| 4 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBD | TBA | August 2025[14] |
Awards and nominations
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Scribe Awards | 2020 | Best Audio | Concealed Weapon | Nominated | [15] |
References
- ^ Hughes Media Internet Limited. "1. The Diary of River Song Series 01 - The Diary of River Song". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Hughes Media Internet Limited (29 February 2016). "The Diary of River Song: Series 2 - Coming January 2017! - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Wickline, Dan (10 January 2017). "River Song Meets The Sixth And Seventh Doctors". Bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Hughes Media Internet Limited (21 September 2017). "Alex Kingston is back in The Diary of River Song Series Three - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Hughes Media Internet Limited (30 October 2017). "River Song is back! - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Fullerton, Huw (31 October 2017). "Doctor Who Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor and River Song team up for Big Finish series". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Hughes Media Internet Limited (3 May 2018). "River Song 5 - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Fullerton, Huw (3 May 2018). "Doctor Who: Michelle Gomez and Eric Roberts return as the Master to take on River Song". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Hughes Media Internet Limited (11 October 2018). "River Song Series 6 and 7 - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "The Diary of River Song Series 08". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Hughes Media Internet Limited (11 March 2022). "The Data Ghost of River Song". Big Finish. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "11. Diary of River Song Series 11: Friend of the Family". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Hughes Media Internet Limited (23 June 2023). "River Song and Jackie Tyler v the Krotons". Big Finish. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "River Song returns from the dead". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Previous Scribe Award Winners". 24 June 2013.
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