River Song marathon on New Years?

River Song (Doctor Who)

I have this crazy idea. Proof that it’s actually crazy is that I haven’t bothered to check with my wife, keeper of my sanity and all things saintly, whether this is a good idea. No doubt, she will suggest not, though if I time it to mention it in front of the kids, I’m pretty sure I’d have their votes.

What with the symbolism of New Year’s Eve being the end of time/start of new time, what better way to celebrate than with a themed Doctor Who marathon?!? And not just any theme – not Daleks, or Cyberman, or even Sontarans, but what better way than tracing through River Song‘s life from birth to death, in chronological order?  Based on sketchy, hastily put together research, this would mean watching:

  • A good man goes to war (Birth)
  • The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon (As the little girl)
  • Let’s Kill Hitler
  • Closing Time
  • Wedding of River Song (Bulk of episode)
  • (could watch A good man goes to war for adult River here, but that seems overkill)
  • (we could then watch The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon for more adult River, but we do have limits)
  • Pandorica opens/Big Bang
  • The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone
  • (technically, Wedding of River Song (Garden scene) would fit in here, but having watched once, best not to revisit)
  • The Angels Take Manhattan*
  • Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead

That’s 13 episodes, roughly 10 hours with bathroom breaks. Not improbably or impossible, but it could crimp other plans. Or be pure genius.

(all of these episodes, incidentally, are available on both Netflix streaming and Amazon prime, so if you have either of those services like we do, bam!)

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