Clara Oswald Vs River Song : Who Performed The River Song?

Brilliantly written, incredibly clever, genuinely terrifying, and a complete joy to watch. the highlight of this episode, i can't decide; whether it's the doctor himself, the perfectly cast river song (played by alex kingston), or the weeping angels. the doctor becomes far less bumbling in this episode, and transforms into a much more self-confident, trustworthy character.

Even the music was a throwback to that two parter. alex kingston was as always amazing as river song, and capaldi gave another stellar performance. the special effects were great too, and the music was just beautiful.

On several occasions she indicated a willingness to engage in deadly force when necessary, such as commanding a group fighting cybermen, (tv: nightmare in silver) indicating her intent to kill missy, (tv: death in heaven) being prepared to order unit snipers to shoot missy during a later encounter, (tv: the magician's apprentice) and she also once wielded a sword in battle. (tv: the girl who died) in a rare documented example of her using deadly force, clara, during a brief time when her mental abilities were augmented by the doctor to the point where she developed a form of telekinesis, used said abilities to drop a chandelier on a sea devil, supposedly killing him. (comic: clara oswald and the school of death) clara was acutely aware that one danger involving time travel was learning the circumstances of one's own demise.

How far will he go? where does he cross the line? i don't know and i can't wait to see how his role develops!jenna coleman absolutely shines in this episode as clara oswald.

The doctor's apparent death at lake silencio was a fixed point in time, but river song prolonged his final moment by refusing to take part, creating river song's world. as time fell apart, river was desperate to save the doctor, and built a timey-wimey distress beacon, informing all of time and space that the doctor was dying. responses came from all over the universe that they would help.

(audio: a death in the family) however, in other accounts, regeneration could occur even after the previous incarnation's body had completely died, or indeed, been dead for some time — although this could result in some "growing pains" for the new incarnation, who might deal with such conditions as amnesia. (tv: doctor who) stabbing or shooting a time lord through both hearts at the same time would kill them. (prose: the shadows of avalon, world game) missy recommended eight snipers, with two trained on each of her hearts and three for her brain stem, so that clara oswald could feel safe while speaking to her, noting that they'd have to "switch off fast" before she could regenerate.

A second full series of 13 episodes was commissioned for 2011, with smith and gillan both returning as the doctor and amy respectively (making it the first time since the show's relaunch in 2005 that both the doctor and main companion had remained the same from one series to the next). the series was broadcast in two halves, with the first seven episodes broadcast between april and june 2011, and the final six beginning on 27 august 2011. with the new series, darvill was upgraded to series regular and full-time companion as rory, and kingston continued to appear on a recurring basis as river song.