And it's later in her timeline too, so if she ends up doing something with the Doctor later in *his* timeline, earlier in hers, it would make sense that when they're attacking her, because of something she does in the Doctor's future, it would be in those early episodes. Huh, I hadn't even gotten to thinking of it as possibly being in response to something she *did* since it seems designed not just to kill her but to wipe out her very existence--thus I assumed the problem was her existence. But that will be something to keep an eye out for!
And then people have been talking about the title, "Silence in the Library," which makes me wonder . . . Did they actually get her? Meaning, was she set up to go to the Library as a progression of this unseen force trying to unmake her? OoooOOoo . . . I've seen a bunch of people trying to speculate about possible connections to that episode title, but that's the first suggestion I've seen that I really like.
After all, the Doctor nearly died there. If he died as Ten, that would definitely have affected River being born. Was it a trap to get her (and/or the Doctor)? I'm in a continual state of wonderment that she manages to keep existing at all. I watched the Angels episodes too before I got to TPO, and was just staring at the screen in horror, realizing how, with both the Doctor and Amy there before River was even conceived, any little thing that could have gone wrong might have seen her wink right out of existence! You get to wondering exactly how resilient time is . . . does time want River Song alive, thus granting a certain margin of error and failsafe where, even if things change, everything else rearranges enough to make sure she still happens? (Which might explain why whoever's going after her saw reason to kill her mother *and* blow up the TARDIS *and* lock away the Doctor *and* end the universe . . . Is she like a cockroach? Pesky Time Lady, just won't die!) Or is everything really as fragile as it seems and liable to fly apart with the smallest mistake?
Until proven otherwise in canon, this is now my head-canon. And that makes that episode even more interesting for me. Thank you for that. *g* Glad you like!
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Date: 8 Aug 2011 10:38 pm (UTC)Huh, I hadn't even gotten to thinking of it as possibly being in response to something she *did* since it seems designed not just to kill her but to wipe out her very existence--thus I assumed the problem was her existence. But that will be something to keep an eye out for!
And then people have been talking about the title, "Silence in the Library," which makes me wonder . . . Did they actually get her? Meaning, was she set up to go to the Library as a progression of this unseen force trying to unmake her?
OoooOOoo . . . I've seen a bunch of people trying to speculate about possible connections to that episode title, but that's the first suggestion I've seen that I really like.
After all, the Doctor nearly died there. If he died as Ten, that would definitely have affected River being born. Was it a trap to get her (and/or the Doctor)?
I'm in a continual state of wonderment that she manages to keep existing at all. I watched the Angels episodes too before I got to TPO, and was just staring at the screen in horror, realizing how, with both the Doctor and Amy there before River was even conceived, any little thing that could have gone wrong might have seen her wink right out of existence! You get to wondering exactly how resilient time is . . . does time want River Song alive, thus granting a certain margin of error and failsafe where, even if things change, everything else rearranges enough to make sure she still happens? (Which might explain why whoever's going after her saw reason to kill her mother *and* blow up the TARDIS *and* lock away the Doctor *and* end the universe . . . Is she like a cockroach? Pesky Time Lady, just won't die!) Or is everything really as fragile as it seems and liable to fly apart with the smallest mistake?
Until proven otherwise in canon, this is now my head-canon. And that makes that episode even more interesting for me. Thank you for that.
*g* Glad you like!