Who is River Song (Possible spoiler poll)

[TiberiusMaximus]

The Silents are not the bad guys in this tale, they just keep history on track by nudging the 'little people' in the right direction to make sure all the fixed points still happen. Why they do this isn't important to us. The Doctor's death is a fixed point and must happen. That doesn't mean he doesn't have a signet ring though, a precedent for Time Lords returning from the pyre...

Whoa...now there's an idea. The Silence in the bathroom told Amy she MUST tell the Doctor...and the Doctor would presumably tell his friends NOT to alter the future. Although that wouldn't really explain why the Silence made that woman explode.

On a side note, when

Spoiler: Silence

the Silence killed that woman and said her name was Joy, I initially misunderstood since the dialogue went like this:

Amy: Why did you kill her?
Silence: JOY!!!

I thought he meant he killed her for joy, for the sheer fun of it. Did anyone else think that too? Or maybe it does fit...perhaps she was 'supposed' to die but for some timey-wimey reason, maybe Amy's presence in the past, she didn't, so the Silence killed her to make history accurate. That might explain why he told Amy what her name was, since if he was a pointless, monstrous evil monster he wouldn't care.

 

[Psion]

On a side note, when

Spoiler: Silence

the Silence killed that woman and said her name was Joy, I initially misunderstood since the dialogue went like this:

Amy: Why did you kill her?
Silence: JOY!!!

I thought he meant he killed her for joy, for the sheer fun of it. Did anyone else think that too? Or maybe it does fit...perhaps she was 'supposed' to die but for some timey-wimey reason, maybe Amy's presence in the past, she didn't, so the Silence killed her to make history accurate. That might explain why he told Amy what her name was, since if he was a pointless, monstrous evil monster he wouldn't care.

Absolutely!

Spoiler: the Silents

I growled in revulsion when I first thought he found joy in killing her. Then he explained, "Her name was Joy" and I immediately thought back to "The Vampires of Venice" when the Doctor promised to tear down Signora Calvieri's house stone by stone because she didn't even bother to learn Isabella's name. The Silents might be more aggressive and active versions of the Observers from Fringe. Possibly less than evil, although I very much doubt that they are good.

Personally, I hope the Silents remain an ongoing part of Doctor Who. I've never really cared for the Daleks as villains and these new bad guys offer an opportunity to introduce a completely new race of bad guys with a bit more depth and variety than the old pepper pots ever had.

Plus, they can climb stairs and ladders right from the start!

 

[G2309]

From her comments about how she knows the Dr Im doubting its someone weve seen in Dr Who before. Also im now doubting the tim7elord theory as the aliens memory trick worked on here.9 Would tim7elords be too powerful for this?

 

[Pauln6]

It's possible that the girl in the suit is Amy's daughter (we don't know her name yet) and that she is also River. It also seems likely that River kills the Doctor and that is why she is in prison, which could mean that this season is about bringing closure to her arc if she is in the spacesuit that killed him at the start. It could also explain why Amy wasn't harmed by the Silents. What kind of spacesuit was she wearing when she first met him (sorry, when he first met her) in the library?

 

[Whofan]

^A more futuristic kind of suit, same as the rest of her team, some of whom became Vashta Narada walking skeletons.

 

[RevdKathy]

A few more reflections.

When River told the Doctor she knew his name, he said "There's only one circumstance in which I would ever tell anyone my name" or words to that effect. And everyone thought "She's his wife". But why does that circumstance have to be marriage? What if the Doctor would tell his name to someone he wanted to kill him (there's a long tradition connecting knowing someone's name to having power over them/power to hurt them.) What if the Doctor is telling River/the astronaut his name on the beach in that conversaion?

Secondly, River can't be around too much longer. While she and to Doctor were 'meeting randomly out of order' they could get away with it but with the move to them going in opposite directions, they need to be able to make her look younger every time we see her. I think they've succeeded this time (I thought they'd changed her make-up!) but they will only be able to get away with that for so many years.

 

[Whofan]

We still haven't seen her get her screwdriver yet, either. So perhaps there is an encounter between the Byzantium and the Library.