Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Big Bang (2010)

Alex Kingston: River Song

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• Professor River Song : Right, I have questions. But number one is this: what in the name of sanity have you got on your head?

  The Doctor : It's a fez, I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool.

• Dalek : You will be exterminated!

  River Song : [with a slight emotional waiver]  Not yet. Your systems are still restoring, which means your shield density is compromised.

  River Song : [pulls gun from holster and adjusts it]  One alpha meson burst through your eye stalk would kill you stone dead.

  Dalek : [stops advancing] 

  Dalek : Records indicate you will show mercy! You are an associate of the Doctor's!

  River Song : [charges gun]  I'm River Song.

  River Song : [levels weapon]  Check your records again.

  [pause] 

  Dalek : Mercy.

  River Song : Say it again?

  Dalek : Mercy!

  River Song : [measuredly]  One more time.

  Dalek : [shaking in fear] 

  Dalek : Mer-cy-y-y!

• The Doctor : [Leaning against the TARDIS doors]  Hi, honey. I'm home.

  River Song : [Looks at her watch]  What sort of time do you call this?

• River Song : [Out of shot]  Did you dance? Well, you always dance at weddings, don't you?

  The Doctor : [Turning around]  You tell me!

  River Song : [Gasps]  Spoilers!

• River Song : Amy! And the plastic centurion?

  The Doctor : It's okay, he's on our side.

  River Song : Really? I dated a Nestene duplicate once. Swappable heads. Do keep things fresh.

• River Song : Right then. I have questions, but number one is this - what in the name of sanity have you got on your head?

  The Doctor : It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.

  [a pause, then Amy grabs the fez off the Doctor's head and throws it into the air, where River shoots it] 

• The Doctor : River... Who are you?

  River Song : You're going to find out very soon now, and I'm sorry, but that's when everything changes.

  [Taps the manipulator and disappears] 

  The Doctor : Nah!

• [the Doctor has modified a roof dish to prove the sun is actually the TARDIS exploding at every point in history] 

  Rory : Doctor, there's something else. A voice.

  Amy Pond : [Watching as The Doctor adjusts the dish]  I can't hear anything.

  Rory : [Pointing to his ear]  Trust the plastic!

  River Song : [Repeating]  I'm sorry, my love.

  Amy Pond : Doctor, that's River! How can she be up there?

  Rory : Maybe it's a recording or something.

  The Doctor : No, it's not a recording. Of course, the emergency protocols! The TARDIS has sealed off the control room and put her in a time loop to save her!

• The Doctor : Are you married, River?

  River Song : Are you asking?

  The Doctor : Yes.

  River Song : [suggestively]  Yes.

  The Doctor : [stammering]  No, hang on. Did you think I was asking you to marry me or... or... or asking if you were married?

  River Song : Yes.

  The Doctor : No, but was that yes or *yes*?

  River Song : Yes.

• River Song : What in the name of sanity have you got on your head?

  The Eleventh Doctor : It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.