The Wedding of River Song (TV story)

The Wedding of River Song was the thirteenth and final episode of the sixth series of Doctor Who

Synopsis
As the Doctor makes his final journey to the shores of Lake Silencio in Utah, he knows only one thing can keep the universe safe – his own death. But has he reckoned without the love of a good woman?

Plot
Earth is in chaos. Pterodactyls roam the skies, hot air balloons carry cars and Charles Dickens is interviewed about A Christmas Carol on BBC Breakfast. But what's even stranger, is that Romans are in charge. And Winston Churchill is their Emperor. And Malokeh is his right hand man.

Winston talks to Malokeh about the fact that time never changes, and that it's always 5:02 PM. He then tells Malokeh to bring the soothsayer in- the Doctor. The Doctor has been trying to tell him that something has happened to time, and Winston has dismissed it and locked him up in the tower. Winston, now believing him, asks what happened, to which the Doctor replies "A woman."

Cast

 * The Doctor – Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond – Karen Gillan
 * Rory Williams – Arthur Darvill
 * River Song/Melody Pond – Alex Kingston
 * Madame Kovarian – Frances Barber
 * Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice
 * Malokeh- Richard Hope
 * Charles Dickens - Simon Callow
 * Dr Kent - Emma Campbell-Jones
 * Gantok - Mark Gatiss
 * News anchor - Meredith Viera
 * Dorium Maldovar -Simon Fisher Becker

Crew
to be added

Story notes

 * A prequel for this episode was released online.
 * This is the first time an episode of Doctor Who has aired on the same night as an episode of fellow BBC Saturday night drama, Merlin. As the first episode of Merlin Series 4, The Darkest Hour, was broadcast right after The Wedding of River Song.

Ratings
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Myths

 * The Doctor will get married. This was proven true.
 * Part of this episode will be set in Egypt. This myth was also proven true.

Filming locations
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Production errors

 * The Doctor is revealed to have been in the Teselecta when he's killed. But how would the machine have been able to regenerate?

Continuity

 * Following his death in February, this episode pays tribute to Nicholas Courtney, with the Doctor discovering that his character, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, died peacefully in his sleep.
 * Charles Dickens appears. (DW: The Unquiet Dead)
 * Winston Churchill also appears (DW: Victory of the Daleks) and (DW: The Pandorica Opens (TV story)
 * The Silurian Scientist Malokeh returns (DW: The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood)
 * Dorium Maldovar returns as a head confirming he was beheaded by the Headless Monks (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)
 * The Doctor mentions Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness.
 * Amy's drawings include the Krafayis, the Saturnyns, the Silurians, the Daleks, the Minotaur and the Cybermen.
 * The Teselecta returns as does its captain.(DW: Let's Kill Hitler)
 * The Eleventh Doctor once again sports a beard (DW: Day of the Moon)
 * When talking to Amy after the Timeline is restored River mentions climbing out of the Byzantium (ship) and still wears her combat clothes as well as mentioning that she had just met her when she had no idea who she was. (DW: The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone)

Timeline
For the Doctor
 * This story occurs after: DW: Closing Time
 * This story takes place during: DW: The Impossible Astronaut

For River
 * This story occurs after: DW: Closing Time
 * This story takes place during: DW: The Impossible Astronaut
 * This story occurs before: DW: A Good Man Goes to War

For River in the final scene
 * This story occurs after: DW: Flesh and Stone
 * This story occurs before: DW: Silence in the Library

Home video releases
This episode will be released on DVD shortly after the airing of the episode.