One more reason to look forward to the holiday season: another Dr. Who special, which will include the return of a familiar character!
[dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]here’s only a few weeks until the holidays, but we finally have details on the Doctor Who Christmas Special this year. Alex Kingston will return to play as River Song.
The episode will be titled “The Husbands of River Song,” which will feature Alex Kingston returning to play as River Song. The episode takes place on Christmas Day, with the TARDIS placed in the street of a snowy village, with icicles hanging from the roof. River Song meets her new husband’s embodiment, who is now Peter Capaldi, for the first time in the Christmas Special.
This year’s Christmas Special is written by Steven Moffat, the series’ Lead Writer and Executive Producer. Brian Minchin will assist Moffat as executive producer, with help from Nikki Wilson as a producer. The episode will be directed by Douglas Mackinnon, the director of Doctor Who and Sherlock.
“To be honest, I did not know whether River would ever return to the show,” said Kingston of the special earlier this year. “but here she is, back with the Doctor for the Christmas special. Steven Moffat is on glittering form, giving us an episode filled with humor and surprise guest castings. I met Peter for the first time at Monday’s read through. We had a laugh, and I am now excited and ready to start filming with him and the ‘Doctor Who’ team. Christmas in September?, why not!”
“Another Christmas, another special for ‘Doctor Who,’” says Moffat, “and what could be more special than the return of Alex Kingston as Professor River Song? The last time the Doctor saw her, she was a ghost. The first time he met her, she died. So how can he be seeing her again? As ever, with the most complicated relationship in the universe, it’s a matter of time…”
Doctor Who will finish Season 9 tomorrow with the episode “Hell Bent” before showing the Christmas Special on December 25.
