I'd never really thought about this until the other day when someone asked me to explain a throwaway comment I'd made about the Doctor not meeting River for another 3000 years. The library episodes are set in the 51st century, so unless River is a time traveller (which I don't think she is) then surely the Doctor didn't meet her "for the first time" until a long way ahead in his future, i.e, in the 51st century, assuming she's got a fairly normal human lifespan. This part of it makes my head ache to be honest! Of course, there are times - as we've seen - when she might come across him accidentally in his future, and presumably all the talk about "spoilers" is because he's prepared her for that possibility.
I'm glad we'll be seeing her again, and I certainly don't get all the River-hate that seems to fly around the fandom.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2010-01-25 01:48 pm (UTC)The library episodes are set in the 51st century, so unless River is a time traveller (which I don't think she is) then surely the Doctor didn't meet her "for the first time" until a long way ahead in his future, i.e, in the 51st century, assuming she's got a fairly normal human lifespan. This part of it makes my head ache to be honest! Of course, there are times - as we've seen - when she might come across him accidentally in his future, and presumably all the talk about "spoilers" is because he's prepared her for that possibility.
I'm glad we'll be seeing her again, and I certainly don't get all the River-hate that seems to fly around the fandom.