I think the question behind the question is how the Doctor would react to having another Time Lord/Lady in his world, and specifically in his TARDIS. River, it seems to me, has always been more than a lover, because she has authority over him. When she calls him out, he listens. It's hard to believe that the possibility of a baby being enhanced, not just human, if born in the TARDIS, is completely new to him. Arguably, he's been criminally irresponsible, because I'm damn sure that the TARDIS is capable of issuing a contraceptive force field if required.
It could go to some interesting places. The Doctor has been on his own and answerable to nobody for a very long time, and it isn't doing him any good. My big problem with the plot device of River healing him, however, is that the next step in her timeline (presumably) sees the two of them on a killing spree against the Silence, which both of them seemed to enjoy.
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Date: 2011-06-05 10:29 am (UTC)It could go to some interesting places. The Doctor has been on his own and answerable to nobody for a very long time, and it isn't doing him any good. My big problem with the plot device of River healing him, however, is that the next step in her timeline (presumably) sees the two of them on a killing spree against the Silence, which both of them seemed to enjoy.