Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Impossible Astronaut (2011)

Alex Kingston: River Song

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Quotes 

• The Doctor : And Dr. Song, you've got that face on again.

  River Song : What face?

  The Doctor : The "he's hot when he's clever" face.

  River Song : This is my normal face.

  The Doctor : Yes, it is.

• The Doctor : I'm your new undercover agent, on loan from Scotland Yard. Code name, The Doctor. These are my top operatives, The Legs, The Nose, and Mrs. Robinson.

  River Song : [winces]  I hate you.

  The Doctor : No, you don't.

• The Doctor : Fellows, the guns, really? I just walked into the highest security office in the United States and parked a big blue box on the rug. Do you think you can just shoot me?

  River Song : They're Americans!

  The Doctor : [puts his hands up]  Don't shoot.

• The Doctor : [pinned to the floor of the Oval Office by Secret Service]  River! Have you got my scanner working yet?

  River Song : [Inside the TARDIS]  Oh, I hate him!

  The Doctor : No, you don't.

• River Song : We've told him all we can. We can't even tell him we've seen his future self. He's interacted with his own past. He could rip a hole in the universe.

  Amy Pond : But he's done it before.

  Rory Williams : And, in fairness, the universe did blow up.

• The Doctor : Be careful!

  River Song : Careful? Tried that once. Ever so dull.

  The Doctor : Shout if you get into trouble.

  River Song : Don't worry, I'm quite the screamer. Now there's a spoiler for you!

• River Song : When I first met the Doctor, a long, long time ago, he knew all about me. Think about that. Impressionable young girl and suddenly, this man just drops out of the sky. And he's clever and mad and wonderful, and knows every last thing about her. Imaging what that does to a girl.

  Rory Williams : I don't really have to.

  River Song : Trouble is it's all back-to-front. My past is his future. We're travelling in opposite directions. Every time we meet, I know him more, he knows me less. I live for the days when I see him, but I know that every time I do, he'll be one step further away. And the day is coming when I'll look into that man's eyes, my Doctor, and he won't have the faintest idea who I am. And I think it's going to kill me.

• The Doctor : Oh, you bad, bad girl. What trouble have you got for me this time?

  [River slaps him] 

  The Doctor : Okay. I'm assuming that's for something I haven't done yet.

  River Song : Yes, it is.

  The Doctor : Good. Looking forward to it.

• River Song : The Doctor's death doesn't frighten me, nor does my own. There's a far worse day coming for me.

• The Doctor : I wear a Stetson now. Stetsons are cool

  River Song : [shoots the hat]  Hello, sweetie.

• River Song : This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold.

  The Doctor : Or "hello", as people used to say.

• River Song : [as the astronaut walks away]  Of course not.