"I'm not saying it cemented anything formally - it didn't have to - but it's a clue to how close Big Finish are with Cardiff, and how close they work together - swapping intelligence and people and stories. "It was a gracious thing on Moffat's part," McGann says.
When McGann reprised his role as the Eighth Doctor on-screen for a special anniversary minisode - 2013's ' Night of the Doctor' - Who showrunner Steven Moffat snuck in references to companion characters that up til that point had only featured in the audio-plays.ĭoctor Who fans, and particularly Big Finish addicts, went nuts.
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And even after all these years, Big Finish's output - and the way in which it interacts with the Doctor Who television series - is still evolving. The 'stories' take the form of full-cast audio plays - like the sort you might hear on BBC Radio 4, but available as a CD or download. "So we're making more and we're getting better at them - the stories are getting better all the time and it feels like good times." "I don't think they'd quite realised, for one reason or another, but now they have - and according to the business model that Big Finish has, the more they buy, the more we can make. "They've finally twigged about the audios. "Particularly in the last three or four years - since the 50th anniversary in fact - I've been noticing a real spike in interest, particularly from the American fans," says McGann. Although her co-star insists that awareness of what Big Finish do is ever on the rise, even amongst Doctor Who fans. "One of the fans asked me if I would ever consider doing these - and to be perfectly honest, I didn't even know they existed," Kingston admits. River and 'Eight' will cross paths, after a fashion, in The Diary of River Song: Series One - a new box-set that will spin Kingston's character off into new adventures, and the latest release in a massive catalogue produced by Big Finish since 1999. There's lots of excitement out there, and quite right too." "I've just got back from a fan show in the States and there were fans there going quietly nuts about the prospect of the River Song Diaries, and the idea that we're gonna meet. "But of course ordinarily you wouldn't meet, so I felt very excited at the prospect of working with Alex. "I think people out there maybe assume that all us Doctor Who types know each other," McGann tells DS. But it remains quite a moment and Digital Spy is there to witness it, spending a day at the studios of Big Finish - producers of original Doctor Who audio-plays for the past 17 years. The first encounter between arch archeologist / charismatic con-woman River Song and her future husband, the eighth incarnation of the Time Lord known as the Doctor.Īlright, so it's really their Earthly alter-egos - Alex Kingston and Paul McGann - meeting for the first time. The ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special begins filming this week, while the show’s new series starts on BBC, September 19th.This is it. The character has made 15 appearances in the show so far, opposite both David Tennant’s and Matt Smith’s Doctor. Kingston first appeared as River Song in 'Doctor Who’s' fourth series. More: 'Doctor Who' Creator Steven Moffat Talks Maisie Williams' 'Brand New' Character
So how can he be seeing her again? As ever, with the most complicated relationship in the universe, it’s a matter of time …”. “The last time the Doctor saw her she was a ghost,” Moffat said. Showrunner Steven Moffat has also teased fans over what they could expect from the characters this Christmas. “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,” the actress added.
More: Steven Moffat Claims He Would Beat Peter Capaldi In A 'Doctor Who' Quiz “To be honest, I did not know whether River would ever return to the show, but here she is, back with the Doctor for the Christmas special,” Kingston said, while also hinting that the upcoming special will contain more "surprise guest castings”. It will be the first time the character has met Peter Capaldi’s incarnation of the Doctor, after last being seen in season seven opposite Matt Smith.Īlex Kingston plays River Song in ‘Doctor Who’. Alex Kingston will reprise her role as River Song in this year’s ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special, the actress has confirmed.
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