River Song Quotes

“The Doctor: Doctor Song, you've got that face on again.
River: What face?
The Doctor: The "He's hot when he's clever" face.
River: This is my normal face.
The Doctor: Yes it is.
River: Oh, shut up.
The Doctor: Not a chance.”
― Steven Moffat

“River Song: Use the stabilisers!
The Doctor: It doesn't have stabilisers!
River Song: The blue switches!
The Doctor: The blue ones don't do anything, they're just... blue!
River Song: Yes they're blue: they're the blue stabilisers! [presses the button and the TARDIS indeed stabilises] See?
The Doctor: Yeah? Well, it's boring now, isn't it? They're boring-ers! They're blue... boring-ers!
Amy: Doctor, how come she can fly the TARDIS?
The Doctor: You call that flying the TARDIS? [scoffs] Ha!
River Song: Okay, I've mapped the probability vectors, done a foldback on the temporal isometry, charted the ship to its destination and... [presses a button, the cloister bell clangs] parked us right alongside.
The Doctor: Parked us? But we haven't landed!
River Song: Of course we've landed; I just landed her.
The Doctor: But it didn't make the noise.
River Song: What noise?
The Doctor: You know, the... [does an impression of the TARDIS materialisation sound]
River Song: It's not supposed to make that noise. You leave the brakes on.
The Doctor: Yes, well, it's a brilliant noise. I love that noise.”
― Steven Moffat

“The Doctor: Dr. Song, you’ve got that face on again.

River: What face?

The Doctor: The ‘he’s hot when he’s clever’ face.

River: This is my normal face.

The Doctor: Yes, it is.”
― Steven Moffat

“Demons run when a good man goes to war.
Night will fall and drown the sun,
When a good man goes to war.
Friendship dies and true love lies,
Night will fall and the dark will rise,
When a good man goes to war.
Demons run, but count the cost.
The battle's won but the child is lost.”
― Steven Moffat

“I can't let you die without knowing you are loved. By so many, and so much. And by no one more than me.”
― River Song

“Spending time in nature assists a person reconnect with his or her inner state. A wounded person undoubtedly benefits by bowing down and taking communion beside the healing waters of a river.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“But I am never truly as brave as I pretend to be, and, actually, I have a theory that he is absolutely the only creature in the universe who is.”
― Jenny T. Colgan, Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song

“Elvis doesn't share our gift of matrimonial telepathy, though. And he did have a plastic brain. He still looked clueless.”
― Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song

“When the wind stands fair and the night is perfect, when you least expect it, but always when you need it the most: there is a Song.”
― Steven Moffat