The Diary of River Song

The Diary of River Song, also known simply as River Song,^[1] was an audio spin-off series produced by Big Finish Productions beginning in 2015. It starred River Song, played by Alex Kingston.

The first series featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. The second series featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. The third series featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. The fourth series featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

Breaking the previously-established format, series five did not feature the Doctor, but rather the Master. Each story featured a different incarnation of the Time Lord, including the first appearance of Eric Roberts' Master and Michelle Gomez' Missy in a Big Finish story.

It was Steven Moffat's idea to make River team up with previous Doctors on these boxsets, so she would work "her way back down his timeline". (VOR 95)

The audio series was continued in The Death and Life of River Song on 16 August 2024.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series One[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series One

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1.1	The Boundless Sea	Jenny T Colgan		25 December 2015
1.2	I Went to a Marvellous Party	Justin Richards	Rulers of the Universe
1.3	Signs	James Goss
1.4	The Rulers of the Universe	Matt Fitton	Eighth Doctor, Rulers of the Universe

Series Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series Two

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
2.1	The Unknown	Guy Adams	Seventh Doctor	25 December 2016
2.2	Five Twenty-Nine	John Dorney	Rachel Burrows
2.3	World Enough and Time	James Goss	Sixth Doctor, Speravores
2.4	The Eye of the Storm	Matt Fitton	Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Speravores

Series Three[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series Three

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
3.1	The Lady in the Lake	Nev Fountain	Fifth Doctor, Brooke 1	23 January 2018
3.2	A Requiem for the Doctor	Jac Rayner
3.3	My Dinner with Andrew	John Dorney	Fifth Doctor, Madame Kovarian, Brooke 1, Brooke 2
3.4	The Furies	Matt Fitton	Fifth Doctor, Madame Kovarian, Brooke 2

Series Four[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series Four

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
4.1	Time in a Bottle	Emma Reeves, Matt Fitton	Discordia	4 September 2018
4.2	Kings of Infinite Space	Donald McLeary
4.3	Whodunnit?	Matt Fitton
4.4	Someone I Once Knew	John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Discordia

Series Five[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series Five

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
5.1	The Bekdel Test	Jonathan Morris	Missy	22 January 2019
5.2	Animal Instinct	Roy Gill	Decayed Master, Luke
5.3	The Lifeboat and the Deathboat	Eddie Robson	Roberts Master
5.4	Concealed Weapon	Scott Handcock	War Master

Series Six[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series Six

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
6.1	An Unearthly Woman	Matt Fitton	First Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara	27 August 2019
6.2	The Web of Time	John Dorney	Captain Knight, Great Intelligence, Robot Yeti
6.3	Peepshow	Guy Adams	Third Doctor, Ogrons, Sontarans, Drashigs
6.4	The Talents of Greel	Paul Morris	Jago, Casey, Chang, Mr Sin, Greel

Series Seven[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series Seven

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
7.1	Colony of Strangers	James Goss		8 January 2020
7.2	Abbey of Heretics	Lizbeth Myles
7.3	Barrister to the Stars	James Kettle
7.4	Carnival of Angels	Roy Gill	Luke, Weeping Angels

Series Eight[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Diary of River Song: Series Eight

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
8.1	Slight Glimpses of Tomorrow	James Goss	Rachel Burrows	27 January 2021
8.2	A Brave New World	Tracy Ann Baines	Tenth Doctor, Rachel Burrows
8.3	A Forever Home	Alfie Shaw	K9
8.4	Queen of the Mechonoids	Jonathan Morris	Mechonoids, Anya Kingdom, Mark Seven

New Recruit[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: New Recruit (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
9.1	The Blood Woods	Lizbeth Myles	Liz Shaw, the Brig	27 October 2021
9.2	Terror of the Suburbs	James Kettle	Liz Shaw
9.3	Never Alone	Helen Goldwyn
9.4	Rivers of Light	Lisa McMullin	Liz Shaw, the Brig, Third Doctor, The Master

Two Rivers and a Firewall[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Two Rivers and a Firewall (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
10.1	The Two Rivers	Tim Foley		3 August 2022
10.2	Beauty on the Inside	Lizzie Hopley
10.3	Black Friday	Lauren Mooney & Stewart Pringle	Autons
10.4	Firewall	Barnaby Kay	Proper Dave

Friend of the Family[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Friend of the Family (audio story)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
11	Friend of the Family	Tim Foley		12 January 2023

The Orphan Quartet[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Orphan Quartet (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
12.1	The Excise Men	Lou Morgan		22 August 2023
12.2	Harvest of the Krotons	James Goss	Jackie, Krotons
12.3	Dead Man Talking	Tim Foley
12.4	The Wife of River Song	Lizzie Hopley	Brooke 2

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth of March[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Eighth of March (audio anthology)

The first story of The Eighth of March was a special release for The Diary of River Song.

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1	Emancipation	Lisa McMullin	River, Leela	8 March 2019

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Official The Diary of River Song page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]