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The Death and Life of River Song Series 04: War Widow
River Song

4. The Death and Life of River Song Series 04: War Widow

Available September 2026

Written by James Kettle Matt Fitton Lisa McMullin John Dorney

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River Song is dragged into the madness of the Time War, alongside a Doctor who never wanted to fight that battle.

River thinks she knows where their paths will take them, but the temporal battlegrounds are shifting - and she can no longer take anything for granted. Not even her own existence.

4.1 The Shape of Fear
The Stormcage is attacked by creatures recruiting for the Time War, and the Doctor saves its most dangerous prisoner. He takes River into hiding on a remote world, whose rulers reject science.

But spectres stalk the unwary, as the land itself becomes the enemy. And when the Doctor is lost, River discovers that the worst thing to do is to become emotional...

4.2 Bad Timing
River knows this Doctor's time is almost over. She can’t save him, but he wants to save her.

Trying to escape the Time War, they end up deeper inside it, on a Time Lord mission threatening the fabric of causality. But the Daleks are to blame for the Doctor’s fate - and River will make them pay.

4.3 Unchained Melodies
River Song takes a moment to find herself, to discover her true potential... and put a stop to it before it even gets started!

Is she the Woman Who Killed the Doctor? Or the Woman Who Wins the War? In the maelstrom that is the Time War, she can be both and neither all at once.

The Reality Director
We go behind the scenes of the making of the latest River Song adventure with cast and crew.

 

**Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,250 copies**

Recorded on: 4 September 2025, 11-13 and 25 February 2026
Recorded at: The Soundhouse

 

Alex Kingston said: "What’s exciting about River being in the Time War is that she's never been there before! She's been on the edges, but has never actually participated. And in this particular box set, I get to see unborn regenerations of myself and I also get to have another adventure with one of my greatest foes, the Daleks."

Script editor Matt Fitton added: "In this box set, we are throwing River into the Time War. And given the practicalities of the scheduling, it made sense to make it a bit more of an anthology with a variety of different writers tackling the setting. The Time War lends itself to exploring different approaches and thrilling scenarios!

"In the first two episodes, the Doctor gets stuck with River in the Time War and really he wants to try and save her. The Eighth Doctor within the Time War is somebody who is trying to do his best to help where he can. But River being River, with her knowledge of the Doctor's life, knows that his fate is coming for him. The Eighth Doctor is not going to survive the Time War. So she's trying her best to save him, to protect him, and taking on the Doctor role in a way."

  • Product Format: 4-disc CD (jewel case in slipcover)
  • Number of Discs: 4
  • Duration: 240 minutes
  • Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-80240-855-3
  • Digital Retail ISBN: 978-1-80240-856-0
  • Production Code: BFPDWRIVER16
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