River's timeline is making my brain hurt

[niyalune]

Please help me figure this out !

Spoilers up to 6x07.

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[karlamartinova]

I like to explain myself that she time-travels as well and sometimes doesn't get the right time (as the Doctor on a few occasions) but if I really tried to think about it, it would hurt. A lot.

But you do make sense. River in AGMGTW is the River that Doctor dropped back to Stormcage after the end of second episode, and the one Rory got to recruit came later.

Or?

I should let other people think about this.

[niyalune]

Oops, sorry. I just edited the post, I hope it's clearer now.

[farsh_nuke]

5145 is the 52nd, jhust as we're living through the 21st not the 20th, centuries are named starting from 1 not 0 since 100 years of year zeo would be odd eg. 01/01/0000

I think River's timeline isn't going to make sense until series seven and I figured River had been watching the battle, waiting for the moment to step in, or my preferred theory Lorna Bucket is River Song and that's why River couldn't turn up, melody was flesh and therefore paradox proof but Lorna? Maybe River had to wait until her past self 'died' before showing up.

[arkadelos]

I think River's timeline essentially goes backwards, but can tend to bounce around a lot

[rhiannon_s]

Yeah, it isn't purely back to front, it is also jumbled up. It is a back and forth, jumbley-wumbley, timey-wimey life.

[wulfae]

If it was purely back to front, then there would be no point in the books, because neither she nor the Doctor would have any experiences in common.

I think she's just saying 'his past is my future' to sort of simplify explaining it to everyone.

[rinnychan]

Agreed. It's not set in stone that they will always meet in the exact wrong order, but rather a coincidence that happens repeatedly.

[callmeromana]

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