Happy Birthday Alex Kingston aka River Song in Dr Who

HELLO SWEETIE!
Happy Birthday Alex Kingston

aka Professor River Song in Doctor Who

Today marks the birthday of Alex Kingston, the English actress famous for her roles as Dr Elizabeth Corday (in E.R.), Queen Boudica, Moll Flanders, Helen Maynard in Marchlands and a host of other film roles including Croupier and Alpha Dog, plus cameos on TV in CSI, Without A Trace, Peak Practice, Flash Forward and The Bill.

But Alex, born in Epsom, Surrey in 1963, is best known to Doctor Who fans as the enigmatic and extremely sexy Professor River Song.

To celebrate Alex's birthday today, here is a selection of quotes by Alex and about the actress and River Song.

Alex Kingston is Prof. River Song

ALEX on RIVER SONG

"I've always wanted to be like Sigourney Weaver in Alien; this is probably as close as I'll get."

"I like the character. She's feisty. It's a nice meaty role in a fun television show. I decided that she's a female Indiana Jones because she's a time-travelling archaeologist and you don't get to play those roles very often at my age."

"She has met this Doctor before, although he hasn’t met her yet in his incarnation, except that he remembers when he was David Tennant. He remembers seeing her die - so he knows her future. He knows the bit she doesn’t know - God it’s so complicated!"

Comparing 'Doctor Who' to 'E.R.' - "The budgets are smaller but everyone works just as hard. Someone told me I’m going to get a River Song action figure. I don’t quite believe it. You don’t get that on E.R."

OTHERS on ALEX and RIVER SONG

Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead (2008)

"Alex Kingston - effortlessly hip in a slim-fitting astronaut's suit - playing Professor River Song. If Clint Eastwood were a woman, this would be her."

Benjamin Cook in The Radio Times (2008)

"We don’t yet know what the significance of River Song’s relationship with the Doctor is, but what we do know is that Kingston and Tennant have a fantastic on-screen chemistry with each other. Obviously there’s something with Tennant where he clicks with 40-something redheads. Sorry Kylie."

Iain M Hepburn on BehindTheSofa.org (2008)

"The calm poise Kingston brings to River Song taking the wind of out David Tennant’s usually full sails like never before in the course of the series."

Mark Wright on TheStage.co.uk (2008)

"The Doctor's backwards love interest, the kick-ass space-archaeologist Professor River Song."

Daniel Martin in The Guardian (2010)

The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone (2010)

On being asked to reprise her role - "I was quite surprised, I thought I died in my previous episode!"
Alex Kingston (2010)

River Song: "Have gun ... will time-travel!"

"A typical piece of Moffat timey-wimey plotting, reintroducing us to River Song, as sassy and loveable as ever. Alex Kingston looks like she’s having a riot. Also, her relationship with the more geeky Doctor Eleven is possibly even more fun than it was with Doctor Ten."

Dave Golder on SFX.co.uk (2010)

"Sharing guest star status with the returning foe is Alex Kingston as the enigmatic River Song. Alex Kingston’s portrayal of this adventurer was the highlight of season four and she makes a welcome return here, sparring with the Doctor from the get-go. Sexy, confident and witty, River Song is an intriguing character, and there’s the implication that she’s more than the Doctor’s wife. Might she actually be a future version of the Doctor him / herself? Fandom would probably explode, but it’d certainly be funny."

Jonathan Wilkins on TotalSciFiOnline.com (2010)

"In the space of three short episodes featuring River Song (and the awesome Alex Kingston), we’ve gone from 'The Doctor’s what?' to 'No, she can’t really be the Doctor’s wife - that’s too obvious.' "

Maryann Johanson on FlickFilosopher.com (2010)

"If you’re like me, you’ve probably already stopped wondering who this River Song woman is and have simply accepted her as an occasional bonus companion whenever the Doctor’s situation looks especially bleak."

Patrick Riley on Kasterborous.com (2010)

The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang (2010)

"There was still room to weave River Song still further into the Doctor’s life, although hers are mysteries still yet to come (she’s the woman to call if there’s a Dalek to kill, mind)."

Simon Brew on DenOfGeek.com (2010)

"The glamorous and inscrutable Ms. Song ... the most emblematic character of the Moffat era ... She really is sort of a female Captain Jack. She's from the future, like Jack. She's flirty and impure and takes time travel in her stride, and is a bit of a con artist/rogue. She reminds me of how much fun Jack was before he became immortal and a boss."

Charlie Jane Anders on io9.com (2010)

OTHER DOCTOR WHO TRIBUTES

Happy Birthday John Barrowman 

Tribute to the late Nicholas Courtney - The Brigadier 

Happy Birthday Christopher Eccleston 

Happy Birtday Elisabeth Sladen 

Happy Birthday Tom Baker 

Happy Birthday Nicholas Courtney 

ALL THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS ON ALEX KINGSTON and PROF. RIVER SONG
CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE BLUE EYED BOOKS' PUBLICATIONS:
THE QUOTABLE DOCTOR WHO - VOLUME ONE and VOLUME TWO.

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