'The Death and Life of River Song': 'War Widow': 1-'The Shape of Fear' by James Kettle

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.

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...


Alex Kingston (River Song), Paul McGann (The Doctor), Ashley Zhangazha (Galeno), Nimmy March (Cedilla), Robert Whitelock (Carton / Jackstopher), Clive Hayward (Jerome)

Directed by Ken Bentley

Release Date:
September 2026

Notes:

*Featuring Professor River Song and the Eighth Doctor

*A Big Finish 'The Death and Life of River Song' adventure