River has taken her Grandfather's advice, she always carries a trowel.

"...when the wind stands fair and the night is perfect, when you least expect it, but always when you need it the most... there is a Song."

RIVER: Funny thing is, this means you've always known how I was going to die. All the time we've been together, you knew I was coming here. The last time I saw you, the real you, the future you, I mean, you turned up on my doorstep, with a new haircut and a suit. You took me to Darillium to see the Singing Towers. What a night that was. The Towers sang, and you cried. You wouldn't tell me why, but I suppose you knew it was time. My time. Time to come to the library. You even gave me your screwdriver. That should have been a clue. DOCTOR: Time can be rewritten. RIVER: Not those times. Not one line. Don't you dare. It's okay. It's okay. It's not over for you. You'll see me again. You've got all of that to come. You and me, time and space. You watch us run. DOCTOR: River, you know my name. You whispered my name in my ear. There's only one reason I would ever tell anyone my name. There's only one time I could. RIVER: Hush, now. Spoilers.

Capaldi and Kingston have such great chemistry and they just look so right together.

We're finally here, my personal all-time favourite 'Hello Sweetie'.

"I think I'm going to need a bigger flow chart" This is by far my favorite special. From the comic beats to the bonkers story. To the chemistry between Alex and Peter which is INCREDIBLE. The "bigger on the inside", "He only has THESE 12 faces" and "awkward " are particularly favorites. The "Hello sweetie " and "that's Darillium" are DEVESTATING when you realize what's happening. A fun detail is the theme for the library plays when he scans her with her sonic. If Paula goes back to the library now after seeing this, I wonder how wrecked she'd be.

When 12 says, "Hello, Sweetie" to her for the first time, as River realizes who he is, is the most joyful and yet heartbreaking moment.

I just thought Matt Smith told her to come with him and travel, but she declines and comes here and meets Capaldi and spends their last years together is just amazing

River's speech, that she doesn't expect the Doctor to go around falling in love with people... ...but, really, that's kind of *all* he does. Companion after Companion, lifetime after lifetime, he's falling in love with new people, people he would absolutely leap headfirst into trouble for.

When you least expect it, but always when you need it the most...there is a "River" Song.

One thing I've only just realised about the initial Ten/River exchanges is her remarking about how young Ten is - by his eyes. This Capaldi has just dealt with *billions* of years punching a ridiculously solid wall, and obviously all the emotion surrounding that (even if he doesn't remember Clara).

I love to think about how the tardis is like"wtf" when the doctor is reacting to how big the tardis is😂

That moment of realization for River is priceless! A perfect ending to her story, or the perfect beginning, however you choose to look at it. Wibbly wobbly.

Once again I am happy to finally watch an episode that someone else cries just as much as I do

River has a sonic trowel. Either a love for trowels is genetic, or she at some point spent time with her grandfather Brian.

Favorite “hello sweetie “ of the show

I think it was really sweet of moffatt to make a night on derilium 24 years long. Basically thats 24 years worth of time that the doctor settled down with his wife and just made a home. I always wanted a short that takes place during that time just to see the doctor in domestic bliss with river

Alex Kingston has said that she loved working with Matt Smith but Capaldi is her favorite Doctor to work with.

The husbands of River Song is by far my favourite Capaldi Episode. I love watching these Favourites with you two as it shows I am not alone blubbering at the same moments

When River and the Doctor are lying in the snow, and she is annnoyed that he is laughing -- he says "I haven't laughed in a long time", it is a reference to the previous two episodes, I think. In Heaven Sent he spends the entire episode inside his confession dial, and in Hell Bent he forgets who Clara is.. So the ability to laugh is a welcome relief for him "We are being threatened by a head in a bag!'

how the line "24 years" warms and breaks your heart.

This starts off as a laugh riot and then smacks you in the kisser in the final scenes.

The best moment in this episode are both performances without lines - the look the Doctor gives her when she says the Doctor doesn't love her, and the look of recognition on River's face just before he says 'hello, sweety'. Amazing performances. Such chemistry.

If you ever want to put yourself through pain - watch this episode and then the library two parter straight after! 😭

My favorite Dr Who Xmas special! I also loved the touch of Capaldi scanning her for the library

Katrina: It's fine... I'm O.K., I'm not mentally scarred, my dreams are safe....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Who am I kidding...😭😭😭😭😭😭

I´m not chopping onions, you are chopping onions. Still one of my favorite Who Episodes.

Here we are at last. Alex and Peter create an absolutly stunning portrayal of River and The Doctor as a stately couple. Their ability to play off each other as the plot tention is twisted from one contortion to the next makes this episode a tresure in and of its self. A Bigger Flow Chart The last episode that we saw River was Name of the Doctor. At that time all the contents of the completed diary were known to both. Minisodes First Night/Last Night gave the signal that 11 and River were on there way to the Singing Towers. This giving the charactors their final good bye at a time of equality of knowlege. The flow chart of their time lines were looped and crossing but at the bottom of the bow the ends of the two ribons are parallel and end evenly. With the inclusion of The Husbands of River Song we get a new shape. A shape that is beautiful with its own poetry and balance. A true sense of weight is added to the first intimate words The Doctor ever hears from River, "Your eyes... Their so young". The repeting stanza of River slapping The Doctor back into reality. The other side of the coin where 12 knows its River and river is oblivious. The grouping that hits me the most begins with Rivers promise at the time of her sacrifice in the library, she says "You've got all of that to come. You and me... time and space... You, just watch us run!". Then the confession of her love at the Wedding of River Song. "I can't let you die. Without you knowing knowing you are loved. By so many and so much... And by no one more than me." with Alex's voice cracking at the level of passion even the stone face of The Doctor is touched. And finally in Husbands we get a restatement of devotion from the couple. The Doctor says "River, Not one person on this spaceship not one living thing is worth you!" and River replies "Or You!". And finally we have The Doctors poem "When the wind stands fair and night is perfect. When you least expect it... But always when you need it the most... There is a Song."

Best "Hello Sweetie" ever....... 😭

5:35 9th and 10th Doctor's theme, love every time it comes up in the Moffat era.

The fun thing is, two hours before this released, the official Doctor Who KZfaq Channel released the best moments of The Husband's of River Song 😂

If you notice the doctor scans her brain with that screwdriver before he gives it to River

One more episode away from my favorite doctor who Christmas special

The thing is, the doctor has just been through a massively traumatic time -being trapped in the confession dial and having his memories forcibly deleted by the neural block. He's lost a massive chunk of himself and he's trying to fix it by doing what he always does - running around having adventures. At the end of this, he chooses to stand still with River for a while, and he'll with someone who loves him unconditionally despite his flaws and reputation. It's a beautiful moment.

This 4-ep run is one of my favorite runs since 2005... and it's not the last. Thank you both, and I'm looking forward to 2022-and-beyond content.

I've watched this episode so many times and I am just now noticing that he scanned her right before giving it to her... for the day in the Library!! 🥺

When he gives her the sonic screwdriver, the music playing is from the silence in the library episodes.

What a wonderful Christmas treat to get this episode released today! Thank you Katrina and Paula, it was lovely.

Awesome I loved and cried at the episode every time

"I dated a Nestene duplicate once. Swappable head. Did keep things fresh." - River Song

The Best Hello Sweetie EVER!!! And that last scene at the towers..........So beautiful!!!

This is my favourite episode of Capaldi. And I’m glad we finally made it 🥲

All through the series, Katrina's face vs Paula's, the knowing vs the unknown, I just want to take a moment to ackoldge it :)

A very fitting end for Doctor Who series.

If you ever need a good cry...River's Loving the Doctor speech is on KZfaq.

the perfect mix of action/silliness/saddness....AGAIN

I've watched this episode like 300 times, and I never caught "Do you really have a shooty trowel?" before 🤣🤣🤣

This is my favourite special. It's funny, sad and lovely. All at the same time. 🙂

Easily my favorite Doctor and River moment, where they're both essentially on equal ground.

before i watch i have to say i've been waiting for this all day.

*The Singing Towers enters chat. ... "I'm not crying, you are!!"

One of my top ten favorite WHO shorts. Full circle.

My favourite little neurotic sci-fi tidbit is when he gifts her the screwdriver, and as a funny little nothing, he scans her with it. Saving her in that moment. And then we rewatch series 4 and bawl pur eyes out.

Very Good Heart Felt Reactions Girls.

Finally, now you should watch some compilation of all River moments in right order as her life has gone. Also I love how much this episode is on the nose - writers referencing every single thing said in Library and other episodes before.

I knew you two would cry!! I love it! XXXX

This is my all time favorite Doctor Who Christmas Special

You are now by far my favourite Dr Who reactioners I just love the real reactions. As a Dr Who fan who I have watched the show since the 1980's. When you watch a good reaction it's like watching the episode fresh as you see it through someone else's eyes and pick up things you didn't notice yourself.

I love how River not thinking the Doctor doesn't really love her totally makes sense for where she is in her timeline, as for her it's not until after she dies that Eleven finally shows how much he loves her in the S7 finale when he kisses her first and says how much it hurts him seeing her again

Those 24 years with River are a fine reward after Heaven Sent's billion repeats. ❤😃

Love the GenCon glass, Paula! Where I'm from no even knows what that is, so it's nice to see someone else out there who does.... lol

Like I said in the give away comments, this is one of my favorites. So silly, clever and River's speech about loving the Doctor.

And this still isn't Moffat's (or Capaldi's) best Christmas special.

This very well may be my all time favourite episode of all of Doctor Who. I love the cast, River is there, the story is fantastic and it's so well balanced between the comedy and the serious bits. Everything about this episode is just so wonderful, in my opinion.

by far my favorite Christmas episode!

Hey! It's always great to see your happy, smiling...oh wait. Joking aside, this is a really beautiful episode and your timing with releasing it on KZfaq is on point.

One of my favorite episodes.

Best "hello, sweetie" ever!

One thing I've always loved about this episode is, following the embarrassing reveal that he was standing right next to her, the whole unimaginable scenario of his second regeneration cycle and the events that led to it are compressed to, "A thing happened." Talk about minimalism at it's purest . :D

Finally Paula got the River episode :D I'm happy for you. This episode is one of my favorite Christmas episodes :)

This is River's story coming full circle. We're introduced to her in season 4's Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, where she mentions Darillium, the Singing Towers, and being gifted her own sonic, which we finally see in this episode. Moffat wrote the character incredibly well, but Alex Kingston's performance throughout her time as River Song was not only brilliant, but truly inspiring.

Another quality cat videooooooooooooo!

"Hello Sweetie" Gets me every time. :)

My favourite Xmas special.

Great reaction! This was such a good episode! It always hits me like a truck!

Alex Kingston and Peter Capaldi, probably among my two favorite Dr. Who actors. I think even without a script they would put on an amazing performance. And I love Nardole!

Excellent reaction! In case we don't see you until after the Big Day, have a lovely Christmas :)

It kills me, EVERYTIME, to hear River say The Doctor doesn’t love her and even more so that she’s scanned and it’s confirmed that SHE genuinely thinks she’s not loved by the most important person in her life. 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Silence in the library was in s4. Aired in may 2008... This aired in december 2015. seven years later. Thats some payoff. Amazing.

Can we get a re-watch of forest/ silence. I think she does such a great job 👏 with River in those episodes, without even knowing what was going to become of her character.

Been looking forward to this episode for so long :D 💙

Thanks for a year of fantastic content taht puts a smile on my face every time! Merry Christmas to you! 😀

Last review Paula said she wanted more River Song. So she got her Christmas present.

Frohe Weihnachten (Merry Christmas) from Germany! 🎄🥰

I just realized she gets the love for the Trowel from Rory's side of the family XD

I just wanted to say, like Katrina say's, it really did need to be a Capaldi moment since it kind of needed maturity, not in age but of mind.... ya know?

The way that her timeline via episodes is- Angels take Manhattan The husbands of river song Silence in the library It's heartbreaking to watch it in that order.

Rewatch this episode from the POV that River knows that he was the Doctor all along and she is just playing along. Alex Kingston pointed out that the first page of diary is Darillium.

Yeah....I shouldn't have watched this reaction while at work. Too hard not to cry on this episode lol

Yay! My favorite episode.

no shame. i was sobbing on the night too.

Merry Christmas Gallifrey Gals!!! As always, another adorable reaction. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I truly hope you will react to The Legend of Korra in 2022, I don’t think you will be disappointed.

Best ''hello sweetie'' of them all.

Now that my dears is a reaction 😊

At 11:02 the doctor performs the scan that will later „save“ river in the library all those episodes ago. They even toss in the Library episode theme for good measure 😢

When you least expect it, but always when you need it the most, there is a song. Capaldi definitely had the best romantic chemistry with her.

9:12 That look from the Doctor always kills me. It's like his wondering to himself how did he get this poor woman so screwed up and invested in the concept of himself as a mythical god and force of nature that the very idea of him loving her back is so inconceivable.

one of my favorite episodes!

Lol Paula is sooo lost for words! I liked that we got to see river in her normal life without the doctor. You could do a while spinoff with her.

It's fine, it's fine, we're fine......