Did River Song know she was the astronaut?

In 6x13 The Wedding of River Song, River says: "Pretending I didn't recognize the space suit in Florida." This indicates that she did remember being in the space suit as a little girl. (Since her being in the space suit the second time, when she 'kills' the Doctor, is in Utah, not Florida.)
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Does River know that Amy is her mother?

7. River reveals her parentage – A Good Man Goes to War (again) Just as she is born as "Melody Pond" (see No. 1), the older River, now a married woman, reveals who her mum and dad are: Amy and Rory.
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How did River Song recognize the 10th Doctor?

River meets the Doctor for her first time in "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead". She either recognizes him because she knows him so well and his personality is pretty much unrecognizable, regardless of his face. She may also have met him later in his timeline, yet earlier in hers.
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How did River Song know the Doctor's name?

"She learned the Doctor's name when the doctor last saw her". No, false. She never says when she learned his name. Rather, it is the (10th) Doctor himself who says that "there's only one situation where I would tell someone my name".
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Is Clara River Song's daughter?

Clara is a future regeneration of River Song who's had her memory erased. River is, after all, a Time Lord. We've seen her regenerate before.
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Why does the Tardis not like Clara?

In answering that question in Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat suggested that the TARDIS' dislike of the current companion may be due to her sceptical nature and how she did not seem suitably awed by the Doctor's spaceship. Or, as he said, “It's almost like it's all building to something…
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Why did the Doctor have to forget Clara?

Because it wasn't safe for the two of them to be together any more. The Doctor himself says (when recounting his adventures to Clara in the diner, when he doesn't know who she is): DOCTOR: There was only one way to keep Clara safe. I had to wipe some of her memory.
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What did river whisper in the Doctor's ear?

As he returns his attention to the present, Anita asks him what River whispered in his ear earlier. She reminds him that she's about to die, and so his secret is "safe" with her. This prompts him to finally realise the significance of the oddly-worded "4022 saved" message.
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What did the Doctor whisper to Rose?

In the Doctor Who Confidential episode End of an Era, executive producer Julie Gardner confirmed that the intention was that the new Doctor did indeed say "I love you" when he whispered in Rose's ear.
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Why is the Doctor's name secret?

Long story short: the Doctor lies. Recently, fans have hypothesized that the reason why the Doctor never speaks their own name is for their own safety. And the hypothesis also suggests that the only occasion for which a Time Lord would reveal their name is at the moment of their final death.
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Why did Doctor tell river his name?

Obviously this couldn't just be a coincidence of "Oh, look, there's some person with me while I'm dying, I'll tell my name to them," because River uses her knowledge to convince the Doctor that one day, he will trust her absolutely.
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What is the Doctor's real name?

John Smith. The Doctor's most common alias (apart from the Doctor, obviously), this is his standard pseudonym on Earth.
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Why did the Doctor marry River Song?

But rather than let that happen—she went to school to learn to love the guy, come on! —she decides that she'd rather destroy the universe than fulfill that function. But the universe has to be righted, so to appease her, the Doctor agrees to marry her.
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What does the Doctor whisper to melody?

On The Wedding of River Song he whispers, "Look into my eye." and then lies and says that he just told her his name. That's when River realized that what he whispered to her when they first met was his name.
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Did River Song meet the 13th Doctor?

While that didn't close the TARDIS door on future appearances from her, she hasn't appeared alongside Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor.
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Is Amy the daughter of the Doctor?

Yes. Amy is the Doctor's mother-in-law because he married her daughter (River Song, by Rory and TARDIS), and she is his stepmother-in-law because she married his other father-in-law (Henry VIII, father of Elizabeth I whom the Doctor also married).
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Who did Doctor Who love the most?

1 The Most: Amy Pond And Rory Williams

Their relationship had a strong base, and they were made for each other. While it did look like the couple were about to Amy break up for good once she found out she wasn't able to have children, the two did reconcile once the Doctor forced them to talk to each other.
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Which companion did the Doctor like the most?

To some, companion Rose Tyler was the greatest love of the Doctor's life. He seemed to have a closer bond with her than almost anyone he'd travelled with before, and as time went on it was increasingly clear that she was deeply in love with him.
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Which companion stays longest?

If you consider how long they were on the show then Tegan Jovankan has the longest tenure, just narrowly beating out Sarah Jane Smith. Janet Fielding held the role for just under three years. Her and Elizabeth Sladen are the only two companion actresses to have featured in four consecutive seasons.
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Will the Doctor's name ever be revealed?

John Smith is also a favourite name of the Doctor outside of the TV series, cropping up regularly in Doctor Who comic books, novels and audio dramas, even including the sneaky use of “Jane Smith” by the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker). It seems unlikely that we will ever truly know the Doctor's real name.
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What does Rose Whisper Donna?

When asked if she remembered Rose's name, Donna said she was never told it, but she does remember the two words Rose whispered into her ear: "Bad Wolf".
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How many hearts does River Song have?

Although it's a 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it' moment, she does indeed appear to have two hearts...
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Are Clara and the Doctor in love?

The British actress Jenna Coleman had volunteered the revelation that Clara Oswald, her character in Doctor Who, is "totally in love" with the doctor, played by Peter Capaldi.
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Are Clara and Oswin the same person?

Seeing her full name on her tombstone and finally recognising her voice, the Doctor realises she is the same woman as Oswin from the Dalek Asylum, whom he had never seen in her human form.
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Why does Clara keep dying?

Clara Oswald is one of the Doctor's most extraordinary companions. In order to help the Doctor she allowed the time winds to tear her into countless different iterations of herself, or as River phrased it, 'A million versions of you, living and dying all over time and space, like echoes.
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