Songs of Love

Doom Coalition #4.2

Released: 7 March 2017

Listened: 12/15/21

River’s alone on Gallifrey, surrounded by enemies. Can she talk her way out of this? Have you met River? She not only convinces the bad guys she’s on their side, she gets them to give her a job. We’ve only recently found out that Padrac is the big bad behind it all, so now we get a real idea of his plans. He’s manipulated Caleera from the beginning, creating a “psychic resonator,” which will destroy everything except Gallifrey, if used at just the right time (which is what the doomsday clock is for). And he’s manipulating the High Council to do what he wants, while the unnamed President (presumably Romana) is off-planet. There’s a definite tone of the Gallifrey series here, even though none of those characters appear. River’s bits feel like a River story, with lots of running around, scheming, and threatening people with guns. By the end of the story, the band is back together, the Eleven is starting to doubt his allies, and we’re off on another chase. With River having been so active in the previous boxed set, they need to get her off-stage for this one, which this story does.