<P> River appears again in the fifth episode of the seventh series , titled `` The Angels Take Manhattan '' ( 2012 ) , where she encounters the Doctor and her parents ; Rory and Amy , in 1930s New York City . At this later point in her timeline , she is a professor of archaeology and a free woman , having been released from the Stormcage Prison after the Doctor erased all evidence of his existence . When her parents are sent permanently back in time by the Weeping Angels , to be forever parted from the Doctor , she arranges for Amy to leave the Doctor a message in the form of an epilogue in a book they have been reading written by her in the 1930s . Although she agrees to travel with the Doctor for the time being , she declines his offer of being a full - time companion . In `` The Name of the Doctor '' ( 2013 ) , the deceased River 's consciousness is summoned from the Library computer , where she has existed since `` Forest of the Dead '' , into a psychic ' conference call ' by the Doctor 's friend Madame Vastra ( Neve McIntosh ) . There , she and Clara ( Jenna Coleman ) learn that the Doctor 's grave , `` his greatest secret '' , has been discovered . River maintains the psychic link with Clara after the call ends , and counsels her throughout the discovery of the Doctor 's tomb , although she seems to be invisible to everyone else . When the Doctor and his companions are threatened by the Great Intelligence , she whispers the Doctor 's name in order to open his tomb which is inside the TARDIS . After Clara enters the Doctor 's time stream to save him from the Great Intelligence , who entered it first so he could destroy the Doctor in all his regenerations , the Doctor reveals that he could see River all along , but had been avoiding confronting her continued existence because it was too painful for him to bear . After he kisses her , River feels closure and fades away . However , before disappearing River points out that her continued presence indicates that Clara has not been destroyed by entering his time stream ; and therefore , he can save her . </P>
<P> River appears again in the fifth episode of the seventh series , titled `` The Angels Take Manhattan '' ( 2012 ) , where she encounters the Doctor and her parents ; Rory and Amy , in 1930s New York City . At this later point in her timeline , she is a professor of archaeology and a free woman , having been released from the Stormcage Prison after the Doctor erased all evidence of his existence . When her parents are sent permanently back in time by the Weeping Angels , to be forever parted from the Doctor , she arranges for Amy to leave the Doctor a message in the form of an epilogue in a book they have been reading written by her in the 1930s . Although she agrees to travel with the Doctor for the time being , she declines his offer of being a full - time companion . In `` The Name of the Doctor '' ( 2013 ) , the deceased River 's consciousness is summoned from the Library computer , where she has existed since `` Forest of the Dead '' , into a psychic ' conference call ' by the Doctor 's friend Madame Vastra ( Neve McIntosh ) . There , she and Clara ( Jenna Coleman ) learn that the Doctor 's grave , `` his greatest secret '' , has been discovered . River maintains the psychic link with Clara after the call ends , and counsels her throughout the discovery of the Doctor 's tomb , although she seems to be invisible to everyone else . When the Doctor and his companions are threatened by the Great Intelligence , she whispers the Doctor 's name in order to open his tomb which is inside the TARDIS . After Clara enters the Doctor 's time stream to save him from the Great Intelligence , who entered it first so he could destroy the Doctor in all his regenerations , the Doctor reveals that he could see River all along , but had been avoiding confronting her continued existence because it was too painful for him to bear . After he kisses her , River feels closure and fades away . However , before disappearing River points out that her continued presence indicates that Clara has not been destroyed by entering his time stream ; and therefore , he can save her . </P>
when the doctor revealed he knew river was there all along on doctor who
when the doctor revealed he knew river was there all along on doctor who
In `` The Name of the Doctor '' ( 2013 )
In `` The Name of the Doctor '' ( 2013 )