I'm not sure if River as a full time companion could work from a practical stand point-- Alex Kingston lives in CA and doesn't want to move her daughter from her school (at least, that's the latest I heard). The only reason she's done the episodes so far is because they've filmed during her daughter's school breaks (or in the States). Of course, money does talk, so who knows...

MOULIN ROUGE/DOCTOR WHO FIC?!?!?!?! I MUST READ THIS. That is one of my all-time favorite movies. MY CRIES.

I'm still mourning this end of an era. I know she comes back; I'm pretty sure I heard something about Amy and Rory being there for the last episode and read that Karen Gillan was seen on set for the Christmas special. But we won't get the constant Ponds as we are so used to... My heart is heavy. I'm gonna be blue this whole week. =/