Alex Kingston’s irrepressible time traveller Professor River Song faces ‘The Dissolution of Time’.
Since her audio adventures rebranded themselves as The Death and Life of River Song, River has grappled with a prequel to ‘The Ark in Space’, and found herself entangled with ‘Ace and Tegan’.
For the range’s third volume however, she’s set to go back into Earth’s history to the court of Henry VIII. Titled ‘The Dissolution of Time’, the four-hour tale comes from writer Rochana Patel.
The Death and Life of River Song: The Dissolution of Time
River Song has been imprisoned in the Stormcage, facing multiple life sentences for the Doctor’s assassination… or, at least, she was. Now, time is collapsing, and River is unexpectedly marooned in Tudor England, 1536 – with a mysterious alien companion, Dust.
Someone, or something, has broken history: the distortions centring on the court of King Henry VIII. River must find the culprit, and fix the damage, before it’s too late. But some players, for whom established history does not end happily, may have other ideas…
Joining Alex Kingston, the box set also stars Charithra Chandran (Dune: Prophecy, Alex Rider) as Anne Boleyn. Plus, Joseph Capp as Dust, Harry Myers as Henry VIII, Emily Woodward as Mary Tudor, James Joyce as the Duke of Richmond, and Andrew Wincott as Thomas Cromwell.
Writer Rochana Patel says:
“This is a vast, sprawling, lavish historical drama – with a dose of science fiction thrown in! Normally, when you get a ‘celebrity historical’, you’ll get just one famous character, and only one episode to explore their story; but here we have multiple characters and multiple episodes, so we can really delve into the complexities of Tudor England, 1536!
“It’s the biggest, longest pseudo-historical story in the Whoniverse! An epic drama, featuring Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, Mary Tudor and many others – with River Song right at the heart of the royal intrigue… If you enjoy series like Wolf Hall and The Tudors, you should find plenty to enjoy here!”
The Death and Life of River Song: The Dissolution of Time is out in August 2025.
It’s available to pre order now as a download to own, or on Collector’s Edition CD (+ download) from Big Finish.