From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: solar.penguin@gmail.com
Subject: Re: The way River Song won't be fixed

John Hall wrote:

> In article
> ,
>  solar penguin  writes:
> >
> >IIRC in The Impossible Astronaut, we were also told specifically that
> >it was the real Doctor who died, not a duplicate or copy - but that
> >hasn't stopped fans ignoring that bit of exposition and speculating
> >that it was a Flesh duplicate instead.
>
> I don't recall that. Who was it who told us?

Old Canton.  His first words in the episode, said very, very
ominously.

AMY: Maybe he's a clone or a duplicate or something?

CANTON: I believe I can save you some time. (*Pauses and removes hat
out of respect*)  That most certainly _is_ the Doctor.  And he most
certainly is dead.

> Can we accept what they
> said as certain to be correct?

Personally, I'd trust Canton more than I'd trust the world's stupidest
time police.

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