The Diary of River Song: Series Eight

was a full cast audio anthology released on 27 January 2021 by Big Finish Productions. It was the eighth release of The Diary of River Song. It featured Alex Kingston as River Song, Salome Haertel as Rachel Burrows, David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, John Leeson as K9 Mark III, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims as Mark Seven.
== Publisher's summary ==
It’s River and robots! Professor River Song is an expert in many things, but her tech skills are tested in these encounters with robotic friends and foes.
Over the course of four episodes River will battle Mechonoids on an ice world, meet K9 in a 'forever home', and help a treasured android friend discover her destiny in the stars...
8.1 Slight Glimpses of Tomorrow by James Goss
River feels responsible for synthetic person Rachel, left alone on a dying world. So she shows her the history of another, and teaches her the responsibilities of time travel.
8.2 A Brave New World by Tracy Ann Baines
Rachel has made a choice and joins a new society at the start of its journey. But she has not bargained for the worst instincts of humanity.
After leaving her ward behind, can River make it back in time to save her?
8.3 A Forever Home by Alfie Shaw
River finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her ‘forever home’.
But which of River’s keepers can she trust? Is robot cat FE- all she seems? And is K9 still a girl's best friend?
8.4 Queen of the Mechonoids by Jonathan Morris
Space Security agents Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven answer a distress call – and find River Song, ruling a city of Mechonoids.
But another shock awaits beneath this planet’s icy surface. The Mechonoids have been upgraded and are about to be unleashed upon the galaxy!
==  Featured actors ==
* Alex Kingston
* John Leeson
* Derek Griffiths
* Jane Slavin
* Joe Sims
* Nicholas Briggs
== Stories ==
# 	Title 	Author 	Director 	Featuring 	Released 	Pr. code
8.1	Slight Glimpses of Tomorrow	James Goss 	Ken Bentley	Rachel Burrows 	27 January 2021	BFPDWRIVER08
8.2	A Brave New World 	Tracy Ann Baines	Ken Bentley	Tenth Doctor, Rachel Burrows 	27 January 2021	BFPDWRIVER08
8.3	A Forever Home 	Alfie Shaw 	Ken Bentley	K9 Mark III 	27 January 2021	BFPDWRIVER08
8.4	Queen of the Mechonoids 	Jonathan Morris 	Ken Bentley	Mechanoids, Anya Kingdom, Mark Seven	27 January 2021	BFPDWRIVER08
== Notes ==
* This box set was recorded on 16 December 2019 and 17, 22 and 31 July 2020 at The Moat Studios and remotely.
* The cover art uses an image of K9 Mark I taken from Regeneration, the premiere episode of the spin-off television series K9.
== External links ==
Category:The Diary of River Song series
Category:2021 audio anthologies