On the eve before the new series, two things.

[elisi]

1. It struck me today, that who River is, is more important than who she is in relation to the Doctor.

2. For anyone wanting to (re)delight in all the wonders of S5 before we embark on S6, let me pimp the brand new and very, very shiny:

Eleventh Dimension by di_br: A series 5 vid masqueraded as an Eleventh Doctor vid. ;)

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[elisi]

Well Moffat - in the podcast for 'Forest of the Dead' - describes her as 'a 51st Century woman'. Hang on, I've got it somewhere...

Moffat: You can sort of imagine that there was a television series where Alex Kingston rode around space with her little team of Daves and Anita. Probably romantically linked to all of them!
DT: *sporfle* [beat] What - you don’t think she’s... uh, faithful? To her husband... I’m not suggesting who her husband may be, but...
Moffat: Why would she be faithful to her husband if she doesn’t have one?
DT: In not suggesting that she has a husband, but if she were to have a husband... I think she’d be faithful to him.
[Julie is TOTALLY with David]
Moff: She’s a fifty-first century woman, come on!
DT [disapproving]: Don’t tar everyone with Captain Jack’s brush!

It's the one thing that's been consistent, and I don't think they've been lying. There could be LAYERS of course...

Anyway, she could have remembered the Doctor (the diary could have triggered her memory), but I'm drawing a blank as to why she was on 21st century earth. That'll probably be explained.