Um -- River's life isn't reduced if you take her out of Stormcage. It isn't preserved inside of it. Stormcage is a prison, not a cryogenic suspension chamber. She's aging whether she's with the Doctor or not. I am speaking metaphorically, here. I do that rather a lot... ETA: Very belated edit - here is my point, illustrated. (Spoilers for the DVD extra mini episodes - in case you haven't seen them, this will spoil you/not make much sense. *g*)
I'm hoping her stay in Stormcage is temporary (as in, not her whole life with occasional jaunts outside with the Doctor) Well we know that she gets out, that she becomes a professor and that not only does she keep having adventures with the Doctor in the future (as she tells Amy at the end of TWoRS, which is obviously when she's just been released), but she also goes on to have her own independent life, with a team of her own. We might not see all of it, but it's certainly there.
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I am speaking metaphorically, here. I do that rather a lot... ETA: Very belated edit - here is my point, illustrated. (Spoilers for the DVD extra mini episodes - in case you haven't seen them, this will spoil you/not make much sense. *g*)
I'm hoping her stay in Stormcage is temporary (as in, not her whole life with occasional jaunts outside with the Doctor)
Well we know that she gets out, that she becomes a professor and that not only does she keep having adventures with the Doctor in the future (as she tells Amy at the end of TWoRS, which is obviously when she's just been released), but she also goes on to have her own independent life, with a team of her own. We might not see all of it, but it's certainly there.