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Doctor Who
"Silence in the Library"
One hundred years ago, the Universe's greatest library was sealed off with only a cryptic warning as explanation: "Count the shadows." However, it now appears that the shadows are on the move again.
Can The Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna (Catherine Tate) find the terrible truth behind the Nodes and the horrifying Data Ghost to uncover the Library's secret, before the terrifying Vashta Nerada, the piranhas of the air, claim more victims? And who is the mysterious Professor River Song, the archaeologist, who seems to know the Doctor's secrets?
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From wikia.com:
Silence in the Library was the eighth episode of the fourth series of Doctor Who. It marked the first appearance of River Song, a mysterious person with an important role in the Doctor's personal future.
Synopsis:
A little girl seems to be going through a therapeutic session with psychologist named Doctor Moon. She reveals that she has a Library, a whole world, which she sees whenever she closes her eyes. It is a peaceful place; entirely empty of human life... but suddenly the girl's imaginary world is interrupted by the arrival of two mysterious strangers.
The Doctor and Donna arrive, in the 51st century, on a planet-sized book repository simply called "The Library". The Library is a world, home to every book ever written, powered by the most powerful computer ever. Though the Doctor has received a message for help on his psychic paper, and though the Library's computers claim over "a million million lifeforms" are present, they find the Library deserted. A Node, a statue with a strangely realistic human face, warns them to beware the shadows... just as the lights begin to go out around them. The travellers race through the Library stacks, eventually finding a central room that is well lit. As they try to figure out more about the Node's enigmatic warning, they encounter a team of explorers led by archeologist River Song. Professor Song explains that she and her team are there with Mr. Strackman Lux (whose family had built the Library) to learn why the Library has been sealed for the last one hundred years.
The Doctor quickly organises the team to make sure the area is well lit as he explains that the shadows are occupied by the Vashta Nerada, microscopic carnivorous creatures that use shadows to hunt and latch onto their prey. The team works to find a way out of the library. However, Mr. Lux's assistant, Ms. Evangelista, wanders off and falls prey to the Vashta Nerada, her body eaten away in seconds. The Doctor and Donna learn that the exploration team each wears a communication device which has a glitch called "Data Ghosting" where a copy of a person's consciousness is temporarily held within it for a short time after death, allowing them to communicate briefly with the living.
Professor Song's behaviour throughout is markedly curious. First, she appears to know the Doctor quite well, though from some point in his own personal future. She carries a diary that seems to be about the Doctor's life with a cover that looks like his TARDIS, and she possesses a more rugged version of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, which she claims was a gift from the Doctor himself. Also, when the Doctor mentions Donna's name, she knows her surname and seems shocked that it's her. Donna asks where she is in this future where River knows the Doctor. River goes silent.
The young girl who dreams of the Library, meanwhile, sees the team through the eyes of a security camera when they first break into central room. Later, they appear on her television as the Doctor attempts to hack the Library computers. When she fiddles with the television's remote, she causes events to occur in the Library. The girl is under observation from Dr. Moon, a child psychologist, at the request of her dad. Dr. Moon, however, appears to have significant knowledge of the situation of the Doctor, Donna, and the exploration team. He reveals that her reality is an illusion, that her nightmares are reality, and that only she can save all the people trapped in the Library. The final mystery appears to be the word "CAL" that appears at times on the Library screens, the Doctor wondering who or what that means.
The team's investigation is interrupted when the pilot "proper Dave" acquires an extra shadow. The Vashta Nerada have attached themselves to him. The Doctor attempts to teleport Donna back to the TARDIS while he leads the rest of the team to safety, but something goes wrong in the teleport and Donna fails to materialize properly. The Doctor attempts to save proper Dave, but Dave is quickly eaten away. As proper Dave's data ghost echoes his last thoughts, the organisms take control of his suit and approach the rest of the group. River uses a sonic blaster to make a hole in the wall, and they race away from the possessed suit. They run down a dead-end hallway as the suit approaches. The Doctor is horrified to find a Node with Donna's face on it... which claims that Donna has left the Library and has been "saved" ...
Continuity:
As shown on the BBC Doctor Who website, there are a number of books in the library that reference previous episodes. Those seen are the operating manual for the TARDIS, Origins of the Universe (DW: Destiny of the Daleks), The French Revolution (DW: An Unearthly Child), the Journal of Impossible Things (DW: Human Nature/The Family of Blood), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (written by Douglas Adams, former Doctor Who writer and script editor), Everest in Easy Stages (DW: The Creature from the Pit) and Black Orchid (a book first seen in the Fifth Doctor serial DW: of the same name).
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From wikia.com:
The Library was a planet-sized library that was built during the 50th century. It contained every book ever written. Within its core was the largest hard drive ever, serving as an index computer, as well as containing backup copies of every book ever written. The planet had one moon, which was actually an antiviral subroutine having the physical appearance of a moon. Due to its caretaking role, it was known as a Doctor Moon.
The Library was commissioned by Felman Lux and was managed by a head Librarian. Visitors to the Library used courtesy nodes, sculpted computer terminals containing real faces made from donated flesh. The security cameras were levitating wooden spheres. Visitors were advised to switch off their mobile comm units.
Paper editions of every book ever written were made specially for the Library. Unfortunately, the forests cut down to make the books were home to Vashta Nerada (microscopic carnivorous beings that lived in swarms), which then hatched from the books and infested the Library. The computer managed to "save" all 4022 visitors to its hard drive, where they could dream an imperfect virtual existence. The computer sealed off the planet, and it would be 100 years before the Lux family could arrange an archaeological expedition led by Professor River Song. (DW: Silence in the Library)
The Doctor and Donna Noble arrived after being asked to come by River Song, via his psychic paper. The Doctor helped to return the visitors and agreed with the Vashta Nerada to make sure no one arrived in the Library again. (DW: Forest of the Dead)
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From twiztv.com:
DOCTOR
Books! People never really stop loving books.
While he speaks, he picks up his coat and exits the TARDIS, followed by Donna. They arrive to a huge but empty reception area.
DOCTOR
51st century. By now you've got holovids, direct to brain downloads, fiction mist, but you need the smell. The smell of books, Donna. Deep breath.
They cross the room and go through a door. They walk down the staircase and get to see the surface: a huge city all filled with book shelves.
DOCTOR
The Library. So big it doesn't need a name. Just a great big "the."
DONNA
It's like a city.
DOCTOR
It's a world. Literally a world. The whole core of the planet is the index computer, biggest hard drive ever. And up here, every book ever written. Whole continents of Jeffrey Archer, Bridget Jones, Monty Python's Big Red Book. Brand new editions, specially printed. We're near the equator, so... (he licks his finger then lifts it up to feel the wind) this must be Biographies! I love biographies!
DONNA
Yeah, very you. Always a death at the end.
DOCTOR
You need a good death. Without death, there'd only be comedies. Dying gives us size.
Donna picks up a book but the Doctor snatches it off her.
DOCTOR
Oi! Spoilers!
DONNA
What?
DOCTOR
These books are from your future. You don't wanna read ahead, spoil all the surprises. Like peeking at the end.
DONNA
Isn't travelling with you one big spoiler?
DOCTOR
I... try to keep you away from major plot developments. Which, to be honest, I seem to be very bad at, cos you know what? This is the biggest Library in the universe. So where is everyone? It's silent.
He goes to an information terminal and starts to fiddle on it with the sonic.
DONNA
The Library?
DOCTOR
The planet. The whole planet.
DONNA
Maybe it's a Sunday.
DOCTOR
No, I never land on Sundays. Sundays are boring.
DONNA
Well... Maybe everyone's really, really quiet.
DOCTOR
Yeah, maybe. But they'd still show up on the system.
DONNA
Doctor, why are we here? Really, why?
DOCTOR
Oh, you know, just passing.
DONNA
No, seriously. It was all, "let's hit the beach" then suddenly we're in a Library. Why?
DOCTOR
Now, that's interesting.
DONNA
What?
DOCTOR
Scanning for life forms. If I do a scan looking for your basic humanoids - you know, your book readers, few limbs and a face (we see the terminal's screen: "filtered humanoid lifeform scan; 2; complete") - apart from us, I get nothing. Zippo, nada, see? Nobody home. But if I widen the parameters to any kind of life...
He pushes some keys, numbers run on the screen until it stops and writes "error; 1.000.000.000.000; lifeform number capped at maximum record."
DOCTOR
A million million. Gives up after that. A million million.
DONNA
But there's nothing here. There's no-one.
DOCTOR
And not a sound. A million million life forms, and silence in the Library.
DONNA
But there's no-one here. There's just books. I mean, it's not the books, is it? I mean, it can't be the books, can it? I mean, books can't be alive?
They look at each other then cautiously reach towards a book. Just before they would touch it they hear a voice, making them both jump.
NODE
Welcome!
DONNA
That came from in there.
DOCTOR
Yeah!
They head back to the reception. They see a Node there - it looks like a modern statue with a living face mounted into it's head.
NODE
I am Courtesy Node 710/aqua. Please enjoy the Library and respect the personal access codes of all your fellow readers regardless of species or hygiene taboo.
DONNA
That face, it looks real.
DOCTOR
Yeah, don't worry about it.
DONNA
But a statue with a real face, though! It's a hologram or something, isn't it?
DOCTOR
No, but really, it's... fine.
NODE
Additional. There follows a brief message from the head librarian for your urgent attention. It has been edited for tone and content by Felman Lux Automated Decency Filter. Message follows. "Run. For God's sake, run. No way is safe. The Library has sealed itself, we can't... Oh, they're here. Arg. Slarg. Snick." Message ends. Please switch off your mobile comm units for the comfort of other readers.
DOCTOR
So that's why we're here... Any other messages, same date stamp?
NODE
One additional message. This message carries a Felman Lux coherency warning of 5, 0, 11...
DOCTOR
Yeah, yeah, fine, fine, fine, just play it.
NODE
Message follows. "Count the shadows. For God's sake, remember... if you want to live, count the shadows." Message ends.
DOCTOR
Donna...
DONNA
Yeah?
DOCTOR
Stay out of the shadows.
DONNA
Why, what's in the shadows?
They go through another door and arrive to an aisle between bookshelves, several floor high, reaching as far as they can see.
DONNA
So... We weren't just in the neighbourhood.
DOCTOR
Yeah, I kind of, sort of lied a bit. I got a message on the psychic paper.
He shows it to Donna - the message is "The Library. Come as soon as you can. x"
DOCTOR
What do you think? Cry for help?
DONNA
Cry for help - with a kiss?
DOCTOR
Oh, we've all done that.
DONNA
Who's it from?
DOCTOR
No idea.
DONNA
So why did we come here, why did you...
DOCTOR
Donna!
The lights on the far end of the corridor go out and the darkness seems to move towards them.
DONNA
What's happening?
DOCTOR
Run!
They run until they reach a door. The Doctor tries to open it but he can't.
DOCTOR
Come on!
DONNA
What, is it locked?
DOCTOR
Jammed! The wood's warped!
DONNA
Sonic it, use the thingy!
DOCTOR
I can't, it's wood!
DONNA
What, it doesn't do wood?!
DOCTOR
Hang on, hang on, if I can vibrate the molecules, fry the bindings, I can shatterline the interface...
DONNA
Oh, get out of the way!
She kicks the door open, they burst into the room, shut the door and use a book to bolt it - same scene we've seen in the pre-credits sequence.
DOCTOR (to the Girl)
Oh! Hello! Sorry to burst on you like this. OK if we stop here for a bit?
As the Girl opens her eyes and returns to her world, in the Library a sphere falls to the ground where she used to be.
DONNA
What is it?
DOCTOR
Security camera. Switched itself off.
He picks it up and starts to examine it.
***
THE GIRL
They were in my Library. How can they be in my Library?
DOCTOR MOON
Who were they?
We hear the sound of the sonic screwdriver and the Girl puts her hands on her ears in pain.
THE GIRL
What's that? What's that noise?
DAD
What noise?
***
In the Library, the Doctor sonics the security camera.
DOCTOR
Nice door skills, Donna.
DONNA
Yeah, well, you know, boyfriends... sometimes you need the element of surprise. What was that, what was after us? I mean, did we just run away from a power cut?
DOCTOR
Possibly.
DONNA
Are we safe here?
DOCTOR
Course we're safe. There's a little shop.
We see the sign on the wall pointing towards the shop.
DOCTOR
Gotcha!
The cover on the security camera's lens opens.
***
In her home, the Girl is on the ground crying in agony. Under her, there's a symbol on the floor identical to the one on the lens cover of the security camera.
THE GIRL
No, stop it, no, no!
***
The Girl's words appear on a display of the camera.
DOCTOR
Ooh, I'm sorry. I really am, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. (he puts down the sphere) It's alive.
DONNA
You said it was a security camera.
DOCTOR
It is. It's an alive one.
***
The Girl is still on the floor, now quiet. Her dad and Dr Moon are comforting her.
DR MOON
Can you hear me? Are you all right?
THE GIRL
Others are coming.
DR MOON
Who's coming? Who are the others?
THE GIRL
The Library is breached. Others are coming.
DR MOON
What others?
***
Again, the Girl's words are appear on the display.
DONNA
Others? What's it mean, "others"?
The Doctor is just as puzzled as her, so she turns to a Node in the room. This one has a different face.
DONNA
Excuse me, what does it mean, "others"?
DOCTOR
That's barely more than a speak your weight machine, it can't help you.
DONNA
So why's it got a face?
NODE
This flesh aspect was donated by Mark Chambers on the occasion of his death.
DONNA
It's a real face?!
NODE
It has been actualised individually for you from the many facial aspects saved to our extensive flesh banks. Please enjoy.
DONNA (shocked)
It chose me a dead face it thought I'd like? That statue's got a real dead person's face on it...
DOCTOR
It's the 51st century, that's... basically like donating a park bench.
DONNA
It's donating a face!
In horror, she backs away from the Node.
DOCTOR
No, wait, no!
He grabs Donna at the waist to prevent her from entering into a dark shadow behind her. She slaps on his hands.
DONNA
Oi! Hands!
DOCTOR
The shadow, look.
DONNA
What about it?
DOCTOR
"Count the shadows."
DONNA
One. There, I counted it, one shadow.
DOCTOR
Yeah... But what's casting it?
They look around but can't see anything that could cast it.
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