Silence in the Library

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Doctor Who television episode television episode

"Silence in the Library" is a critically acclaimed 2008 Doctor Who episode that introduces River Song and features the Tenth Doctor investigating a haunted library planet overrun by shadow-dwelling creatures called the Vashta Nerada.

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Label Occurrences
"Silence in the Library" 3
Silence in the Library canonical 3
Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who television episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
broadcastOn BBC One ⓘ
characterPlayedBy Alex Kingston ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
directedBy Euros Lyn ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeries 8 ⓘ
featuresAntagonistSpecies Vashta Nerada ⓘ
featuresCharacter River Song ⓘ
featuresCompanion Donna Noble ⓘ
featuresDoctor Tenth Doctor ⓘ
featuresMonster Vashta Nerada ⓘ
featuresSetting The Library ⓘ
library planet ⓘ
featuresTheme fear of the dark ⓘ
memory and identity ⓘ
nonlinear relationships ⓘ
followedBy Forest of the Dead ⓘ
format two-part story first part ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
horror ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
introducesCharacter River Song ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy Murray Gold ⓘ
notableFor first appearance of River Song ⓘ
introduction of the Vashta Nerada ⓘ
use of the catchphrase 'Hey, who turned out the lights?' ⓘ
originalAirDate 2008-05-31 ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
partOf Doctor Who ⓘ
Doctor Who series 4 (2008) ⓘ
surface form: Series 4 of Doctor Who
partOfStory Silence in the Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead
plotSummary The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble investigate a planet-sized library haunted by shadow-dwelling creatures called the Vashta Nerada. ⓘ
portraysDoctorActor David Tennant ⓘ
precededBy The Unicorn and the Wasp ⓘ
producedBy Phil Collinson ⓘ
productionCode 4.8 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 45 minutes ⓘ
seriesNumber 4 ⓘ
setInCentury 51st century ⓘ
showrunnerAtTime Russell T Davies ⓘ
starsActor Alex Kingston ⓘ
Catherine Tate ⓘ
David Tennant ⓘ
starsCharacter Tenth Doctor ⓘ
writtenBy Steven Moffat ⓘ
yearOfRelease 2008 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Steven Moffat → writerOf → Silence in the Library ⓘ
River Song → firstAppearance → Silence in the Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Silence in the Library"
River Song → notableEpisode → Silence in the Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Silence in the Library"
Silence in the Library → partOfStory → Silence in the Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead
Forest of the Dead → follows → Silence in the Library ⓘ
Forest of the Dead → concludes → Silence in the Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead two-part story
Forest of the Dead → partOfStoryArc → Silence in the Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead
Forest of the Dead → precededBy → Silence in the Library ⓘ
Donna Noble → notableEpisode → Silence in the Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Silence in the Library"