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'''Silence''' was the absence of [[sound]].
'''Silence''' was the absence of [[sound]].


On [[Xeros]], [[Barbara Wright]] was the first to notice the silence, describing it as "the sort of silence you can almost hear." [[Ian Chesterton]] likened it to that of a [[graveyard]]. The silence was the result of the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] having jumped a [[time track]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'')
On [[Vortis]], [[Barbara Wright]] noted the silence, comparing it to a cemetery. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'')


On a [[Planet (Galaxy 4)|doomed planet]], the [[First Doctor]] was the first to notice silence, which reminded him of Xeros. In this case, the silence was due to the complete lack of [[animal]] life. ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'')
On [[Xeros]], Barbara was the first to notice the silence, describing it as "the sort of silence you can almost hear." [[Ian Chesterton]] likened it to that of a [[graveyard]]. The silence was the result of the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] having jumped a [[time track]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'')
 
On a [[Planet (Galaxy 4)|doomed planet]], the [[First Doctor]] was the first to notice the silence, which reminded him of Xeros. In this case, the silence was due to the complete lack of [[animal]] life. ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'')
 
A [[mobile phone]] could be put on "silent", so that it would not make a noise when a call or notification came through. [[Sarah (Eve of the Daleks)|Sarah]]'s phone could not be put on silent due to being broken. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eve of the Daleks (TV story)|Eve of the Daleks]]'')


Silence was the cause which [[the Church]] of the [[Papal Mainframe]], led by [[Mother Superious]] [[Tasha Lem]], dedicated itself to at the start of the [[Siege of Trenzalore]], becoming the Church of [[the Silence]]; among their ranks were a [[species]] known as the [[Silent]]s, who served as confessional priests. The Church was reformed as such to ensure that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] would not speak [[The Doctor's name|his name]] and thus answer [[the Question]] sent by the [[Time Lord]]s from the [[crack in time]] on the [[planet]] [[Trenzalore]]; were he to do so, the Time Lords would return to [[N-Space|the universe]], resulting in a new [[Time War]] with the [[Dalek]]s and the many other races waiting above Trenzalore. Realising this, the Doctor indeed never spoke his name, and so the Siege ultimately ended with the Time Lords remaining in their [[pocket universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') Eventually, [[Gallifrey]] returned to the universe in a more discrete manner, at the [[end of the universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 5 January 2022

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Silence was the absence of sound.

On Vortis, Barbara Wright noted the silence, comparing it to a cemetery. (TV: The Web Planet)

On Xeros, Barbara was the first to notice the silence, describing it as "the sort of silence you can almost hear." Ian Chesterton likened it to that of a graveyard. The silence was the result of the TARDIS having jumped a time track. (TV: The Space Museum)

On a doomed planet, the First Doctor was the first to notice the silence, which reminded him of Xeros. In this case, the silence was due to the complete lack of animal life. (TV: Galaxy 4)

A mobile phone could be put on "silent", so that it would not make a noise when a call or notification came through. Sarah's phone could not be put on silent due to being broken. (TV: Eve of the Daleks)

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