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|image=[[file:Joy.jpg|250px]]  
|image   = Joy impossible astronaut.jpg
|individual name=Joy
|species = Human
|alias=
|origin  = [[Earth]]
|race=[[Human]]
|only cs = The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)
|home planet=[[Earth]]
|actor  = Nancy Baldwin
|home era=[[20th century]]
}}{{dab page|Joy (disambiguation)}}
|appearances=[[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''
'''Joy''' was an [[America]]n woman who worked in the [[White House]] in [[1969]]. Emerging from a [[toilet]] cubicle, she saw a [[Silent]]. She assumed its face to be a ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[mask]] but when she looked away, forgot what she had seen. She looked again and repeated her actions, despite the warnings of [[Amy Pond]]. The Silent killed Joy with an [[Electricity|electrical]] discharge from its hand, disintegrating her. A horrified Amy asked the Silent why it had killed her. It told Amy her name, having apparently killed her for no reason other than intimidation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
|actor=[[Nancy Baldwin]]
}}
''For others by that name, see [[Joy]].''


'''Joy''' was an [[America]]n who worked in the [[White House]]. Upon emerging from a toilet cubicle, she sighted one of [[the Silence]]. She assumed its face to be a ''[[Star Trek]]'' mask, asking if the person was Ben. When she looked away, she forgot what she had seen. However, she then looked again and repeated her actions, despite the warnings of [[Amy Pond]]. The Silence then killed Joy with an [[Electricity|electrical]] discharge from its hand, utterly disintegrating her. A horrified Amy demanded to know why the Silence had killed Joy, but it instead told Amy her name, apparently killing her for no other reason than intimidation. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
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Her name was likely chosen to create a sort of dark pun, where at first it seems as if the Silent was claiming to have killed her for pleasure.  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:34, 22 October 2024

You may wish to consult Joy (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Joy was an American woman who worked in the White House in 1969. Emerging from a toilet cubicle, she saw a Silent. She assumed its face to be a Star Trek mask but when she looked away, forgot what she had seen. She looked again and repeated her actions, despite the warnings of Amy Pond. The Silent killed Joy with an electrical discharge from its hand, disintegrating her. A horrified Amy asked the Silent why it had killed her. It told Amy her name, having apparently killed her for no reason other than intimidation. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Her name was likely chosen to create a sort of dark pun, where at first it seems as if the Silent was claiming to have killed her for pleasure.

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