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|story name=Prequel (The Impossible Astronaut)
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|series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[The Prequels|Prequel]]s
|season number         = Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)
|number=[[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]]
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|main character          = [[Richard Nixon]]
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|featuring      = [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Melody]]
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|enemy           = [[Silent (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Silent]]
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|setting         = The [[White House]], [[1969]]
|setting=[[White House]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
|writer         = Steven Moffat
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|broadcast date = 25 March 2011
|broadcast date=Internet broadcast
|format         = Internet broadcast
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|previous story=
|next     = Prequel (The Curse of the Black Spot)
|next story=[[Prequel (The Curse of the Black Spot)]]
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The '''prequel to ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''''' was the first prequel produced by the [[BBC]] for the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|sixth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It contained the first visible appearance of a living, breathing [[Silent]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
In the Oval Office, a telephone rings to which [[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon]] answers. There is no responce at first until Nixon asks "Is it you?", after which [[Little Girl (The Impossible Astronaut)|a girl's]] voice comes through saying to look behind him. Nixon asks how she got the number for him but she goes on, saying [[Silence|they]] are everywhere and people see them every day. Nixon stated there is nothing behind him and asks how she got the phone number again. The girl answers by saying the [[Astronaut|spacemen]] told her. Nixon does not know what she means but she said it is not important but the monsters are. Nixon finally says there are no monsters in the Oval Office. The phone hangs up and he sits back in his chair, as a [[Silence|Silent]] stares back at him.
In the Oval Office, a telephone rings. President [[Richard Nixon]] answers. There is no response until Nixon asks "Is it you?" [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|A girl's]] voice tells him to look behind him. Nixon asks how she got the number. She says "[[Silent|they]]" are everywhere and people see them every day.


==Cast==
Nixon insists there is nothing behind him and again asks how she got the phone number. The girl says the [[Astronaut|spacemen]] told her. Nixon does not know what she means. She says it is not important, but the monsters are. Nixon says emphatically, "There are no monsters in the Oval Office." The phone hangs up. He leans back in his chair as a [[Silent (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Silent]] stares at his back.
*[[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon]] - [[Stuart Milligan]]
*[[River Song|Little Girl]] - [[Sydney Wade]]
*[[The Silence|The Silent]] - [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]]


==Story notes==
== Cast ==
* This is a prelude to [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''.
* President [[Richard Nixon]] - [[Stuart Milligan]]
* [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Little Girl]] - [[Sydney Wade]]
* [[Silent (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|A Silent]] - [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]]


==External links==
== Worldbuilding ==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/episodes/b010tb7q/videos/p00fxf06 The Prequel on the BBC Doctor Who site]
* The Little Girl mentions the [[Astronaut|spaceman]] and [[the Silence]].
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== Story notes ==
* This is a prelude to [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''.
 
== Continuity ==
* Nixon later records the calls and plays them to [[Canton Everett Delaware III]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor]], who find the source of the call. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
 
== External links ==
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fxf06 The Prequel on the BBC Doctor Who site]
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The prequel to The Impossible Astronaut was the first prequel produced by the BBC for the sixth series of Doctor Who. It contained the first visible appearance of a living, breathing Silent.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the Oval Office, a telephone rings. President Richard Nixon answers. There is no response until Nixon asks "Is it you?" A girl's voice tells him to look behind him. Nixon asks how she got the number. She says "they" are everywhere and people see them every day.

Nixon insists there is nothing behind him and again asks how she got the phone number. The girl says the spacemen told her. Nixon does not know what she means. She says it is not important, but the monsters are. Nixon says emphatically, "There are no monsters in the Oval Office." The phone hangs up. He leans back in his chair as a Silent stares at his back.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]