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[[Dorium Maldovar]] told the Doctor that "silence will fall when the question is asked" was a poor translation. A better translation would be "silence ''must'' fall..." Although the Teselecta's databases were unable to identify the Question, Dorium claimed to know it. According to him, the Question was actually "Doctor who?" ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'') | [[Dorium Maldovar]] told the Doctor that "silence will fall when the question is asked" was a poor translation. A better translation would be "silence ''must'' fall..." Although the Teselecta's databases were unable to identify the Question, Dorium claimed to know it. According to him, the Question was actually "Doctor who?" ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'') | ||
On the Fields of [[Trenzalore]] at the fall of the Eleventh (inside the TARDIS the Doctor forced to fall down to the planet) a question was asked by [[the Great Intelligence]]: "Doctor who?", stating that he knew the answer would open the ancient TARDIS doors. If a creature had spoken falsely or failed to answer, the TARDIS doors would remain shut and he would have the Doctor's friends killed by the [[Whisper Men]]. The question must never ever be answered as access would allow him to re-write the Doctor's entire history, destroying entire galaxies in consequence.([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''). | |||
The question was answered, unheard, by River Song - although the terrible consequences were undone by [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''). | |||
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Revision as of 08:43, 21 May 2013
The Question was, according to the Teselecta's computer, "the first question, the oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight." It was the organising principle for the religious movement known as the Silence, who believed that "silence will fall when the Question is asked".
More specifically, the Silence believed that
... on the Fields of Trenzalore, at the fall of the Eleventh, when no creature can speak falsely or fail to answer, a question will be asked — a question that must never ever be answered: "Doctor who?"
The Silence planned to kill the Doctor, whom they believed was the only one who knew the answer to the Question. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler) They intended to do this by turning Melody Pond into a weapon to kill the Doctor. Her first attempt was in 1938 Berlin and then again in 2011 on the beach of Lake Silencio. Although this attempt also failed, the Silence (as well as the rest of the universe) believed it was successful. Unbeknownst to the Silence, the Doctor had used the Teselecta to fake his death at Lake Silencio. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut, Let's Kill Hitler, The Wedding of River Song)
Dorium Maldovar told the Doctor that "silence will fall when the question is asked" was a poor translation. A better translation would be "silence must fall..." Although the Teselecta's databases were unable to identify the Question, Dorium claimed to know it. According to him, the Question was actually "Doctor who?" (TV: Let's Kill Hitler, The Wedding of River Song)
On the Fields of Trenzalore at the fall of the Eleventh (inside the TARDIS the Doctor forced to fall down to the planet) a question was asked by the Great Intelligence: "Doctor who?", stating that he knew the answer would open the ancient TARDIS doors. If a creature had spoken falsely or failed to answer, the TARDIS doors would remain shut and he would have the Doctor's friends killed by the Whisper Men. The question must never ever be answered as access would allow him to re-write the Doctor's entire history, destroying entire galaxies in consequence.(TV: The Name of the Doctor).
The question was answered, unheard, by River Song - although the terrible consequences were undone by Clara Oswald. (TV: The Name of the Doctor).
