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'''''The Inforarium''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode made exclusively for the [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7]] [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] box sets. It featured a pre-''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|Snowmen]]'' [[Eleventh Doctor]], and actually demonstrated how he was deleting himself from history to support his faked death, as was mentioned multiple times throughout the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] series.
'''''The Inforarium''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode made exclusively for the [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7]] [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] box sets. It featured a pre-''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|Snowmen]]'' [[Eleventh Doctor]], and actually demonstrated how he was deleting himself from history to support his faked death, as was mentioned multiple times throughout the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] series.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
[[File:Eleventh Doctor Memory-Proofed Hologram.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor's hologram explains his mission to be left alone.]]
The [[Inforarium]] — the greatest source of illicit information in recorded history — is compromised. The Doctor appears in a [[hologram]] — "Who the hell are you?" He tells [[Guard (The Inforarium)|a guard]] that he will be erasing all traces of himself from their database, making everyone forget what they've heard through means he'd adapted from [[the Silence]]. He is on a mission to be left alone and is quite annoyed that the Inforarium has been selling information about him to the [[Dalek]]s, [[Cybermen]], and [[Sontaran]]s, considering it "very naughty".
The [[Inforarium]] — the greatest source of illicit information in recorded history — is compromised. The Doctor appears in a [[hologram]] — "Who the hell are you?". He tells [[Guard (The Inforarium)|a guard]] that he will be erasing all traces of himself from their database, making everyone forget what they've heard through means he'd adapted from [[the Silence]]. He is on a mission to be left alone and is quite annoyed that the Inforarium has been selling information about him to the [[Dalek]]s, [[Cybermen]], and [[Sontaran]]s, considering it "very naughty".


[[File:Guard forgets seeing Eleven's Hologram.jpg|thumb|right|The guard forgets everything he just saw...]]
The Doctor continues to dismiss the guard's complacency in the Inforarium's security. Though the Doctor cannot wipe out their data banks, he can make sure that anything the guard has just learned about him is going to disappear from his mind. However, the man is simply not convinced. The proof he seeks is then given to him, but with the irony it will forever elude his memory. At the end of the message, the Doctor tells the Guard to check the data banks and the hologram shuts off. The guard completely forgets the whole ordeal. From his perspective, not a moment has passed since the alarms in the Inforarium started to squeal...
The Doctor continues to dismiss the guard's complacency in the Inforarium's security. Though the Doctor cannot wipe out their data banks, he can make sure that anything the guard has just learned about him is going to disappear from his mind. However, the man is simply not convinced. The proof he seeks is then given to him, but with the irony it will forever elude his memory. At the end of the message, the Doctor tells the Guard to check the data banks and the hologram shuts off. The guard completely forgets the whole ordeal. From his perspective, not a moment has passed since the alarms in the Inforarium started to squeal...


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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]] (uncredited)
''to be added''
* [[Guard (The Inforarium)|Guard]] - Laurence Saunders (uncredited)
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[[Category:Eleventh Doctor home videos]]
[[Category:2013 home videos]]
 
== References ==
== References ==
=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The [[Inforarium]] sells information to the [[Dalek]]s, the [[Cybermen]] and the [[Sontaran]]s.
* The [[Inforarium]] sells information to the [[Dalek]]s, the [[Cybermen]] and the [[Sontaran]]s.
* The Doctor reverse-engineered the memory-proof ability of the [[Silent]]s and adapted it to the database of the Inforarium to make any potential readers forget all information about him they would see.
* The Doctor reverse-engineered the memory-proof ability of the [[Silent]]s.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==

Revision as of 00:13, 16 June 2016

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The Inforarium was a Doctor Who mini-episode made exclusively for the series 7 DVD and Blu-ray box sets. It featured a pre-Snowmen Eleventh Doctor, and actually demonstrated how he was deleting himself from history to support his faked death, as was mentioned multiple times throughout the 2012 series.

Plot

The Inforarium — the greatest source of illicit information in recorded history — is compromised. The Doctor appears in a hologram — "Who the hell are you?" He tells a guard that he will be erasing all traces of himself from their database, making everyone forget what they've heard through means he'd adapted from the Silence. He is on a mission to be left alone and is quite annoyed that the Inforarium has been selling information about him to the Daleks, Cybermen, and Sontarans, considering it "very naughty".

The Doctor continues to dismiss the guard's complacency in the Inforarium's security. Though the Doctor cannot wipe out their data banks, he can make sure that anything the guard has just learned about him is going to disappear from his mind. However, the man is simply not convinced. The proof he seeks is then given to him, but with the irony it will forever elude his memory. At the end of the message, the Doctor tells the Guard to check the data banks and the hologram shuts off. The guard completely forgets the whole ordeal. From his perspective, not a moment has passed since the alarms in the Inforarium started to squeal...

Not knowing he's trapped in an endless loop.

The guard notices the data breach alert in the core drives again. He tries to send another distress signal- and triggers the hologram. Then it replays... "Who the hell are you?" The Doctor's hologram chides him again, "How quickly they forget." The guard listens to his message from the top, not noticing he's stuck on a repetitive cycle. This may not even be his first time he's sat through a repeat, but one of many repeats in motion, with many more to come.

Cast

to be added

References

Species

Story notes

  • The title of the story is given as INFORARIUM (all caps, no "The") on the box set packaging.

Continuity

Home video releases

Complete Seventh Series DVD Cover

This mini-episode was released as part of The Complete Seventh Series on DVD and Blu-ray on September 24, 2013.