Howling:The Silence in 2011

The Howling → The Silence in 2011

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Here's something that's been bugging me from The Impossible Astronaught/Day of the Moon. While the Silence were driven from Earth by humanity in 1969, there is a single Silence on a cliff overlooking the Doctor's death/funeral in 2011.

So what they heck is he doing there? He can't be there by accident, as Earth is an incredibly dangerious place for the Silence at that point in time and they wouldn't be just wandering around the desert. If I had to guess there are 2 likely answers:

1. The Silence is on an offical mission and is there to ensure the Docotor's death goes off as planned.

1. The Silence in question is a turncoat who was invited along with everyone else and simply got envelope 5 (which no one else knew existed). Falrinn 03:53, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

There are 2 likely answers. One is that in the original timeline the Silence were never driven away, but that was changed when the Doctor, Amy, and River travelled back in time to 1969. The obvious problem with that theory is that the future Doctor and Canton already knew what was going to happen. The more likely reason is that the Silence weren't actually all driven away from Earth. Since we will almost certainly be seeing the Silence again this season, it is likely that the Silence are still all over the planet in 2011.Icecreamdif 14:20, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

And the third likely answer is that the Silence' control room in the second episode is the same as the unit on Aickman Rd. last year. It is a Tardis-style machine, can travel in space and time, and the Silence in question used it to travel to 2011 and the Doctor's death.Boblipton 15:10, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

That's possible, although the TARDIS-style machine on Aickman Rd. was abandoned, and was being operated automatically by a hologram. In Day of the Moon, the Doctor implied that after he and River killed all the Silence in the TARDISish machine, the automatic hologram turned on and took the thing to Aickman Rd. Of course, it's possible that there were silence in The Lodger, and we just don't remember them.Icecreamdif 15:16, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

Another likelihood is that since the Silence had burrows all under the surface of the Earth, some of the Silence were simply not seen by humans, and therefore were not killed by them. --Revan\Talk 15:36, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

I have little doubt at least some of the Silence survived 1969, I just find it highly unlikely that particular one was there by chance. Earth is a highly dangerious place for the Silence after 1969, so they wouldn't go walking around on the surface for no reason. Falrinn 22:40, May 15, 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps the Silence make a deal that if the Doctor is killed, they will leave Earth alone. The Doctor persuades River to kill him in 2011, for which River gets put in the Stormcage. One of the Silence is there to witness the Doctor's death. 200.199.23.105 11:22, May 17, 2011 (UTC)