Howling:Who is building Tardis Knock-Offs?

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The 11th Doctor comments that it looks like someone was trying to build a Tardis in The Lodger. Later in the Day of the Moon while rescuing Amy’s ganger from the dark suited aliens (do we have a name for them yet?), he notes that he has seen this same equipment before (referring to the equipment seen in The Lodger).

In a related topic about the astronaut suit, the Doctor explains that these dark suited aliens (DSA’s) used something like post hypnotic suggestion to make the human race build the space suit. He goes on to claim that these DSA’s use other life forms to do all of their work.

So who or what race did the DSA’s manipulate to build the Tardis knock-off? The Daleks built a Tardis-like transport and chased the 1st Doctor but they seem an unlikely candidate. Maybe a future version of River? --ANone ^{talk to me} 08:51, November 5, 2011 (UTC)

The Aliens are called the Silents, but I am unsure who built it. Perhaps the silence did?89.240.178.82 19:36, November 5, 2011 (UTC)

While I am surprised ANone didn't remember the name of the Silents (or maybe I shouldn't be considering their defining feature :P ) but they raise a good point, it is stated the Silents get other races to build stuff for them, which means they couldn't have built it themselves. However based on how little we know of them it could be that is incorrect and they could have done it themselves. However the question here is assuming what we know is correct who built it for them? Well starting off, I don't recall any evidence that their ships were transdimensional like the TARDIS or had an outer shell which could be change to fit the environment, they did have perception filters but so many races have those it isn't worth thinking about. That means the only thing copied is the basic interior design and function. There is speculation based off a few scenes that there may have been a Silent in the TARDIS during the 5th series, maybe they were gathering information for not only understanding how to blow up the TARDIS but take the technology for themselves. Of course if they did manage to get a basic blueprint of the TARDIS than I assume they could have manipulated any sufficiently advanced race to build it with the extra knowledge supplied. Which I guess is the closest answer to the question you'll probably get until Moffat decides to give any more details on the matter. The Light6 ^{talk to me} 02:50, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

the light6: "I am surprised ANone didn't remember the name of the Silents "

actually, the silence is a religious order, not a species, so ANone is right in wondering if we have a name for them yet. but most people here on the howling seem to be refering to them as the munch scream silents, because they resemble the things in edvard munch's painting the scream. Imamadmad ^{talk to me} 07:26, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

"The Silence" is the religious order, "The Silents" are the species that lead the religious order. And most people refer to them/know them as such because it has been confirmed through stuff revealed on-screen, including the credits on the show (they are credited as the Silents) and through interviews with Moffat and others involved in the show. Also the Scream only influenced their design and has nothing to do with their name (though I guess it is a nice dichotomy that something called the Silents take their appearance from something called the Scream). The Light6 ^{talk to me} 10:10, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

i never said they were officially called the munch scream silence, only that's what people refer to them as on the howling, if you have been reading other posts. Imamadmad ^{talk to me} 10:39, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

Umm, I don't think you correctly read my post; I never said that you claimed that was their official name, I was telling you that people here call them Silents because that IS their official name (http://i.imgur.com/OCL7p.png). Also no one refers to them as "Munch's Scream Silence", just The Silents, Munch's Scream is just the inspiration for their appearance. The Light6 ^{talk to me} 11:38, November 6, 2011 (UTC)

The architectural details and any symbols within the Tardis knock-off might lead someone to give an educated guess as to who or what race designed these Tardis Knock-offs for the Silents. And whoever, (or whichever race) created the design - even if they are based off of stolen plans - would also most likely be the source of the technology that took control of the Doctor's Tardis and made it blow up. Trying to piece together the solution to the Tardis knock-off might provide insight into season 7 events. Did anyone recognize the pattern on the "button" of the Silents' machine? Shapes of the supporting struts look familiar at all? Some one who has seen more episodes (or at least remember details better) might help pin this down. Misquoting the 11th Doctor, "this is important."--ANone ^{talk to me} 00:08, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

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From The Lodger

Nice reasoning, ANone, but the other question is how much of the design of the knock-off is dictated by the actualities of the universe and how much by cultural issues. An Otto engine's design is pretty much set by the physics and materials involved. The shape of the auto is not. Boblipton ^{talk to me} 01:11, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

The central column is obviously reminiscent of the time rotors in the TARDIS and in the makeshift TARDIS of The Doctor's Wife, although it's not identical to either. That, at least, is a candidate for the design being dictated by the nature of the job it has to do. The design of the exterior doesn't remind me of anything previously seen in the show. However, the coffin-shaped control panels around the central column do remind me of something I've seen before and I'm pretty sure it's something from Doctor Who. The trouble is that I can't (so far) recall what they remind me of. I'm not even sure whether it's something in the revived series or something in the "classic" series. If I do remember what it is, I'll post it here. In the meantime, someone else might do a better/quicker job of remembering. --89.241.65.18 08:06, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

I have no clue what the coffins might be reminiscent of. The exterior vaguely resembles a Jagaroth ship, but I would be svery surprised of it turned out that the Silence and the Jagoroth had anything to do wwith each other.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 15:10, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

Well, I admit the Jagaroth ship had jointed legs but that's about the only resemblance. Also, if I remember correctly, the Jagaroth effectively died out several hundred million years ago, so a connection with the Silence does seem a tad unlikely. I'm sure, though, that I've seen something like those coffin-shaped panels before and it's really going to bug me until I can figure out where! -- (formerly 89.241.65.18 but probably changed this time) 2.101.57.89 22:10, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, the Jagorath thing is a longshot and I would be shocked if they were related, but as long as we're talking about what the Silence's ship looks like, that's about the closest thing I can think of. How do we know the Silence didn't design it themselves? Unless they evolved on Earth, they must have gotten there somehow, and we know from the Daleks that the technology isn't unique to Time Lords, so maybe the Silence just also have TARDIS-like time travel machines.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 22:17, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

I agree the current sensible guess is Silents (the race), because of the following reasons:

1. The Silents could very well be in the copied TARDIS but the characters couldn't remember them, thus assuming the TARDIS is abandoned. The Silents could simply be incapable of piloting a TARDIS or the Silents involved in the project could have been killed off by Craigs or others due to the embedded command placed by the Doctor in The Day of the Moon.
2. The Silents didn't have to build the copied TARDIS, it could have been built by scientists, civilians who either haven't watched the clip with the embedded command or anyone before the landing of the moon or even the Doctor himself or any other species, they simply forgot they were involved.
3. The Silents has the strongest motives for building a TARDIS as they will likely die out on Earth. The Silents could use the TARDIS for (a) an escape vehicle, (b) travel back in time in an attempt to undo the embedded command, (c) seek revenge of the Doctor (which explains why they are seen so far in the future cooperating with near-Humans to bring down the Doctor in the past)

I think the scenario in 3(c) is a probable explanation of everything that has been going on. The Silents (either native to Earth or landed on Earth at some point by accident of with the vehicle no longer functioning by Modern Era) became parasites to Earth's human race in a social sense, until they were discovered in The Impossible Astronaut by the Doctor and his companions. Doctor committed genocide by placing a Silents-induced embedded command in the Moon landing footage. Silents go into hiding and in the next few decades, certain fraction(s) encountered past/future Doctor(s)'s TARDIS(es) or other pre-Time War Timelord(s) TARDIS(es) and studied them (the Doctor and other Timelords would not notice them even if they lived in their TARDISes for an extensive period of time). Silent(s) could have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS the entire time throughout Series 5, the explosion may be the result of or necessary step to learning the principle of how the TARDIS works. Copied TARDIS(es) are built according to what the Silents learned at some point in time. It is possible that the copied TARDISes are built at an era before The Day of the Moon, the Silent(s) simply had to hitchhike on the Doctor or another Timelord's TARDIS. The copied TARDIS is either built on Craig's house or stopped there and the pilot could have been killed by Craig or other humans due to the embedded command. There. --222.166.181.11 17:25, November 9, 2011 (UTC)

My guess would be that the Silence built the TARDIS-like machines, or had them built, on whatever planet they were on before Earth. Then they used them to travel to Earth way in the past, and kept the thing hidden in a series of tunnels underground. Then, in 1969, the Doctor implants the "You should kill us all on sight" footage into the moonlanding clip, and he and River(mosly River) killed all of the Silence in the machine before leaving. After all the Silence on board were dead, the ships emergency command hologram was activated, and took the ship to 2010 for repairs, where it is eventually stopped by an earlier version of the Doctor.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 20:01, November 9, 2011 (UTC)

uh...Doctor and River were never shown to be affected by Silents' hypnotic commands (and since they are both timetravellers and watched the footage, if they did, the Silents would probably have been extinct before The Impossible Astronaut as the they will likely continue to travel to past eras of Earth), so they would have to malicious kill the Silents out of cold blood. If the Silents had a functioning TARDIS before Series 6, then Day of the Moon would never work, as near-future and past Silents would have interfered. I am quite certain that the explosion has something to do with the Silents so it would be more likely that the Silents have had studied the Doctor's TARDIS at some point.--222.166.181.137 13:25, November 10, 2011 (UTC)