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::::BioniclesaurKing4t2: These aren't just religious radicals; they're religious radicals accustomed to getting their own way very easily. Being religious radicals would tend to make them intolerant of opposition but these ones are also unused to having to deal with real opposition & therefore not particularly good at it. (I was 89 earlier.) --[[Special:Contributions/2.101.63.164|2.101.63.164]]<sup>[[User talk:2.101.63.164#top|talk to me]]</sup> 17:31, June 14, 2013 (UTC) | ::::BioniclesaurKing4t2: These aren't just religious radicals; they're religious radicals accustomed to getting their own way very easily. Being religious radicals would tend to make them intolerant of opposition but these ones are also unused to having to deal with real opposition & therefore not particularly good at it. (I was 89 earlier.) --[[Special:Contributions/2.101.63.164|2.101.63.164]]<sup>[[User talk:2.101.63.164#top|talk to me]]</sup> 17:31, June 14, 2013 (UTC) | ||
For The Silence to know rather than just believe what the Prophecy means,and to whom it refers, they (or the Prophet)would have to come from the time after the Prophecy came to pass. But if that were the case, and it was all about the GI sabotaging the Doctor's timeline, then they would also know the attempt failed (unless they didn't know about Clara, and just blamed every bad thing that ever happened on the Doctor not saving the day (like Mels in History class.)) | |||
But someone coming from the future who also knows the past and future of the Silence might be able to convince them of the accuracy of a prophecy. He might even convince them that Earth is the promised land. And so he might be able to manipulate the Silence into dedicating themselves to a plan to kill the Doctor. | |||
But that doesn't really answer either who the voice in the Tardis was, nor why apparent access to The Tardis wasn't utilized to kill the Doctor more directly. | |||
One answer may turn on something the Doctor said about the Silence. Namely that they dont make anything, they get others to act for them. Perhaps the idea was to get the "villians" to take care of the Doctor for the Silence, and since they had all failed in the past,tricking them into working together to achieve the goal of The Silence would be standard Silence strategy. Likewise, train Melody to kill the Doctor for them. And for all we know, get Rory and Amy together to make Melody. | |||
The voice may not be an actual voice, but a voice in River's head, the result of her being trained by the Silence. "Silence will fall" might be the way they say that death is imminent, and faced with an exploding Tardis, that phrase might come to mind. A more extreme possibility would be that the explosion is River's fault, that even though she is conciously struggling to avert disaster, she has already subconciously sealed the Tardis's doom. Who besides the Doctor would know better than River how to do it? This would also solve the issue of access to the Tardis. | |||
I am not convinced. Perhaps ther is no explanation for the voice. No explanation how someone could out do the "combined hordes of Ghengis Khan." But I suspect that if we ever learn who started the Silence on their quest, we will have more insight into the voice.[[User:Phil Stone|Phil Stone]] [[User talk:Phil Stone|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 05:09, June 15, 2013 (UTC) | |||
