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[[Charlotte Lux|A little girl]] is in a session with her psychologist, [[Doctor Moon]]. She says she has a [[library]], a whole world, which she sees whenever she closes her eyes. It is a peaceful place, entirely empty of [[human]] life. Suddenly, the world she sees is interrupted by loud pounding on a locked door. As the door bursts open, two mysterious strangers rush in - the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]]... | [[Charlotte Lux|A little girl]] is in a session with her psychologist, [[Doctor Moon]]. She says she has a [[library]], a whole world, which she sees whenever she closes her eyes. It is a peaceful place, entirely empty of [[human]] life. Suddenly, the world she sees is interrupted by loud pounding on a locked door. As the door bursts open, two mysterious strangers rush in - the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]]... | ||
In [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the Doctor and Donna arrive in the [[51st century]] on a planet-sized book repository called simply "[[the Library]]". It is an entire world, holding every [[book]] ever written, and powered by the most powerful [[computer]] ever. Shortly after arriving, they realise however that the Library is completely empty. The Library's computers confirms that they are the only humanoid life on present, but it then claims there are over "a million million lifeforms" in the Library. Donna asks why they really came here, and the Doctor admits that he earlier received a message for help on his [[psychic paper]]. he doesn't know who it's from, but Donna observes that it was signed with a kiss. Nearby, a statue with a strangely realistic human face, called a [[Node]], warns them to count the shadows... Donna is shocked to find that the faces are selected by the Nodes from those which have been "donated" by the deceased. Just then, the lights begin to go out around them. Wary of the warning regarding shadows, they race through the Library stacks until they reach a well lit room. The doors are locked, but Donna kicks them open. | In [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the Doctor and Donna arrive in the [[51st century]] on a planet-sized [[book]] repository called simply "[[the Library]]". It is an entire world, holding every [[book]] ever written, and powered by the most powerful [[computer]] ever. Shortly after arriving, they realise however that the Library is completely empty. The Library's computers confirms that they are the only humanoid life on present, but it then claims there are over "a million million lifeforms" in the Library. Donna asks why they really came here, and the Doctor admits that he earlier received a message for help on his [[psychic paper]]. he doesn't know who it's from, but Donna observes that it was signed with a kiss. Nearby, a statue with a strangely realistic human face, called a [[Node]], warns them to count the shadows... Donna is shocked to find that the faces are selected by the Nodes from those which have been "donated" by the deceased. Just then, the lights begin to go out around them. Wary of the warning regarding shadows, they race through the Library stacks until they reach a well lit room. The doors are locked, but Donna kicks them open. | ||
There they see a football-shaped security camera hovering in the air. In her living room, the little girl opens her eyes at the same moment the camera shuts itself down. The Doctor scans the camera with his [[sonic screwdriver]]. The girl screams, terrified by the sound of the sonic screwdriver inside her head. The camera sends the Doctor a message that begs him to stop the noise, which he does. The camera and the girl both warn that "others" are coming; the Library has "been breached". The door opens, and a team of explorers in spacesuits enter. The leader walks up to the Doctor and greets him, "Hello, sweetie." As the Doctor tells them all to leave immediately, the leader introduces herself as an [[archaeologist]] named Professor [[River Song]]. She acts very familiar with the Doctor, but he does not know her. Professor Song explains that her team are there with Mr [[Strackman Lux]], whose family built the Library, to learn why it has been sealed for the last hundred years. | There they see a football-shaped security camera hovering in the air. In her living room, the little girl opens her eyes at the same moment the camera shuts itself down. The Doctor scans the camera with his [[sonic screwdriver]]. The girl screams, terrified by the sound of the sonic screwdriver inside her head. The camera sends the Doctor a message that begs him to stop the noise, which he does. The camera and the girl both warn that "others" are coming; the Library has "been breached". The door opens, and a team of explorers in spacesuits enter. The leader walks up to the Doctor and greets him, "Hello, sweetie." As the Doctor tells them all to leave immediately, the leader introduces herself as an [[archaeologist]] named Professor [[River Song]]. She acts very familiar with the Doctor, but he does not know her. Professor Song explains that her team are there with Mr [[Strackman Lux]], whose family built the Library, to learn why it has been sealed for the last hundred years. | ||
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* A model of [[Robby the Robot]] is visible in the young girl's home. | * A model of [[Robby the Robot]] is visible in the young girl's home. | ||
* The relationship between the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[River Song]] is similar to the novel ''[[Wikipedia:The Time Traveler's Wife|The Time Traveler's Wife]]'' by [[Wikipedia: Audrey Niffenegger|Audrey Niffenegger]]. That story is about a man who travels in time, so that the first time he meets his partner she has already met him before. That meeting also occurs in a library, and, like River Song, she gives him a diary of their time together. | * The relationship between the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[River Song]] is similar to the novel ''[[Wikipedia:The Time Traveler's Wife|The Time Traveler's Wife]]'' by [[Wikipedia: Audrey Niffenegger|Audrey Niffenegger]]. That story is about a man who travels in time, so that the first time he meets his partner she has already met him before. That meeting also occurs in a library, and, like River Song, she gives him a diary of their time together. | ||
* The girl watches ''[[Wikipedia:Pedro and Frankensheep|Pedro and Frankensheep]]'' on her television. When she changes channels (causing the | * The girl watches ''[[Wikipedia:Pedro and Frankensheep|Pedro and Frankensheep]]'' on her television. When she changes channels (causing the [[book]]s to fly around in the Library) a brief snippet of dialogue from an episode of ''Ren and Stimpy'' can be heard. | ||
* On the little girl's wall are two drawings: [[Rose Tyler|a blond]] and a [[Bad Wolf|wolf.]] | * On the little girl's wall are two drawings: [[Rose Tyler|a blond]] and a [[Bad Wolf|wolf.]] | ||
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* In the associated ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' episode, [[Steven Moffat]] says that he imagined [[River Song|River]] found the gun (as left behind by Jack) in the TARDIS during her future travels. | * In the associated ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' episode, [[Steven Moffat]] says that he imagined [[River Song|River]] found the gun (as left behind by Jack) in the TARDIS during her future travels. | ||
* Steven Moffat stated that British newspaper ''The Sun'' got a hold of the script for the episode and threatened to publish it. Moffat jokingly told them to do it; he later remarked, "I'd like to see ''The Sun'' publish that many words in a day." | * Steven Moffat stated that British newspaper ''The Sun'' got a hold of the script for the episode and threatened to publish it. Moffat jokingly told them to do it; he later remarked, "I'd like to see ''The Sun'' publish that many words in a day." | ||
* The previous episode ended with the Doctor showing a traditional paper-bound book dating from the far future, a thematic lead-in to this visit to the Library (although dialogue indicates that he and Donna were originally travelling elsewhere). | * The previous episode ended with the Doctor showing a traditional paper-bound [[book]] dating from the far future, a thematic lead-in to this visit to the Library (although dialogue indicates that he and Donna were originally travelling elsewhere). | ||
* As shown on the BBC ''Doctor Who'' website, there are a number of | * As shown on the BBC ''Doctor Who'' website, there are a number of [[book]]s in the library that reference previous episodes. Those seen are the operating manual for the [[TARDIS]], ''[[Origins of the Universe]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'') ''[[The French Revolution]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') ''[[A Journal of Impossible Things (Human Nature)|A Journal of Impossible Things]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'') ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (written by [[Douglas Adams]], former ''[[Doctor Who]]'' writer and script editor), ''[[Everest in Easy Stages]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'') and ''[[Black Orchid (book)|Black Orchid]]'' ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]''). | ||
* The story also has considerable commonality with a [[Fifth Doctor]] illustrated text story, ''[[Catalogue of Events]]'', from the [[DWMS Summer 1983|1983 ''Doctor Who Magazine Special'']]. | * The story also has considerable commonality with a [[Fifth Doctor]] illustrated text story, ''[[Catalogue of Events]]'', from the [[DWMS Summer 1983|1983 ''Doctor Who Magazine Special'']]. | ||
