"Forest of the Dead" is the ninth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast by BBC One on 7 June 2008. It is the second of a two-part story, following "Silence in the Library".
The Doctor, Strackman Lux, Prof. River Song and the rest of her group successfully flee from the Vashta Nerada that were pursuing them at the end of "Silence in the Library". As the group light up the room ...
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"Forest of the Dead" is the ninth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast by BBC One on 7 June 2008. It is the second of a two-part story, following "Silence in the Library".
The Doctor, Strackman Lux, Prof. River Song and the rest of her group successfully flee from the Vashta Nerada that were pursuing them at the end of "Silence in the Library". As the group light up the room to dispel the shadows the Vashta Nerada may hide in, the Doctor finds that the Library's moon is sending out electromagnetic signals that interfere with his sonic screwdriver. Lux explains that the moon acts as a virus checker on the Library's computer core, causing the Doctor to recognise that Donna and the other 4022 people who were "saved" according to the Library were actually stored in the data core. The group make for the access point to the computer core, still pursued by the spacesuits of Song's former team-mates possessed by the...
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