"Silence in the Library" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on 31 May 2008. It is the first of a two-part story, followed by "Forest of the Dead", and is the second two-parter Steven Moffat has contributed to the series after "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" in 2005. A few days before the episode aired, the BBC announced that Moffat will become Head ...
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"Silence in the Library" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on 31 May 2008. It is the first of a two-part story, followed by "Forest of the Dead", and is the second two-parter Steven Moffat has contributed to the series after "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" in 2005. A few days before the episode aired, the BBC announced that Moffat will become Head Writer of the programme for the show's fifth series in 2010, replacing current Head Writer Russell T Davies, who has held the role since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005.
The Doctor and Donna arrive in the 51st century at a planet-sized book repository simply called "The Library", summoned by an anonymous request for help on the Doctor's psychic paper. However, they find it completely devoid of humanoid life, and the Library's computers even claim as such, though when the Doctor widens the search for non-humanoid life, the Library's...
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