Howling:What did the silence mean when they said Amy would bring the silence?

In day of the moon, one of the silent says to amy "you are Amelia pond, we do you great honour, you will bring the silence. But you're part will soon be over". I thought they wanted to prevent the silence of the universe from happening i.e. Name of the doctor. --Coop3 ☎  20:22, July 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * Presumably, that Silent was referring to Amy giving birth to River Song, the Silence's weapon to kill the Doctor. "Silence will fall" doesn't refer to the end of the universe, it refers to the Doctor dying before he can answer the Question. It is not a prophecy; rather, it is the Silence's mission statement, or their response to the actual prophecy which says that the Question must never be answered. Since they don't want the Question to be answered, they have attempted to kill the Doctor before he can get to Trenzalore so that the Question can only be met with his "silence" (as a dead man cannot answer a question). Therefore, in saying that Amy would "bring the silence," it most likely meant that she would be the means through which the Silence obtained their assassin who would (ideally) kill the Doctor at Lake Silencio and ensure his silence. Ensephylon ☎  23:00, July 1, 2013 (UTC)

It is both the mission statemend and a prophecy. Their mission is in response to the prophecy. Whosethebestwho ☎  02:30, July 2, 2013 (UTC)


 * "Silence will fall" isn't a prophecy. Your description of it as a response to the prophecy is spot-on, but it is not itself a prophecy; at least no more than "I will come back tomorrow" or "I will make a sandwich for lunch" is. For the sake of general clarification, the original prophecy says that "on the fields of Trenzalore, at the fall of the eleventh, when no living creature may speak falsely or fail to answer, a question will be asked; a question that must never, ever be answered: Doctor Who?" Ensephylon ☎  03:20, July 2, 2013 (UTC)