Forum:Pretence at the beginning of Day of the Moon

I think I might be missing something ... why did the TARDIS crew have to go through that whole pretence thing at the beginning of Day of the Moon anyway? --Ima Wiz Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 19:30, April 30, 2011 (UTC)

I suspect it was a handwave for a flashy start to the story, but I can come up with an explanation: the Doctor needed a survey made to see if the Silence were actually around in goodly numbers,  so he sent out River, Amy and Rory. But the Silence knew he was after them, so Canton pretended to chase them until it was time to reel them in. Yep, it's thin.... but you're supposed to be thinkng about them being shot, not why.Boblipton 17:47, May 6, 2011 (UTC)