Howling:Was there "Silence" in the Hospital in the Power of Three?

When Rory's dad goes to get something from the medical or service room, there is a noted lack of sound and people. Brian actually stops and notices it, and there seemed to be a distinct sound effect and then a noted absence of anything besides Brian. It's just a thought. Also, this is the first time I've used a wiki, I hope I don't erase anything. Vohn exel ☎  12:47, September 24, 2012 (UTC)Vohn_Exel

There was certainly small-s silence. Ominous silence, at that. Was it related to the capital-S Silence? Far too soon to tell. However, that is the kind of very ambiguous "hint" that Moffat might include in an episode & link back to later. In order to keep such things ambiguous, of course, he has to ensure that most of them aren't related to anything else -- which is why it's far too soon to tell.

Just the same, it's a good thought & well worth bearing in mind for later. --89.242.70.202talk to me 13:38, September 24, 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I just think it could be an example of him throwing it in there the way he did with the Silent that was on board the TARDIS in Series 5. Like you say, it might not be, but I figured it was worth discussing, lol. Vohn exel ☎  14:35, October 7, 2012 (UTC)Vohn Exel


 * What Silent on board the TARDIS in series 5? Shambala108 ☎  15:35, October 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * The one several people are convinced Amy saw in but the audience didn't see. The idea is that she looked as if something strange was going on, so it must have been a Silent. According to this theory, Amy's odd expression couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that she was alone in a malfunctioning TARDIS & attempting to control it by getting instructions from the Doctor over the phone. As far a I can see, there's just as much evidence for a Silent in the TARDIS in An Unearthly Child as there is for one in The Lodger. (I was 89 a while ago but I seem to be 92, just now.) --92.16.1.32talk to me 20:23, October 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * OK thanks. I've heard that one before, but the OP makes it sound official. Have there been any sources confirming it? Shambala108 ☎  21:09, October 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * To the best of my knowledge, there are no official sources that confirm it either as fact or as possibility. As far as I can tell, it's one of those theories that's believed by those desperate to believe it & their main argument is that nobody can actually prove that Amy didn't see a Silent. (I was 92, earlier, I'm usually 89 but I'm 2, this time!) --2.101.56.10talk to me 21:45, October 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * 92/89, of course there was no Silent in An Unearthly Child. It was in The Edge of Destruction. Right after Susan threatens Barbara with the scissors, she looks offscreen, and then she looks back, completely flustered. After Barbara takes advantage of her state to disarm her, Susan says, "I never noticed the shadows before. It's so silent in the ship." And then they have a conversation about whether anyone could infiltrate the ship. Of course Moffat claims that he was only two years old at the time, and therefore couldn't have influenced the script, but we all know that Moffat lies. --70.36.140.233talk to me 07:02, October 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * There's no evidence there wasn't a Silent in the TARDIS during An Unearthly Child... OK, OK, I can't keep a straight face any longer (even if you can't see my expression). I don't mind people saying there might have been a Silent in the TARDIS during The Lodger. I do mind people trying to deceive others into thinking it's an established fact that there was one. That is an outright falsehood. It could, if Moffat & company so decide, be retroactively established (by something in a future episode) but it certainly hasn't been established yet. Trying to con others into thinking it has been established is deliberate deception & that's just plain wrong.


 * I know Moffat lies about what's going to be in future episodes but that's slightly different -- most of the time, anyway. He gets rather too close to the unacceptable sometimes, especially when "I'm not going to tell you" would keep the secret equally well.


 * As I said in response to Vohn exe's original post about the scene in the hospital corridor, "it's far too soon to tell" but "worth bearing in mind for later". The same is true of the possible Silent in the TARDIS. There's a huge difference however between "worth bearing in mind for later" & "worth swallowing hook, line & sinker right now"! -- the difference, in fact, between intelligent open-mindedness & idiotic gullibility.


 * In relation to a TV show, it's not especially important in its consequences. Carried over into the real world, as habits of thought tend to be, it's the difference between "innocent until proved guilty" & lynching someone on the basis of an accusation alone. The failure to demand actual evidence -- good evidence, strong evidence -- before believing something has done vast damage in the past & is still doing damage now. The mind that's thinking about a Silent in the TARDIS is the same mind that may have to think about "So-and-so was seen talking to a little girl, so he's a child molester" or "So-and-so is a Jew, so he's an enemy of the Master Race". If it won't think about one proposition sensibly, it can't be trusted to think about the others sensibly, either. --2.96.17.194talk to me 11:58, October 8, 2012 (UTC)