Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead ★★★★★

Chilling two-part introduction to the enigmatic River Song (Alex Kingston)

Published: Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 3:48 pm

Story 195
Series 4 – Episodes 8 & 9

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First UK transmission
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Saturday 31 May 2008
Saturday 7 June 2008

Cast

The Doctor – David Tennant

Donna Noble – Catherine Tate

Professor River Song – Alex Kingston

Dr Moon – Colin Salmon

The Girl – Eve Newton

Dad – Mark Dexter

Node 1 – Sarah Niles

Node 2 – Joshua Dallas

Anita – Jessika Williams

Strackman Lux – Steve Pemberton

Miss Evangelista – Talulah Riley

Other Dave – O-T Fagbenle

Proper Dave – Harry Peacock

Lee – Jason Pitt

Ella – Eloise Rakic-Platt

Joshua – Alex Midwood

Man – Jonathan Reuben

Crew

Writer – Steven Moffat

Director – Euros Lyn

Producer – Phil Collinson

Designer – Edward Thomas

Music – Murray Gold

Executive producers – Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner

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Reams of brilliant ideas dovetail here: a library planet; data ghosts; flesh-eating shadows called Vashta Nerada; a child’s virtual-reality world that has “saved” people digitally; the need to resist spoilers… Plus, the Doctor is startled by Professor River Song (Alex Kingston), a future love he has yet to meet but who knows a good deal about him, including his real name.

Authors

Patrick Mulkern wears a blue shirt, is smiling and looking at the camera

Patrick Mulkern

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