Silence in the Library

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"Silence in the Library" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 May 2008 and is the first of a two-part story; the second part, "Forest of the Dead", aired on 7 June. The two episodes make up the second two-parter Steven Moffat contributed to the series after "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" from the first series. It is also the final story Moffat wrote until he replaced Russell T Davies as head writer and showrunner starting from the fifth series in 2010. In the episode, River Song (Alex Kingston), an archaeologist, summons alien time traveller the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) to a planet-sized library in the 51st century, where thousands of visitors disappeared without a trace 100 years earlier when the library was shut off. The episode marks the first appearance of Alex Kingston as River Song, a role she would reprise in the next three series. "Silence in the Library" was...

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