Doctor Who (TV Series)

Silence in the Library (2008)

Mark Dexter: Dad

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Dr. Moon : Close your eyes and tell me what you see.

  The Girl : [fade in to POV of drifting outside and above]  The Library.

  [the Girl looks down, sees herself suspended in the air, drifting above The Library] 

  Dr. Moon : Open your eyes again. Where are you now.

  The Girl : [as if this is obvious]  My living room, Dr. Moon.

  Dr. Moon : When you close your eyes...?

  The Girl : [finishing]  I go to The Library.

  Dr. Moon : [we see Dad seated behind Dr. Moon's right, concerned]  Go to The Library now.

  [the Girl closes her eyes again, and this time she's drifting down into a large, open-topped room of The Library] 

  Dr. Moon : Are you back there?

  The Girl : Yes.

  Dr. Moon : The same part?

  The Girl : No, it's always different. The Library goes on forever.

  Dr. Moon : How do you move around?

  The Girl : [she touches down and looks up adoringly at the books on the shelves]  By wishing.

  [Suddenly there's frantic pounding on the door to the room. Startled, she turns around as the doors shake to the pounding they receive from outside] 

  Dr. Moon : [in the living room]  What's wrong?

  The Girl : [eyes tightly closed, distressed]  Something's here! Someone's got in! No one is supposed to get in!

  Dad : She's never mentioned anyone else. She's always been alone.

  The Girl : Someone's in my library! No, no, please, it's not allowed! It's not allowed!

  Dr. Moon : Listen to me: The Library is in your mind.

  The Girl : I *know* it's in my mind, but something's got inside!

  The Doctor : [More pounding and shaking, then, with a mighty kick, Donna Noble and the Doctor barge in. They quickly close the door and the Doctor bars it with a book through the handles. Leaning against the door and relaxing briefly, they notice they're not alone]  Oh! Hello! Sorry to burst in on you like this. Okay if we stop here for a bit?

  The Girl : [gasps and her eyes fly open]