Doctor Who (TV Series)

Silence in the Library (2008)

Colin Salmon: Dr Moon

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] 

• [end theme music begins] 

  Professor River Song : I trust that man to the end of the Universe. And, actually, we've been.

  The Doctor : [to River Song]  Who *are* you?

  Dr. Moon : And then, you forgot.

  The Doctor : You just killed someone I like. That is not a safe place to stand!

  The Girl : Aah!

  The Doctor : This planet's going to crack like an egg.

  The Girl : Daddy! No! Daddy!

  Professor River Song : I hate you sometimes!

  The Doctor : [hurdling over bookcase]  I know!

  [an atmospheric disturbance in The Girl's home] 

  The Doctor : Don't play games with me.

  Strackman Lux : We need to stop this. We've got to save CAL!

  The Doctor : What is it, what is CAL?

  Professor River Song : Spoilers.

  The Doctor : Spoilers.

  The Girl : [panicked]  No, don't tell, you mustn't tell!

  [credits roll] 

• Dr. Moon : Now, listen. This is important. There's the real world and there's the world of nightmares. That's the way it is. You understand that?

  The Girl : Yes, I know, Dr. Moon.

  Dr. Moon : What I want you to remember is this, and I know it's hard. The real world is a lie and your nightmares are real. The Library is real. There are people trapped in there. People who need to be saved. The shadows are moving again. Those people are depending on you. Only you can save them. Only you.