When Steven Moffat made his latest Doctor Who contribution with "Silence in the Library," Who fans were blown away. Those same fans were nothing short of ecstatic when BBC announced that Moffat would be replacing Russel T. Davies as the show's head writer. Moffat's villains were always a good deal darker and more complex than those of the other writers. The Silence, in my opinion, is the pinnacle of that complexity.
The Silence is a group of mysterious beings who lead a religious order that seems to be bent on one thing: destroying the Doctor. Unlike the other villains of the show, however, the Silence actually have a very good reason for doing so. SPOILER ALERT: They have been occupants of earth for as long as humans, and yet no one remembers ever seeing them. That is because the Silence possess an uncanny ability to make everyone who sees them instantly forget about having done so. There could be one standing right behind you. You've already turned around, seen him, screamed, forgotten and gone back to reading this articles like nothing's ever happened.
