<P> The Silence are a religious order in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who , represented by humanoids with alien - like physical characteristics . Executive producer Steven Moffat created the Silence , intending them to be scarier than past villains in Doctor Who . Though the phrase `` Silence will fall '' recurred throughout the 2010 series of Doctor Who , the Silence were not seen until the 2011 series ' opener `` The Impossible Astronaut '' . Their origins are eventually revealed in the 2013 special `` The Time of the Doctor '' . </P>
<P> The Silence are a religious order in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who , represented by humanoids with alien - like physical characteristics . Executive producer Steven Moffat created the Silence , intending them to be scarier than past villains in Doctor Who . Though the phrase `` Silence will fall '' recurred throughout the 2010 series of Doctor Who , the Silence were not seen until the 2011 series ' opener `` The Impossible Astronaut '' . Their origins are eventually revealed in the 2013 special `` The Time of the Doctor '' . </P>
when does the silence appear in doctor who
when does the silence appear in doctor who
the 2011 series ' opener `` The Impossible Astronaut ''
the 2011 series ' opener `` The Impossible Astronaut ''