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"Doctor Who star Matt Smith has suggested that The Silence are among the show&amp;#039;s greatest monsters. Smith admitted that he is frightened of the aliens, who have the power to erase themselves from the memories of anyone who sees them. &amp;quot;They are the best monsters since the Weeping Angels - they are certainly some of the scariest. What is wonderful is that they toy with your psyche. They mess with what you know and don&amp;#039;t know and what you can and can&amp;#039;t remember - they can influence your mind,&amp;quot; Smith said in an interview quoted by PA. &amp;quot;They look horrendous and are really mean. So if you&amp;#039;re under the age of 10, a good sofa to hide behind is essential. That&amp;#039;s what Doctor Who should be about: &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t want to watch this, but also I do&amp;#039;!&amp;quot; The Silence first appeared on screen in the two-part series six opener &amp;#039;The Impossible Astronaut&amp;#039;/&amp;#039;Day of the Moon&amp;#039; and returned for another showdown with The Doctor and his companions in the finale &amp;#039;The Wedding of River Song&amp;#039;. Smith&amp;#039;s co-star Arthur Darvill also recently singled out The Silence as his favorite Doctor Who monsters, describing them as a &amp;quot;brilliant creation&amp;quot;. Last week, Smith denied rumors that he plans to leave Doctor Who after filming the sci-fi show&amp;#039;s upcoming seventh series. Doctor Who returns for a holiday special on Christmas Day on BBC One in the UK and will likely air on the same day in the US on BBC America. &amp;gt; Doctor Who named scariest TV show of all time: Your Top 10 revealed &amp;gt; Doctor Who star Elisabeth Sladen&amp;#039;s posthumous memoir to be released Watch Digital Spy become a monster at the Doctor Who Experience below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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