I was stunned when I saw this the other day as I used to visit that actual library to study and borrow books. It wasn't until I saw the front doors (which aren't shown in the show) that I suddenly realised I'd been there!! Loads of times too at the end of the 1980s when I was in education there. My favourite Tenth Doctor episode and I'd been to the library itself! I'm so thrilled ❤😊❤
Wait I never realised!! They were in the biographies section, and at the end they leave Rivers book there. A book that is basically a biography of her and the doctors lives together.
Oh man. I remember when Donna was brought on board and was like "ugh great a comedy companion" because I didn't like her Christmas(?) episode much but then she ended up having some of the saddest moments in all of Who. Catherine's a fantastic actress.
Every day in the future where people are still reading from books, papers and magazines gives me hope that some of the old ways will never be lost to time and technology. Not to mention this story is with the same incarnation of the Doctor that said books are the best weapon in the universe, from Tooth and Claw.
... and so how SAD is it to hear Davies gleefully tell the tale of a REAL library’s closure and likely destruction working conveniently into the shooting schedule of his television show..... SQUEEEeee.....🙄
@@Rufudufus "The library was closed on November 6th 2007 and the city’s central library is now by the waterfront in the Civic Centre. Swansea Metropolitan University bought the building and with funding from the EU gave it a £9.69 million renovation, almost £5 million over the budget, in 2015. A glass, Louvre-like, wing was also added on its right hand side, which is now the main entrance where students can often be seen sitting on the steps. It is now the Swansea College of Art of UWTSD." FOGO'S FREE TOURS The library has been "saved"...... 😉😉
@@greengardener517 I used to go to that library between 1987 and 1990 when I was in education in Swansea. At the time of filming this episode the building was completely empty. Even the books were removed from the empty building and the set designers had to create all the books again instead of being able to use the original ones that were there because they were removed from the empty library
I did know that it was filmed in the old Swansea Library because I used to go there and I loved that round room with lots of wood and the domed glass ceiling. The "new library" is in a modern building that's part of the civic centre and so much bigger, but is now also going to move somewhere!
My husband used to work nights when I started watching Doctor Who. I was home alone when i watched this the first time, late late at night. I was full of regrets 😂😂😂 but really it's one of the best episodes out there.
There's honestly no replacement for a good physical hard copy of a book. I can fully believe that in the far future billions of years from now there will still be libraries filled with dusty old books and the smell of ever so slowly oxidizing paper.
Lucky enough to be walking distance from local library, heated ramp and stairs for freezing Michigan days, walking in the smell of books greet you, and back in nonfiction Glass Floors to help keep the darkness at bay 📚📚🌌
It was taken over by one of the local universities and is still in use. The main library moved to the civic centre on the foreshore with some amazing views of Swansea bay.
I love books, and the smell of a proper, old-fashioned, library - the wood, the polish, with that underlying slight old-book smell. Having said that, you can't beat the smell of a new book. Great episode, but then there wasn't a bad episode in 10's tenure.
My local library has a plaque in the entrance way that talks about renovations done in the 80's. They list a bunch of people who made the renovation possible. One of the names I'd Doctor David M Tennat. I took a picture of it after I saw Silence in the library.
Honestly storing data in physical form is the safest way to preserve it. With so much technology anyone could hack into any database and delete everything in a blink. To destroy a book you need to be there close enough to do physical damage, which would be just as bad if you had a computer where data was stored. You lose a vulnerability to losing information by keeping books around.
I always prefer reading real books, digital books just isn't the same. Besides, being hit in the head falling asleep reading in bed will always be great memories and bloody funny XD
@@apureandhonestidiot I was lying in bed with the book in my hands, so my grip slackened each time I'd fall asleep. Hence the book hitting any part of my head.
"The library was closed on November 6th 2007 and the city’s central library is now by the waterfront in the Civic Centre. Swansea Metropolitan University bought the building and with funding from the EU gave it a £9.69 million renovation, almost £5 million over the budget, in 2015. A glass, Louvre-like, wing was also added on its right hand side, which is now the main entrance where students can often be seen sitting on the steps. It is now the Swansea College of Art of UWTSD." FOGO'S FREE TOURS
I always thought of this as quite apocalyptic too. In a world where civilisation isn’t working together, power and electricity would be almost impossible to manage and so computers and technology would become useless.
So now public libraries, full of agreed upon knowledge and free to all information, are gone. Replaced by a resource where information is governed by algorithms and private companies... Interesting...
@@pikaparty4935which means shit all though? Most religious texts are very sexual (Bible, Quran, Torah). Many biographies are sexual. Why aren't they banned? I heard they banned 'to kill a mockingbird', how was that sexual? Also what constitutes sexual? What about rape. Is that sexual? Should we keep the kids in the dark about evils of society? Why isn't James bond banned for that matter 😂 he is the most sexual being ever? There's a long list of harmless things that are disgustingly sexual and completely melded in society. Why do we need to see that? Also I have no horse in that game, so pls don't assume my leanings or nationality 😂
I like the doctors themselves. The top 3 are Jon Pertwee, a big 6'3" velvet green wearing perfect beautiful mother. Sylvester McCoy kept bending over getting into vans and hanging upside down. Patrick troughton was in slow mo away from the camera and playing his own evil twin with swept back hair. They're some beautiful beautiful beautiful older men.
@@misfitmuggle Maybe, just maybe, they were referencing River's little book of spoilers, where she heroically "dies" at the end? Personally, I'd like it if people learnt to finish their sentences with a full stop but I don't tend to get my knickers in a knot over it.
How the F does this guy write brilliance like this and then go on to write the single worst sorry arch’s and characters in Dr Who’s History years later . Goddamn Crime
I was stunned when I saw this the other day as I used to visit that actual library to study and borrow books. It wasn't until I saw the front doors (which aren't shown in the show) that I suddenly realised I'd been there!! Loads of times too at the end of the 1980s when I was in education there. My favourite Tenth Doctor episode and I'd been to the library itself! I'm so thrilled ❤😊❤
That’s awesome 😄
That's soooo cool
when did it close down? do you know?
I don’t get why it gets hate it is perfect and great Moffat writing.
Moffat demonstrated how fluid time could be in Doctor Who
I think this building is now part of uwstd or the bbc as well
Wait I never realised!! They were in the biographies section, and at the end they leave Rivers book there. A book that is basically a biography of her and the doctors lives together.
Oh wow, that's a brilliant catch.
Awww 🥺
the part where Donna misses her digital husband by moments is one of the most heartbreaking moments in all of her story arc
Oh yeah. Makes me so sad. 😓💔
Oh man. I remember when Donna was brought on board and was like "ugh great a comedy companion" because I didn't like her Christmas(?) episode much but then she ended up having some of the saddest moments in all of Who. Catherine's a fantastic actress.
It doesn’t exist in *every* shadow, but it can exist in *any* shadow… Gave me chills, that did!
Count the shadows.
Hey, who turned off the lights?
@@dresdendiary2037 I got shivers hearing that again.
@@dresdendiary2037 hey, who turned out the lights?!
@@DestruoTheWithered hey, who turned out the lights?
Donna noble has been saved
Donna Noble has left the library.
No one says saved, they say safe!
Donna missing out on her stammering bloke will never not break my heart
@@CloudslnMyCoffee SAME. that was devastating.
@@CloudslnMyCoffee and after the finale she wouldn't even remember that guy
This is one of my favorite Tennant episode. I'm a former librarian, so it holds a very special place in my heart.
Every day in the future where people are still reading from books, papers and magazines gives me hope that some of the old ways will never be lost to time and technology.
Not to mention this story is with the same incarnation of the Doctor that said books are the best weapon in the universe, from Tooth and Claw.
... and so how SAD is it to hear Davies gleefully tell the tale of a REAL library’s closure and likely destruction working conveniently into the shooting schedule of his television show..... SQUEEEeee.....🙄
@@Rufudufus "The library was closed on November 6th 2007 and the city’s central library is now by the waterfront in the Civic Centre. Swansea Metropolitan University bought the building and with funding from the EU gave it a £9.69 million renovation, almost £5 million over the budget, in 2015. A glass, Louvre-like, wing was also added on its right hand side, which is now the main entrance where students can often be seen sitting on the steps. It is now the Swansea College of Art of UWTSD."
FOGO'S FREE TOURS
The library has been "saved"...... 😉😉
Yes! I absolutely love that quote and am wholeheartedly a booklover. So glad the library was 'saved'
The library you show at the end is actually the Reading Room at UWTSD Swansea. Still very much in use. No plans to pull it down or sell it.
sources?
@williandalsoto806 going on a limb here but I assume they live there.
It's apparently changed ownership since I used to go there and was empty at the time of filming this 😊
@@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars No, it's been an art college since 1887.
@@greengardener517 I used to go to that library between 1987 and 1990 when I was in education in Swansea. At the time of filming this episode the building was completely empty. Even the books were removed from the empty building and the set designers had to create all the books again instead of being able to use the original ones that were there because they were removed from the empty library
I can remember volunteering in the Oxfam Book shop in Swansea at the time and they wanted as many second hand books as they could get for the filming.
I did know that it was filmed in the old Swansea Library because I used to go there and I loved that round room with lots of wood and the domed glass ceiling. The "new library" is in a modern building that's part of the civic centre and so much bigger, but is now also going to move somewhere!
What happened to the old building? Was it demolished?
@@ismayb754 if i've got the right building its now an art school, and a bbc media building
My favorite episode, but it also gave me nightmares 😅
My husband used to work nights when I started watching Doctor Who. I was home alone when i watched this the first time, late late at night. I was full of regrets 😂😂😂 but really it's one of the best episodes out there.
David is so great, smart. I love him. He is a real treasure to humanity.
tennant so sweet as always
Is every room without books an unused library?
Gotta say, love River Song!
There are no trees in a library. - Even the Doctor sometimes can't see the forest for the trees.
Beautiful.
New vegas old world blues reminded me so much of silence in the library
The Scottish for "book" kills me. 😂
i loved that library it was just so gorgeous
Awesome!
"Hey, who turned out the lights?"
Used to scare me when I was little and first seeing it lol
Right after "are you my mummy?"
Eeek!
Much Love From Australia
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There's honestly no replacement for a good physical hard copy of a book. I can fully believe that in the far future billions of years from now there will still be libraries filled with dusty old books and the smell of ever so slowly oxidizing paper.
1 of my favorite stories with David!
The library is literally my favorite 2 episodes of the entire series
Nothing beats a physical book. The pages make it so much easier to get immersed in the story and world.❤
Love this episode!
Here’s to hoping to see more of Swansea in Doctor Who again with the new era. As Swansea’s finest is back in the Hotseat and running the show again ❤
Hearing it said even back then, that books are old fashioned, kills the soul of this bookworm (me).
Lucky enough to be walking distance from local library, heated ramp and stairs for freezing Michigan days, walking in the smell of books greet you, and back in nonfiction Glass Floors to help keep the darkness at bay 📚📚🌌
The empty library was just an empty forgotten TARDIS, left here to fulfill the paradox of making this episode
One of the best ever episodes Silence in the Library, and Forests of the Dead. Dreamy
“We lost a few cameramen in the shadows while filming though.”
Good to see Matthew Bellamy talking about books.
Two of my favorite episodes. It’s pretty cool they were filmed in a real library.
Literally one of my favorite episodes. Gave me nightmares when I was a kid though
It makes me sad for the people of Swansea who lost such a great library. What did they build there in its place?
It was taken over by one of the local universities and is still in use. The main library moved to the civic centre on the foreshore with some amazing views of Swansea bay.
An empty library… that makes me very sad. The library I grew up with was a tiny branch in walking distance. I still haven’t gotten over it closing 😞.
I love books, and the smell of a proper, old-fashioned, library - the wood, the polish, with that underlying slight old-book smell. Having said that, you can't beat the smell of a new book. Great episode, but then there wasn't a bad episode in 10's tenure.
David Tennant sounds like he's blagging an English essay!
It's full of books BOOKSSSSSSSS
Vashta Nerada... So beautiful, this episode.
My local library has a plaque in the entrance way that talks about renovations done in the 80's. They list a bunch of people who made the renovation possible. One of the names I'd Doctor David M Tennat. I took a picture of it after I saw Silence in the library.
David Tennant the best Doctor ever!
indeed
@@FreeTheDonbas he's not your mirror darling.
Never stepped into a shadow with the same amount of confidence ever again 😂
I always thought it was a super detailled set they built just for that 2 parter
I love books!
I actually didn't know that! Very cool.
Don’t you think it’s weird that Doctor Who filmed in a library that had NO Salmon?
No salmon.??
Colin Salmon?
Huh?
Honestly storing data in physical form is the safest way to preserve it. With so much technology anyone could hack into any database and delete everything in a blink. To destroy a book you need to be there close enough to do physical damage, which would be just as bad if you had a computer where data was stored. You lose a vulnerability to losing information by keeping books around.
David Tennant is my favorite doctor
This was soooo cool
Nothing will ever replace the lovely smell of a book. Especially an old book.
You know about the mushrooms, right?
DONNA NOBLE HAS LEFT THE LIBRARY
DONNA NOBLE IS SAFE
That's so freaking cool
They better not have pulled down that building.
"They don't exist in any kind of digital form."
*shows the Doctor a kindle*
"What? What?! ...WHAT?!"
He made a bit of a mistake because there were digital simulated copies for the girl. No digital versions for visitors though.
I LOVE DAVID TENNET ♥️ ❤️ 💙 😍
Moffat and RTD have been emailing for over a year he helped with some villains
My favorite Doctor
Wouldn't it be something if the fourteenth Doctor spoke with Mr. Tennant's natural voice and Scottish accent?
an empty library? That's heart breaking. Not as much as season 2 of Good Omens but still...
Wait... does that mean there is a building just sitting, full of books, that no one uses??
The books are antiquated form of information that can never be replicated nor replaced.
I always prefer reading real books, digital books just isn't the same. Besides, being hit in the head falling asleep reading in bed will always be great memories and bloody funny XD
Why were you hit in the head?
@@apureandhonestidiot I was lying in bed with the book in my hands, so my grip slackened each time I'd fall asleep. Hence the book hitting any part of my head.
@@goaway2803 If you read a book digitally then you probably do it on a mobile or an E-Book which will also fall on your head.
Yup, real books are wonderful! Digital books are devilishly tricky to display on a shelf.
When i saw this episode i wonder how they replaced each book to sustain the information as books rot overtime.
I got to see the tardis when they were filming at Swansea University. My dad worked there.
Such a beautiful building. Such a shame it couldn't be refurbished, rather than demolished.
"The library was closed on November 6th 2007 and the city’s central library is now by the waterfront in the Civic Centre. Swansea Metropolitan University bought the building and with funding from the EU gave it a £9.69 million renovation, almost £5 million over the budget, in 2015. A glass, Louvre-like, wing was also added on its right hand side, which is now the main entrance where students can often be seen sitting on the steps. It is now the Swansea College of Art of UWTSD."
FOGO'S FREE TOURS
I always thought of this as quite apocalyptic too. In a world where civilisation isn’t working together, power and electricity would be almost impossible to manage and so computers and technology would become useless.
I wonder if the library has The railway series... Been meaning to get caught up on the adventures of Thomas the tank engine
I miss these episodes. each episode was great especially with Tennant as a teacher
First episode with river
I like books 📚
That Library is kind a like my idea of heaven! Damn Vasta Nerada.
I hope it wasn't pulled down.
What happened to the old library? And the building?
This is why doctor who should be praised ❤
Along with "Midnight," "Silence In the Library" is one of David's ultimate Dr. Who episodes...
It doesn't do wood...
So now public libraries, full of agreed upon knowledge and free to all information, are gone. Replaced by a resource where information is governed by algorithms and private companies... Interesting...
A will, will find it's way
The vashda navada are annoying
I've always preferred physical media, I still buy vinyl.
Source?
I find it so weird people are banning books. Like really, maths next?
aren’t they just trying to ban the sexual books for kids?
@@pikaparty4935which means shit all though? Most religious texts are very sexual (Bible, Quran, Torah). Many biographies are sexual. Why aren't they banned? I heard they banned 'to kill a mockingbird', how was that sexual? Also what constitutes sexual? What about rape. Is that sexual? Should we keep the kids in the dark about evils of society? Why isn't James bond banned for that matter 😂 he is the most sexual being ever? There's a long list of harmless things that are disgustingly sexual and completely melded in society. Why do we need to see that?
Also I have no horse in that game, so pls don't assume my leanings or nationality 😂
@@pikaparty4935no.
It was filmed in my local library just after it closed. It's student flats now.
Question for everyone favourite series of doctor who even specials truthfully?
Classic series 8 maby
I like the doctors themselves. The top 3 are Jon Pertwee, a big 6'3" velvet green wearing perfect beautiful mother. Sylvester McCoy kept bending over getting into vans and hanging upside down. Patrick troughton was in slow mo away from the camera and playing his own evil twin with swept back hair. They're some beautiful beautiful beautiful older men.
@@Dr.Who-is-awsome Season* 8, and you don’t need the first word.
Nuwho series 5&9. Best ones ever. And no I can't pick between the two of them.
The problem with biographies is that the hero always dies! 😮
I think you mean protagonist. There's a world of difference between a hero and a protagonist, and it's time that the world learned it for the better
@@misfitmuggle Maybe, just maybe, they were referencing River's little book of spoilers, where she heroically "dies" at the end? Personally, I'd like it if people learnt to finish their sentences with a full stop but I don't tend to get my knickers in a knot over it.
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Yes, because I watched _Doctor Who Confidential_ in 2008.
I thought you were satan from that one show where holy water doesn’t harm him
Actors usually have multiple roles 😘
How the F does this guy write brilliance like this and then go on to write the single worst sorry arch’s and characters in Dr Who’s History years later . Goddamn Crime
All books are overrated there is no knowledge in the world that's a lie don't let them tell you lies
I hope for the worlds sake that is sarcasm
Sounds about right, coming from David ‘What is this Instaspacebook nonsense anyway?!’ Tennant.