New Who Countdown: Number 3

"Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead"
Series: 4
Doctor: David Tennant
Companions: Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), River Song (Alex Kingston)
Writer: Steven Moffat

I said it earlier in the week, but series four was an all-around strong season.  There may even be a series four episode left on my countdown (as River Song would say, "Spoilers.").  "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" is so high on my list for a number of reasons.

1.  River Song's debut on the series.  She is very charismatic and even a little heartbreaking as a woman from the Doctor's future.  I am sure Steven Moffat had some sort of idea how important she would become to the Eleventh Doctor, but her importance should not be discounted in the only episodes she appears with David Tennant.  They work wonderfully as a team and when the clasp hands and run, it just feels right.  However, her realization that the Doctor knew the entire time he was to be with her in the future, how she was going to die, was astonishingly sad and, in some ways, it cheapens the relationship that they have later on in the run.  Her voice over epilogue is fantastic.

2.  Vashta Nerada - a horrifying new enemy that you cannot possibly beat.  You can only try to outrun them.



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