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Their full origins are explained [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]]. The Silence were once members The Church of the Papal Mainframe, a ChurchMilitant group that existed in the 51st and 52nd century. However during the Siege of Trenzalore, it was discovered the Time Lords were at risk of returning and starting the Time War anew, should the Doctor answer the First Question by speaking his true name. The Mother Superious Tasha Lem, then made an unscheduled faith change and rechristened the church to "The Church of Silence", dedicated to the sole cause of preventing the Doctor from speaking his name, so that "silence will fall".

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Their full origins are explained [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]]. The Silence were once members The Church of the Papal Mainframe, a ChurchMilitant group that existed in the 51st and 52nd century. However during the Siege of Trenzalore, it was discovered the Time Lords were at risk of returning and starting the Time War anew, should the Doctor answer the First Question by speaking his true name. The Mother Superious Tasha Lem, then made an unscheduled faith change and rechristened the church to "The Church of Silence", dedicated to the sole cause of preventing the Doctor from speaking his name, so that "silence will fall".
fall". Despite this, she and the Church remained allies to the Doctor.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She programmed River [[spoiler: and her siblings]] so that they couldn't kill her. This may have been a miscalculation since, when they turn on her, in transpires that they can't kill her but they can imprison her and make her [[ColdBloodedTorture suffer]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In the third season of "The Diary of River Song" she's well and truly gone, determined to kill the Doctor no matter the cost and going so far as to attempt to kill the Fifth Doctor despite the fact it would cause reality to break AGAIN. River notes that even the Silents and the Headless Monks have [[EvenEvilHasStandards washed their hands of her]] for being too extreme.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: Her eventual fate in The Diary of River Song. After yet another scheme to kill the Doctor blows up in her face, [[spoiler: River persuades her 'sisters' (who Kovarian created from her DNA at Demon's Run) to turn on her for abusive callousness. Since she conditioned them all to be unable to kill her, they make do with locking her up the NightmarishNursery she'd kept them in and making her suffer as much as they can.]] It's suggested that they've [[spoiler: inherited Rory's patience and will eventually be able to overcome the conditioning by which time her death will be a mercy]].
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* BigGood: She led the Siege of Trenzalore’s defensive forces for centuries, keeping all of the Doctor’s enemies at bay.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: His punishment the Doctor instills on him is to tell his troops to "runaway", forever giving him the humiliating name of "Colonel Runaway"

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* TheDragon: He appears to rank below Madame Kovarian and helps her in commanding the Demons Run forces.
* EmbarrassingNickname: His punishment the Doctor instills on him is to tell his troops to "runaway", forever giving him the humiliating name of "Colonel Runaway"Runaway".
* HiddenDepths: He is surprisingly good at calming down the Headless Monks and ceasing the friendly fire that the Doctor tricked them into. Pity his efforts don't last for long, with the Doctor taking advantage of the disarmed soldiers to teleport in his personal army.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Tasha Lem is trying to stop the Time Lords from returning because she believes it would begin another Time War. When the Daleks show up, they confirm that she is completely right.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Tasha Lem is trying to stop refuses the Doctor's pleas on assisting the Time Lords from returning because she believes it Lords, believing that their return would begin bring about another Great Time War. When the Daleks show up, they confirm that she is completely right.



An enemy of the Doctor who seems to regard him as a threat to the rest of existence and will resort to any means to destroy him. She commands a legion of Clerics in her first appearance, and is later revealed to be part of the Order of the Silence.

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An enemy The leader of the Silence, or rather the Kovarian Chapter, which is a RenegadeSplinterFaction of the main organisation. Madame Kovarian is hellbent to kill the Doctor who seems to regard at all costs, seeing him as a threat the greatest enemy to the rest of existence and will resort to any means to destroy him. She commands a legion of Clerics in her first appearance, and is later revealed to be part of the Order of the Silence.existence.

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A religious order sprung off from the Papal Mainframe, who would have several encounters with the Eleventh Doctor. A RenegadeSplinterFaction known as the Kovarian Chapter sought to kill him before he reached the planet Trenzalore, in an attempt to prevent the Last Great Time War from resuming. What they didn't know was that their intervention was a StableTimeLoop, as their first attempt created the cracks in time that led him to the planet in the first place.

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A religious order sprung off from The Silence initially appeared to be a mysterious faction of strange creatures, known as Silents, who were scattered across the Earth and influenced humanity using their LaserGuidedAmnesia powers to instill post-hypnotic suggestion. For unknown reasons, the Silence desired the Doctor's Death and made several attempts to assassinate him.

Later it's revealed that the Silence were in fact led by a strange woman named Madame Kovarian, and were the masterminds of much of many of the problems the Eleventh Doctor faced. These include: the cracks in time caused by them blowing up the TARDIS, along with engineering the perfect assassin to kill the Doctor who turned out to be River Song.

Their full origins are explained [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]]. The Silence were once members The Church of
the Papal Mainframe, who would have several encounters with a ChurchMilitant group that existed in the Eleventh Doctor. A 51st and 52nd century. However during the Siege of Trenzalore, it was discovered the Time Lords were at risk of returning and starting the Time War anew, should the Doctor answer the First Question by speaking his true name. The Mother Superious Tasha Lem, then made an unscheduled faith change and rechristened the church to "The Church of Silence", dedicated to the sole cause of preventing the Doctor from speaking his name, so that "silence will fall".

The Kovarian Chapter were in fact a
RenegadeSplinterFaction known as from the Kovarian Chapter sought main Church, where they attempted to kill him before he reached the planet Trenzalore, in an attempt use time travel to prevent the Last Great Time War Eleventh Doctor from resuming.ever reaching Trenzalore. What they didn't know was that their intervention was a StableTimeLoop, as their first attempt created the cracks in time that led him to the planet in the first place.



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[[folder:Madame Kovarian]]
!!Madame Kovarian (Eleventh Doctor)
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-->''"Oh Doctor, fooling you once was a joy. But fooling you twice, in the same way? It's a '''privilege'''."''

An enemy of the Doctor who seems to regard him as a threat to the rest of existence and will resort to any means to destroy him. She commands a legion of Clerics in her first appearance, and is later revealed to be part of the Order of the Silence.

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[[folder:Madame Kovarian]]
!!Madame Kovarian
!!Tasha Lem (Eleventh Doctor)
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-->''"Oh Doctor, fooling you once was a joy. But fooling you twice, in the same way? It's a '''privilege'''."''

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The Mother Superious
of the Doctor who seems to regard him as a threat to the rest of existence and will resort to any means to destroy him. She commands a legion of Clerics in her first appearance, and is later revealed to be part of the Order of the Silence.Papal Mainframe.


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* AndIMustScream: The Doctor says that Tasha would die before revealing information. The Daleks inform him she did die. Several times. And she indicates she died screaming for the Doctor.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Maybe "like" is a better term here, but despite their somewhat adversarial relationship, Tasha Lem still takes time to... keep the Doctor supplied with marshmallows.
* BelligerentSexualTension: The Doctor and Tasha Lem are hinted to have been involved at some point in their pasts, and those feelings haven't exactly vanished.
* {{Expy}}: Tasha Lem, for River Song. Apart from being Mother Superious and being converted into a Dalek puppet, pretty much every line of her dialogue could easily have been spoken by River. She can even fly the TARDIS. This has led to some speculation regarding who Tasha Lem is, or whether she was a straight-out replacement character for River, maybe due to Alex Kingston being unavailable; Steven Moffat is on record as saying he wanted River to appear alongside Amy and Rory during the regeneration, at least, but Kingston was not available.
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* HandBlast: Once Tasha is turned into a Dalek puppet, she has a gunstick in her hand and fries three Daleks with it.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Tasha starts out as (presumably) a human and an ally of the Doctor, then gets converted into a Dalek agent, but is swiftly converted back to the side of right by the Doctor, at which point the door appears to stop revolving with Tasha a Face again, even though she's technically now a Dalek Puppet.
* KilledOffscreen: Was murdered and resurrected several times over by the Daleks, and according to ''The Wintertime Paradox'', died after delivering Clara to Trenzalore for the final time.
* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:She becomes the Dalek Puppet variety]].
* MeaningfulName: (Na)Tasha is a Russian name traditionally given to girls born on or near Christmas Day. It is an appropriate name for a character appearing in a Christmas Episode set largely in a town named "Christmas".
* NewOldFlame: Tasha Lem has had intimate relations with the Doctor in the past.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Tasha Lem's conversion of the Papal Mainframe into the Order of the Silence basically gave rise to all the problems the Eleventh Doctor was facing for most of Series 5-6. Although considering its results (i.e. the Kovarian faction engineering the very cracks through which Gallifrey was able to contact the Doctor and grant him his new regeneration cycle, and the existence of River Song), it was Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! as well.
* NoodleIncident: She and a previous incarnation of the Doctor have been in a relationship before (she initially assumes Eleven is wearing a new body), and she knows how to fly the TARDIS.
* PutOnABus: Tasha vanishes from the narrative after returning Clara to be with the soon-to-die aged Doctor. She is not seen, nor referenced again, even after the Daleks are destroyed.
* RasputinianDeath: Implied to have suffered a lengthy death after the initial defeat by the Daleks.
* Really700YearsOld: According to the Doctor, Tasha Lem is "against" aging.
* RevenantZombie: PlayedWith. After she's [[spoiler:turned into a Dalek puppet and ManchurianAgent]], her personality eventually breaks through the programming for a time with some aid from the Doctor, effectively making her have shades of this because of [[spoiler:what Daleks puppets are]], until the programming reasserts itself.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Tasha Lem has some odd similarities with previous ''Doctor Who'' recurring character River Song: 1) Was/is in a relationship with the Doctor. 2) One of the few people who knows how to fly the TARDIS other than the Doctor. 3) Mentioned to have had psychopathic tendencies for her entire life. It's lampshaded by the fact that River is mentioned by name and the Doctor compares Tasha to her.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Tasha Lem is too strong-willed to be converted into a Dalek, just like Oswin Oswald.
* UnevenHybrid: According to Orla Brady, Steven Moffat told her Tasha is mostly human with some alien ancestry.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Tasha Lem is trying to stop the Time Lords from returning because she believes it would begin another Time War. When the Daleks show up, they confirm that she is completely right.
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[[folder:Madame Kovarian]]
!!Madame Kovarian (Eleventh Doctor)
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-->''"Oh Doctor, fooling you once was a joy. But fooling you twice, in the same way? It's a '''privilege'''."''

An enemy of the Doctor who seems to regard him as a threat to the rest of existence and will resort to any means to destroy him. She commands a legion of Clerics in her first appearance, and is later revealed to be part of the Order of the Silence.
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* CatchPhrase: '''Silence will fall'''; almost serves as the ArcWords.


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* SharePhrase: '''Silence will fall'''; almost serves as the ArcWords.
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* EpicFail: Their assassin River Song not only rebels, but almost ''destroys the universe'' trying to prevent the designed victim's death. And that's not to mention their entire campaign given that StableTimeLoop thing...

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* EpicFail: Their assassin River Song not only rebels, but almost ''destroys the universe'' trying to prevent the designed designated victim's death. And that's not to mention their entire campaign given that StableTimeLoop thing...
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* EpicFail: Their assassin River Song not only rebels, but almost ''destroys the universe'' trying to prevent the designed victim's death. And that's not to mention that StableTimeLoop thing...

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* EpicFail: Their assassin River Song not only rebels, but almost ''destroys the universe'' trying to prevent the designed victim's death. And that's not to mention their entire campaign given that StableTimeLoop thing...
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* ChurchMilitant: Like the Papal Mainframe, they are a religious organisation]], yet make heavy use of soldiers and have a conventional military hierarchy.

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* ChurchMilitant: Like the Papal Mainframe, they are a religious organisation]], organisation, yet make heavy use of soldiers and have a conventional military hierarchy.
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* ChurchMilitant: Part of a [[ReligionOfEvil religious organisation]], "the Order of the Silence". [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]].

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* ChurchMilitant: Part of Like the Papal Mainframe, they are a [[ReligionOfEvil religious organisation]], "the Order yet make heavy use of the Silence". [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]].soldiers and have a conventional military hierarchy.
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A [[ReligionOfEvil religious order]] and RenegadeSplinterFaction of the Papal Mainframe who caused trouble for the Eleventh Doctor. Their goal was to kill him before he reached the planet Trenzalore, in an attempt to prevent the Last Great Time War from resuming. What they didn't know was that their intervention was a StableTimeLoop, as their first attempt created the cracks in time that led him to the planet in the first place.

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A [[ReligionOfEvil religious order]] and order sprung off from the Papal Mainframe, who would have several encounters with the Eleventh Doctor. A RenegadeSplinterFaction of known as the Papal Mainframe who caused trouble for the Eleventh Doctor. Their goal was Kovarian Chapter sought to kill him before he reached the planet Trenzalore, in an attempt to prevent the Last Great Time War from resuming. What they didn't know was that their intervention was a StableTimeLoop, as their first attempt created the cracks in time that led him to the planet in the first place.
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A [[ReligionOfEvil religious order]] and RenegadeSplinterFaction of the Papal Mainframe who caused trouble for the Eleventh Doctor. Their goal was to kill him before he reached the planet Trenzalore, in an attempt to prevent the Last Great Time War from resuming. What they didn't know was that their intervention was a StableTimeLoop, as their first attempt created the cracks in time they were so concerned about.

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A [[ReligionOfEvil religious order]] and RenegadeSplinterFaction of the Papal Mainframe who caused trouble for the Eleventh Doctor. Their goal was to kill him before he reached the planet Trenzalore, in an attempt to prevent the Last Great Time War from resuming. What they didn't know was that their intervention was a StableTimeLoop, as their first attempt created the cracks in time they were so concerned about.
that led him to the planet in the first place.

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