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$\"\"$ The big question raised by yesterday\u2019s episode of Doctor Who<\/a>, \u201cLet\u2019s Kill Hitler,\u201d<\/a> is\u2026what is the question? The Silence<\/a>, we have been told, are a religious order trying to answer the oldest question in the universe, believing that once they do, \u201csilence will fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

The big discussions among Doctor Who fans for the near future will be \u201cWhat is the oldest question in the universe?\u201d and \u201cWhat does \u2018Silence will fall\u2019 mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

All I will say for now is that I hope that the oldest question in the universe is not one the answer to which is \u201c42\u201d and I hope that \u201cSilence will fall\u201d doesn\u2019t mean that once it is answered, they drop from their sleeping position on the ceiling.<\/p>\n

What do you think the oldest question in the universe is? What do you think the answer to it might be?<\/p>\n

UPDATE: I removed an image which was originally part of this post, which I happened across on Google and could not trace back to its source. The source, I later learned, unfortunately in connection with a request to remove the image, was IMForeman on deviantART. That artist\u2019s page is well worth exploring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"