The past few years the winters have grown colder, and this year livestock has disappeared in addition to Vesta, suggesting that there is something out there which is eating them for food. Bel tells the Doctor that they are colonists on the planet, named Hereafter, from Earth. The Doctor denies that they know anything about Vesta and gains Bel's trust he uses his sonic screwdriver to unlock their cage and the three sneak out from the council of Morphans to look for Vesta. A young woman named Bel Flurrish believes they are connected to her missing sister Vesta, who disappeared the previous night. While Rory returns to the TARDIS to get a heavier coat, the Doctor and Amy meet the inhabitants of the planet, called Morphans, who capture them as they are convinced the Doctor's psychic paper is a conjure which is banned by their religion. Instead of returning Amy and Rory to Leadworth for Christmas as he had promised, the Doctor accidentally lands the TARDIS on an Earth-like planet during winter. The Silent Stars Go By was re-released in 2013, in paperback for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, with a different front cover. The novel features the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams and sees the return of the Ice Warriors. The Silent Stars Go By is a hardback Doctor Who novel written by Dan Abnett for the BBC Books New Series Adventures line.

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