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|name            = Nightvisiting
|image          = The Lankin attacks Coal Hill.jpg
|image          = The Lankin attacks Coal Hill.jpg
|season number  = [[Series 1 (Class)|Series 1]]
|season number  = Series 1 (Class)
|series episode number = 3
|story number    = 3
|story number    = 3
|main character  = [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]]
|episode number  = 3
|featuring      = [[Matteusz]]
|scripturl      = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/class-episode-3-shooting-script-30.03.16-with-revisions.pdf
|main character  = [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Andrea Quill|Quill]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]]
|featuring      = [[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]], [[Vivian Adeola|Vivian]]
|enemy          = [[Lankin]]
|enemy          = [[Lankin]]
|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], [[October]] [[2016]]
|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], [[Thursday]] [[3 November|3 Nov]] - [[Friday]] [[4 November|4 Nov]] [[2016]]
|writer          = [[Patrick Ness]]
|writer          = Patrick Ness
|director        = [[Ed Bazalgette]]
|director        = [[Ed Bazalgette]]
|producer        = [[Derek Ritchie]]
|producer        = [[Derek Ritchie]]
|release date    = [[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|release date    = 29 October 2016
|network        = [[BBC Three]]
|network        = BBC Three
|format          = 1x45 minute episode
|format          = 1x45 minute episode
|production code = 1.3
|production code = 1.3
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|next            = Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)
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|trailer        = Class Episode 3 Trailer - BBC Three
|trailer        = Class Episode 3 Trailer - BBC Three
|trailer2        = Episode 3 Trailer Nightvisiting Class Saturdays @ 10 9c on BBC America
|trailer2        = Episode 3 Trailer Nightvisiting Class Saturdays @ 10 9c on BBC America
|clip            = You're not him - Class Episode 3 - BBC Three
|clip            = The world is ending - Class Episode 3 Sneak Peek - BBC Three
|clip2          = The world is ending - Class Episode 3 Sneak Peek - BBC Three
|clip2          = Dead Relatives Come to Call Nightvisiting Class
|clip3          =  
|clip3          = Tanya vs Her Dead Dad Nightvisiting Class
|bts            = Greg's most challenging scene - Class The Big Questions - BBC Three
|bts            = Greg's most challenging scene - Class The Big Questions - BBC Three
|bts2            = Nightvisiting – Reaction – Classmates
|bts2            =  
|bts3            =  
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'''''Nightvisiting''''' was the third episode of the [[Series 1 (Class)|first series]] of ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''. It featured the first onscreen appearance of Tanya's brothers and her father, [[Jasper Adeola|Jasper]].
'''''Nightvisiting''''' was the third episode of ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''. It was written by [[Patrick Ness]], and directed by [[Ed Bazalgette]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[London]] is infiltrated by an [[Lankin|eerie alien]] with the ability to morph into the shape of lost loved ones.  
[[London]] is infiltrated by an [[Lankin|eerie alien]] with the ability to morph into the shape of lost loved ones.


[[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]] has an unexpected [[Jasper Adeola|visitor]] come to her window in the dead of night — and she's not the only one, as [[Ram Singh|Ram]] and [[Miss Quill]] face their own startling visitors.
[[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]] has an unexpected [[Jasper Adeola|visitor]] come to her window in the dead of night — and she's not the only one, as [[Ram Singh|Ram]] and [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]] face their own startling visitors.


Confronted with these emotional encounters, the team must overcome the persuasion of this strange new threat and battle through the streets to stop Tanya from being lost forever.
Confronted with these emotional encounters, the team must overcome the persuasion of this strange new threat and battle through the streets to stop Tanya from being lost forever.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
On the two-year anniversary of [[Jasper Adeola|Tanya's father's]] death, she is visited by a creature resembling him in her bedroom. Although at first doubting that it is really occurring (believing she is hallucinating), the creature seems to have legitimate memories of their time together and appears to be real. The creature attempts to persuade her to take his hand, which he claims will relieve her of her grief.  
On the two-year anniversary of [[Jasper Adeola|Tanya's father]]'s [[death]], she is visited by a creature resembling him in her bedroom. Although at first doubting that it is really occurring (believing she is hallucinating), the creature seems to have legitimate memories of their time together and appears to be real. The creature attempts to persuade her to take his hand, which he claims will relieve her of her grief.


Meanwhile, [[Miss Quill]] is visited by a similar creature which claims to be her sister. Although Quill is skeptical of this, the creature offers her a gun and states that taking it will allow her to use weapons once again. At the same time, [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]] and [[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]] have [[sex]] and confess their love for one another.  
Meanwhile, [[Andrea Quill]] is visited by a similar creature which claims to be her sister. Although Quill is sceptical of this, the creature offers her a gun and states that taking it will allow her to use weapons once again. At the same time, [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]] and [[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]] have [[sex]] and confess their love for one another.


[[Ram Singh|Ram]] also receives a "nightvisit" from his late girlfriend [[Rachel]] while video calling with [[April MacLean|April]]. Both Ram and April leave their houses in fear and meet outside. While trying to work out what the "nightvisits" are, April reveals that [[Huw MacLean|her father]] attempted to kill himself by driving his car off a bridge when she was 8, while both her and [[Jackie MacLean|her mother]] were in the car (which is what caused her mother's paralysis).  
[[Ram Singh|Ram]] also receives a "nightvisit" from his late girlfriend [[Rachel Chapman|Rachel]] while video calling with [[April MacLean|April]]. Both Ram and April leave their houses in fear and meet outside. While trying to work out what the "nightvisits" are, April reveals that [[Huw MacLean|her father]] attempted to kill himself by driving his car off a bridge when she was 8, while both her and [[Jackie MacLean|her mother]] were in the car (which is what caused her mother's paralysis).


The creature with Quill eventually reveals that the "nightvisitors" are an organism called the [[Lankin]] that feasts on the grief of people and kills them in the process. Quill destroys her branch of the Lankin by making Charlie stab it with a screwdriver. She then claims that she knew the Lankin was a fake from the beginning, as "no one insults the memory of [her] sister by making her nice." Quill, Charlie and Matteusz then decide to help the others defeat the Lankin.
The creature with Quill eventually reveals that the "nightvisitors" are an organism called the [[Lankin]] that feasts on the grief of people and kills them in the process. Quill destroys her branch of the Lankin by making Charlie stab it with a screwdriver. She then claims that she knew the Lankin was a fake from the beginning, as "no one insults the memory of [her] sister by making her nice." Quill, Charlie and Matteusz then decide to help the others defeat the Lankin.


Ram and April find a series of tentacles stretching across [[London]] that they believe to be the Lankin leading out of [[Coal Hill Academy|Coal Hill]] and they notice that one tentacle is leading to Tanya's flat. They follow it to attempt to warn her.  
Ram and April find a series of tentacles stretching across [[London]] that they believe to be the Lankin leading out of [[Coal Hill Academy|Coal Hill]] and they notice that one tentacle is leading to Tanya's flat. They follow it to attempt to warn her.


Meanwhile, Tanya is still struggling to believe that the Lankin is her father. As time passes, the Lankin appears to become more aggressive and forceful, which only strengthens Tanya's belief that he is not real. Ram and April arrive and warn her not to take the Lankin's hand. Tanya seemingly ignores them and grasps the Lankin. However, the Lankin is unable to feed off her grief as she feels more anger towards her father for leaving her than she does grief for losing him. Eventually, the Lankin is poisoned by Tanya's anger but not weakened enough.
Meanwhile, Tanya is still struggling to believe that the Lankin is her father. As time passes, the Lankin appears to become more aggressive and forceful, which only strengthens Tanya's belief that he is not real. Ram and April arrive and warn her not to take the Lankin's hand. Tanya seemingly ignores them and grasps the Lankin. However, the Lankin is unable to feed off her grief as she feels more anger towards her father for leaving her than she does grief for losing him. Eventually, the Lankin is poisoned by Tanya's anger but not weakened enough.


To destroy the Lankin threat, Quill steals a bus and rams the tentacles, breaking them and causing the Lankin to withdraw back into the Rift. Charlie announces that Matteusz will be living with him and Quill, and April and Ram bond over the time they have spent together.  
To destroy the Lankin threat, Quill steals a bus and rams the tentacles, breaking them and causing the Lankin to withdraw back into the Rift. Charlie announces that Matteusz will be living with him and Quill, and April and Ram bond over the time they have spent together.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Miss Quill]] - [[Katherine Kelly]]
* [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]] - [[Katherine Kelly]]
* [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]] - [[Greg Austin]]
* [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]] - [[Greg Austin]]
* [[Ram Singh|Ram]] - [[Fady Elsayed]]
* [[Ram Singh|Ram]] - [[Fady Elsayed]]
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Coal Hill School ===
=== Coal Hill School ===
* In a flashback, Tanya receives a letter from [[Coal Hill School]], signed by [[Frank Armitage]] and dated [[19 July]] [[2013]], accepting her request to be moved up three years. Mr Armitage invites Tanya and a parent or guardian to join him and [[Brownlee|Ms Brownlee]] in a meeting to discuss arrangements further.
* In a flashback, Tanya receives a letter from [[Coal Hill School]], signed by [[Frank Armitage]] and dated [[19 July]] [[2013]], accepting her request to be moved up three years. Armitage invites Tanya, and a parent or guardian, to join him and [[Brownlee|Miss Brownlee]] in a meeting to discuss arrangements further.
* In the letter, Coal Hill is further confirmed to have an address on [[Foreman Street]] in [[Shoreditch]].
* In the letter, Coal Hill is further confirmed to have an address on [[Foreman Street]] in [[Shoreditch]].
* [[coalhillschool.sch.uk]] and [[[email protected]]] is Coal Hill School's website and email address, respectively. 0207 946 0055 is the school's telephone number.
* [[coalhillschool.sch.uk]] and [[[email protected]]] is Coal Hill School's website and email address, respectively. 0207 946 0055 is the school's telephone number.
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=== People ===
=== People ===
* In the acceptance letter from Coal Hill School, Tanya's address is revealed to be [[15 Clarendon House|Flat 15]] at [[Clarendon House]], [[St James's Place]], [[London]].
* In the acceptance letter from Coal Hill School, Tanya's address is revealed to be [[15 Clarendon House|Flat 15]] at [[Clarendon House]], [[St James's Place]], [[London]].
* Matteusz's parents threw him out of their house. [[Matteusz's mother|His mother]] almost accepted him liking boys, but [[Matteusz's father|his father]] was too stubborn.
* Matteusz's parents threw him out of their house. [[Matteusz Andrzejewski's mother|His mother]] almost accepted him liking boys, but [[Matteusz Andrzejewski's father|his father]] was too stubborn.
* [[Miss Quill]] had a sister called [[Orla'ath]].
* [[Miss Quill]] had a sister called [[Orla'ath]].
* In shock of seeing [[Rachel Chapman|Rachel]], April exclaims "Holy Mother of Kanye", in reference to [[Kanye West]].
* In shock of seeing [[Rachel Chapman]], April exclaims "Holy Mother of Kanye", in reference to [[Kanye West]].
* The image of Jasper said Tanya's grief was like a [[Siren song]].
* The image of Jasper says Tanya's grief was like a [[Siren song]].
* The image of Orla'ath says that the Lankin bring the souls of the dead to [[Heaven]]. Miss Quill says it sounds like [[Hell]].
* The image of Orla'ath says that the Lankin bring the souls of the dead to [[Heaven (afterlife)|Heaven]]. Quill says it sounds like [[Hell]].
* Matteusz confesses that he [[love]]s Charlie.
* Matteusz confesses that he [[love]]s Charlie.
* Orla'ath and Andra'ath tried to kill each other in the nest. A way of knowing [[Survival of the fittest|who is strongest]].
* Orla'ath and Andra'ath tried to kill each other in the nest. A way of knowing [[Survival of the fittest|who is strongest]].
* Jasper and Tanya once watched the [[Regimental Horses]] in [[Hyde Park]].
* Jasper and Tanya once watched the [[Regimental Horses]] in [[Hyde Park]].
* April says that after the incident in her father's car, people treated her and her mum like [[glass]] figurines.
* April says that after the incident in her father's car, people treated her and her mum like [[glass]] figurines.
* Charlie sees a near-image of his parents. Matteusz asks if that often happened during [[sex]].
* Charlie sees a near-image of his parents. Matteusz asks if that often happens after [[sex]].
* When Tanya tells the image of Jasper that her dad used to be a policeman and her mum used to worry about his work shifts and that he maybe wouldn't come home, the image said it's not [[United States of America|America]], implying police work is more dangerous there.


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The [[Lankin]] can't be cut. If cut, they just grow back together.
* The [[Lankin]] can't be cut. If cut, they just grow back together.
* Miss Quill compares the Lankin to [[chameleon (reptile)|chameleons]].
* Quill compares the Lankin to [[chameleon (reptile)|chameleons]].


=== Anatomy and physiology ===
=== Anatomy and physiology ===
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=== Popular culture ===
=== Popular culture ===
* Miss Quill reads ''[[The Hunger Games]]''.
* Quill reads ''[[The Hunger Games]]'', and wonders whether the events depicted really happened.
* Tanya and her brothers play the video game ''[[Destiny (video game)|Destiny]]''.
* Tanya and her brothers play the video game ''[[Destiny (video game)|Destiny]]''.
* Charlie refers to the show ''[[Take Me Out]]'' as an example of the human sense of humour.
* Charlie refers to the show ''[[Take Me Out]]'' as an example of the human sense of humour.


==== Music ====
==== Music ====
* [[April MacLean|April]] plays "[[Night Visiting]]" on her [[violin]].
* April plays "[[Night Visiting]]" on her [[violin]].
* April also owns a [[keyboard]].
* April also owns a [[keyboard]].
* April said her dad used to play the fiddle, another word for violin.


=== Sport ===
=== Sport ===
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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* The song "[[Nightvisitor]]", heard during the flashback on [[Jasper Adeola]], was specially adapted by [[Jim Moray]] from "Nightvisiting", an earlier song of his, for ''Class''. He released the song as a single on [[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], the same day on which ''Nightvisiting'' was broadcast. With this episode, Jim Moray also becomes the first person to receive an on-screen credit for writing and performing an original song.
* The song "[[Nightvisitor]]", heard during the flashback on [[Jasper Adeola]], was specially adapted by [[Jim Moray]] from "Nightvisiting", an earlier song of his, for ''Class''. He released the song as a single on [[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], the same day on which ''Nightvisiting'' was broadcast. With this episode, Jim Moray also becomes the first person to receive an on-screen credit for writing and performing an original song.
* The [[Lankin]] is named after the song "Long Lankin" by Jim Moray. The song itself was an adaptation of the 15th century Scottish ballad "Lamkin".


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
''to be added''
* [[BBC Three]] ratings: ''to be announced''
* [[BBC One]] overnight: 0.79 million <ref>https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/story.php?story=Nightvisiting&detail=broadcast</ref>
* [[BBC America]] overnight: 0.258 million <ref>https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/class-season-one-ratings/</ref>


=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
''to be added''
* Pinewood Studios Wales
* Roath Lock Studios
* The Crescent, Conway Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff
 
=== Broadcasts ===
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!Date
!Time
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|[[Monday]] [[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|22:45
|[[BBC One]] except [[BBC One Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] & Northern Ireland HD
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|[[Monday]] [[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|23:20
|[[BBC One Northern Ireland]] & Northern Ireland HD only
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|}


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Ram is still trying to regain his [[football]] skills, after losing his leg to [[Corakinus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'')
* Tanya recently opened up to Ram about [[Jasper Adeola|her father]] dying of a [[stroke]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'')
* The [[Lankin]] appears to [[Ram Singh|Ram]] in the form of [[Rachel Chapman]], whose death he witnessed very recently. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Ram is still trying to regain his [[football]] skills, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'') after losing his leg to [[Corakinus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* [[Orla'ath]] makes reference to the [[Time field|cracks in the skin of the universe]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', et al)
* The image of Orla'ath mentions the [[Shadow Kin]] attack on [[Rhodia]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* The kiosk{{what}} appears. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Ram mentions that alien shadows and alien tattoos could kill him. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'', ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'')
* The Lankin creates an image of the [[displacement gun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Miss Quill reminds Charlie that she can't use weapons. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Matteusz's parents have not been able to accept his sexual orientation or his relationship with Charlie. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Matteusz's parents have not been able to accept his sexual orientation or his relationship with Charlie. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* When Miss Quill compares the Lankin to [[chameleon (reptile)|chameleon]], the image of Orla'ath believes she is talking about a humanoid species. The Doctor has encountered a species called the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Face Value (short story)|Face Value]]'')
* The [[Lankin]] appears to Ram in the form of his late girlfriend, [[Rachel Chapman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* The image of [[Orla'ath]] mentions the [[Shadow Kin]] attack on [[Rhodia]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* When Quill compares the Lankin to [[chameleon (reptile)|chameleons]], the image of Orla'ath believes she is talking about [[Chameleon (humanoid)|a humanoid species]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'')
* Ram mentions that alien shadows and tattoos could kill him. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'', ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'')
* The Lankin creates an image of Quill's destroyed [[displacement gun]], and she later resolves to rebuild the real one. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Quill reminds Charlie that she can't use weapons. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
=== DVD releases ===
=== DVD releases ===
''to be added''
* ''Nightvisiting'' was featured in the series one DVD boxset, which was released in the UK (Region 2) on 16th January 2017, followed by a Region 1 release on 11th July. The Region 1 release contained an additional blooper reel and various deleted scenes that were not present on the Region 2 release.<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">ClassDVD.jpg|Region 2 cover</gallery>
 
=== Blu-ray releases ===
=== Blu-ray releases ===
''to be added''
''to be added''
== External links ==
{{chakoteya|Class/103.html|Nightvisiting}}


== Footnotes ==
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You may be looking for the folk music or the Jim Moray song "Nightvisitor".

Nightvisiting was the third episode of Class. It was written by Patrick Ness, and directed by Ed Bazalgette.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

London is infiltrated by an eerie alien with the ability to morph into the shape of lost loved ones.

Tanya has an unexpected visitor come to her window in the dead of night — and she's not the only one, as Ram and Miss Quill face their own startling visitors.

Confronted with these emotional encounters, the team must overcome the persuasion of this strange new threat and battle through the streets to stop Tanya from being lost forever.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

On the two-year anniversary of Tanya's father's death, she is visited by a creature resembling him in her bedroom. Although at first doubting that it is really occurring (believing she is hallucinating), the creature seems to have legitimate memories of their time together and appears to be real. The creature attempts to persuade her to take his hand, which he claims will relieve her of her grief.

Meanwhile, Andrea Quill is visited by a similar creature which claims to be her sister. Although Quill is sceptical of this, the creature offers her a gun and states that taking it will allow her to use weapons once again. At the same time, Charlie and Matteusz have sex and confess their love for one another.

Ram also receives a "nightvisit" from his late girlfriend Rachel while video calling with April. Both Ram and April leave their houses in fear and meet outside. While trying to work out what the "nightvisits" are, April reveals that her father attempted to kill himself by driving his car off a bridge when she was 8, while both her and her mother were in the car (which is what caused her mother's paralysis).

The creature with Quill eventually reveals that the "nightvisitors" are an organism called the Lankin that feasts on the grief of people and kills them in the process. Quill destroys her branch of the Lankin by making Charlie stab it with a screwdriver. She then claims that she knew the Lankin was a fake from the beginning, as "no one insults the memory of [her] sister by making her nice." Quill, Charlie and Matteusz then decide to help the others defeat the Lankin.

Ram and April find a series of tentacles stretching across London that they believe to be the Lankin leading out of Coal Hill and they notice that one tentacle is leading to Tanya's flat. They follow it to attempt to warn her.

Meanwhile, Tanya is still struggling to believe that the Lankin is her father. As time passes, the Lankin appears to become more aggressive and forceful, which only strengthens Tanya's belief that he is not real. Ram and April arrive and warn her not to take the Lankin's hand. Tanya seemingly ignores them and grasps the Lankin. However, the Lankin is unable to feed off her grief as she feels more anger towards her father for leaving her than she does grief for losing him. Eventually, the Lankin is poisoned by Tanya's anger but not weakened enough.

To destroy the Lankin threat, Quill steals a bus and rams the tentacles, breaking them and causing the Lankin to withdraw back into the Rift. Charlie announces that Matteusz will be living with him and Quill, and April and Ram bond over the time they have spent together.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound



Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Coal Hill School[[edit] | [edit source]]

People[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In the acceptance letter from Coal Hill School, Tanya's address is revealed to be Flat 15 at Clarendon House, St James's Place, London.
  • Matteusz's parents threw him out of their house. His mother almost accepted him liking boys, but his father was too stubborn.
  • Miss Quill had a sister called Orla'ath.
  • In shock of seeing Rachel Chapman, April exclaims "Holy Mother of Kanye", in reference to Kanye West.
  • The image of Jasper says Tanya's grief was like a Siren song.
  • The image of Orla'ath says that the Lankin bring the souls of the dead to Heaven. Quill says it sounds like Hell.
  • Matteusz confesses that he loves Charlie.
  • Orla'ath and Andra'ath tried to kill each other in the nest. A way of knowing who is strongest.
  • Jasper and Tanya once watched the Regimental Horses in Hyde Park.
  • April says that after the incident in her father's car, people treated her and her mum like glass figurines.
  • Charlie sees a near-image of his parents. Matteusz asks if that often happens after sex.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Lankin can't be cut. If cut, they just grow back together.
  • Quill compares the Lankin to chameleons.

Anatomy and physiology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • When Charlie hesitates on stabbing the Lankin image, Quill sarcastically asks if he thinks the Lankin root on the back of the image of Orla'ath is just "really bad phlegm".

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Bottles of Fanta, Pepsi, Schweppes and Dr Pepper, as well as a KitKat stand, can be seen in the shop which Ram enters.
  • At a family dinner in one of the flashbacks, Tanya is drinking apple juice, and Jasper is trying to serve her salad.
  • On the morning of the Adeolas' visit to Jasper's grave, Tanya is eating cornflakes.

Popular culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Quill reads The Hunger Games, and wonders whether the events depicted really happened.
  • Tanya and her brothers play the video game Destiny.
  • Charlie refers to the show Take Me Out as an example of the human sense of humour.

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sport[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ram attempts to keep his football in the air.

Businesses[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The song "Nightvisitor", heard during the flashback on Jasper Adeola, was specially adapted by Jim Moray from "Nightvisiting", an earlier song of his, for Class. He released the song as a single on 29 October 2016, the same day on which Nightvisiting was broadcast. With this episode, Jim Moray also becomes the first person to receive an on-screen credit for writing and performing an original song.
  • The Lankin is named after the song "Long Lankin" by Jim Moray. The song itself was an adaptation of the 15th century Scottish ballad "Lamkin".

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Pinewood Studios Wales
  • Roath Lock Studios
  • The Crescent, Conway Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff

Broadcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Date Time Channel Notes
Monday 16 January 2017 22:45 BBC One except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
Monday 16 January 2017 23:20 BBC One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

DVD releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Nightvisiting was featured in the series one DVD boxset, which was released in the UK (Region 2) on 16th January 2017, followed by a Region 1 release on 11th July. The Region 1 release contained an additional blooper reel and various deleted scenes that were not present on the Region 2 release.
    • Region 2 cover

      Region 2 cover

    Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

    to be added

    External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

    Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

    1. ↑ https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/story.php?story=Nightvisiting&detail=broadcast
    2. ↑ https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/class-season-one-ratings/
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