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Midnight

Script release:

[1] online here

Key crew

Writer:

Russell T Davies

Director:

Alice Troughton

Producer:

Phil Collinson

Release details

Story number:

196

Premiere broadcast:

14 June 2008

Premiere network:

BBC One

Format:

1x45 minute episode

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Midnight was the tenth episode of series 4 of Doctor Who.

It was the first "companion-lite" televised Doctor Who story. As such, it explored a rarely touched on topic where, without his companion, the Doctor struggles to gain the trust of strangers; his commanding presence uniquely backfires, with the crew turning against him rather than siding with him. It also featured the third abrupt cameo of Billie Piper as Rose Tyler in the series before her role in the seasonal arc fully unfolded.

In production terms, it was the first episode of Doctor Who to be filmed primarily in narrative order since the practice was abandoned around the time Jon Pertwee began portraying the Third Doctor. It was the only story in which the antagonist was never even partially glimpsed, leaving the threat to be realised by the actors and the sound editors. It was also the second episode of 2008 to guest star the child of an actor who had played the Doctor: David Troughton as Professor Hobbes, his father having played the Second Doctor.

The sound team of Tim Ricketts, Paul McFadden, Paul Jefferies and Julian Howarth shared a Royal Television Society Award and a Welsh BAFTA for their work on this episode.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble go to the leisure planet of Midnight for a simple, relaxing holiday. However, life with the Doctor can never be that simple, and things go horribly wrong for the Doctor when he decides to go off on a bus trip to see the Sapphire Waterfall, starting with the bus shutting down. When a mysterious entity infiltrates the shuttle bus, no one is to be trusted. Not even the Doctor himself...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor and Donna spend some leisure time on the crystalline planet Midnight, whose crust is composed of diamonds. Though stunning and visually unique, the planet is also dangerous. The sun it orbits emits phenomenally lethal X-tonic radiation and there is no atmosphere; exposure to the surface for even a split second would result in the unfortunate person being instantly vaporised. Donna receives a call from the Doctor, who is eager for her to go on a trip to see the Sapphire Waterfall with him. The idea of spending eight hours on a bus (four hours there and four hours back) does not appeal to Donna at all as she insists that she'd prefer relaxing at the spa and sunbathing. However, the Doctor warns her to be careful because of the X-tonic radiation. Paying him no mind, since the glass she's under is fifteen feet thick, Donna agrees to try out the anti-gravity restaurant (with bibs) once he gets back. Despite her warning him to be careful, the Doctor jinxes himself: "Taking a bus full of strangers across a diamond planet called 'Midnight', what could possibly go wrong?"

He boards a shuttle bus ride to the Sapphire Waterfall. Other passengers include the Cane family (Val, Biff, and their bored teenage son Jethro); Professor Hobbes, who is investigating the waterfall; his assistant Dee Dee Blasco; and recently-divorced businesswoman Sky Silvestry. Before they take off, the driver informs them they are taking a different route to the Waterfall Palace because of a diamond fall on the regular path. For the long journey to their destination, the hostess activates the prerendered entertainment for passengers, consisting of several annoying television programs. Most of the passengers find the entertainment to be rather irritating, rather than pleasing. The Doctor discreetly disables them with his sonic screwdriver; most of them are thankful for the small mercy that they've been granted. This forces the passengers to talk and get to know each other better.

The Doctor has an amusing conversation with Biff and Val. Next, the Doctor talks with Dee Dee about the lost moon of Poosh over coffee in the back; Dee Dee wrote about it and was selected by Hobbes as his assistant. However, Dee Dee admits Hobbes uses her as an errand girl, rather than a proper assistant. Smiling, the Doctor asks whether or not the lost moon was found. Laughing, Dee Dee tells him no; the Doctor suggests that finding the moon might be her great discovery some day. They toast glasses. Later, during the passengers' meal time, the Doctor talks with Sky about travelling, remarking that he "had a friend who went to a different universe" after Sky tells him of her ex-wife who moved to a different galaxy to get "her own space".

Later, Professor Hobbes, who has been studying Midnight, presents a slide-show about it; he considers himself an expert. He informs them that, because the X-tonic radiation would vaporise any known form of life in seconds, the planet has been totally undisturbed for millennia; even the Leisure Palace was prefabricated and dropped in from orbit. Jethro points out, to the disapproval of his parents, no one can really know anything about the planet, or whether or not life resides there. Hobbes agrees with him; no one has ever really set foot on Midnight, and no one has any real idea what is on or underneath the surface. Anything could be out there.

Suddenly the shuttle stops and everyone guesses that they must have arrived at their destination. However, Professor Hobbes tells them that he's been on the trip twelve times; they never stop and it's too early for them to have arrived. Curious, the Doctor uses his psychic paper to pose as someone from the Leisure Palace insurance company. He talks to driver Joe and mechanic Claude, learning that there is nothing wrong with Crusader 50's systems; however, they are stopped. He convinces them to open the shutter to look outside; the landscape is beautiful. Mountains and cliffs and ridges, composed entirely of diamonds and sparkling in the white-blue X-tonic sun. Joe informs the Doctor that the path they're on is new and never been traversed; they're the first ever to roam this part of Midnight. Suddenly, the mechanic points out at the landscape, having apparently seen movement. He dismisses it, but the Doctor seizes on it eagerly. Before Claude can elaborate, the X-tonic starts to overwhelm the cockpit's finitoglass windscreen and Joe closes the shutter. Right before it closes, Claude sees the movement again; a shadow running towards the bus.

Joe tells the Doctor that a rescue vehicle is on the way, and to keep quiet about things. The Doctor returns to the cabin, where the Hostess pushes past him to talk to the duo. Mrs Silvestry asks him what's going on, prompting everyone to talk over themselves to ask him questions. This leads them to start wondering about the amount of oxygen they have. However, the Doctor calls for silence and prompts Dee Dee, an expert on vehicles as her father is a mechanic, to explain; the air is recycled, so they can breathe for years inside the bus without any worry.

A few moments later, something begins knocking on the hull. Again, everyone panics, but the Doctor temporarily pacifies them as he listens to the knocks with his stethoscope. The knocking moves around the bus towards both doors, even testing one to see if it can open it. Biff knocks thrice on the door to prove the ship is sturdy; the knocks repeat his pattern. Everyone freaks out as the Doctor knocks four times on the hull to confirm if there is something outside. The knocking moves around the shuttle, making its way towards Sky, who has become hysterical, remembering a past threat her partner made to her during the divorce. The knocking stops as a dent appears in the door Sky is next to. The lights fail and the shuttle is violently rocked.

When the lights are restored, there is a working screen behind the Doctor, who turns away when he sees a singer on it, but it quickly turns to a muted video of Rose, who is shouting, "Doctor!" No one notices. The hostess distributes torches and everyone looks around to see if any are injured. Jethro notices the seats near Sky have been ripped off the floor and she is cowering in the corner. The hostess fails to contact the crew in the cabin, realises the main generator is down and opens the door to the driver cabin. Only X-tonic light can be seen, forcing her to quickly close the door. The Doctor opens up a systems panel with his sonic screwdriver to examine it for any faults, but behind the face plate are several cut wires; the driver's cabin has been ripped away, vaporising driver Joe and mechanic Claude.

Jethro calls everyone's attention back to the cowering Sky, who hasn't moved a muscle; the Doctor kneels next to her and tries conversing with her. Sky initially remains motionless but is coaxed into turning around by the Doctor. Attempts to get her to speak cause her to start repeating what everyone else says. Deciding to test how well Sky can copy them, the Doctor says the square root of pi, becoming amazed she repeats every number without fail even when they were talking over each other. The Doctor speculates about what is happening and what will happen to Sky, believing the entity that was knocking on the hull has taken over her consciousness. The backup generator comes on and the Professor tries to have everyone calm down and be rational. However, Jethro and the Doctor notice that Sky is speaking simultaneously with Hobbes, and everyone else for that matter. The Doctor decides to test Sky by saying random terms, nonsense words and reciting the alphabet and abruptly stopping, with Sky perfectly copying him in perfect sync.

The passengers contemplate throwing Sky outside, horrifying the Doctor, who thinks that the entity might be trying to learn from them. He tries to calm everyone down, however, his attempt to take charge backfires as the passengers become suspicious of him, especially when he proves unwilling to reveal his real name or origin and admits to feeling a thrill from the situation. The passengers contemplate throwing him out too if he gets in the way of them trying to save themselves. However, as the Doctor protests that they will need him to survive if the entity turns out to be malevolent, Sky stops repeating everyone and focuses solely on the Doctor. To try reasoning with the consciousness in Sky, the Doctor attempts to offer it help with finding a voice of its own without stealing his. However, when the Doctor asks the entity if it can agree with him, he has spoken after Sky.

The Doctor, terrified, as the entity forces him to order his own murder.

The Doctor is now repeating Sky's words, motionless and clearly strained as if fighting something. Most reason that it's the Doctor that is possessed now, as Sky can move again. However, the hostess and Dee Dee think this is just the next step: stealing the voice of another as the Doctor had predicted. The other passengers refuse to listen, with Hobbes furiously telling Dee Dee that he considers her to be "average at best", and decide to throw the Doctor out the nearest door, all the while being goaded on by Sky, who is strangely happy despite the madness going on. The Doctor shows minimal signs of resistance to being pulled towards a door by Biff and a reluctant Hobbes as Sky describes how the entity is insidious and gets inside the humans' heads.

The hostess sacrifices herself to save the Doctor.

However, the hostess realises that Sky is not talking in her own voice; she uses two phrases the Doctor had used earlier (Molto bene and Allons-y). The entity in Sky has stolen the Doctor's voice. "Sky" notices the hostess is not fooled by her performance and is fearful. To save the Doctor, the hostess sacrifices herself grabbing hold of "Sky" and opening the door. They are both sucked out of the bus and into the X-tonic sunlight.

After the door closes and the entity is gone, the Doctor slowly recovers from his paralysis; Val tries defending herself by saying she knew it was Sky all along despite telling everyone to throw the Doctor out. He simply glares at her, silently scolding her for her callousness and her lies. The passengers wait for the rescue vehicle in a haunted silence regretting what they almost done to the Doctor. When the rescue bus finally comes for them, the Doctor asks whether anyone know the hostess' name. To their great shame and remorse, the passengers realise that they never asked the name of the woman who just saved them all.

Back at the spa, the Doctor mournfully reunites with Donna. The two later discuss what happened, with the Doctor still clueless over the origin of the creature, if it survived or how many more there may be. Either way, he intends to inform the Leisure Palace Company and have them leave Midnight behind, silently orbiting the X-tonic star once again. Donna can't fathom what the Doctor would be like without a voice. The Doctor tells her, "Molto bene", with a smile. Donna copies him. Disturbed, the Doctor tells Donna not to do that, then looks away, clearly still haunted.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Waiter - Michael Green

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Executive Producers Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner


Written by Russell T Davies	Produced by Phil Collinson	Directed by Alice Troughton	Director of Photography Ernie Vincze BSC	Production Designer Edward Thomas	Visual Effects The Mill

Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Costume Designer Louise Page	Edited by Philip Kloss	Special Effects Any Effects
Original theme music by Ron Grainer • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

General production staff

Script department

Script Editor - Helen Raynor

Camera and lighting department

1st Assistant Director - Gareth Williams
2nd Assistant Director - Jennie Fava
3rd Assistant Director - Sarah Davies
Continuity - Non Eleri Hughes
Camera Operators - Julian Barber, Joe Russell
Focus Pullers - Steve Rees, Duncan Fowlie
Grip - John Robinson
Camera Assistant - Tom Hartley
Boom Operator - Jeff Welch
Gaffer - Mark Hutchings
Best Boy - Peter Chester
Electricians - Steve Slocombe, Clive Johnson, Ben Griffiths

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Make-up Artists - Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro

Movement

Stunt Co-ordinator - Crispin Layfield

Casting

Casting Associate - Andy Brierley

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]]

Cultural references from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Betty Boop cartoon and Italian soubrette Raffaella Carrà are briefly shown on a screen during the voyage as part of the animation archives.

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

During Sky's constant copying of the Doctor, he mentions such things as Rose Tyler, Donna Noble, Martha Jones, TARDIS, bananas and the Medusa Cascade.
The Doctor attempts to pass himself off as John Smith when asked what his name is, which is treated with scepticism by the others, with Biff going so far as to claim that "no one" was called that name.

Mathematics[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Sky say the Square root of Pi is 1.772453850905516027298167483341.

Astronomy[[edit] | [edit source]]

The lost moon of Poosh is mentioned.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biff tells a story of his encounter with a Shamboni.

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

Working titles included Crusader Five and Crusader 50.
This is the first episode in Series 4 in which the Doctor is present when Rose Tyler appears, though he does not see her.
Donna was largely absent from this episode, as Catherine Tate was filming Turn Left. While the previous two series included one episode each referred to as "Doctor-lite" for including only brief appearances by the Doctor and, by extension, his companion, this was the first time a "companion-lite" episode focusing on the Doctor by himself has been attempted in the revived series.
This episode was originally intended to be episode eight, before Silence in the Library, but was pushed back to episode 10. The name of the shuttle bus, Crusader 50, was a reference to it originally being the 50th episode of the new series to be screened and David Troughton was going to add symmetry as he was in the 50th story of the classic series. It was, however, the 50th episode of the "new series" to be filmed. A similar reference was made in Planet of the Dead, with the bus numbered 200 referencing the 200th Doctor Who story to be broadcast.
This is the first televised story since Genesis of the Daleks in 1975 not to feature the TARDIS. The only other televised stories in the history of Doctor Who in which it does not appear are Mission to the Unknown, Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Mind of Evil, The Dæmons, The Sea Devils, The Sontaran Experiment, The Lie of the Land, The Woman Who Fell to Earth and Ascension of the Cybermen.
This is the second episode in which the Doctor has not had a companion to assist him. The first episode without a companion was The Deadly Assassin, although the earlier story remains the only one in which no companion plays any role at all as Donna appears at the beginning and end of this episode.
For the first time ever in Doctor Who history, the villain in this episode is never actually revealed.
David Troughton, who played Professor Hobbes, is the son of Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor. Episode director Alice Troughton is not directly related. David Troughton appeared in his father's final story The War Games, and also in the Third Doctor story The Curse of Peladon and is a veteran contributor to the Big Finish Productions audio dramas.
Sky Silvestry mentions to the Doctor that "I found myself single recently, not by choice... she needed her own space". This is in keeping with the increased mentions of same-sex relationships in humanity's future, once again suggesting a more tolerant viewpoint by this point about it.
Sky also says that her ex went to "a different galaxy, in fact". The Doctor's response is, "I had a friend who went a different universe", referencing Rose Tyler's departure in Doomsday, and foreshadowing her return in Turn Left.
Although rumoured to have originated from an earlier episode, the brief cameo of Rose was scripted and was filmed especially for this episode by Alice Troughton during the production of Turn Left. According to the DVD commentary, Russell T Davies decided to also include the clip in The Poison Sky, too, a fact Troughton — and David Tennant — were not made aware of until during the commentary recording for Midnight.
Months after the episode aired, the story element of having two characters speaking the same words at the same time, and one character trying to throw the other off by spouting random references, would be duplicated in "The Arrival", an episode of the American series Fringe.
This story was written, at short notice, to replace a script called Century House by Tom MacRae which Russell T Davies felt was too similar, in terms of tone, to The Unicorn and the Wasp. (DWM 400)
The lost moon of Poosh is first introduced in this episode as another lost planet alongside Adipose 3 and Pyrovillia, continuing this series' trend of having lost planets, and the trend of a unique story arc per series. The first series had the Bad Wolf, the second had Torchwood, and the third had Mr. Saxon. These planets are ultimately revealed to have been stolen by the Daleks and are found by the Doctor and Donna. The lost moon of Poosh is returned home by Donna in Journey's End is thus later no longer lost.
Russell T Davies wrote the script in three days.
David Troughton replaced Sam Kelly, who broke his leg in a car accident shortly before filming and had to withdraw. He had recorded Cuddlesome only a few days earlier.
Helen Worth was offered the role of Val Cane.
In order to have Sky repeating everyone's words and intonation when she was possessed by the Midnight Entity without having Lesley Sharp memorise all the lines, the crew set monitors up in front of each actor which would scroll their lines for Sharp to read. The actors would deliver their lines and then Lesley would copy their intonation. This was done on Sharp's coverage so that she would have the correct eyeline as well. The actors had pre-filmed the scenes in which they were all talking together and then they recorded Sharp's parts separately. The voices (Sharp's and the actor she was mimicking) were then joined in post-production, a massive undertaking for the actors and the sound engineers. There couldn't be a single deviation from script, the lines would need to be delivered with as exactly the same intonation as the actors could, and then the sound editor had to take each snippet of Sharp's repeated lines and match them into the jumble-talking scene. The hardest bits of dialogue to film for David Tennant and Sharp were the ones in which they were meant to be totally in sync, as there needed to be a shot of the both of them in camera at the same time delivering the same lines with the same intonation. They had to breathe and open their mouths simultaneously, and these chunks of dialogue were rehearsed by them both as extensively as possible in order to properly coordinate. Tennant has said the absolute most difficult part was the delivery of the square root of pi to thirty decimal places because it had to be done very rapidly, and although they were not in sync at the time in the script, Sharp would be repeating everything he said just a split second after him, and in the jumble of the two voices it could be difficult to remember the string of numbers, which are difficult enough to remember correctly on their own.
Daniel Ryan had announced in a 2006 interview that he was going to ask Russell T Davies for a role in the series, as he wanted his children to see him acting on television in a programme that was not inaccessible.
According to The Time Traveller's Almanac, this episode is set in the 27th century, during the era of the First Great and Bountiful Human Empire.
Russell T Davies drew upon his experience of writing Voyage of the Damned, in which a small group of people under siege behaved with the utmost courage and nobility. Now he wanted to explore what would happen in a similar situation if those involved instead gave in to their fears and baser natures.
There were few major changes to the narrative as it developed, although timing considerations forced the elimination of a sequence in which the possessed Sky ceased mimicking the other passengers, one by one, until she focussed solely upon the Doctor.
Alice Troughton chose to hew largely to the story order, a practice which had not been common since the early 1970s.
According to Russell T Davies, Sky Silvestry was planning to kill herself once she reached the waterfall and killing the monster was the only thing they could do, the stewardess was right the entire time but it was motivated by fear.
Daniel Ryan and Lesley Sharp had previously appeared together in Russell T Davies' sitcom Bob & Rose. Davies had previously written the Linda Green episode "Rest in Peace", which Ryan starred in.
This episode formed Block Six of season four, along with The Doctor's Daughter.
Colin Morgan was twenty-two when he played the teenaged Jethro.
Russell T Davies has stated that the episode was inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok". While he hadn't actually seen the episode, he was intrigued by the idea of an alien that communicated in a completely different way. He was also inspired by the annoying habit of children to mimic others.
The setting was influenced by Jeepers Creepers 2, about a high school basketball team which was trapped on a bus by an ancient monster.

Rating[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official BARB ratings - 8.05 million viewers. Midnight was the 5th most watched programme on British television for the week.^[3]

Myths[[edit] | [edit source]]

Billie Piper's brief cameo was taken from an earlier episode, most likely The Idiot's Lantern, in which she was also shown shouting silently from a TV screen, and was a last-minute addition. This was false, it was filmed during Series 4.
The Entity can be seen just before the mechanic spots it running. This 'sighting' is just a reflection of his hand in the windshield.
The Entity is the soul of a TARDIS that crashed on Midnight and had its exterior destroyed by the X-tonic radiation. This theory originates from Tumblr. The true nature of the Midnight Entity has never been officially confirmed.

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

Studio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Upper Boat Studios, Trefforest

Location[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dylan's Health Spa, Newport

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

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

Donna's phone in the prologue is clearly the handset of a wired phone due to the jack on the bottom. She was supposed to hold it upside down so no one would notice, but nobody on set caught the mistake.
In the prologue, when the Doctor is talking to Donna on the phone, his reflection in the glass behind him remains static even though he is moving.
Also in the prologue, as the Doctor is saying his last words to Donna on the phone, behind him you can see a green screen that is supposed to be the bus depot. (However, in some repeats of the story the error has been corrected and the background has been added.)
While trying to turn off the entertainment, the Doctor extends his sonic screwdriver. The camera then switches to Sky, then to the Doctor where he extends the sonic screwdriver again.
When the Hostess explains to the passengers that they are experiencing a small delay, movement of her walking to the front of the bus is repeated between shots.
When the Hostess tells Dee Dee that Sky has "stolen" the Doctor's voice, the second shot of Dee Dee is mirrored. The first shot shows her with a black blur to her left, presumably Jethro's shirt, and a bracelet on her right wrist, but in the second shot, it is reversed. Also, there is a different pattern on the wall that switches sides between shots.
When the Hostess apologises for the entertainment breaking you can see the boom mic operator in the reflection of the glass behind her.
When the Hostess closes the cabin door because of the X-Tonic light, movement is repeated between shots.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

An image of Rose Tyler calling to the Doctor again appears briefly, this time on one of the shuttle bus's screens. (TV: The Poison Sky)
"Molto bene", Italian for "very well", has been used by the Tenth Doctor before. (TV: The Runaway Bride) The Doctor's other favourite catchphrase in this incarnation, "Allons-y" (French for "Let's go!"), is also said and significant. (TV: Army of Ghosts, Voyage of the Damned)
The Doctor also encountered a shuttle bus during his seventh incarnation, also as part of a dangerous situation. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
The Tenth Doctor has previously told companions "No, no, don't do that". (TV: Tooth and Claw, The Shakespeare Code, The Infinite Quest, The Unicorn and the Wasp)
When the Doctor is talking to Sky, she tells him about her ex wanting more space. The Doctor mentions having a friend who went to a different universe. This references Rose Tyler's "exile" to Pete's World. (TV: Doomsday)
When the Midnight entity initially attacks Crusader 50, the Doctor knocks on the cabin wall four times (to which the entity also knocks four times). (TV: The Sound of Drums) Later on, the Doctor learns of the prophecy stating that someone knocking four times would signify his death. (TV: Planet of the Dead)
The Lost Moon of Poosh is mentioned, continuing the trend of planets disappearing. (TV: Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii)
- The Doctor later realises that it is one of the 27 planets stolen by the New Dalek Empire. It is returned by Donna Noble to its right position is space. (TV: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End)
The hostess would be among those remembered when Davros asked the Doctor how many people had died in his name to break him. (TV: Journey's End)

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

The Complete David Tennant Years DVD
Region 1 US cover
Series 4 Volume 3 DVD Cover
Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD cover
Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Four DVD box-set
Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Seven DVD box-set

This story was released in the Series 4 DVD box set in November 2008 along with the rest of the series.
It was released as Series 4 Volume 3 in a vanilla edition with Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead.

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

BBC Website - Episode Guide: Midnight
Original script (archived), posted online by Russell T Davies in conjunction with the release of his book REF: Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale.
Midnight at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
Midnight at Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel)
Midnight at The Locations Guide

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

[1] Midnight PDF shooting script (archived)

[2] The Time Traveller's Almanac

[3] Doctor Who Ratings - UK final

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+It was the first "companion-lite" televised ''Doctor Who'' story. As such, it explored a rarely touched on topic where, without his companion, the Doctor struggles to gain the trust of strangers; his commanding presence uniquely backfires, with the crew turning against him rather than siding with him. It also featured the third abrupt cameo of [[Billie Piper]] as [[Rose Tyler]] in the series before her role in the seasonal arc fully unfolded.
 In production terms, it was the first episode of ''Doctor Who'' to be filmed primarily in narrative order since the practice was abandoned around the time [[Jon Pertwee]] began portraying the [[Third Doctor]]. It was the only story in which the antagonist was never even partially glimpsed, leaving the threat to be realised by the actors and the [[sound editor]]s. It was also the second episode of 2008 to guest star the child of an actor who had played the Doctor: [[David Troughton]] as Professor Hobbes, [[Patrick Troughton|his father]] having played the [[Second Doctor]].
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 == Synopsis ==
-The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] go to the [[leisure planet]] of [[Midnight]] for a simple, relaxing holiday. However, life with the Doctor can never be that simple, and things go horribly wrong for the Doctor when he decides to go off on a bus trip to see the [[Sapphire Waterfall]], starting with the bus shutting down. When [[Midnight entity|a mysterious entity]] infiltrates the shuttle bus, no one is to be trusted. Not even the Doctor himself...
+The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] go to the [[leisure planet]] of [[Midnight (planet)|Midnight]] for a simple, relaxing holiday. However, life with the Doctor can never be that simple, and things go horribly wrong for the Doctor when he decides to go off on a bus trip to see the [[Sapphire Waterfall]], starting with the bus shutting down. When [[Midnight entity|a mysterious entity]] infiltrates the shuttle bus, no one is to be trusted. Not even the Doctor himself...
 == Plot ==
-The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble|Donna]] spend some leisure time on the crystalline planet [[Midnight]], whose crust is composed of diamonds. Though stunning and visually unique, the planet is also dangerous. The sun it orbits emits phenomenally lethal [[X-tonic radiation]] and there is no atmosphere; exposure to the surface for even a split second would result in the unfortunate person being instantly vaporised. Donna receives a call from the Doctor, who wants her to go on a trip to see the [[Sapphire Waterfall]], but she insists that she'd prefer relaxing at the spa and sunbathing. However, the Doctor warns her to be careful because of the X-tonic radiation. Paying him no mind, since the glass she's under is fifteen feet thick, Donna agrees to try out the [[anti-gravity restaurant]] (with bibs) once he gets back. Despite her warning him to be careful, the Doctor jinxes himself: "Taking a bus full of strangers across a [[diamond]] planet called 'Midnight', what could possibly go wrong?"
+The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble|Donna]] spend some leisure time on the crystalline planet [[Midnight (planet)|Midnight]], whose crust is composed of diamonds. Though stunning and visually unique, the planet is also dangerous. The sun it orbits emits phenomenally lethal [[X-tonic radiation]] and there is no atmosphere; exposure to the surface for even a split second would result in the unfortunate person being instantly vaporised. Donna receives a call from the Doctor, who is eager for her to go on a trip to see the [[Sapphire Waterfall]] with him. The idea of spending eight hours on a bus (four hours there and four hours back) does not appeal to Donna at all as she insists that she'd prefer relaxing at the spa and sunbathing. However, the Doctor warns her to be careful because of the X-tonic radiation. Paying him no mind, since the glass she's under is fifteen feet thick, Donna agrees to try out the [[anti-gravity restaurant]] (with bibs) once he gets back. Despite her warning him to be careful, the Doctor jinxes himself: "Taking a bus full of strangers across a [[diamond]] planet called 'Midnight', what could possibly go wrong?"
-He boards a [[Crusader 50|shuttle bus]] ride to the [[Sapphire Waterfall]]. Other passengers include the Cane family ([[Val Cane|Val]], [[Biff Cane|Biff]], and their bored teenage son [[Jethro Cane|Jethro]]); [[Winfold Hobbes|Professor Hobbes]], who is investigating the waterfall; his assistant [[Dee Dee Blasco]]; and recently-divorced businesswoman [[Sky Silvestry]]. Before they take off, the driver informs them they are taking a different route to the Waterfall Palace because of a diamond fall on the regular path. For the long journey to their destination, the [[Hostess (Midnight)|hostess]] activates the prerendered entertainment for passengers, consisting of several annoying [[television]] programs. Most of the passengers find the entertainment to be rather irritating, rather than pleasing. The Doctor discreetly disables them with his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]; most of them are thankful for the small mercy that they've been granted. This forces the passengers to talk and get to know each other better.
+He boards a [[Crusader 50|shuttle bus]] ride to the Sapphire Waterfall. Other passengers include the Cane family ([[Val Cane|Val]], [[Biff Cane|Biff]], and their bored teenage son [[Jethro Cane|Jethro]]); [[Winfold Hobbes|Professor Hobbes]], who is investigating the waterfall; his assistant [[Dee Dee Blasco]]; and recently-divorced businesswoman [[Sky Silvestry]]. Before they take off, the driver informs them they are taking a different route to the Waterfall Palace because of a diamond fall on the regular path. For the long journey to their destination, the [[Hostess (Midnight)|hostess]] activates the prerendered entertainment for passengers, consisting of several annoying [[television]] programs. Most of the passengers find the entertainment to be rather irritating, rather than pleasing. The Doctor discreetly disables them with his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]; most of them are thankful for the small mercy that they've been granted. This forces the passengers to talk and get to know each other better.
-The Doctor has an amusing conversation with Biff and Val. Later, during the passengers' meal time, the Doctor talks with Sky about travelling, remarking that he "had a friend who went to a different universe." After the meal, the Doctor talks with Dee Dee about the lost [[moon]] of [[Poosh]] over [[coffee]] in the back; Dee Dee wrote about it and was selected as by Hobbes as his assistant. However, Dee Dee admits Hobbes uses her as an errand girl, rather than a proper assistant. Smiling, the Doctor asks whether or not the lost moon was found. Laughing, Dee Dee tells him no; the Doctor suggests that finding the moon might be her great discovery some day. They toast glasses.
+The Doctor has an amusing conversation with Biff and Val. Next, the Doctor talks with Dee Dee about the lost [[moon]] of [[Poosh]] over [[coffee]] in the back; Dee Dee wrote about it and was selected by Hobbes as his assistant. However, Dee Dee admits Hobbes uses her as an errand girl, rather than a proper assistant. Smiling, the Doctor asks whether or not the lost moon was found. Laughing, Dee Dee tells him no; the Doctor suggests that finding the moon might be her great discovery some day. They toast glasses. Later, during the passengers' meal time, the Doctor talks with Sky about travelling, remarking that he "had [[Rose Tyler|a friend]] who [[Doomsday (TV story)|went]] to [[Pete's World|a different universe]]" after Sky tells him of her ex-wife who moved to a different galaxy to get "her own space".
-Later, Prof. Hobbes, who has been studying Midnight, presents a slide-show about it; he considers himself an expert because no one has ever researched it before, and that essentially nothing is known about Midnight. X-tonic radiation would vaporise any known form of life in seconds, so Midnight has been totally undisturbed for millennia. Hobbes notes even the Leisure Palace was prefabricated and dropped in from orbit. Jethro points out, to the disapproval of his parents, no one can really know anything about the planet, or whether or not life resides there. Hobbes agrees with him; no one has ever really set foot on Midnight, and no one has any real idea what is on or underneath the surface. Anything could be out there.
+Later, Professor Hobbes, who has been studying Midnight, presents a slide-show about it; he considers himself an expert. He informs them that, because the X-tonic radiation would vaporise any known form of life in seconds, the planet has been totally undisturbed for millennia; even the Leisure Palace was prefabricated and dropped in from orbit. Jethro points out, to the disapproval of his parents, no one can really know anything about the planet, or whether or not life resides there. Hobbes agrees with him; no one has ever really set foot on Midnight, and no one has any real idea what is on or underneath the surface. Anything could be out there.
-Suddenly the shuttle stops, everyone guesses that they must be there. However, Professor Hobbes tells them that he's been on the trip twelve times; they never stop and it's too early for them to have arrived. Curious, the Doctor uses his [[psychic paper]] to pose as someone from the Leisure Palace insurance company. He talks to driver Joe and mechanic Claude, learning that there is nothing wrong with Crusader 50's systems; however, they are stopped. He convinces them to open the shutter to look outside as the landscape is beautiful. Mountains and cliffs and ridges, composed entirely of diamonds and sparkling in the white-blue X-tonic sun. Joe informs the Doctor that the path they're on is new and never been traversed; they're the first ever to roam this part of Midnight. Suddenly, the mechanic points out at the landscape, having apparently seen movement. He dismisses it, but the Doctor seizes on it eagerly. Before Claude can elaborate, the X-tonic starts to overwhelm the cockpit's finitoglass windscreen and Joe closes the shutter. Right before it closes, Claude sees the movement again; a shadow running towards the bus.
+Suddenly the shuttle stops and everyone guesses that they must have arrived at their destination. However, Professor Hobbes tells them that he's been on the trip twelve times; they never stop and it's too early for them to have arrived. Curious, the Doctor uses his [[psychic paper]] to pose as someone from the Leisure Palace insurance company. He talks to driver Joe and mechanic Claude, learning that there is nothing wrong with Crusader 50's systems; however, they are stopped. He convinces them to open the shutter to look outside; the landscape is beautiful. Mountains and cliffs and ridges, composed entirely of diamonds and sparkling in the white-blue X-tonic sun. Joe informs the Doctor that the path they're on is new and never been traversed; they're the first ever to roam this part of Midnight. Suddenly, the mechanic points out at the landscape, having apparently seen movement. He dismisses it, but the Doctor seizes on it eagerly. Before Claude can elaborate, the X-tonic starts to overwhelm the cockpit's finitoglass windscreen and Joe closes the shutter. Right before it closes, Claude sees the movement again; a shadow running towards the bus.
-Joe tells the Doctor that a rescue vehicle is on the way, and to keep quiet about things. The Doctor returns to the cabin, where the Hostess pushes past him to talk to the duo. Mrs Silvestry asks him what's going on, prompting everyone to talk over themselves to ask him questions. This leads them to start wondering about the amount of  [[oxygen]] they have. However, the Doctor calls for silence and prompts Dee Dee, an expert on vehicles as her father is a mechanic, to explain; the air is recycled, so they can breathe for years inside the bus without any worry.
+Joe tells the Doctor that a rescue vehicle is on the way, and to keep quiet about things. The Doctor returns to the cabin, where the Hostess pushes past him to talk to the duo. Mrs Silvestry asks him what's going on, prompting everyone to talk over themselves to ask him questions. This leads them to start wondering about the amount of [[oxygen]] they have. However, the Doctor calls for silence and prompts Dee Dee, an expert on vehicles as her father is a mechanic, to explain; the air is recycled, so they can breathe for years inside the bus without any worry.
-A few moments later, something begins knocking on the hull. Again, everyone panics, but the Doctor temporarily pacifies them as he listens to the knocks with his [[stethoscope]]. The knocking moves around the bus towards both doors, even testing one to see if it can open it. Biff knocks thrice on the [[door]] to prove the ship is sturdy; the knocks repeats his pattern. Everyone freaks out as the Doctor knocks four times on the hull to confirm if there is something outside despite Hobbes' attempts to make everyone believe nothing can be outside. However, everyone ignores him since they do not believe him and the knocking debunks that. The knocking moves around the shuttle, making its way towards Sky, who has become hysterical, remembering a past threat her partner made to her during the divorce. The knocking stops as a dent appears in the door Sky is next to. The lights fail and the shuttle is violently rocked.
+A few moments later, something begins knocking on the hull. Again, everyone panics, but the Doctor temporarily pacifies them as he listens to the knocks with his [[stethoscope]]. The knocking moves around the bus towards both doors, even testing one to see if it can open it. Biff knocks thrice on the [[door]] to prove the ship is sturdy; the knocks repeat his pattern. Everyone freaks out as the Doctor knocks four times on the hull to confirm if there is something outside. The knocking moves around the shuttle, making its way towards Sky, who has become hysterical, remembering a past threat her partner made to her during the divorce. The knocking stops as a dent appears in the door Sky is next to. The lights fail and the shuttle is violently rocked.
-When the lights are restored, there is a working screen behind the Doctor, who turns away when he sees a singer on it, but it quickly turns to a muted video of  [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], who is shouting, "Doctor!" No one notices. The hostess distributes [[torch]]es and everyone looks around to see if any are injured. Jethro notices the seats near Sky have been ripped off the floor and she is cowering in the corner. The hostess fails to contact the crew in the cabin, realises the main generator is down and opens the door to the driver cabin. Only X-tonic light can be seen, forcing her to close the door. The Doctor opens up a systems panel with his sonic screwdriver to examine it for any faults, but behind the face plate are several cut wires; the driver's cabin has been ripped away, vaporising driver Joe and mechanic Claude.
+When the lights are restored, there is a working screen behind the Doctor, who turns away when he sees a singer on it, but it quickly turns to a muted video of [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], who is shouting, "Doctor!" No one notices. The hostess distributes [[torch]]es and everyone looks around to see if any are injured. Jethro notices the seats near Sky have been ripped off the floor and she is cowering in the corner. The hostess fails to contact the crew in the cabin, realises the main generator is down and opens the door to the driver cabin. Only X-tonic light can be seen, forcing her to quickly close the door. The Doctor opens up a systems panel with his sonic screwdriver to examine it for any faults, but behind the face plate are several cut wires; the driver's cabin has been ripped away, vaporising driver Joe and mechanic Claude.
-Jethro calls everyone's attention back to the cowering Sky, who hasn't moved a muscle; the Doctor kneels next to her and tries conversing with her. Sky initially remains motionless but is coaxed into turning around by the Doctor. Attempts to get her to speak cause her to start repeating what everyone else says. Deciding to test how well Sky can copy them, the Doctor says the square root of [[pi]], becoming amazed she repeats every number without fail even when they were talking over each other. The Doctor speculates about what is happening and what will happen to Sky, believing the entity that was knocking on the hull has taken over her consciousness. The backup generator comes on and the Professor tries to have everyone calm down and be rational. However, Jethro and the Doctor notice that Sky is speaking simultaneously with Hobbes, and everyone else for that matter. The Doctor decides to test Sky by saying random terms, nonsense words and reciting the alphabet and abruptly stopping, with Sky perfectly copying him in perfect sync.
+Jethro calls everyone's attention back to the cowering Sky, who hasn't moved a muscle; the Doctor kneels next to her and tries conversing with her. Sky initially remains motionless but is coaxed into turning around by the Doctor. Attempts to get her to speak cause her to start repeating what everyone else says. Deciding to test how well Sky can copy them, the Doctor says the [[square root]] of [[pi]], becoming amazed she repeats every number without fail even when they were talking over each other. The Doctor speculates about what is happening and what will happen to Sky, believing the entity that was knocking on the hull has taken over her consciousness. The backup generator comes on and the Professor tries to have everyone calm down and be rational. However, Jethro and the Doctor notice that Sky is speaking simultaneously with Hobbes, and everyone else for that matter. The Doctor decides to test Sky by saying random terms, nonsense words and reciting the alphabet and abruptly stopping, with Sky perfectly copying him in perfect sync.
-The passengers contemplate throwing Sky outside, horrifying the Doctor, who thinks that the entity might be trying to learn. He tries to calm everyone down, however, his attempt to take charge backfires as the passengers become suspicious of him, especially when he proves unwilling to reveal his real name or origin and admits to feeling a thrill from the situation. The passengers contemplate throwing him out too if he gets in the way of them trying to save themselves. However, as the Doctor protests that they will need him to survive if the entity turns out to be malevolent, Sky stops repeating everyone and focuses solely on the Doctor. To try reasoning with the consciousness in Sky, the Doctor attempts to offer it help with finding a voice of its own without stealing his. However, when the Doctor asks the entity if it can agree with him, he has spoken after Sky.
+The passengers contemplate throwing Sky outside, horrifying the Doctor, who thinks that the entity might be trying to learn from them. He tries to calm everyone down, however, his attempt to take charge backfires as the passengers become suspicious of him, especially when he proves unwilling to reveal his real name or origin and admits to feeling a thrill from the situation. The passengers contemplate throwing him out too if he gets in the way of them trying to save themselves. However, as the Doctor protests that they will need him to survive if the entity turns out to be malevolent, Sky stops repeating everyone and focuses solely on the Doctor. To try reasoning with the consciousness in Sky, the Doctor attempts to offer it help with finding a voice of its own without stealing his. However, when the Doctor asks the entity if it can agree with him, he has spoken after Sky.
 [[File:Ten_utter_terror.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor, terrified, as the entity forces him to order his own murder.]]
-The Doctor is now repeating Sky's words, motionless and clearly strained as if fighting something. Most reason that it's the Doctor that is possessed now, as Sky can move again. However, the hostess and Dee Dee think this is just the next step: stealing the voice of another as the Doctor had predicted. The other passengers refuse to listen, with Hobbes furiously telling Dee Dee that he considers her to be "average at best", to reason and decide to throw the Doctor out the nearest door, all the while being goaded on by Sky, who is strangely happy despite the madness going on. The Doctor shows minimal signs of resistance to being pulled towards a door by Biff and a reluctant Hobbes as Sky describes how the entity is insidious and gets inside the humans' heads.
+The Doctor is now repeating Sky's words, motionless and clearly strained as if fighting something. Most reason that it's the Doctor that is possessed now, as Sky can move again. However, the hostess and Dee Dee think this is just the next step: stealing the voice of another as the Doctor had predicted. The other passengers refuse to listen, with Hobbes furiously telling Dee Dee that he considers her to be "average at best", and decide to throw the Doctor out the nearest door, all the while being goaded on by Sky, who is strangely happy despite the madness going on. The Doctor shows minimal signs of resistance to being pulled towards a door by Biff and a reluctant Hobbes as Sky describes how the entity is insidious and gets inside the humans' heads.
 [[File:Sacrifice.JPG|thumb|The hostess sacrifices herself to save the Doctor.]]
-However, the hostess realises that Sky is not talking in her own voice; she uses two phrases the Doctor had used earlier (''Molto bene'' and ''[[Allons-y]]''). The entity in Sky has stolen the Doctor's voice. "Sky" notices the hostess is not fooled by her performance and is fearful. To save the Doctor, the hostess sacrifices herself to drag the entity out of the bus and out into the X-tonic sunlight, vaporising them both.
+However, the hostess realises that Sky is not talking in her own voice; she uses two phrases the Doctor had used earlier (''Molto bene'' and ''[[Allons-y]]''). The entity in Sky has stolen the Doctor's voice. "Sky" notices the hostess is not fooled by her performance and is fearful. To save the Doctor, the hostess sacrifices herself grabbing hold of "Sky" and opening the door. They are both sucked out of the bus and into the X-tonic sunlight.
-The Doctor slowly recovers from his paralysis; Val tries defending herself by saying she knew it was Sky. He simply glares at her. The passengers wait for the rescue vehicle in a haunted silence. When the rescue bus finally comes for them, the Doctor asks "The hostess; what was her name?". To their great shame and remorse, the passengers realise that they never asked the name of the woman who just saved them all.
+After the door closes and the entity is gone, the Doctor slowly recovers from his paralysis; Val tries defending herself by saying she knew it was Sky all along despite telling everyone to throw the Doctor out. He simply glares at her, silently scolding her for her callousness and her lies. The passengers wait for the rescue vehicle in a haunted silence regretting what they almost done to the Doctor. When the rescue bus finally comes for them, the Doctor asks whether anyone know the hostess' name. To their great shame and remorse, the passengers realise that they never asked the name of the woman who just saved them all.
-Back at the spa, the Doctor mournfully reunites with Donna. The two later discuss what happened with the Doctor still clueless over the origin of the creature, if it survived or how many more there may be. Either way, he intends to inform the Leisure Palace Company and have them leave Midnight behind, silently orbiting the X-tonic star once again. Donna can't fathom what the Doctor would be like without a voice. The Doctor tells her, "Molto bene", with a smile. Donna copies him. Disturbed, the Doctor tells Donna not to do that, then looks away, clearly still haunted.
+Back at the spa, the Doctor mournfully reunites with Donna. The two later discuss what happened, with the Doctor still clueless over the origin of the creature, if it survived or how many more there may be. Either way, he intends to inform the Leisure Palace Company and have them leave Midnight behind, silently orbiting the X-tonic star once again. Donna can't fathom what the Doctor would be like without a voice. The Doctor tells her, "Molto bene", with a smile. Donna copies him. Disturbed, the Doctor tells Donna not to do that, then looks away, clearly still haunted.
 == Cast ==
 * [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
 * [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]]
 * [[Rose Tyler]] - [[Billie Piper]]
 * [[Hostess (Midnight)|Hostess]] - [[Rakie Ayola]]
 * [[Sky Silvestry]] - [[Lesley Sharp]]
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 * [[Joe (Midnight)|Driver Joe]] - [[Tony Bluto]]
 * [[Claude (Midnight)|Mechanic Claude]] - [[Duane Henry]]
+=== Uncredited Cast ===
+* Waiter - Michael Green
 == Crew ==
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 }}
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
 === Cultural references from the real world ===
 * A [[Betty Boop]] cartoon and Italian soubrette Raffaella Carrà are briefly shown on a screen during the voyage as part of the [[animation archives]].
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 === The Doctor ===
 * During Sky's constant copying of the Doctor, he mentions such things as [[Rose Tyler]], [[Donna Noble]], [[Martha Jones]], [[TARDIS]], [[banana]]s and the [[Medusa Cascade]].
-* The Doctor attempts to pass himself off as [[Aliases of the Doctor|John Smith]] when asked what his name is, which is treated with scepticism by the others.
+* The Doctor attempts to pass himself off as [[Aliases of the Doctor|John Smith]] when asked what his name is, which is treated with scepticism by the others, with Biff going so far as to claim that "no one" was called that name.
+=== Mathematics ===
+* The Doctor and Sky say the [[Square root]] of [[Pi]] is [[Square root of π|1.772453850905516027298167483341]].
 === Astronomy ===
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 == Story notes ==
 * Working titles included ''Crusader Five'' and ''Crusader 50''.
-* This is the first episode in Series 4 in which the Doctor is present when Rose Tyler appears although he does not see her.
+* This is the first episode in Series 4 in which the Doctor is present when Rose Tyler appears, though he does not see her.
-* Donna was largely absent from this episode, as Catherine Tate was filming ''[[Turn Left]]''. While the previous two series included one episode each referred to as "Doctor-lite" for including only brief appearances by the Doctor and, by extension, his companion, this was the first time a "companion-lite" episode focusing on the Doctor by himself has been attempted in the revived series.
+* Donna was largely absent from this episode, as [[Catherine Tate]] was filming ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]''. While the previous two series included one episode each referred to as "Doctor-lite" for including only brief appearances by the Doctor and, by extension, his companion, this was the first time a "companion-lite" episode focusing on the Doctor by himself has been attempted in the revived series.
-* Dee Dee mentions the lost moon of [[Poosh]], continuing the theme of disappearing planetary bodies featured throughout series 4.
+* This episode was originally intended to be episode eight, before ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', but was pushed back to episode 10. The name of the shuttle bus, ''Crusader 50'', was a reference to it originally being the 50th episode of the new series to be screened and [[David Troughton]] was going to add symmetry as he was in the [[The War Games (TV story)|50th story of the classic series]]. It was, however, the 50th episode of the "new series" to be filmed. A similar reference was made in ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', with the bus numbered 200 referencing the 200th ''Doctor Who'' story to be broadcast.
-* This episode was originally intended to be episode 8, before Steven Moffat's two-parter, but was pushed back to episode 10. The name of the shuttle bus, ''Crusader 50'', was a reference to it originally being the 50th episode of the new series to be screened and [[David Troughton]] was going to add symmetry as he was in the [[The War Games (TV story)|50th story of the classic series]]. It was, however, the 50th episode of the "new series" to be filmed. A similar reference was made in ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', with the bus numbered 200 referencing the 200th ''Doctor Who'' story to be broadcast.
+* This is the first televised story since ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' in 1975 not to feature the TARDIS. The only other televised stories in the history of ''Doctor Who'' in which it does not appear are ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'', ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'', ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'' and ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]''.
-* This is the first televised story since ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' in 1975 not to feature the TARDIS. The only other televised stories in the history of ''Doctor Who'' in which it does not appear are ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'', ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'' and ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]''.
+* This is the second episode in which the Doctor has not had a companion to assist him. The first episode without a companion was ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', although the earlier story remains the only one in which no companion plays any role at all as Donna appears at the beginning and end of this episode.
-* This is the second episode in which the Doctor has not had a companion to assist him. The first episode without a companion was ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', although the earlier story remains the only one in which no companion appears at all, as opposed to Donna's appearances at the beginning and end of this episode.
 * For the first time ever in ''Doctor Who'' history, the villain in this episode is never actually revealed.
-* [[David Troughton]], who plays the professor, is the son of [[Patrick Troughton]], who played the [[Second Doctor]]. Episode director [[Alice Troughton]] is not directly related. David Troughton appeared in his father's final story ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', and also in the [[Third Doctor]] story ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'' and is a veteran contributor to the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas.
+* [[David Troughton]], who played Professor Hobbes, is the son of [[Patrick Troughton]], who played the [[Second Doctor]]. Episode director [[Alice Troughton]] is not directly related. David Troughton appeared in his father's final story ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', and also in the [[Third Doctor]] story ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'' and is a veteran contributor to the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas.
 * Sky Silvestry mentions to the Doctor that "I found myself single recently, not by choice... she needed her own space". This is in keeping with the increased mentions of same-sex relationships in humanity's future, once again suggesting a more tolerant viewpoint by this point about it.
-* Sky also says that her ex went to "a different galaxy, in fact". The Doctor's response is, "I had a friend who went a different universe", referencing Rose Tyler's departure in ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', and foreshadowing her return in ''[[Turn Left]]''.
+* Sky also says that her ex went to "a different galaxy, in fact". The Doctor's response is, "I had a friend who went a different universe", referencing Rose Tyler's departure in ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', and foreshadowing her return in ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]''.
-* Although rumoured to have originated from an earlier episode, the brief cameo of Rose was scripted for this episode and was filmed especially for this episode by director Alice Troughton during the production of ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]''. According to the DVD commentary for this episode, Russell T Davies decided to also include the clip in ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', too, a fact Troughton — and David Tennant — were not made aware of until during the commentary recording for ''Midnight''.
+* Although rumoured to have originated from an earlier episode, the brief cameo of Rose was scripted and was filmed especially for this episode by [[Alice Troughton]] during the production of ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]''. According to the DVD commentary, [[Russell T Davies]] decided to also include the clip in ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', too, a fact Troughton — and [[David Tennant]] — were not made aware of until during the commentary recording for ''Midnight''.
-* Months after the episode aired, the story element of having two characters speaking the same words at the same time, and one character trying to throw the other off by spouting random references, would be duplicated in "The Arrival", an episode of the American series {{wi|Fringe (TV series)|Fringe}}.
+* Months after the episode aired, the story element of having two characters speaking the same words at the same time, and one character trying to throw the other off by spouting random references, would be duplicated in "[https://fringe.fandom.com/wiki/The_Arrival The Arrival]", an episode of the American series {{wi|Fringe (TV series)|Fringe}}.
-* This story was written, at short notice, to replace a script called ''[[Century House]]'' by [[Tom MacRae]] which [[Russell T Davies]] felt was too similar, in terms of tone, to ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''. ([[DWM 400]])
+* This story was written, at short notice, to replace a script called ''[[Century House (unproduced TV story)|Century House]]'' by [[Tom MacRae]] which [[Russell T Davies]] felt was too similar, in terms of tone, to ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''. ([[DWM 400]])
-* When Donna impersonates the Doctor's Italian accent at the end, the Doctor says, "Don't do that," as he addressed [[Martha Jones]] and [[Rose Tyler]]'s earlier attempts at accents; however on this occasion it is with serious intent and more directly references the fact that he is uncomfortable with her repeating his words as he had just recovered from an adventure with a mysterious entity that wanted his voice.
+* The lost moon of Poosh is first introduced in this episode as another lost planet alongside Adipose 3 and Pyrovillia, continuing this series' trend of having lost planets, and the trend of a unique story arc per series. The first series had the [[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]], the second had [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]], and the third had [[Mr. Saxon]]. These planets are ultimately revealed to have been stolen by the Daleks and are found by the Doctor and Donna. The lost moon of Poosh is returned home by Donna in ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' is thus later no longer lost.
-* The lost moon of Poosh is first introduced in this episode as another lost planet alongside Adipose 3 and Pyrovillia, continuing this series' trend of having lost planets, and the trend of a unique story arc per series. The first series had the [[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]], the second had [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]], and the third had [[Mr. Saxon]]. These planets are ultimately revealed to have been stolen by the Daleks and are found by the Doctor and Donna. The lost moon of Poosh is returned home by Donna in ''Journey's End'' is thus later no longer lost.
+* [[Russell T Davies]] wrote the script in three days.
-* The way that the Hostess and passengers are suspicious of the Doctor is actually a realistic demonstration of scared people in the Doctor's adventures. In real life, a person that shows up for a trip at the last minute, will not tell his real name, and being prepared for a detour that involves cold-blooded murder, is very suspicious. This was part of the Midnight entity's plan, to make people scared and become the real monsters.
+* [[David Troughton]] replaced [[Sam Kelly]], who broke his leg in a car accident shortly before filming and had to withdraw. He had recorded [[Cuddlesome (audio story)|''Cuddlesome'']] only a few days earlier.
+* [[Helen Worth]] was offered the role of Val Cane.
+* In order to have Sky repeating everyone's words and intonation when she was possessed by the Midnight Entity without having [[Lesley Sharp]] memorise all the lines, the crew set monitors up in front of each actor which would scroll their lines for Sharp to read. The actors would deliver their lines and then Lesley would copy their intonation. This was done on Sharp's coverage so that she would have the correct eyeline as well. The actors had pre-filmed the scenes in which they were all talking together and then they recorded Sharp's parts separately. The voices (Sharp's and the actor she was mimicking) were then joined in post-production, a massive undertaking for the actors and the sound engineers. There couldn't be a single deviation from script, the lines would need to be delivered with as exactly the same intonation as the actors could, and then the sound editor had to take each snippet of Sharp's repeated lines and match them into the jumble-talking scene. The hardest bits of dialogue to film for [[David Tennant]] and Sharp were the ones in which they were meant to be totally in sync, as there needed to be a shot of the both of them in camera at the same time delivering the same lines with the same intonation. They had to breathe and open their mouths simultaneously, and these chunks of dialogue were rehearsed by them both as extensively as possible in order to properly coordinate. Tennant has said the absolute most difficult part was the delivery of the square root of pi to thirty decimal places because it had to be done very rapidly, and although they were not in sync at the time in the script, Sharp would be repeating everything he said just a split second after him, and in the jumble of the two voices it could be difficult to remember the string of numbers, which are difficult enough to remember correctly on their own.
+* [[Daniel Ryan]] had announced in a 2006 interview that he was going to ask [[Russell T Davies]] for a role in the series, as he wanted his children to see him acting on television in a programme that was not inaccessible.
+* According to ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'', this episode is set in the [[27th century]], during the era of the [[First Great and Bountiful Human Empire]].
+* [[Russell T Davies]] drew upon his experience of writing ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', in which a small group of people under siege behaved with the utmost courage and nobility. Now he wanted to explore what would happen in a similar situation if those involved instead gave in to their fears and baser natures.
+* There were few major changes to the narrative as it developed, although timing considerations forced the elimination of a sequence in which the possessed Sky ceased mimicking the other passengers, one by one, until she focussed solely upon the Doctor.
+* [[Alice Troughton]] chose to hew largely to the story order, a practice which had not been common since the early [[1970s]].
+* According to [[Russell T Davies]], Sky Silvestry was planning to kill herself once she reached the waterfall and killing the monster was the only thing they could do, the stewardess was right the entire time but it was motivated by fear.
+* [[Daniel Ryan]] and [[Lesley Sharp]] had previously appeared together in [[Russell T Davies]]' sitcom ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_%26_Rose Bob & Rose].'' Davies had previously written the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Green Linda Green]'' episode "Rest in Peace", which Ryan starred in.
+* This episode formed Block Six of season four, along with ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]].''
+* [[Colin Morgan]] was twenty-two when he played the teenaged Jethro.
+* [[Russell T Davies]] has stated that the episode was inspired by the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[startrekwiki:Darmok_(episode)|Darmok]]". While he hadn't actually seen the episode, he was intrigued by the idea of an alien that communicated in a completely different way. He was also inspired by the annoying habit of children to mimic others.
+* The setting was influenced by ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepers_Creepers_2 Jeepers Creepers 2]'', about a high school basketball team which was trapped on a bus by an ancient monster.
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 === Myths ===
-* Billie Piper's brief cameo was taken from an earlier episode, most likely ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'', in which she was also shown shouting silently from a TV screen, and was a last-minute addition. ''This was false, it was filmed during Series 4.''
+* [[Billie Piper]]'s brief cameo was taken from an earlier episode, most likely ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'', in which she was also shown shouting silently from a TV screen, and was a last-minute addition. ''This was false, it was filmed during Series 4.''
+* The Entity can be seen just before the mechanic spots it running. ''This 'sighting' is just a reflection of his hand in the windshield.''
+* The Entity is the soul of a TARDIS that crashed on Midnight and had its exterior destroyed by the X-tonic radiation. ''This theory originates from Tumblr. The true nature of the Midnight Entity has never been officially confirmed.''
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 * Donna's phone in the prologue is clearly the handset of a wired phone due to the jack on the bottom. She was supposed to hold it upside down so no one would notice, but nobody on set caught the mistake.
-* Also in the prologue, as the Doctor is saying his last words to Donna on the phone, behind him you can see a green screen that is supposed to be the bus depot on where he travels to the bus. (However, in some repeats of the story... the error has been cleaned up and the background has been placed in.)
+* In the prologue, when the Doctor is talking to Donna on the phone, his reflection in the glass behind him remains static even though he is moving.
+* Also in the prologue, as the Doctor is saying his last words to Donna on the phone, behind him you can see a green screen that is supposed to be the bus depot. (However, in some repeats of the story the error has been corrected and the background has been added.)
 * While trying to turn off the entertainment, the Doctor extends his sonic screwdriver. The camera then switches to Sky, then to the Doctor where he extends the sonic screwdriver again.
-* When the Hostess tells Dee Dee that Sky has "stolen" the Doctor's voice, the second shot of Dee Dee is mirrored. The first shot shows her with a black blur to her left, presumably Jethro's shirt, and a bracelet on her right wrist, but in the second shot, it is reversed. Also, on there is a different pattern on the wall that switches sides between shots.
+* When the Hostess explains to the passengers that they are experiencing a small delay, movement of her walking to the front of the bus is repeated between shots.
-* When the hostess apologises for the entertainment breaking you can see the boom mic operator in the reflection of the glass behind her.
+* When the Hostess tells Dee Dee that Sky has "stolen" the Doctor's voice, the second shot of Dee Dee is mirrored. The first shot shows her with a black blur to her left, presumably Jethro's shirt, and a bracelet on her right wrist, but in the second shot, it is reversed. Also, there is a different pattern on the wall that switches sides between shots.
+* When the Hostess apologises for the entertainment breaking you can see the boom mic operator in the reflection of the glass behind her.
+* When the Hostess closes the cabin door because of the X-Tonic light, movement is repeated between shots.
 == Continuity ==
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 * "Molto bene", Italian for "very well", has been used by the [[Tenth Doctor]] before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') The Doctor's other favourite catchphrase in this incarnation, "Allons-y" (French for "Let's go!"), is also said and significant. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'')
 * The Doctor also encountered a shuttle bus during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], also as part of a dangerous situation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
-* The [[Tenth Doctor]] has a habit of telling companions "No, no, don't do that." whenever they are doing horribly inaccurate [[Accent|accents]] that he doesn't like since it makes them look crazy. ([[TV]]: [[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]], [[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]], [[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]], [[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]) However, this was a more serious intention and he was telling Donna not to repeat his words as he was very traumatised, justified by the fact a strange being had just tried to steal his voice.
+* The Tenth Doctor has previously told companions "No, no, don't do that". ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
-* When the Doctor is talking to Sky, she tells the Doctor about her ex wanting more space. The Doctor mentions having a friend who went to a different universe. This references [[Rose Tyler]]'s "exile" to [[Pete's World]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')
+* When the Doctor is talking to Sky, she tells him about her ex wanting more space. The Doctor mentions having a friend who went to a different universe. This references Rose Tyler's "exile" to [[Pete's World]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')
-* When the [[Midnight entity]] initially attacks the Crusader 50, the Doctor knocks on the cabin wall four times (to which the entity also knocks four times). ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Later on, the Doctor learns of the prophecy stating that someone knocking four times would signify his death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
+* When the [[Midnight entity]] initially attacks Crusader 50, the Doctor knocks on the cabin wall four times (to which the entity also knocks four times). ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Later on, the Doctor learns of the prophecy stating that someone knocking four times would signify his death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
 * The [[Lost Moon of Poosh]] is mentioned, continuing the trend of planets disappearing. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
-** The Doctor later realises that it is one of the [[stolen planets|27 planets stolen]] by the [[Dalek]]s. It is returned by [[Donna Noble]] to its right position is space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
+** The Doctor later realises that it is one of the [[stolen planets|27 planets stolen]] by the [[New Dalek Empire]]. It is returned by [[Donna Noble]] to its right position is space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
-* The hostess would be among those remembered when [[Davros]] asked the Doctor: ''"How many have died in your name?'' ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
+* The hostess would be among those remembered when [[Davros]] asked the Doctor how many people had died in his name to break him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
 == Home video releases ==
-[[File:Bbcdvd-s4-v3.jpg|thumb|Series 4 Volume 3 DVD Cover]]
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
-* This story was released in the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] DVD box set in November 2008 along with the rest of the series.
+File:The Complete David Tennant Years Region 1 US DVD cover.jpg|The Complete David Tennant Years DVD<br />Region 1 US cover
+File:Bbcdvd-s4-v3.jpg|thumb|Series 4 Volume 3 DVD Cover
+File:Series-4-boxset.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series'' DVD cover
+File:Bbcdvd-series1234.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Four'' DVD box-set
+File:Bbcdvd-series1234567.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Seven'' DVD box-set
+</gallery>
+* This story was released in the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 4]] DVD box set in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] along with the rest of the series.
 * It was released as Series 4 Volume 3 in a vanilla edition with ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' and ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''.
 == External links ==
 * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S4_10 BBC Website - Episode Guide: '''Midnight''']
-* [http://www.thewriterstale.com/scr.html Original script], posted online by [[Russell T Davies]] in conjunction with the release of his book [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]''.
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110809114614/http://www.thewriterstale.com/scr.html Original script] (archived), posted online by [[Russell T Davies]] in conjunction with the release of his book [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]''.
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