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|image          = ElevenInPocket.jpg
|image          = ElevenInPocket.jpg
|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|season number  = Series 7 (Doctor Who)
|season number  = Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)
|series episode number = 9
|series episode number = 9
|story number    = 235
|story number    = 235
|doctor          = Eleventh Doctor
|doctor          = Eleventh Doctor
|companions      = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]
|companions      = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]
|enemy          = [[Pocket universe (Hide)|Crooked World]]
|setting        = {{il|[[Caliburn House]], [[25 November]] [[1974]]|[[Pocket universe (Hide)|Crooked World]]}}
|setting        = {{il|[[Caliburn House]], [[25 November]] [[1974]]|[[Pocket universe (Hide)|Crooked World]]|[[Earth]], around [[Distant past#Billions of years BC|6,000,000,000 BC]] and the [[far future]]}}
|writer          = Neil Cross
|writer          = [[Neil Cross]]
|director        = [[Jamie Payne]]
|director        = [[Jamie Payne]]
|producer        = [[Marcus Wilson]]
|producer        = [[Marcus Wilson]]
|broadcast date  = [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|broadcast date  = 20 April 2013
|network        = [[BBC One]]
|network        = BBC One
|format          = 1x45 minute episode
|format          = 1x45 minute episode
|prev            = Cold War (TV story)
|prev            = Cold War (TV story)
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|bts            = Behind the Scenes of Hide - Doctor Who - Episode 4 Series 7 2013 - BBC One
|bts            = Behind the Scenes of Hide - Doctor Who - Episode 4 Series 7 2013 - BBC One
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}}
'''''Hide''''' was the ninth episode of [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
'''''Hide''''' was the ninth episode of [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 7]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''. The episode was inspired by the 1959 [[Gothic stories|Gothic horror]] novel {{wi|The Haunting of Hill House}} by {{w|Shirley Jackson}}, as well as the broader sub-genre of haunting house fiction, and by the ''[[Quatermass (series)|Quatermass]]'' serials — with which, at one point in development, it was intended to be a [[crossover]].


It saw the [[Eleventh Doctor]] continue his investigation into [[Clara Oswald]]'s true nature and led her to directly communicate with [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] for the first time, leading into the [[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|subsequent episode]].
It saw the [[Eleventh Doctor]] continue his investigation into [[Clara Oswald]]'s true nature and led her to directly communicate with [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] for the first time, leading into the [[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|following episode]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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The Doctor claims to be from "the Ministry", and knows who Alec and Emma are. Photographs that were taken by the professor show the same figure in the same pose throughout the history of Caliburn House. The Doctor and Clara search the house, as a strange creature stalks them through it. Loud knocking is heard, which is said to be associated with the "Witch of the Well".
The Doctor claims to be from "the Ministry", and knows who Alec and Emma are. Photographs that were taken by the professor show the same figure in the same pose throughout the history of Caliburn House. The Doctor and Clara search the house, as a strange creature stalks them through it. Loud knocking is heard, which is said to be associated with the "Witch of the Well".


The Doctor returns with Clara to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and takes a series of photographs of the "ghost" throughout [[Earth]]'s timeline. Upset at seeing Earth become a lifeless rock, Clara believes that she is nothing more than a ghost to the Doctor because as a [[time travel]]ler he has been to a time when she is long dead. He tells her that she is "the only mystery worth solving". The Doctor uses his photographs to explain that the "ghost" is, in fact, a time traveller called [[Hila Tacorien]], who is trapped in a [[pocket universe]] in the process of collapsing and being chased by an unknown [[Crooked Man|creature]].
The Doctor returns with Clara to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and takes a series of photographs of the "ghost" throughout [[Earth]]'s timeline. Upset at seeing Earth become a lifeless rock, Clara believes that she is nothing more than a ghost to the Doctor because as a [[time travel]]ler he has been to a time when she is long dead. When she asks 'what are we to you' he tells her that human beings are "the only mystery worth solving". The Doctor uses his photographs to explain that the "ghost" is, in fact, a time traveller called [[Hila Tacorien]], who is trapped in a [[pocket universe]] in the process of collapsing and being chased by an unknown [[Crooked Man (Hide)|creature]].
 
[[File:HideVortex.jpg|thumb|The TARDIS heads for the pocket universe.]]
The Doctor uses a [[Metebelis crystal|crystal]] from [[Metebelis III]] to enhance Emma's thoughts and use them to create a portal to the pocket universe, a reality "well". He goes to rescue Hila, who escapes but is trapped in the pocket universe with the monster after Emma collapses. As the professor encourages Emma to try again - finally admitting he loves her - Clara returns to the TARDIS, and after a brief argument with the voice interface (which appears as herself, much to her annoyance), manages to break into the pocket universe and rescue the Doctor from the creature.
The Doctor uses a [[Metebelis crystal|crystal]] from [[Metebelis III]] to enhance Emma's thoughts and use them to create a portal to the pocket universe, a reality "well". He goes to rescue Hila, who escapes but is trapped in the pocket universe with the monster after Emma collapses. As the professor encourages Emma to try again - finally admitting he loves her - Clara returns to the TARDIS, and after a brief argument with the voice interface (which appears as herself, much to her annoyance), manages to break into the pocket universe and rescue the Doctor from the creature.


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* [[Emma Grayling]] - [[Jessica Raine]]
* [[Emma Grayling]] - [[Jessica Raine]]
* [[Hila Tacorien|Hila]] - [[Kemi-Bo Jacobs]]
* [[Hila Tacorien|Hila]] - [[Kemi-Bo Jacobs]]
* [[Crooked Man|The Crooked Man]] - [[Aidan Cook]]
* [[Crooked Man (Hide)|The Crooked Man]] - [[Aidan Cook]]


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* When the Doctor introduces himself, [[Alec Palmer|Alec]] asks him, "Doctor what?", to which the Doctor responds, "If you like."
* The Doctor says he loves [[carrier pigeon]]s.
* The Doctor says he loves [[carrier pigeon]]s.
* Emma tells Clara not to trust the Doctor, saying that "he has a sliver of ice in his [[heart]]".
* Emma tells Clara not to trust the Doctor, saying that "he has a sliver of ice in his [[heart]]".


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
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=== Popular culture from the real world ===
=== Popular culture from the real world ===
* Clara introduces herself and the Doctor as "[[Ghostbusters]]." The Doctor and Rose sang this song earlier in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''.
* Clara introduces herself and the Doctor as "[[Ghostbusters]]." The Doctor and Rose sang the Ghostbusters theme song earlier in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''.
* The Doctor quotes the song ''Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)'' by Cole Porter when he realises the truth about the two monsters; "Birds do it, bees do it - even educated fleas do it!".
* The Doctor quotes the song ''Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)'' by Cole Porter when he realises the truth about the two monsters; "Birds do it, bees do it - even educated fleas do it!".


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=== The TARDIS ===
=== The TARDIS ===
* Clara calls [[the TARDIS]] a "grumpy old [[cow]]."
* Clara calls [[the TARDIS]] a "grumpy old [[cow]]."
* The TARDIS uses her [[voice interface|voice visual interface]] to talk with Clara, using a hologram of Clara herself, because the interface is programmed to "select the image of a person you esteem." Unlike the last time the Doctor used a similar interface, ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') the TARDIS projects the interface outside of the ship and, for the first time on screen, addresses a [[companion]] in this manner.
* The TARDIS unlocks herself in order to allow Clara to enter, even though she doesn't yet have a [[TARDIS key|key]].
* The TARDIS unlocks herself in order to allow Clara to enter, even though she doesn't yet have a [[TARDIS key|key]].  
* Clara says that they need a place to keep her [[umbrella]].
* Clara says that they need a place to keep her [[umbrella]], the Doctor states that he has or had a place at one point. The [[First Doctor|First]], [[Second Doctor|Second]], [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]], [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s all had umbrella racks in their [[control room]]s, and the Fifth, [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]], [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]]'s control rooms, as well as the Eleventh's first one, had [[hat]] stands.
* It is revealed that the TARDIS is capable of piloting herself, at will, even into challenging locations where her existence is threatened. This supports the contention made in ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' that she often guides the Doctor to where he needs to go.


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
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* A subset of the [[Eye of Harmony]] is used to open a gateway to the pocket dimension.
* A subset of the [[Eye of Harmony]] is used to open a gateway to the pocket dimension.
* Alec has a [[Kodak]] Carousel S projector.
* Alec has a [[Kodak]] Carousel S projector.
* Alec has a [[Nikon]] film camera with [[electric flash]] that the Doctor borrows.
* The Doctor builds a [[psychochronograph]].
* The Doctor builds a [[psychochronograph]].
=== Influences ===
* [[Neil Cross]] was heavily inspired by the works of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kneale Nigel Kneale], in particular ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Tape The Stone Tape],'' hence the 1970s setting''.'' In addition, the episode was supposed to have the Doctor meet [[Bernard Quatermass]], but copyright issues made this impossible.
* Clara assuming that the Doctor's holding her hand when really it's something else is taken from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_(1963_film) The Haunting].''
* [[Jamie Payne]] argued for the Crooked Man to be realised chiefly as a practical rig, in order to achieve a visual aesthetic similar to ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(1982_film) Poltergeist]''.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
[[File:HidePlayset.jpg|thumb|''Hide'' playset released by [[Character Options]]]]  
[[File:HidePlayset.jpg|thumb|''Hide'' playset released by [[Character Options]]]]
* Working titles for the episode were ''Phantom of the Hex'' and ''The Hider in the House''.{{fact}}
* The episode had the working titles ''Phantoms of the Hex'' and ''The Hider in the House.''
* The read-through for this episode took place on [[21 May (production)|21 May]] [[2012 (production)|2012]], and filming began on [[24 May (production)|the 24th]].
* The read-through for this episode took place on [[21 May (production)|21 May]] [[2012 (production)|2012]], and filming began on [[24 May (production)|the 24th]].
* Scriptwriter [[Neil Cross]] confirmed that the episode had been inspired by Nigel Kneale's acclaimed 1972 TV play ''The Stone Tape'', also about a scientific investigation of a haunted house with a psychic as one of the team.
* This was the first episode filmed by [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] as a series regular but screened as the fourth episode in series 7b. Coleman was uneasy about diving straight into the middle of Clara's adventures before filming her introduction ( a circumstance created in part by the lateness of the script for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''), but [[Steven Moffat]] and [[Jamie Payne]] both worked to assuage her concerns.
* ''Hide'' was the first episode filmed by [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] as a series regular but screened as the fourth episode in series 7b.
* What the "ghost" version of Hila is saying is "Em pleh", which is "Help me!" backwards.
* What the "ghost" version of Hila is saying is "Em pleh", which is "Help me!" backwards.
* [[Jessica Raine]] would later portray [[Verity Lambert]] in [[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|''An Adventure in Space and Time'']]. [[Matt Smith]] made a cameo as the Doctor in the film.
* [[Neil Cross]] had been a fan of the series and hoped to write an episode during the [[Russell T Davies]] era, but he was unable to do so due to scheduling conflicts. Cross' friend [[Caroline Skinner]] encouraged [[Steven Moffat]] to take him on. Moffat was won over by the fact that Cross was a showrunner in his own right with ''[[Luther (series)|Luther]].''
* The script process of "Hide" involved no face-to-face meeting, as [[Neil Cross]] lives in [[New Zealand]]. However, he flew in with his family to watch the filming.
* [[Neil Cross]] was chosen to write ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'' based on the strength of this episode.
* Caliburn House was named in reference to [[King Arthur]]'s sword in the writings of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth], which later evolved into the more familiar [[Excalibur]].
* [[Neil Cross]] originally intended the entire narrative to be set within Caliburn House, with the extra-dimensional space represented by a daylight version of Caliburn House's interior. However, [[Steven Moffat]] felt that the narrative deserved a larger scale, and he suggested that the Hex should instead take the form of an eerie wood.
* Originally, the pocket universe was the prison of the Lost Lord, an ancient [[Time Lord]] also called the Revenant of Anathenon who had become trapped there so long ago that he was now just a bogeyman of [[Gallifreyan]] legend. The Lost Lord sought to tempt the Doctor into the Hex and feed on him, enabling him to return to the normal universe where he would begin absorbing all of time.
* [[Neil Cross]] wanted to write "a really old-fashioned scary episode of ''Doctor Who''" targeted especially at children nine to twelve, which was how he remembered ''Doctor Who'' at that age. He stated that "time travel and ghosts are echoes of one another. What is a ghost, if not a fragment caught in time?" He aimed to show suspense and tension, as he felt it was more terrifying than "full-on shock horror blood and gore".
* [[Steven Moffat]] became concerned that a straightforward monster was unsuitably shallow. He worked with [[Neil Cross]] to develop the idea of the two Crooked Men and the love which bound them, reinforcing themes already present in the storyline.
* [[Neil Cross]] wanted this to be a "very small, very restricted ghost story", but he was asked to make it bigger in the end. The different universe was present, but it was "smoke and mirrors" and the climax originally took place in the house, just in daylight and in the alternate world.
* The idea of the Crooked Man was something [[Neil Cross]] said lurked in his imagination.
* This was intended to air fifth out of the eight episodes comprising the second segment of season seven; it would later be pushed back to sixth before finally being broadcast fourth.
* The episode comprised Block Four of season seven.
* This was the first filmed appeareance of the Eleventh Doctor's purple coat, satisfying [[Matt Smith]]'s long-held desire for an outfit in this colour, and advancing an overarching scheme for his incarnation's attire to evolve over time.
* During a break in production, [[Matt Smith]] carried [[Olympic Torch]]. [[Steven Moffat]] jokingly tweeted that [[Cardiff]] would rebuild.
* The scenes in the TARDIS could not be taped alongside the rest of the episode because the new console room set, which would debut on-screen in [[The Snowmen (TV story)|''The Snowmen'']]''',''' was not yet finished.
* [[Neil Cross]] wanted to tell the story with "a small cast and as few locations as possible".
* The pocket universe was originally called The Hex. In post-production, dubbing replaced all references with less oblique terminology.
* [[Jessica Raine]] later said that she had not realised "what an institution ''Doctor Who'' is" until she arrived on set. She said it was produced very differently from ''[[Call the Midwife]]''.
* [[Matt Smith]] and [[Jessica Raine]] had previously acted together in a stage play.
* [[Neil Cross]] said that [[Dougray Scott]] and [[Jessica Raine]] were good at filling out their characters, as he found it difficult to fully "evoke the history of a quite complex relationship" between their characters with just the script.
* The Crooked Man's movements were done in reverse and then played forward, to give it an unnatural movement.
* [[Jamie Payne]] had [[Neil Cross]]' children be "monster consultants" during filming and evaluate if The Crooked Man was scary enough.
* [[Neil Cross]] only had [[Jenna Coleman]]'s five-minute audition for [[Asylum of the Daleks|''Asylum of the Daleks'']], in which she played a different but mysteriously linked character to work from, and some editing was done to her lines to make her sound less "bitchy".
* Filming started three days after the script read-through.
* [[Matt Smith]] was ill with flu when making the TARDIS scenes.


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
"Hide" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on [[BBC One]] on 20 April 2013. Overnight ratings showed that the episode was watched by 5 million viewers live. When time-shifted viewers were calculated, the figure rose to 6.61 million viewers, making it the sixth most-watched programme of the week on BBC One.<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date Doctor Who Ratings - UK final]</ref> In addition, "Hide" received 1.53 million requests on the online [[BBC iPlayer]] for April, placing sixth for the month on the service. It also received an Appreciation Index of 85.
The episode was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on [[BBC One]] on 20 April 2013. Overnight ratings showed that the episode was watched by 5 million viewers live. When time-shifted viewers were calculated, the figure rose to 6.61 million viewers, making it the sixth most-watched programme of the week on BBC One.<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date Doctor Who Ratings - UK final]</ref> In addition, ''Hide'' received 1.53 million requests on the online [[BBC iPlayer]] for April, placing sixth for the month on the service. It also received an [[Appreciation Index]] of 85.


=== Reception ===
=== Reception ===
* The episode received generally positive feedback from fans and critics. [[Nerdist's]] Kyle Anderson stated it was 'easily my favourite of this half-series,' as well as complimenting the 'terrific' direction by newcomer Jamie Payne. [[Den of Geek]] liked the episode but criticised the twist ending, as to them it 'didn't feel like a comfortable fit,' claiming it was 'a twist for the sake of a twist.'
* The episode received generally positive feedback from fans and critics. [[Nerdist's]] Kyle Anderson stated it was "easily my favourite of this half-series", as well as complimenting the "terrific" direction by newcomer [[Jamie Payne]]. [[Den of Geek]] liked the episode but criticised the twist ending, as to them it "didn't feel like a comfortable fit", claiming it was "a twist for the sake of a twist".
* The episode was claimed to be the superior of the two [[Neil Cross]]-penned scripts for Series 7, as his previous script, [[The Rings of Akhaten]], received mostly negative reactions from the fan base.
* The episode was claimed to be the superior of the two [[Neil Cross]]-penned scripts for Series 7, as his previous script, ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'', received mostly negative reactions from the fan base.


=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
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* [[Margam Castle]] (also used in ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'' as [[Rattigan Academy]])
* [[Margam Castle]] (also used in ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'' as [[Rattigan Academy]])
* [[Plas Llanmihangel]]
* [[Plas Llanmihangel]]
* Tyntesfield, Wraxall<ref>https://visitbristol.co.uk/blog/read/2018/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about-doctor-who-filming-locations-in-bristol-b916</ref> ([[Caliburn House]] staircase, hallway and other interiors)


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
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* While the Doctor is wandering the pocket universe for the first time, he removes his bow tie. The bow tie then appears and disappears between close and wide shots.
* While the Doctor is wandering the pocket universe for the first time, he removes his bow tie. The bow tie then appears and disappears between close and wide shots.
* During one of the scenes, Clara is holding a candelabra with a candle missing. When the camera changes, the candle is back on the candelabra.
* During one of the scenes, Clara is holding a candelabra with a candle missing. When the camera changes, the candle is back on the candelabra.
* For an unknown reason, the TARDIS Interior has a Red-Orange hue that is exclusive to this episode and is not accounted for, explained or shown in any other episode.
* After the Doctor says "It's ghost time", there's a sequence where Palmer takes the Doctor and Clara on a walk down a hallway, in which Clara remarks about Palmer having bought the house. It then cuts to a sequence where the Doctor talks about empaths. For some reason, Clara's hair appears to be wet and she's drying it with a towel. There is nothing in-between to suggest how it got that way. Immediately thereafter Palmer begins telling his history of the ghost and Clara's hair changes arrangement from the way it was when she was drying it.
* After the Doctor says "It's ghost time", there's a sequence where Palmer takes the Doctor and Clara on a walk down a hallway, in which Clara remarks about Palmer having bought the house. It then cuts to a sequence where the Doctor talks about empaths. For some reason, Clara's hair appears to be wet and she's drying it with a towel. There is nothing in-between to suggest how it got that way. Immediately thereafter Palmer begins telling his history of the ghost and Clara's hair changes arrangement from the way it was when she drying it.
* A technical error: Palmer is shown using regular negative print film and developing it in his lab. The Doctor takes the same camera, presumably loaded with more of the same film, and goes to different times to take photos. These images, however, are placed into a slide carousel and projected. Slide film is not the same as negative film, and, in fact, in 1974 most people could only get slides processed by sending the exposed film away.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor is able to utilise a "subset of the [[Eye of Harmony]]" to enter a pocket universe by running cables from [[the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')  
* The Doctor is able to utilise a "subset of the [[Eye of Harmony]]" to enter a pocket universe by running cables from [[the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The TARDIS' [[cloister bell]] chimes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', et al.)
* The TARDIS' [[cloister bell]] chimes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor references [[fixed points in time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'')
* The Doctor references [[fixed points in time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'')
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* The Doctor uses his [[psychic paper]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor uses his [[psychic paper]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor once again pretends to be from [[Health and Safety]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')
* The Doctor once again pretends to be from [[Health and Safety]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')
* Clara references the Eleventh Doctor's big chin, as had previously [[Oswin Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')
* Clara references the Eleventh Doctor's big chin, as had previously [[Clara Oswald#Oswin Oswald|Oswin Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor uses a [[Metebelis crystal|blue crystal from Metebelis III]] in order to amplify [[Emma Grayling|Emma's powers]], though he pronounces it very differently than he did during his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] ("Me-TEB-eh-lis" instead of "Met-a-BEE-lis"). ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Worldwide Web (audio story)|Worldwide Web]]'')
* The Doctor uses a [[Metebelis crystal|blue crystal from Metebelis III]] in order to amplify [[Emma Grayling|Emma's powers]], though he pronounces it very differently than he did during his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] ("Me-TEB-eh-lis" instead of "Met-a-BEE-lis"). ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Worldwide Web (audio story)|Worldwide Web]]'')
* Emma speaks to the [[ghost]], telling it to "speak to me," in the same vein as [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]] holding a [[séance]] and saying "speak to us." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')
* Emma speaks to the [[ghost]], telling it to "speak to me," in the same vein as [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]] holding a [[séance]] and saying "speak to us." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')
* The Doctor enters a [[pocket universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'', ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor enters a [[pocket universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'', ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor uses what appears to be the same reddish-orange [[space suit]] he used on [[Krop Tor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') and [[Mars]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]''). It does not have the "Sanctuary Base 6" logo, however.
* The Doctor uses what appears to be the same reddish-orange [[space suit]] he used on [[Krop Tor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') and [[Mars]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') It does not have the "Sanctuary Base 6" logo, however.
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] also visited a mysterious stately home due to his companion at the time, [[Ace]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] also visited a mysterious stately home due to his companion at the time, [[Ace]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] previously encountered another being referred to by [[Human|humans]] as "the Witch from the Well." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] previously encountered another being referred to by [[human]]s as "the Witch from the Well." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'')
* The Doctor jumps and clings on to the outside of the TARDIS, as had [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]] previously. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* The Doctor jumps and clings on to the outside of the TARDIS, as had [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]] previously. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* Clara has difficulty coming to terms with seeing a long-dead Earth, as [[Rose Tyler]] did. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* Clara has difficulty coming to terms with seeing a long-dead Earth, as [[Rose Tyler]] did. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] once visited a haunted house very similar to this. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'')
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] once visited a haunted house very similar to this, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'') as did the [[Seventh Doctor]], although there were never really ghosts. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow (novel)|Falls the Shadow]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously encountered a time traveller from the future, whose journey had gone disastrously wrong. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously encountered a time traveller from the future, whose journey had gone disastrously wrong. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The Doctor uses his strange greeting{{what}} again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'' et al.)
* The Doctor previously drew a symbol on the floor with chalk to solve a problem from another pocket universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* The Doctor previously drew a symbol on the floor with chalk to solve a problem from another pocket universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* Both the Doctor and the TARDIS state that the pocket universe would drain the energy from the TARDIS; this had previously happened in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]], requiring the [[Tenth Doctor]] to give up ten years of his life to "recharge" the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'')
* Both the Doctor and the TARDIS state that the pocket universe would drain the energy from the TARDIS; this had previously happened in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]], requiring the [[Tenth Doctor]] to give up ten years of his life to "recharge" the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'')
* After a heated discussion with the TARDIS, Clara is let in by her without a key, to follow the Doctor into a pocket dimension against his orders. This exact sequence of events was previously also done by [[Charlotte Pollard]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''. Like Clara does in this story, Charlotte also called the TARDIS a "cow" in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]''.
* After a heated discussion with the TARDIS, Clara is let in by her without a key, to follow the Doctor into a pocket dimension against his orders. This exact sequence of events was previously also done by [[Charlotte Pollard]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''. Like Clara does in this story, Charlotte also called the TARDIS a "cow" in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]''.
* The TARDIS interface was previously showed images of companions to speak to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
* The TARDIS interface was previously showed images of companions to speak to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
* Clara has previously mentioned the TARDIS not liking her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]).''
* Clara has previously mentioned the TARDIS not liking her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')
* Asking for [[Kendal Mint Cake]] was not the first time the Doctor has asked for baked confectionery amongst a list of items needed to find someone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
* Asking for [[Kendal Mint Cake]] was not the first time the Doctor has asked for baked confectionery amongst a list of items needed to find someone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
* When jumping into the pocket universe for the first time, the Doctor says, "Geronimo!". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', et. al.)
* When jumping into the pocket universe for the first time, the Doctor says, "Geronimo!". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', et. al.)
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=== DVD Releases ===
===DVD & Blu-ray releases===
''Hide'' was released as part of Doctor Who Series 7 Part 2 on May 22, 2013, and as part of The Complete Seventh Series on September 24, 2013.


=== Blu Ray Releases ===
* ''Hide'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray as part of Doctor Who Series 7 Part Two in region 1/A on [[28 May (releases)|28 May]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], region 2/B on [[27 May (releases)|27 May]] 2013, and region 4/B on [[22 May (releases)|22 May]] 2013.
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* Also, this episode was released as part of the Complete Seventh Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], in region 2/B on [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] 2013 and in region 4/B on [[30 October (releases)|30 October]] 2013.
 
=== Digital releases ===
 
* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]].


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Hide was the ninth episode of series 7 of Doctor Who. The episode was inspired by the 1959 Gothic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, as well as the broader sub-genre of haunting house fiction, and by the Quatermass serials — with which, at one point in development, it was intended to be a crossover.

It saw the Eleventh Doctor continue his investigation into Clara Oswald's true nature and led her to directly communicate with the Doctor's TARDIS for the first time, leading into the following episode.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Clara and the Eleventh Doctor arrive at the haunted Caliburn House, set alone on a desolate moor. Within its walls, a ghost-hunting professor and a gifted empathic psychic are searching for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears throughout the history of the building, but is she really a ghost? And what is chasing her?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

"Caliburn House. Night four. November 25th, 1974. 11:04 pm."

Professor Alec Palmer and his assistant Emma Grayling are attempting to contact an apparition haunting Caliburn House. Emma is a psychic, and uses her gifts to gain the attention of the "ghost". They are interrupted by knocking at the front door, and open it to find the Eleventh Doctor and Clara. The Doctor tells Alec that he is looking for a ghost and Clara claims that they are "Ghostbusters".

The Doctor claims to be from "the Ministry", and knows who Alec and Emma are. Photographs that were taken by the professor show the same figure in the same pose throughout the history of Caliburn House. The Doctor and Clara search the house, as a strange creature stalks them through it. Loud knocking is heard, which is said to be associated with the "Witch of the Well".

The Doctor returns with Clara to the TARDIS and takes a series of photographs of the "ghost" throughout Earth's timeline. Upset at seeing Earth become a lifeless rock, Clara believes that she is nothing more than a ghost to the Doctor because as a time traveller he has been to a time when she is long dead. When she asks 'what are we to you' he tells her that human beings are "the only mystery worth solving". The Doctor uses his photographs to explain that the "ghost" is, in fact, a time traveller called Hila Tacorien, who is trapped in a pocket universe in the process of collapsing and being chased by an unknown creature.

The TARDIS heads for the pocket universe.

The Doctor uses a crystal from Metebelis III to enhance Emma's thoughts and use them to create a portal to the pocket universe, a reality "well". He goes to rescue Hila, who escapes but is trapped in the pocket universe with the monster after Emma collapses. As the professor encourages Emma to try again - finally admitting he loves her - Clara returns to the TARDIS, and after a brief argument with the voice interface (which appears as herself, much to her annoyance), manages to break into the pocket universe and rescue the Doctor from the creature.

The next morning in conversation with Emma, the Doctor reveals that he brought Clara to Caliburn House in order to see Emma, not the ghost. He asks what she senses about Clara, but Emma reports nothing unusual about her. As the Doctor and Clara are preparing to leave, the Doctor inadvertently reveals that Hila is Emma and Alec's future descendant. Alec and Emma are in love, and the Doctor advises them to "hold hands, and don't let go". Then the Doctor realises that the creature in the pocket universe has been trying to return to another creature in the house. He then states that every lonely monster needs a companion, and explains to Clara that the two creatures have been separated through time and space and certain events, and are yearning to be with one another. He describes this as not a "ghost story" but a "love story". He then returns to the pocket universe, where he reconciles with the monster to bring it back in the exact same manner as before.

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

Casting

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]]

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

  • The Doctor says he loves carrier pigeons.
  • Emma tells Clara not to trust the Doctor, saying that "he has a sliver of ice in his heart".

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Popular culture from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Clara introduces herself and the Doctor as "Ghostbusters." The Doctor and Rose sang the Ghostbusters theme song earlier in Army of Ghosts.
  • The Doctor quotes the song Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) by Cole Porter when he realises the truth about the two monsters; "Birds do it, bees do it - even educated fleas do it!".

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor drinks milk.
  • Emma and Clara both have a glass of whiskey which they don't like, and so drink tea instead. Furthermore, Clara calls whiskey the "11th most disgusting drink ever invented."
  • The Doctor requests some Kendal Mint Cakes to go with his Tacorien rescue.

Places[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Alec owns Caliburn House, which was built sometime before 1474.
  • The "Cumbrian agenda" of Series 7 Part 2 continues in this episode with not only the positive reference to Kendal Mint Cakes but also the negative one to Carlisle being the "opposite of bliss".

The TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Clara calls the TARDIS a "grumpy old cow."
  • The TARDIS unlocks herself in order to allow Clara to enter, even though she doesn't yet have a key.
  • Clara says that they need a place to keep her umbrella.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Influences[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Neil Cross was heavily inspired by the works of Nigel Kneale, in particular The Stone Tape, hence the 1970s setting. In addition, the episode was supposed to have the Doctor meet Bernard Quatermass, but copyright issues made this impossible.
  • Clara assuming that the Doctor's holding her hand when really it's something else is taken from The Haunting.
  • Jamie Payne argued for the Crooked Man to be realised chiefly as a practical rig, in order to achieve a visual aesthetic similar to Poltergeist.

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

Hide playset released by Character Options
  • The episode had the working titles Phantoms of the Hex and The Hider in the House.
  • The read-through for this episode took place on 21 May 2012, and filming began on the 24th.
  • This was the first episode filmed by Jenna-Louise Coleman as a series regular but screened as the fourth episode in series 7b. Coleman was uneasy about diving straight into the middle of Clara's adventures before filming her introduction ( a circumstance created in part by the lateness of the script for The Snowmen), but Steven Moffat and Jamie Payne both worked to assuage her concerns.
  • What the "ghost" version of Hila is saying is "Em pleh", which is "Help me!" backwards.
  • Jessica Raine would later portray Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space and Time. Matt Smith made a cameo as the Doctor in the film.
  • Neil Cross had been a fan of the series and hoped to write an episode during the Russell T Davies era, but he was unable to do so due to scheduling conflicts. Cross' friend Caroline Skinner encouraged Steven Moffat to take him on. Moffat was won over by the fact that Cross was a showrunner in his own right with Luther.
  • The script process of "Hide" involved no face-to-face meeting, as Neil Cross lives in New Zealand. However, he flew in with his family to watch the filming.
  • Neil Cross was chosen to write The Rings of Akhaten based on the strength of this episode.
  • Caliburn House was named in reference to King Arthur's sword in the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth, which later evolved into the more familiar Excalibur.
  • Neil Cross originally intended the entire narrative to be set within Caliburn House, with the extra-dimensional space represented by a daylight version of Caliburn House's interior. However, Steven Moffat felt that the narrative deserved a larger scale, and he suggested that the Hex should instead take the form of an eerie wood.
  • Originally, the pocket universe was the prison of the Lost Lord, an ancient Time Lord also called the Revenant of Anathenon who had become trapped there so long ago that he was now just a bogeyman of Gallifreyan legend. The Lost Lord sought to tempt the Doctor into the Hex and feed on him, enabling him to return to the normal universe where he would begin absorbing all of time.
  • Neil Cross wanted to write "a really old-fashioned scary episode of Doctor Who" targeted especially at children nine to twelve, which was how he remembered Doctor Who at that age. He stated that "time travel and ghosts are echoes of one another. What is a ghost, if not a fragment caught in time?" He aimed to show suspense and tension, as he felt it was more terrifying than "full-on shock horror blood and gore".
  • Steven Moffat became concerned that a straightforward monster was unsuitably shallow. He worked with Neil Cross to develop the idea of the two Crooked Men and the love which bound them, reinforcing themes already present in the storyline.
  • Neil Cross wanted this to be a "very small, very restricted ghost story", but he was asked to make it bigger in the end. The different universe was present, but it was "smoke and mirrors" and the climax originally took place in the house, just in daylight and in the alternate world.
  • The idea of the Crooked Man was something Neil Cross said lurked in his imagination.
  • This was intended to air fifth out of the eight episodes comprising the second segment of season seven; it would later be pushed back to sixth before finally being broadcast fourth.
  • The episode comprised Block Four of season seven.
  • This was the first filmed appeareance of the Eleventh Doctor's purple coat, satisfying Matt Smith's long-held desire for an outfit in this colour, and advancing an overarching scheme for his incarnation's attire to evolve over time.
  • During a break in production, Matt Smith carried Olympic Torch. Steven Moffat jokingly tweeted that Cardiff would rebuild.
  • The scenes in the TARDIS could not be taped alongside the rest of the episode because the new console room set, which would debut on-screen in The Snowmen, was not yet finished.
  • Neil Cross wanted to tell the story with "a small cast and as few locations as possible".
  • The pocket universe was originally called The Hex. In post-production, dubbing replaced all references with less oblique terminology.
  • Jessica Raine later said that she had not realised "what an institution Doctor Who is" until she arrived on set. She said it was produced very differently from Call the Midwife.
  • Matt Smith and Jessica Raine had previously acted together in a stage play.
  • Neil Cross said that Dougray Scott and Jessica Raine were good at filling out their characters, as he found it difficult to fully "evoke the history of a quite complex relationship" between their characters with just the script.
  • The Crooked Man's movements were done in reverse and then played forward, to give it an unnatural movement.
  • Jamie Payne had Neil Cross' children be "monster consultants" during filming and evaluate if The Crooked Man was scary enough.
  • Neil Cross only had Jenna Coleman's five-minute audition for Asylum of the Daleks, in which she played a different but mysteriously linked character to work from, and some editing was done to her lines to make her sound less "bitchy".
  • Filming started three days after the script read-through.
  • Matt Smith was ill with flu when making the TARDIS scenes.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

The episode was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 20 April 2013. Overnight ratings showed that the episode was watched by 5 million viewers live. When time-shifted viewers were calculated, the figure rose to 6.61 million viewers, making it the sixth most-watched programme of the week on BBC One.[1] In addition, Hide received 1.53 million requests on the online BBC iPlayer for April, placing sixth for the month on the service. It also received an Appreciation Index of 85.

Reception[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The episode received generally positive feedback from fans and critics. Nerdist's Kyle Anderson stated it was "easily my favourite of this half-series", as well as complimenting the "terrific" direction by newcomer Jamie Payne. Den of Geek liked the episode but criticised the twist ending, as to them it "didn't feel like a comfortable fit", claiming it was "a twist for the sake of a twist".
  • The episode was claimed to be the superior of the two Neil Cross-penned scripts for Series 7, as his previous script, The Rings of Akhaten, received mostly negative reactions from the fan base.

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

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.
  • Several wires are seen running from the TARDIS to the equipment which opens the wormhole to the pocket universe, but when Clara returns, they are all missing.
  • While the Doctor is wandering the pocket universe for the first time, he removes his bow tie. The bow tie then appears and disappears between close and wide shots.
  • During one of the scenes, Clara is holding a candelabra with a candle missing. When the camera changes, the candle is back on the candelabra.
  • After the Doctor says "It's ghost time", there's a sequence where Palmer takes the Doctor and Clara on a walk down a hallway, in which Clara remarks about Palmer having bought the house. It then cuts to a sequence where the Doctor talks about empaths. For some reason, Clara's hair appears to be wet and she's drying it with a towel. There is nothing in-between to suggest how it got that way. Immediately thereafter Palmer begins telling his history of the ghost and Clara's hair changes arrangement from the way it was when she was drying it.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Is the Eleventh Doctor's "make do and mend" solution for Emma an evolution of something the Second Doctor used in The Wheel in Space?
  • The Doctor refers to the Time Vortex with verbiage similar to his "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey" description of Time. (TV: Blink)
  • Like Clara, Wilfred Mott also wondered if the Doctor viewed humans as insignificant. In both cases, he asserted that he did not. (TV: The End of Time)
  • The device the Doctor puts on Emma's head to connect her to the "subset of the Eye of Harmony" has a remarkably similar design to the one the Second Doctor used to show his own thoughts to Zoe Heriot. (TV: The Wheel in Space)

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

Series 7, Part 2 DVD cover.

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

  • Hide was released on DVD and Blu-ray as part of Doctor Who Series 7 Part Two in region 1/A on 28 May 2013, region 2/B on 27 May 2013, and region 4/B on 22 May 2013.
  • Also, this episode was released as part of the Complete Seventh Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on 24 September 2013, in region 2/B on 28 October 2013 and in region 4/B on 30 October 2013.

Digital releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In the United Kingdom, this story is available on BBC iPlayer.

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Doctor Who Ratings - UK final
  2. ↑ https://visitbristol.co.uk/blog/read/2018/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about-doctor-who-filming-locations-in-bristol-b916
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