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{{real world}} {{Infobox NewTV |story name = First Night |image = [[File: That Diary Is Important!.jpg|250px]]|number = [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] (DVD/Bluray exclusive) |story number = |doctor = [[Eleventh Doctor]] |companions = [[River Song]] |enemy = [[Sontaran]]s (for River) |setting = |writer = [[Steven Moffat]] |director = |producer = |broadcast date = [[22 November]] [[2011]]|format = 1x3 minute, mini episode |production code = |confidential = [[Doctor Who Confidential: The Night's Tale|The Night's Tale]]|previous story = [[Good Night]] |next story = [[Last Night]]}}
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'''''First Night''''' was the third of five ''[[Night and the Doctor]] ''shorts produced exclusively for the [[Doctor Who]]: The Complete Sixth Series DVD and Bluray box sets. It is the first of a two-part story concluding with "[[Last Night]]". It was written by showrunner [[Steven Moffat]].
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'''''First Night''''' was the third of five ''[[Night and the Doctor]]'' shorts produced exclusively for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Complete Sixth Series DVD and Blu-ray box sets. It is the first of a two-part story concluding with ''[[Last Night (home video)|Last Night]]''. It was written by [[head writer|showrunner]] [[Steven Moffat]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The eleventh Doctor picks up River Song for their first date, but things soon become complicated.
The night [[River Song]] is imprisoned in [[Stormcage]] for killing the [[Eleventh Doctor]], she receives a visit from her husband to take her out on their first date. Things get complicated when another River arrives.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Having been apprehended, taken to the [[52nd century]] and incarcerated in the [[Stormcage Containment Facility]] to serve twelve thousand consecutive life sentences for killing [[the Doctor]], River is in her cell on her first night, looking through the [[River Song's diary|blue diary]] the Doctor gave her. She hears [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] appears in a white dinner suit. Her parents are asleep and he is taking her to [[Calderon Beta]], a boring planet apart from a four hundred foot tall tree growing out of a cliff-top in the middle of the sea, where he intends to show her the sky on the starriest night in the entire history of the universe, [[21 September]] [[2360]]. He asks if she's brought the diary. She believes she's not going to have much need for a diary in prison. He reminds her she can easily break out because she is River Song. The book is to help them keep their encounters sorted. He's chosen a dress for her, but there are more in the wardrobe down the corridor.


 
While she is off looking through the dresses, the Doctor lands the TARDIS and hears laser-gunfire outside. He opens the door as a second River enters, calls him a nostalgic idiot for returning to this spot and collapses into his arms.
Having been apprehended, taken to the 51<sup>st</sup> Century and incarcerated in the Storm Cage prison facility to serve out over 12,000 consecutive life sentences for apparently (but not actually) killing the 1,100 year old Eleventh Doctor on the shores of Lake Silencio (The Wedding of River Song), River is in her cell in the Storm Cage prison facility on the first night of her long incarceration, looking through the blue diary the Doctor had given her during her stay in hospital some time before (Let's Kill Hitler). Hearing the sound of the TARDIS engines, she looks up, surprised.
 
Entering the TARDIS, she encounters the 908 year old Eleventh Doctor in a white dinner-suit. He greets her and tells her that her parents are asleep upstairs and tells her that he is taking her out to the planet Calodran Beta, a planet that he describes as ‘boring’ apart from a 400 foot tall tree growing out of a cliff-top in the middle of the sea, from the top of which he intends to show her the night sky on the starriest night in the entire history of the universe, the 12<sup>th</sup> of December, 2360. He asks if she’s brought the diary, and when she comments that she's not going to have much need of a diary in prison, he reminds her that she can easily break out because she is the unbeatable River Song. He then explains that the book is to help them keep their encounters in the right order, to avoid ‘spoilers’, and tells her that he's chosen a dress for her, but that there are more in the wardrobe down the corridor if she wants to choose another. She hurries off to look while he pilots the TARDIS to their destination.
 
While she is off looking through the dresses, however, the Doctor lands the TARDIS and hears laser-gunfire outside. Opening the TARDIS door, he is surprised as a second, slightly older incarnation of River quickly enters, calling him a 'sentimental idiot' for returning to this spot, and then collapsing into his arms.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
* Writer - [[Steven Moffat]]
* [[Writer]] - [[Steven Moffat]]
* Director -[[ Richard Senior]] (uncredited)


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Planets ===
''to be added''
* [[Calderon Beta]] is described by the Doctor as "Boring. Planet of the Chip Shops". However it is home to a four hundred foot tall tree "growing out of a clifftop on the north side of a mountain in the middle of the sea". At 12:12am on[[ 21 September]][[ 2360]], you can see more stars in the sky from the top of the tree than in any other point in history. The Doctor notes that "You could read a book by it."
 
===TARDIS===
*The wardobe is now "first right, second left, just past the Helter Skelter." This is significantly shorter (not to mention easier to remember) than the directions the [[Ninth Doctor]] gave [[Rose Tyler]] during [[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* First of a two-part story, concluded in ''[[Last Night]]''.
* This is the first of a two-part story, concluded in ''[[Last Night (home video)|Last Night]]''.
* This is the shortest of the ''[[Night and the Doctor]]'' to feature the Doctor, coming in at 2 minutes and 15 seconds. The shortest overall is ''[[Up All Night]]'', which is just under 2 minutes.
* This is the shortest of the ''[[Night and the Doctor]]'' stories to feature the Doctor, coming in at 2 minutes and 15 seconds. The shortest overall is ''[[Up All Night (home video)|Up All Night]]'', which is just under 2 minutes.
* This is also the only ''Night and the Doctor'' short to feature scenes outside of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].
* This is also the only ''Night and the Doctor'' short to feature scenes both inside ''and'' outside of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] (aside from the view of the exterior side of the door at the end of ''[[Good Night (home video)|Good Night]]'').
* The footage of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] flying through the solar storm is originally from ''[[The Rebel Flesh]]''.
* The footage of the TARDIS flying through the solar storm is originally from ''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]''.
* This is the first Night and the Doctor story to feature an enemy, the [[Sontaran]]s, although they are not seen onscreen. Interestingly, the other two to feature villains (''Last Night'' and ''Up All Night'', featuring the Sontarans and the [[Cybermen]], respectively) also have their alien threat unseen.
* This story pokes fun at the idea of how River shows up seemingly randomly in the Doctor's life.
* The first [[River Song]] is serving her first night of "twelve thousand consecutive life sentences" in [[Stormcage]]. From her perspective, this story takes place after ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'' (aside from the garden epilogue) and her space-suited self's perspective in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''.


=== Myths and rumours ===
=== Myths and rumours ===
''To be added''
''to be added''


=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
''To be added''
* [[Millennium Stadium]] car park entrance 4, [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] (River's [[Stormcage]] cell-block)
* [[Upper Boat Studios]] (TARDIS interior; exterior side of door)


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
''To be added''
''to be added''


=== Continuity ===
== Continuity ==
* The first [[River Song]] is serving her first night of "Twelve thousand consecutive life sentences" in [[Stormcage]].
* In regard to [[River Song's diary]], the Doctor tells River, "From now on, there are rules." When he first met her at the end of her life, she explained her refusal to provide "spoilers" because doing so was against the rules ... ''his'' rules. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')
* Second appearance (in chronological order) of [[River Song's diary]]. Here, the Doctor instructs her on its use and purpose. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', et al.)
* The second River is at least five years, but less than six years, older than the first River, and is still serving her sentence. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Last Night (home video)|Last Night]]'')
* Possibly the earliest chronological occurrence, from River's perspective, of the Doctor coming to River's rescue in the TARDIS, although on this occasion it is unintentional. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens]]'')


== Timeline ==
== Home video releases ==
=== For the Doctor ===
''to be added''
* This story takes place after [[DW]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''
* This story takes place before [[DW]]: ''[[Last Night]]''
 
=== For River no. 1 ===
* This story takes place after [[DW]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''
* This story takes place before [[DW]]: ''[[Last Night]]''
=== For River no. 2 ===
* This story takes place some time after the River no. 1 events in [[DW]]: ''[[First Night]]''


== Home video releases ==
== External links ==
''To be added''
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== External links
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First Night was the third of five Night and the Doctor shorts produced exclusively for the Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series DVD and Blu-ray box sets. It is the first of a two-part story concluding with Last Night. It was written by showrunner Steven Moffat.

Synopsis[[edit]]

The night River Song is imprisoned in Stormcage for killing the Eleventh Doctor, she receives a visit from her husband to take her out on their first date. Things get complicated when another River arrives.

Plot[[edit]]

Having been apprehended, taken to the 52nd century and incarcerated in the Stormcage Containment Facility to serve twelve thousand consecutive life sentences for killing the Doctor, River is in her cell on her first night, looking through the blue diary the Doctor gave her. She hears the TARDIS.

The Eleventh Doctor appears in a white dinner suit. Her parents are asleep and he is taking her to Calderon Beta, a boring planet apart from a four hundred foot tall tree growing out of a cliff-top in the middle of the sea, where he intends to show her the sky on the starriest night in the entire history of the universe, 21 September 2360. He asks if she's brought the diary. She believes she's not going to have much need for a diary in prison. He reminds her she can easily break out because she is River Song. The book is to help them keep their encounters sorted. He's chosen a dress for her, but there are more in the wardrobe down the corridor.

While she is off looking through the dresses, the Doctor lands the TARDIS and hears laser-gunfire outside. He opens the door as a second River enters, calls him a nostalgic idiot for returning to this spot and collapses into his arms.

Cast[[edit]]

Crew[[edit]]

Worldbuilding[[edit]]

to be added

Story notes[[edit]]

  • This is the first of a two-part story, concluded in Last Night.
  • This is the shortest of the Night and the Doctor stories to feature the Doctor, coming in at 2 minutes and 15 seconds. The shortest overall is Up All Night, which is just under 2 minutes.
  • This is also the only Night and the Doctor short to feature scenes both inside and outside of the TARDIS (aside from the view of the exterior side of the door at the end of Good Night).
  • The footage of the TARDIS flying through the solar storm is originally from The Rebel Flesh.
  • This is the first Night and the Doctor story to feature an enemy, the Sontarans, although they are not seen onscreen. Interestingly, the other two to feature villains (Last Night and Up All Night, featuring the Sontarans and the Cybermen, respectively) also have their alien threat unseen.
  • This story pokes fun at the idea of how River shows up seemingly randomly in the Doctor's life.
  • The first River Song is serving her first night of "twelve thousand consecutive life sentences" in Stormcage. From her perspective, this story takes place after The Wedding of River Song (aside from the garden epilogue) and her space-suited self's perspective in The Impossible Astronaut.

Myths and rumours[[edit]]

to be added

Filming locations[[edit]]

Production errors[[edit]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit]]

  • In regard to River Song's diary, the Doctor tells River, "From now on, there are rules." When he first met her at the end of her life, she explained her refusal to provide "spoilers" because doing so was against the rules ... his rules. (TV: Forest of the Dead)
  • The second River is at least five years, but less than six years, older than the first River, and is still serving her sentence. (HOMEVID: Last Night)

Home video releases[[edit]]

to be added

External links[[edit]]

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