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|companions = [[River Song]] | |story number = | ||
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'''''Last Night''''' was the fourth of five [[Night and the Doctor | |writer = Steven Moffat | ||
|director = [[Richard Senior]] | |||
|producer = | |||
|release date = 22 November 2011 | |||
|format = 1x4 minute, mini episode | |||
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|confidential = Doctor Who Confidential: The Night's Tale|The Night's Tale | |||
|prev = First Night (home video) | |||
|next = Up All Night (home video) | |||
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'''''Last Night''''' was the fourth 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 second of a two-part story which began with ''[[First Night]]''. It was written by [[head writer|showrunner]] [[Steven Moffat]]. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The Doctor's first date with River has gotten more than a little complicated. With | The Doctor's first date with River has gotten more than a little complicated. With three versions of her in the TARDIS, it takes two of him to sort matters. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] lays an unmoving [[River Song]] on the floor of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], terrified she | [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] lays an unmoving [[River Song]] on the floor of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], terrified she is dead. He prepares to give her mouth-to-mouth, but realises she is only holding her breath with her eyes closed. She gets up to flirt with him. | ||
She has escaped from Stormcage and asked some [[ | She has escaped from Stormcage and asked some [[Sontaran]]s if they were out on a [[hen night|hen's night]], only for them to chase her halfway across the galaxy. As he chastises her, she notices the gold dress he has chosen for her for their visit to [[Calderon Beta]] hanging near the console. She demands to know whom he has brought and storms up the stairs to find the hussy. A second later, the earlier River returns from the TARDIS wardrobe, demanding to know to whom he is talking. When he denies talking to anyone, she resumes her hunt. | ||
A third River enters the TARDIS, actually wearing the gold dress. This | A third River enters the TARDIS, actually wearing the gold dress. This River was expecting to meet the Doctor here, but on seeing the dress hung by the console, asks why he has bought another. The Doctor asks her to step outside to check if the light on top of the TARDIS is working. She does. | ||
The youngest River reappears, certain she has heard voices. The Doctor tells her he was talking to himself and she bustles off again. The second River returns to the control room, likewise convinced she heard the Doctor talking to someone. The Doctor brusquely activates her [[ | The youngest River reappears, certain she has heard voices. The Doctor tells her he was talking to himself and she bustles off again. The second River returns to the control room, likewise convinced she heard the Doctor talking to someone. The Doctor brusquely activates her [[River Song's vortex manipulator|vortex manipulator]] to return her to prison. The third River re-enters the TARDIS. She is followed by a second, older incarnation of the Doctor in a tailcoat, who tells her she's in the wrong TARDIS. River is amused at the prospect of two versions of her husband, but as 'her' Doctor ushers her out, she calls back to the younger Doctor that she and her Doctor are off to see the [[Singing Towers]] of [[Darillium]]. The two Doctors share a brief, sad moment, knowing that this is the spot the Doctor took her just before her ill-fated expedition to [[the Library]]. The younger Doctor reverently wishes his later self good luck on his final date. The older Doctor wistfully looks back at the past version of himself and wishes him the same. | ||
As the older Doctor exits, the youngest River returns to catch a glimpse of them together. Her Doctor will not tell her what has just transpired because of 'spoilers'. He | As the older Doctor exits, the youngest River returns to catch a glimpse of them together. Her Doctor will not tell her what has just transpired because of 'spoilers'. She expresses that she likes that word. He escorts her to the door to go on their date as she protests that she hasn't changed. He says she never will. River jokes that his secrets will be the death of her. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The 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) | * [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Richard Senior]] (uncredited) | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This is the second of a two-part story that began with ''[[First Night]]''. | * This is the second of a two-part story that began with ''[[First Night]]''. | ||
* The title makes reference to the | * The title makes reference to the implication that the future version of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song|River]] are on her final "night out" to the [[Singing Towers]] of [[Darillium]], just before the events of ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''. However, the Doctor does not follow through with the date, as revealed in ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]''. | ||
* This story is set entirely within [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | * This story is set entirely within [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | ||
=== Myths and rumours === | === Myths and rumours === | ||
'' | ''to be added'' | ||
=== Filming locations === | === Filming locations === | ||
[[Upper Boat Studios]] | |||
=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* River | * The Doctor distracts the eldest River out of the TARDIS by asking her to see if the roof bulb needs changing. She had asked him the same question at the cemetery in Queens moments before her parents were exiled into the past by the [[Weeping Angel]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') Among the questions rattled off to the Doctor by her mother, [[Amy Pond]], when she first boarded the TARDIS was if the bulb needed changing. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1 (TV story)|Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1]]'') The Doctor has also changed the bulb himself while parked in front of Amy and Rory's house. ([[WC]]: ''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]'') | ||
* The TARDIS is mistaken by the third River Song as belonging to "her" Doctor when it technically belongs to another. [[Susan Foreman]] and the [[First Doctor]] had similarly mistaken the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s TARDIS for theirs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | |||
* The youngest and oldest Rivers' minds race at the possibility of two Doctors in the same place. She described such a situation to her father as "a whole other birthday". ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') [[Jack Harkness]] had a similar line of thought in the presence of the [[Tenth Doctor]], the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]], and the [[Doctor Donna]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') Rory also had a similar idea about River's mother while on their honeymoon. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'') | |||
* The TARDIS is mistaken by the third River Song as belonging to "her" Doctor when it technically belongs to another. | * The two Doctors mention River's death. Later, River remarks that the Doctor will be the death of her, which was also something she would speak about metaphorically to her father later in her timeline. The future version of the Eleventh Doctor wears a black tailcoat and a top hat to take the future version of River Song to the Singing Towers; she already talked about his different outfit during that final date. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'', ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') During her one adventure with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], River reveals that the Eleventh Doctor ultimately cancelled their date on Darillium after he met his other self, something she references briefly. He also repeatedly cancelled this date until the Twelfth Doctor took her on it after the crash of the ''[[Harmony and Redemption]]'' on Darillium. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'') | ||
* | * The Doctor wears a [[tuxedo]] with a black tie. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') | ||
* The two Doctors mention River's death. Later, River remarks that the Doctor will be the death of her, which was also something she would speak about metaphorically to her father later in her timeline. ([[ | * The dress that all three versions of River remark on is the same dress that River wears while investigating the Silence. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') | ||
* The second River wears a [[River Song's vortex manipulator|vortex manipulator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') | |||
* The Doctor wears a | * The Doctor ultimately postponed taking River to Darillium and continued to do so until the ''[[Harmony and Redemption]]'' crashed on the planet in his [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'') | ||
* The dress that all three versions of River remark on | |||
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== | == Home video releases == | ||
* This story was released in The Complete Sixth Series on DVD and Blu-ray in 2011. It was also released in Series 1-6 on DVD in 2012 and in Series 1-7 on Blu-ray in 2013. | |||
* This story | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 4 September 2024
Last Night was the fourth 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 second of a two-part story which began with First Night. It was written by showrunner Steven Moffat.
Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor's first date with River has gotten more than a little complicated. With three versions of her in the TARDIS, it takes two of him to sort matters.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor lays an unmoving River Song on the floor of the TARDIS, terrified she is dead. He prepares to give her mouth-to-mouth, but realises she is only holding her breath with her eyes closed. She gets up to flirt with him.
She has escaped from Stormcage and asked some Sontarans if they were out on a hen's night, only for them to chase her halfway across the galaxy. As he chastises her, she notices the gold dress he has chosen for her for their visit to Calderon Beta hanging near the console. She demands to know whom he has brought and storms up the stairs to find the hussy. A second later, the earlier River returns from the TARDIS wardrobe, demanding to know to whom he is talking. When he denies talking to anyone, she resumes her hunt.
A third River enters the TARDIS, actually wearing the gold dress. This River was expecting to meet the Doctor here, but on seeing the dress hung by the console, asks why he has bought another. The Doctor asks her to step outside to check if the light on top of the TARDIS is working. She does.
The youngest River reappears, certain she has heard voices. The Doctor tells her he was talking to himself and she bustles off again. The second River returns to the control room, likewise convinced she heard the Doctor talking to someone. The Doctor brusquely activates her vortex manipulator to return her to prison. The third River re-enters the TARDIS. She is followed by a second, older incarnation of the Doctor in a tailcoat, who tells her she's in the wrong TARDIS. River is amused at the prospect of two versions of her husband, but as 'her' Doctor ushers her out, she calls back to the younger Doctor that she and her Doctor are off to see the Singing Towers of Darillium. The two Doctors share a brief, sad moment, knowing that this is the spot the Doctor took her just before her ill-fated expedition to the Library. The younger Doctor reverently wishes his later self good luck on his final date. The older Doctor wistfully looks back at the past version of himself and wishes him the same.
As the older Doctor exits, the youngest River returns to catch a glimpse of them together. Her Doctor will not tell her what has just transpired because of 'spoilers'. She expresses that she likes that word. He escorts her to the door to go on their date as she protests that she hasn't changed. He says she never will. River jokes that his secrets will be the death of her.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Writer - Steven Moffat
- Director - Richard Senior (uncredited)
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the second of a two-part story that began with First Night.
- The title makes reference to the implication that the future version of the Eleventh Doctor and River are on her final "night out" to the Singing Towers of Darillium, just before the events of Silence in the Library. However, the Doctor does not follow through with the date, as revealed in The Husbands of River Song.
- This story is set entirely within the Doctor's TARDIS.
Myths and rumours[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]
Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor distracts the eldest River out of the TARDIS by asking her to see if the roof bulb needs changing. She had asked him the same question at the cemetery in Queens moments before her parents were exiled into the past by the Weeping Angels. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan) Among the questions rattled off to the Doctor by her mother, Amy Pond, when she first boarded the TARDIS was if the bulb needed changing. (HOMEVID: Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1) The Doctor has also changed the bulb himself while parked in front of Amy and Rory's house. (WC: Pond Life)
- The TARDIS is mistaken by the third River Song as belonging to "her" Doctor when it technically belongs to another. Susan Foreman and the First Doctor had similarly mistaken the Fifth Doctor's TARDIS for theirs. (TV: The Five Doctors)
- The youngest and oldest Rivers' minds race at the possibility of two Doctors in the same place. She described such a situation to her father as "a whole other birthday". (TV: A Good Man Goes to War) Jack Harkness had a similar line of thought in the presence of the Tenth Doctor, the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor, and the Doctor Donna. (TV: Journey's End) Rory also had a similar idea about River's mother while on their honeymoon. (TV: Time)
- The two Doctors mention River's death. Later, River remarks that the Doctor will be the death of her, which was also something she would speak about metaphorically to her father later in her timeline. The future version of the Eleventh Doctor wears a black tailcoat and a top hat to take the future version of River Song to the Singing Towers; she already talked about his different outfit during that final date. (TV: Forest of the Dead, Day of the Moon) During her one adventure with the Twelfth Doctor, River reveals that the Eleventh Doctor ultimately cancelled their date on Darillium after he met his other self, something she references briefly. He also repeatedly cancelled this date until the Twelfth Doctor took her on it after the crash of the Harmony and Redemption on Darillium. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)
- The Doctor wears a tuxedo with a black tie. (TV: A Christmas Carol)
- The dress that all three versions of River remark on is the same dress that River wears while investigating the Silence. (TV: Day of the Moon)
- The second River wears a vortex manipulator. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)
- The Doctor ultimately postponed taking River to Darillium and continued to do so until the Harmony and Redemption crashed on the planet in his twelfth incarnation. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)
Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was released in The Complete Sixth Series on DVD and Blu-ray in 2011. It was also released in Series 1-6 on DVD in 2012 and in Series 1-7 on Blu-ray in 2013.
