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| director        = [[Richard Clark]]
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Night Terrors was the ninth episode in the sixth series of Doctor Who.

Synopsis

The Doctor receives a distress call from the scariest place in the Universe: a child’s bedroom. Every night George lies awake, terrorised by every fear imaginable – fears that live in his bedroom cupboard. His parents are getting desperate – George needs a doctor. Fortunately for George, his pleas for help break through the barriers of all time and space and the Doctor makes a house call. But allaying his fears won’t be easy. George’s monsters are real.


Plot

In an apartment in an old building, little George is terrified of everything. When his mother says goodbye before she goes to work, George makes her turn the light on and off five times, to supposedly keep the monsters away. When she leaves, George starts praying 'please save me from the monsters' over and over and in the TARDIS at the other side of the universe, the Doctor gets George's message and decides to make a house call to little George.

When he arrives, he tells Amy and Rory to split up to look for George. Each of them visits a different apartment, but they fail to find George. The Doctor then spots George looking out of his window and knocks on his apartment door. Amy and Rory get in an elevator to look for George, but the elevator falls extremely fast and the elevator goes dark. When the elevator arrives at the ground floor, they aren't in it.

Meanwhile the Doctor begins asking George's father, named Alex, questions about George's fear. The Doctor attempts to open George's closet, but then the landlord arrives and starts threatening Alex about his apartment rent, while the Doctor brings all of George's toys to life. The Doctor then scans George's wardrobe and whatever is inside it is revealed to be off the scale.

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Cast

Crew

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.


References

The Doctor

Foods and beverages from the real world

Races and species

Television series from the real world

Story notes

  • This episode had the working titles: House Call, (The Doctor notes that he doesn't often make house calls) and What are Little Boys Made of? (a play on the Star Trek episode What are Little Girls Made Of?). [1]
  • This was originally going to be the fourth episode of the series, but was moved to the second half as Steven Moffat felt that the first half was "too dark". This necessitated minor changes to the episode. A scene with Madame Kovarian was removed, and the ending with the data file from Let's Kill Hitler was added.
  • The scene where the Doctor and Alex are being sucked into the cupboard is very similar to the movie Poltergeist where the daughter is sucked into the spirit realm through her bedroom cupboard.
  • When Alex is looking at pictures, an announcer from the television can be heard. She says that he is watching BBC One on Saturday night, the same channel and day Doctor Who is on.

Ratings

  • UK Overnight: 5.5 million

Myths

  • Amy will be turned into a doll.[2] This was proven true.

Filming locations

  • Dyrham House, Bristol

Production errors

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.

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Continuity

Timeline

Home video releases

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This episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray shortly after the airing of episode thirteen.[3]


External links

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Footnotes