Hide (TV story)

Hide
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Featuring:	Alec, Emma
Main enemy:	The Crooked Man
Main setting:	Caliburn House, 25 November 1974 A pocket universe
Key crew
Writer:	Neil Cross
Director:	Jamie Payne
Producer:	Marcus Wilson
Release details
Story number:	234
Premiere broadcast:	20 April 2013
Format:	1x45 minute episode
Production code:	3.9
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Hide was the ninth regular episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It was the first time Clara Oswald directly communicated with the Doctor's TARDIS and confirmed that it did not take a liking to her.

Synopsis

Clara and the Doctor arrive at Caliburn House, a haunted mansion sat alone on a desolate moor. Within its walls, a ghost-hunting professor and a gifted 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

"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 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 of Defence, and knows who Alec and Emma are. Photographs 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 takes a series of photographs of the 'ghost' throughout Earth's timeline. 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. He tells her 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, who is trapped in a pocket universe and being chased by an unknown creature.

The Doctor uses a crystal from Metebelis III to enhance Emma's thoughts and use them to create a portal, a reality 'well'. He goes to rescue Hila, who escapes, but is trapped in the pocket universe with the monster. Clara returns to the TARDIS, and after a brief argument with the voice interface, manages to break into the pocket universe and rescue the Doctor from the creature.

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 returns to the pocket universe to bring the creature home.

Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Clara Oswald - Jenna-Louise Coleman
• Alec Palmer - Dougray Scott
• Emma Grayling - Jessica Raine
• Hila Tacorien - Kemi-Bo Jacobs
• The Crooked Man - Aidan Cook

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner

General production staff Production Executive - Julie Scott Script Producer - Denise Paul Line Producer - Diana Barton Production Manager - Phillipa Cole Location Manager - Nicky James Location Assistant - Iestyn Hampson-Jones Unit Manager - Geraint Williams Production Co-ordinator - Claire Hildred Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Gabriella Ricci Production Assistants - Rachel Vipond, Samantha Price Production Secretary - Sandra Cosfeld Production Accountant - Jeff Dunnn A/Production Accountant - Rhys Evans Script department Assistant Script Editor - John Phillips Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - John Bennet 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Heddi-Joy Taylor-Welch Assistant Director - Danielle Richards Script Supervisor - Steve Walker Camera Operator - Joe Russell Focus Pullers - James Scott, Julius Ogden Grip - Gary Norman Assistant Grip - Owen Charnley Camera Assistants - Meg De Koning, Sam Smithard, Evelina Norgren Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Stephen Slocombe Electricians - Bob Milton, Nick Powell, Gafin Riley, Gareth Sheldon	Art department Supervising Art Director - Paul Spriggs Art Director - Amy Pickwoad Assistant Art Director - Richard Hardy Art Department Co-ordinator - Donna Shakesheff Production Buyers - Adrian Greenwood, Holly Thurman Petty Cash Buyer - Florence Tasker Set Decorator - Joelle Rumbelow Set Dressers - Austin J Curtis, Jayne Davies Storyboard Artist - Andrew Wildman Graphic Artist - Christina Tom Graphic Designer - Chris Lees Standby Props - Helen Atherton, Rob Brandon Standby Carpenter - Will Pope Prop Hand - Jamie Southcott Standby Art Director - Nandie Narishkin Standby Rigger - Bryan Griffiths Props Master - Paul Smith Props Chargehand - Ian Griffin Dressing Props - Paul Barnett, Mike Elkins, Jamie Farrell Props Driver - Gareth Fox Props Makers - Penny Howarth, Alan Hardy Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker Practical Electrician - Christian Davies Scenic Artist - John Pinkerton Graphics - Peter Anderson Studio Costume department Costume Supervisor - Carly Griffith Assistant Costume Designer - Fraser Purfit Costume Assistants - Katarina Cappellazzi, Florence Chow, Gemma Evans	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Artists - Katie Lee, Elin Rhiannon, Vivienne Simpson Prosthetics - Millennium FX Movement Stunt Co-ordinators - Crispin Layfield, Gordon Seed, Jo McLaren Stunt Performer - Annabel Canaven Casting Casting Associate - Alice Purser General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Nerys Davies Assistant Editor - Becky Trotman On-line Editor - Geraint Pari Huws Special and visual effects Additional VFX - BBC Wales Visual Effects VFX Editor - Joel Skinner Colourist - Mick Vincent Sound Sound Recordist - Deian Llŷr Humphreys Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Sound Maintenance Engineers - Ross Adams, Chris Goding Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement ADR Editor - Matthew Cox Supervising Sound Editor - Paul McFadden Sound Effects Editor - Paul Jefferies Sound Editor - Doug Sinclair Foley Editor - Jamie Talbutt

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

• When the Doctor introduces himself, Alec asks him, "Doctor what?," to which the Doctor responds, "If you like."
• 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

• Alec is a ghost-hunter, as well as a "member of the Baker Street irregulars, the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare, specialised in espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance behind enemy lines, a talented water colourist [and a] professor of psychology."
• Emma is an empathetic psychic.

Popular culture from the real world

• The Doctor and Clara introduce themselves as "Ghostbusters."

Buildings

• Alec owns Caliburn House, which was built sometime before 1474.

Foods and beverages

• The Doctor drinks milk.
• Emma and Clara both have a glass of whisky which they don't like, and so drink tea instead. Furthermore, Clara calls whisky the "11th most disgusting drink ever invented."

The TARDIS

• Clara calls the TARDIS "grumpy old cow."
• The TARDIS uses her voice 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), the TARDIS projects the interface outside of the ship and, for the first time, 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 key. She's done this before (TV: The Doctor's Wife).
• Clara says that they need a place to keep her umbrella, the Doctors states that he has or had a place at one place. The first, second, fourth, fifth, seventh Doctors all had umbrella racks in their control rooms, and the previous 2 TARDIS control rooms operated by the eleventh, tenth and ninth and fifth Doctors (prior to TV: The Snowmen) also had hat stands.

Technology

• The Doctor obsesses over toggle switches and an ACR 99821.
• A subset of the Eye of Harmony is used to open a gateway to the pocket dimension.

Story notes

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Ratings

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Filming locations

• Gethin Woods (forest in pocket universe)

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.

• The Doctor mispronounces the Metebelis in Metebelis III, saying it like its written, it's actually pronounced Met-a-be-lis. As made clear in Carnival of Monsters, The Green Death and Planet of the Spiders.
• 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.

    -Very well may have just fallen off when she changed the co-ordinates.

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, Doctor Who) First on-screen reference to the Eye of Harmony since the 1996 TV movie.
• The TARDIS's cloister bell chimes. (TV: Logopolis, Castrovalva, Resurrection of the Daleks, Doctor Who, et al.)
• The Doctor references fixed points in time. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii, The Waters of Mars, The Wedding of River Song)
• The Doctor and Clara introduce themselves as "Ghostbusters," referencing the film, as had previously the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler. (TV: Army of Ghosts)
• The Doctor uses his Psychic paper. (TV: The Empty Child, New Earth, Partners in Crime, The Vampires of Venice, et al.)
• The Doctor once again pretends to be from Health and Safety. (TV: Partners in Crime)
• Clara references the Eleventh Doctor's big chin, as had previously Oswin Oswald. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks)
• The Doctor uses a blue crystal from Metebelis III. (TV: The Green Death, Planet of the Spiders, AUDIO: Worldwide Web)
• Emma speaks to the ghost, telling it to "speak to me," in the same vein as Gwyneth holding a séance and saying "speak to us." (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
• The Doctor enters a pocket universe. (TV: The Celestial Toymaker, The Mind Robber, Full Circle, 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) and Mars (The Waters of Mars).
• The Seventh Doctor also visited a mysterious stately home for the benefit of his companion, Ace. (TV: Ghost Light)
• The Eighth Doctor previously encountered another being referred to by humans as "the Witch from the Well." (AUDIO: The Witch from the Well)
• The Doctor travels through the Vortex clinging on to the TARDIS, as had Captain Jack Harkness previously. (TV: Utopia)
• Clara has difficulty coming to terms with seeing a long-dead earth, as Rose Tyler did in TV: The End of the World. The Doctor appears to be less successful in comforting Clara than he was with Rose.

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