Detained was the sixth episode of the first series of Class. It saw the Coal Hill gang trapped in their physics classroom, nowhere in time and space.
This episode was notable for being "Quill-lite", minimally including the character of Miss Quill at all and focusing more on the students themselves, and their relationships. It is also the first television story since the Doctor Who episode Midnight to feature an enemy that doesn't actually physically appear in any way.[disputed statement]
Synopsis
A mysterious asteroid throws Charlie, April, Ram, Matteusz and Tanya out of space and time and Miss Quill is nowhere to be found.
They now have to confess their deepest and darkest secrets to each other without losing their minds. Can they stick together to fight the Prisoner or will their confessions split them apart?
Plot
Miss Quill places Charlie, Ram, April, Tanya and Matteusz in detention for seemingly no reason, claiming that she has things to do and does not want to be bothered. After she leaves them, April attempts to unlock the door. As she gets the door open, a comet flies through the tear in the hallway, and lands in the classroom. Following this, the windows and door turn black and it appears that they are trapped in the classroom.
At first believing the Quill is responsible, Charlie realises that she can't do so without the arn killing her. They begin to notice that they are all noticeably more aggressive than usual, expect for Charlie who begins to exhibit extreme claustrophobia and paranoia. They eventually notice the meteor in the corner of the room, with a glowing orange substance attached to it. Matteusz picks it up and seemingly enters a trance state, recalling the day he told his grandmother he was gay. He reveals that he's afraid of Charlie, and April knocks the rock out of his hand. They hypothesise that it is a form of confession.
As time passes, they become more aggressive and Charlie begins panicking about the situation. They slowly begin to turn on one another, viewing the worst of everyone. Tanya suggests that as the meteor forces people to tell the truth, they could potentially ask it questions about where they are. Tanya decides to pick it up, and she reveals that she worries about the others treating her as a little sister, or someone they have to tolerate. She also reveals that the meteor is dangerous and can fry a person's brain if they hold it for too long, and it is housing a prisoner. She drops the meteor, and the group begin to fear that they are in a prison with a murderer.
Tensions rise between Charlie and Matteusz due to Matteusz's confession. To calm Charlie down, Matteusz tells him about a book about a place called Narnia, and how Susan judged her friend based on one bad thing she said. Charlie forgives Matteusz and they reconcile.
Tanya suggests that someone else needs to pick up the rock to find out more about where they are. Ram does so and reveals that he loves April more than she could ever love him. April struggles to deny this and only fuels Ram's feeling.
- to be continued
Cast
- Miss Quill - Katherine Kelly
- Charlie - Greg Austin
- Ram - Fady Elsayed
- April - Sophie Hopkins
- Tanya - Vivian Oparah
- Matteusz - Jordan Renzo
- Voice of the Prisoner - Ferdy Roberts
Crew
| Executive Producers Brian Minchin, Steven Moffat and Patrick Ness |
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| 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
- Matteusz asks whether the explosion was an earthquake. Ram ridicules the question by asking, "in London?"
- When Matteusz picks up the rock to throw it out the door, he says "two birds, one stone".
- Ram says that athletes can have brains.
- During a fit, caused by the situation, Tanya complains about white people always being "so optimistic, always so certain things are gonna work out for [them]", when April said maybe it was as simple as Miss Quill coming back.
Coal Hill Academy
- Miss Quill gives the gang an hour of detention.
- Ram says he didn't get into A levels by accident.
People
- Charlie is claustrophobic.
- Charlie has a panic attack.
- Matteusz visited his grandmother in 2015 for her birthday with his his father.
- Charlie says the closest person to him back on Rhodia was the man who wrote his speeches.
- Charlie confesses that he really wants to use the Cabinet of Souls to wipe out the Shadow Kin from the face of existence.
Science
- Tanya refers to a movie the gang watched in astrophysics.
- The gang thinks the asteroid is sending out radiation.
- Ram thinks the stone is alien. Matteusz thinks it uses some kind of energy. Charlie thinks it may be telepathic.
Locations
- When Matteusz gets visions after picking up the rock, he says he's "back in Poland".
- When Tanya picks up the rock, she remembers when she was little she stole sweets from an off-license shop.
- Charlie thinks Narnia is in Canada.
- When Ram picks up the rock he remembers being back in his back-garden.
- When April picks up the rock she remembers being in court to testify against her dad.
Popular culture
- Matteusz says that back when he first learned English, his mother heard of a book about a place called Narnia, with a group of kids. Matteusz specifically names Susan. He also mentions goats and witches, although he considers them to be less important aspects of the book.
- Matteusz also says that he thinks the author must hate Susan. This may be a reference to literary critics and audiences in the latter half of the 20th century becoming increasingly critical of Lewis's treatment of the character.
Story notes
- "Invaders Must Die" by The Prodigy plays extra-diegetically over Miss Quill revealing she's had her arn removed, in the final moments of the episode.
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Continuity
- Miss Quill refers to Charlie enslaving her. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Miss Quill and Charlie Smith refer to the Twelfth Doctor, who rescued them from Rhodia and brought them to Coal Hill Academy. Charlie refers to the Doctor's impassioned stance against genocide.(TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- The boards with all the notes and posters are seen again. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)
- The Shadow Kin are mentioned a few times. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart)
- When Ram is certain Quill tried to kill them, Charlie dismisses it, telling them she can't as she herself would die. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die) She previously slapped him, causing herself great pain. (TV: Brave-ish Heart)
- Matteusz mentioned his father. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, Nightvisiting)
- April mentioned her mother used to be in a wheelchair, for eight year. Ram replied that she's not anymore. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart)
- April asks Ram why he's being a dick. April previously said Ram was not the usual dickhead football player. (TV: Brave-ish Heart)
- Tanya mentioned her mother. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, Nightvisiting)
- Ram remembers when he told his dad about his leg. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)
- April mentioned her dad tried to kill her and how he drove off the road on purpose. She previously told Ram this. (TV: Nightvisiting)
- Tanya mentioned April getting her mom up and walking. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart)
- April mention Matteusz's family kicking him out, (TV: Nightvissiting) and Ram losing his leg, Charlie feeling different, as well as herself sharing her heart. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Charlie mention how they fought things and saved things together. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, Nightvisiting, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart)
- The Prisoner didn't expect Shadow Kin blood in April's veins. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Tanya mentions Rhodia. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die) Charlie mentions how Tanya never stops reminding him he was a prince there. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart)
- Charlie wants to kill the Shadow Kin with the Cabinet of Souls. He previously said he could not do that. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart)
- Miss Quill is finally able to use her displacement gun. She previously continuously said she couldn't. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, Nightvisiting)
- The arn has been removed from Miss Quill's head. She previously constantly complained about it. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart)
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Foonotes
- ↑ In The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, we see a plaque that tells us the Barbara Wright Building was completed in spring 2016. Additionally, Nightvisiting, set two years after Jasper Adeola's death, tells us he died in 2014. Finally, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart confirms that Charlie and Miss Quill arrived on Earth in September 2016.