In the Forest of the Night (TV story)

In the Forest of the Night
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Featuring:	Danny
Main setting:	London, 2016
Key crew
Writer:	Frank Cottrell Boyce
Director:	Sheree Folkson
Producer:	Paul Frift
Release details
Story number:	250
Premiere broadcast:	25 October 2014
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x45 minute episode
Production code:	8.10
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In the Forest of the Night was the 10th episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Synopsis

While on a trip to a London museum, Clara Oswald, Danny Pink and his Coal Hill School pupils wake to find themselves in a forest that has engulfed the planet. The Twelfth Doctor must contend with the animals that roam this new habitat and the threat of a devastating solar flare...

Plot

A little girl is running through a forest, when she comes across the TARDIS and knocks on the door. The Doctor opens the door, and the little girl explains that something told her to look for a doctor. Taking the girl inside, the Doctor goes on about how he's having trouble with the TARDIS not landing where he wants to be. After a takeoff attempt, a GPS voice says the Doctor has arrived at his destination, London; he argues that it's wrong. However, the little girl tells him that the device is not wrong, she takes him outside and points up, explaining they are in Trafalgar Square. The Doctor is left surprised by this, as a pullaway shows all of London's wild trees filling every open area possible.

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Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Clara - Jenna Coleman
• Danny - Samuel Anderson
• Maebh - Abigail Eames
• Samson - Jayden Harris-Wallace
• Bradley - Ashley Foster
• Ruby - Harley Bird
• Missy - Michelle Gomez
• Maebh's mum - Siwan Morris
• George - Harry Dickman
• Minister - James Weber Brown
• Neighbour - Michelle Asante
• Emergency services officer - Curtis Flowers
• Jenny Hill – Herself
• Paris reporter - Kate Tydman
• Accra reporter - Nana Amoo-Gottfried
• Little boy - William Wright-Neblett
• Annabel - Eloise Barnes

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin

Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce	Produced by Paul Frift	Directed by Sheree Folkson	Director of Photography Mark Garrett	Production Designer Michael Pickwoad	Visual Effects BBC Wales VFX
Make-up Designer Claire Pritchard-Jones	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Costume Designer Howard Burden	Edited by Lucien Clayton	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer  •  With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

General production staff Production Executive - Julie Scott Line Producer - Tracie Simpson Location Manager - Iwan Roberts Unit Manager - Nick Clark Production Co-ordinator - Adam Knopf Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Sandra Cosfeld Production Accountant - Jeff Dunn Script department Script Editor - David P Davis Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Jo Lea 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Danielle Richards Assistant Directors - Gareth Jones, Chris Thomas Script Supervisor - Steve Walker Camera Operator - Mark McQuoid Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Jason Oxley Grip - Bob Freeman Camera Assistants - Cai Thompson, Katy Kardasz Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Stephen Slocombe Electricians - Gafin Riley, Andy Gardiner, Bob Milton, Gareth Sheldon	Art department Art Director - Sian M Hughes Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Props Buyer - May Johnson Concept Artist - Chris Lees Graphic Artist - Christina Tom Standby Props - Liam Collins, Mike Elkins Standby Carpenter - Ben Milton Standby Rigger - Dave Bayliss Props Master - Paul Smith Props Chargehand - Chris Dudley Props Driver - Gareth Fox Props Makers - Alan Hardy, Jamie Thomas Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker Graphics - BBC Wales Graphics Costume department Costume Supervisor - Melissa Cook Assistant Costume Designer - Carly Griffith Costume Assistants - Michelle McGrath, Gemma Evans	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Supervisor - Amy Riley Make-up Artists - Emma Cowen, Ann Marie Williams Movement Stunt Co-ordinator - Dani Biernat Casting Casting Associate - Alice Purser General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Samantha Price Assistant Editors - Katrina Aust, Will Burgess Special and visual effects VFX Editor - Dan Rawlings Colourist - Gareth Spensley Sound Sound Recordist - Bryn Thomas Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement 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

Events from the real world

• The Doctor theories that the Tunguska and Curuçá events are evidence of the protection of Earth by trees.

The TARDIS

• The Doctor has installed GPS in the TARDIS. It acts like any other GPS, but is probably made to contain all space and time. The voice was female.

Story notes

• This episode is one example of Doctor Who (as a television show) being referenced in the show itself, with a bus in one shot advertising Series 8 of Doctor Who. A previous example would be in Remembrance of the Daleks which was set on the same day that Doctor Who premiered, with a television in the background saying "And now for a new science fiction adventure, Doc-" before cutting out. However, the advertisement is only visible for a brief second.
• The "bus" seen in the background of the forest is actually a cardboard cutout, due to difficulties that would be faced in order to manoveur a real bus into a place of dense foliage.

Ratings

In the Forest of the Night posted an overnight viewing figure of 5.03 million.

Filming locations

• National Museum in Cardiff
• Forest Fawr Woods
• Heythorp Zoological Gardens in Chipping Norton
• several residential areas in Cardiff

Production errors

When Clara picks up Maebh's pink phone, she is also holding her own white phone. She is holding her white phone in her left hand and Maebh's pink phone in her right hand. Then in one shot, the pink is in her left and the white is in her right. It later returns back to normal in the following shots.

Continuity

• The Doctor compares the solar flare to the one that hit the Bank of Karabraxos. (TV: Time Heist)
• In the future, massive solar flares would lead to the exodus of human race from Earth. (TV: The Ark, The Ark in Space , The Beast Below; COMIC: The Keep) It would also undergo a solar flare when it was relocated by the Time Lords. (TV: The Mysterious Planet)
• The Doctor quotes Clara's remarks about his involvement with Earth. (TV: Kill the Moon)
• The Doctor reminds Clara that the future can be changed despite her having witnessed it alongside him. (TV: Kill the Moon)
• The sonic screwdriver is ineffective where wood is concerned. (TV: Silence in the Library)
• The Doctor refers to Danny as "PE". (TV: The Caretaker)
• Danny discovers that Clara wasn't telling him the truth about her relationship with the Doctor. (TV: Flatline)
• The Doctor tells Clara that the forest will be forgotten. The Seventh Doctor previously noted humanity's "capacity for self-deception". (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
• A human is once again in telepathic contact with tree-based intelligent life forms. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)

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