The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)
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The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo was the second episode of Class. It was released at the same time as For Tonight We Might Die, on BBC Three.
It saw the death of Coal Hill Academy headteacher Mr Armitage, who began as a recurring character in Doctor Who's Into the Dalek two years prior.
The story focused heavily on Ram, and how he dealt with the events that unfolded in the previous story.
A subplot involving an robot inspector emerged in this episode. It was later revealed that the robot had been sent by a mysterious organisation, who seemed to be interested in the activities of Miss Quill.
Synopsis
Ram Singh has seen too much. His girlfriend's dead, he lost his leg, and now he sees a gruesome corpse in the locker room. Meanwhile, he has trouble adapting to his new prosthetic leg, screwing up in football. Someone else dies. Is it all in his head, or is this the work of a skin-peeling dragon?
Plot
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Cast
- Miss Quill - Katherine Kelly
- Charlie - Greg Austin
- Ram - Fady Elsayed
- April - Sophie Hopkins
- Tanya - Vivian Oparah
- Matteusz - Jordan Renzo
- Coach Dawson - Ben Peel
- Assistant Coach Carroll - David McGranaghan
- Varun - Aaron Neil
- Mr Armitage - Nigel Betts
- The Inspector - Jami Reid-Quarrell
- Cleaner - Cally Lawrence
Crew
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References
- April, Charlie and Tanya discuss what to call the tear in space-time: "Membrane of Time? Chasm? Fracture." Tanya: "Bunghole." April later carries on calling it the Bunghole of Time, to which Charlie objects.
- Our Universe Live is an event that takes place between 23 May and 31 May.
- Ram suggests that the male dragon make Coach Dawson's skin into leather, "make a chair or something".
Coal Hill School
- Miss Quill and Mr Armitage walk by a sign that says "the Barbara Wright Building", named after Barbara Wright, companion of the First Doctor and teacher at Coal Hill in the 1960s.
- Coach Dawson enters Room G15 (Sport Science Office).
- Coal Hill has a 1st Team and a 2nd Team.
- Coal Hill Academy offers physics booster classes.
- Tanya says maths is ridiculously easy this year.
People
- Mr Armitage says that the education secretary thinks all teachers are monkeys.
- Ram smokes.
- Ram's father, Varun, continues to come to his football practices. He first taught Ram to play, and encourages him to practice with his new prosthetic leg until he gets it right.
- Miss Quill asks Ram whether he was watching Porn while doing his homework. Ram sarcastically answers that he was masturbating good and that he had to do homework one-handed.
- Ram mentions PTSD.
- When trying to find the Inspector online, Quill at first found a Paul Smith who was not him.
- The Inspector poses as being from Ofsted.
- Mr Armitage asks Miss Quill not to misbehave in front of The Inspector as the Coal Hill governors would not like it.
- April plays the violin, mostly folk music.
- Tanya has two brothers: Jarvis and Damon, with whom she plays Xbox.
- April's dad calls her, but she doesn't pick up.
- While inspecting the robot parts that was the Inspector, Miss Quill discovers them to be property of The Governors, and wonders who they might be.
Technology
- Tanya, Charlie and April attempted to call Ram.
- Tanya's computer uses Windows Vista.
- Tanya is trying to hack into UNIT's database.
- Ram and Tanya are again Skyping.
- Later on April and Charlie join.
- Miss Quill remarks, of the internet, "Have you seen what this species puts about themselves online? So much genetalia."
- At home, Charlie has a Macintosh computer.
- Tanya downloaded the UNIT hack attempt off Reddit.
- April has an iPhone and a keyboard.
Foods and beverages
- Tanya eats an apple.
- Ram tries to hit a water bottle with a football. With his father's support, he succeeds in knocking it over.
Story notes
- The title is a play on the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
- During the scene when the sixth formers go to find Coach Dawson, Y.A.L.A. by "M.I.A." can be heard.
Ratings
- BBC Three ratings: to be announced
- BBC One overnight: to be announced
- BBC America overnight: to be announced
Filming locations
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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
- The Prom is mentioned. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Rachel, is known as missing. Ram is reminded that he watched her die and was drenched in her blood. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Ram is still coping with his prothetic leg. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Ram doesn't want to be part of the world-saving team. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Tanya mentions Ram saving April from the Shadow Kin. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Charlie mentions that everyone he ever knew died. April mentions sharing heart with Corakinus. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- The Twelfth Doctor making Miss Quill Charlie's protector is mentioned. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Barbara Wright is mentioned on a poster (TV: An Unearthly Child - The Chase) as having a building named after her.
- The headteacher, Mr Armitage, (TV: Into the Dalek, et al.) is killed.
- Charlie mentions that the Twelfth Doctor said Miss Quill was supposed to help him. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
Home video releases
DVD releases
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Blu-ray releases
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Footnotes
- ↑ The poster at the start of For Tonight We Might Die quite clearly dates the Autumn Prom at 14 October, and this takes place a week later.
- ↑ 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.
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