Nightvisiting (TV story)
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Nightvisiting was the third episode of the first series of Class. It featured the first onscreen appearance of Tanya's brothers and her father, Jasper.
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Cast
- Miss Quill - Katherine Kelly
- Charlie - Greg Austin
- Ram - Fady Elsayed
- April - Sophie Hopkins
- Tanya - Vivian Oparah
- Matteusz - Jordan Renzo
- Jasper - Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Vivian - Natasha Gordon
- Orla'ath - Anastasia Hille
- Rachel - Anna Shaffer
- Man - Andrew Frame
- Old Woman - Janie Booth
Crew
| Executive Producers Brian Minchin, Steven Moffat and Patrick Ness |
| Created & Written by Patrick Ness |
Produced by Derek Ritchie |
Directed by Ed Bazalgette |
Director of Photography Maja Zamojda |
Production Designer Michael Pickwoad |
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| Make-up Designer Roseann Samuel
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Casting Director Andy Pryor
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Composer Blair Mowat |
Costume Designer Ffion Elinor |
Edited by Adam Green |
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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
Coal Hill School
- In a flashback, Tanya receives a letter from Coal Hill School, signed by Frank Armitage and dated 19 July 2013, accepting her request to be moved up three years. Mr Armitage invites Tanya and a parent or guardian to join him and Ms Brownlee in a meeting to discuss arrangements further.
- In the letter, Coal Hill is further confirmed to have an address on Foreman Street in Shoreditch.
- coalhillschool.sch.uk and [email protected] is Coal Hill School's website and email address, respectively. 0207 946 0055 is the school's telephone number.
People
- In the acceptance letter from Coal Hill School, Tanya's address is revealed to be Flat 15 at Clarendon House, St James's Place, London.
- At the time Tanya received the letter, she was 10 or 11.
- Jasper used to call Tanya "Puddle".
- Matteusz's parents threw him out of their house. His mother almost accepted him liking boys, but his father was too stubborn.
- Miss Quill had a sister called Orla'ath.
- Miss Quill's real name is "Andra'ath".
- In shock of seeing Rachel, April exclaims "Holy Mother of Kanye", in reference to Kanye West.
- The image of Jasper said Tanya's grief was like a Siren song.
- The image of Orla'ath says that the Lankin bring the souls of the dead to Heaven. Miss Quill says it sounds like Hell.
- Matteusz confesses that he loves Charlie.
- Orla'ath and Andra'ath tried to kill each other in the nest. A way of knowing who is strongest.
- Jasper and Tanya once watched the Regimental Horses in Hyde Park.
- Ram's phone has Rachel as its background picture.
- April says that after the incident in her father's car, people treated her and her mum like glass figurines.
- Charlie sees a near-image of his parents. Matteusz asks if that often happened during sex.
- When Tanya tells the image of Jasper that her dad used to be a policeman and her mum used to worry about his work shifts and that he maybe wouldn't come home, the image said it's not America, implying police work is more dangerous there.
Species
- The Lankin can't be cut. If cut, they just grow back together.
- Miss Quill compares the Lankin to chameleons.
Anatomy and physiology
- When Charlie hesitates on stabbing the Lankin image, Quill sarcastically asks if he thinks the Lankin root on the back of the image of Orla'ath is just "really bad phlegm".
Technology
- Ram attempts to call Tanya on Chat. He later calls April.
- Ram attempts to phone his dad.
- Charlie's computer is an iMac.
- The Lankin create an image of Miss Quill's displacement gun.
- Miss Quill steals a double decker bus going to Clerkenwell Road, Hackney, Oxford Circus, from Ensign Company LTD., Juliette Close, Purfleet Ind. Park, Purfleet, Essex, RM15 4YF.
- The Adeolas own an Xbox.
Food and beverages
- Bottles of Fanta, Pepsi, Schweppes and Dr Pepper, as well as a KitKat stand, can be seen in the shop which Ram enters.
- At a family dinner in one of the flashbacks, Tanya is drinking apple juice, and Jasper is trying to serve her salad.
- On the morning of the Adeolas' visit to Jasper's grave, Tanya is eating cornflakes.
Popular culture
- Miss Quill reads The Hunger Games.
- Tanya and her brothers play the video game Destiny.
- Charlie refers to the show Take Me Out as an example of the human sense of humour.
Music
- April plays "Night Visiting" on her violin.
- April also owns a keyboard.
- April said her dad used to play the fiddle, another word for violin.
Sport
- Ram attempts to keep his football in the air.
Businesses
- An advert for Princes' Housing is presented on the bus stop where April talks to Ram about her troubles. The advert mentions Princes' Housing's website, princeshousing.com, and their phone number, 020 1108 70007.
- Wessex House is mentioned on the same advert.
- The bus stop informs that the buses to Clapham JCN, Aldgate STN and London Bridge were delayed.
Story notes
- The song "Nightvisitor", heard during the flashback on Jasper Adeola, was specially adapted by Jim Moray from "Nightvisiting", an earlier song of his, for Class. He released the song as a single on 29 October 2016, the same day on which Nightvisiting was broadcast. With this episode, Jim Moray also becomes the first person to receive an on-screen credit for writing and performing an original song.
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Continuity
- Ram is still trying to regain his football skills, after losing his leg to Corakinus. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)
- The Lankin appears to Ram in the form of Rachel Chapman, whose death he witnessed very recently. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Orla'ath makes reference to the cracks in the skin of the universe (TV: The Eleventh Hour, et al)
- The image of Orla'ath mentions the Shadow Kin attack on Rhodia. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- The kiosk[statement unclear] appears. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Ram mentions that alien shadows and alien tattoos could kill him. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)
- The Lankin creates an image of the displacement gun. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Miss Quill reminds Charlie that she can't use weapons. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- Matteusz's parents have not been able to accept his sexual orientation or his relationship with Charlie. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
- When Miss Quill compares the Lankin to Chameleons, the image of Orla'ath believes she is talking about a humanoid species. The Doctor once encountered a species called the Chameleons. (TV: The Faceless Ones), (PROSE: Face Value)
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ram remarks that the Lankin is one of three strange things he's seen "this month". The story where he encountered the first of these three things is For Tonight We Might Die, which is set in October.
- ↑ 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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