Bad Night (home video)

Bad Night

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Bad Night
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond Rory Williams River Song (mentioned, not seen)
Key crew
Writer:	Steven Moffat
Release details
Release number:	Series 6 (DVD/Bluray exclusive)
Premiere broadcast:	22 November 2011
Format:	1x4 minute, mini episode
Confidential:	[[confidential::The Night's Tale|The Night's Tale]]

Bad Night was the first of five exclusive-to-home-video shorts under the Night and the Doctor umbrella title. It was written by showrunner Steven Moffat.

Synopsis

When Amy is woken in the middle of the night by the TARDIS telephone, she discovers the Doctor carries on a very active social and adventuring life while his companions are asleep. She tries to piece together how the fate of the Commonwealth could possibly be affected by the Doctor, an unseen River Song, an unnamed Prince of Wales and a British Queen who's been turned into a goldfish. At the same time she wants to have a serious conversation with the Doctor about how her life doesn't make sense. The Doctor calls for Rory to come deal with her emotions.

Cast

• Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill

Crew

• Writer - Steven Moffat

References

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Story notes

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Myths and rumours

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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.

• When the TARDIS phone rings, no one is standing at the TARDIS console. When it cuts to Amy answering the phone, she is standing in a position that was vacant in the previous shot.
• The water level of the goldfish bowl varies from shot to shot. Its lowest level is the close-angle shot of the bowl as the Doctor addresses the goldfish.

Continuity

• The opening shot of the TARDIS interior as the phone rings is similar to the opening shot for the prequel to DW: Let's Kill Hitler.
• Amy is seen wearing a nightie and and dressing gown ensemble, similar to that seen in The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below)
• The TARDIS phone was previously called by another British historical figure, Winston Churchill. (DW: The Beast Below, DW: Victory of the Daleks)
• The Doctor denies sneaking away at night to be with River Song, which he subsequently contradicts when Amy asks how River's doing. The Doctor spending his nights with River is the theme of four of the five "Night and the Doctor" shorts, and is also touched upon towards the end of DW: The Wedding of River Song.

Timeline

For the Doctor

Placement for this story for the Doctor, Amy and Rory is difficult as no indication of when it takes place is provided. However given Amy's unease, and given the question she asks the Doctor during "Good Night", the following "Night and the Doctor" short, one can presume the following placement.

• This story occurs after: DW: Time
• This story occurs some time before: DW: Good Night

For River Song

• This story occurs at some indeterminate point after: DW: Let's Kill Hitler

Home video releases

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