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|story number    = 1
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|episode number  = 1
|episode number  = 1
|featuring          = Twelfth Doctor
|main character  = [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Andrea Quill|Quill]]
|main character  = [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]]
|featuring      = Matteusz Andrzejewski
|featuring2      = Matteusz
|featuring2      = Twelfth Doctor
|featuring3      = Frank Armitage
|featuring3      = Frank Armitage
|featuring4      = Varun Singh
|featuring4      = Varun Singh
|featuring5      = Vivian Adeola
|featuring5      = Vivian Adeola
|enemy          = [[Corakinus]]
|enemy          = [[Corakinus]]
|setting        = {{il|[[Coal Hill Academy]],|[[Wednesday|Wed]] [[12 October|12]] - [[Friday|Fri]] [[14 October]]<ref>The poster at the start (in HD) quite clearly dates the prom to [[14 October]]. [[Kevin Williams]]' missing poster confirms he was last seen on the [[12 October|12th]].</ref> [[2016]]<ref>{{Class 2016}}</ref>}}
|setting        = {{il|[[Coal Hill Academy]],|[[Wednesday]] [[12 October|12]] - [[Friday]] [[14 October]]<ref>The poster at the start (in HD) quite clearly dates the prom to [[14 October]], while [[Kevin Williams]]' missing poster confirms he was last seen on the [[12 October|12th]].</ref> [[2016]]<ref>{{Class 2016}}</ref>}}
|writer          = [[Patrick Ness]]
|writer          = [[Patrick Ness]]
|director        = [[Ed Bazalgette]]
|director        = [[Ed Bazalgette]]
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|featuring6 = Jackie MacLean}}
|featuring6 = Jackie MacLean}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first episode of ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''. It was written by [[Patrick Ness]], directed by [[Ed Bazalgette]] and featured [[Greg Austin]] as [[Charlie Smith]], [[Fady Elsayed]] as [[Ram Singh]], [[Sophie Hopkins]] as [[April MacLean]], [[Vivian Oparah]] as [[Tanya Adeola]], [[Jordan Renzo]] as [[Matteusz Andrzejewski]], [[Katherine Kelly]] as [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]] and [[Peter Capaldi]] as the [[Twelfth Doctor]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first episode of ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''. It was written by [[Patrick Ness]], and directed by [[Ed Bazalgette]]. It introduced the series' regular characters, and revealed that an excess in [[artron energy]] from nearby [[time travel]] has opened up a tear in [[space-time]] in [[Coal Hill Academy]].  


It introduced the series' regular characters, and revealed that an excess in [[artron energy]] from nearby [[time travel]] has opened up a tear in [[space-time]] in [[Coal Hill Academy]]. [[April MacLean|April]] begins sharing her [[heart]] with [[Corakinus]]. [[Ram Singh|Ram]] has one of his legs severed by Corakinus but is given a [[prosthetic leg|prosthetic]] by the [[Twelfth Doctor]].
Uploaded online on [[BBC Three]] on [[22 October (releases)|22 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], along with ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'', ''For Tonight We Might Die'' was released exactly ten years after the airdate of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''{{'}}s first episodes, ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'' and ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]''. The episode was also screened at the [[Class World Premiere]] in [[Shoreditch]], [[London]] on [[20 October (releases)|20 October]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5MzbR5LJXbTVKtTR5bn4VHQ/6-things-you-need-to-know-about-class|title=6 Things You Need to Know About Class|website name=BBC|accessdate=22 October 2016}}</ref>
 
Uploaded online on [[BBC Three]] on [[22 October (releases)|22 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], along with ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'', ''For Tonight We Might Die'' was released exactly ten years after the airdate of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''{{'}}s first episodes, ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'' and ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]''.
 
This episode was also screened at the [[Class World Premiere]] in [[Shoreditch]], [[London]] on [[20 October (releases)|20 October]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5MzbR5LJXbTVKtTR5bn4VHQ/6-things-you-need-to-know-about-class|title=6 Things You Need to Know About Class|website name=BBC|accessdate=22 October 2016}}</ref>


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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== References ==
== References ==
* [[101 (telephone number)|101]] is a telephone number.  
* [[101 (telephone number)|101]] is a telephone number.  
* Varum discusses the use of the word "[[literally]]".
* Varum discusses the overuse of the word "[[literally]]".
* The [[Shoreditch Police Station]] is mentioned.
* The [[Shoreditch Police Station]] is mentioned.


=== Coal Hill School ===
=== Coal Hill Academy ===
* Coal Hill is on [[Foreman Street]] in [[Shoreditch]], [[London]].
* Coal Hill is on [[Foreman Street]] in [[Shoreditch]], [[London]].
* Coal Hill holds an [[Autumn Prom]] on [[Friday]] [[14 October]] in the [[Coal Hill school hall|main hall]], from 6 PM to 8:30 PM. Tickets are sold every lunch time in [[Cafe Max]].
* Coal Hill holds an [[Autumn Prom]] on [[Friday]] [[14 October]] in the [[Coal Hill school hall|main hall]], from 6 PM to 8:30 PM. Tickets are sold every lunch time in [[Cafe Max]].
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=== Food and beverages ===
=== Food and beverages ===
* When [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]] enters the little shop in [[Hackney]], a lot of [[wine gum]], [[crisp]]s, [[alcohol]] ([[wine]], [[Stella Artois]], [[Budweiser]]), [[Emerge]], [[Volvic]], [[Maltesers]], [[chocolate]] bars, [[cola]], [[cereal]]s and [[cracker]]s can be seen. An advertisement for products including [[Crunchie]], [[Dairy Milk Caramel]], [[Wispa]], [[Double Decker]], [[Twirl]] and [[Flake]] can also be seen.
* When Tanya enters the little shop in [[Hackney]], a lot of [[wine gum]], [[crisp]]s, [[alcohol]] ([[wine]], [[Stella Artois]], [[Budweiser]]), [[Emerge]], [[Volvic]], [[Maltesers]], [[chocolate]] bars, [[cola]], [[cereal]]s and [[cracker]]s can be seen. An advertisement for products including [[Crunchie]], [[Dairy Milk Caramel]], [[Wispa]], [[Double Decker]], [[Twirl]] and [[Flake]] can also be seen.
* Charlie drinks a cup of [[tea]].
* Charlie drinks a cup of [[tea]].
* Mr Armitage says he's going to meet [[Armitage's friend|a friend]] for "[[granola]] and [[kale falafel]]".
* Mr. Armitage says he's going to meet [[Armitage's friend|a friend]] for "[[granola]] and [[kale falafel]]".


==== Other ====
==== Other ====
* A lot of cleaning products, [[pill]]s, and [[magazine]]s can be seen in the shop too.
* A lot of cleaning products, [[pill]]s, and [[magazine]]s can be seen in the shop.


=== People ===
=== People ===
* Ram claims Charlie sounds like [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] with the way he talks.
* Ram claims Charlie sounds like [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] with the way he talks.
* Charlie and Miss Quill pretend to be from [[Sheffield]].
* Charlie and Miss Quill pretend to be from [[Sheffield]].
* When April has a [[heart attack]], Tanya asked if she's [[epilepsy|epileptic]].
* When April has a [[heart attack]] due to her connection to Corakinus, Tanya asked if she's [[epilepsy|epileptic]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* Charlie is a [[Rhodian]] and Miss Quill is a [[Quill (species)|Quill]], both from planet [[Rhodia]]. The two species were at war with each other.
* Charlie is a [[Rhodian]] and Miss Quill is a [[Quill (species)|Quill]], both from planet [[Rhodia]]. The two species were at war with each other.
* The [[Shadow Kin]] invaded Rhodia, and killed everyone but those two. They can turn into pure [[shadow]].
* The [[Shadow Kin]] invaded Rhodia, and killed everyone but Charlie and Miss Quill. They can turn into pure [[shadow]].
* The Doctor replaces Ram's severed leg with a replacement he acquired from the [[Lothan]], whom he describes as giant [[centipede]]s who are experts in [[prosthetic leg]]s.
* The Doctor replaces Ram's severed leg with a replacement he acquired from the [[Lothan]], whom he describes as giant [[centipede]]s who are experts in [[prosthetic leg]]s.
* The Shadow Kin's homeworld, [[the Underneath]], appears.
* The Shadow Kin's homeworld, [[the Underneath]], appears.
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=== Sports ===
=== Sports ===
* The Doctor states he likes the sport [[darts]] and suggests [[football]] is boring.
* The Doctor states he likes the sport [[darts]], but thinks [[football]] is boring.


=== Mathematics ===
=== Mathematics ===
* Miss Quill marks down an equation for a [[Gibbs probability density]] of a classical [[Klein-Gordon field]] on the board. Tanya recognises this, but the rest of her class is lost.
* Miss Quill marks down an equation for a [[Gibbs probability density]] of a classical [[Klein-Gordon field]] on the board. Tanya recognises it, but the rest of her class is lost.


=== Popular culture ===
=== Popular culture ===
* Tanya jokes that they'd already lost the [[Bechdel test]] when April only talks about Charlie.
* Tanya jokes that April had failed the [[Bechdel test]] when she asks her about Charlie.
* [[Idris Elba]] is mentioned.  
* [[Idris Elba]] is mentioned.  
* Tanya wonders whether [[Corakinus]] is referring to the singer, [[Prince (singer)|Prince]], when he asks "Where is the Prince?".
* Tanya wonders whether [[Corakinus]] is referring to the singer [[Prince (singer)|Prince]] when he asks ''"Where is the Prince?"''.
* Among items in Tanya's room are three ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' posters above her [[bed]], and on her shelves: a [[Care Bear]] stuffed animal, a [[teddy bear]], and the board games [[Don't Panic]], [[Battleship (game)|Battleship]], [[Mr. POP!]], [[Explosive (game)|Explosive]], [[The Magic Professor]], and [[MB]]'s [[Ker-Plunk]].
* Among items in Tanya's room are three ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' posters above her [[bed]], and on her shelves: a [[Care Bear]] stuffed animal, a [[teddy bear]], and the board games [[Don't Panic]], [[Battleship (game)|Battleship]], [[Mr. POP!]], [[Explosive (game)|Explosive]], [[The Magic Professor]], and [[MB]]'s [[Ker-Plunk]].
* [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]] calls [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]] "[[Prince Valiant]]".
* Miss Quill calls Charlie "[[Prince Valiant]]" when he stops April shooting herself with the displacement gun.
* She calls [[April MacLean|April]] a "ludicrous [[Care Bear]]".
* She calls April a "ludicrous [[Care Bear]]".
* The group mentions a [[Hellmouth]], "that town in ''[[Once Upon a Time]]''", and ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', as being similar in concept to the tears in space and time they are faced with.
* The group mentions a [[Hellmouth]], "that town in ''[[Once Upon a Time]]''", and ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', as being similar in concept to the tears in space and time they are faced with.
* When April says Charlie knows nothing of pop culture, she suggests he's either alien or [[Amish]].
* When April says Charlie knows nothing of pop culture, she suggests he's either alien or [[Amish]].
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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* A [[List of working titles|working title]] for this episode was ''The Prom''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-04-30/heres-what-the-very-first-episode-of-doctor-who-spin-off-class-is-called|title=Here's what the very first episode of Doctor Who spin-off Class is called|author=Radio Times staff|date of source=30 April 2016|website name=Radio Times|accessdate=22 October 2016}}</ref>
* A [[List of working titles|working title]] for this episode was ''The Prom''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-04-30/heres-what-the-very-first-episode-of-doctor-who-spin-off-class-is-called|title=Here's what the very first episode of Doctor Who spin-off Class is called|author=Radio Times staff|date of source=30 April 2016|website name=Radio Times|accessdate=22 October 2016}}</ref>
* This is the third guest appearance by [[the Doctor]] in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television spin-off. ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' previously featured appearances by the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]] in the stories ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' and ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'' respectively. While [[the Tenth Doctor's hand]] was a recurring feature in the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood]]'', the Doctor himself ultimately did not appear.
* This is the third guest appearance by [[the Doctor]] in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television spin-off. ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' previously featured appearances by the [[Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''. While [[the Tenth Doctor's hand]] was a recurring feature in the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood]]'', the Doctor himself ultimately did not appear.
* "[[Thick as Thieves]]" by [[The Temper Trap]] plays extra-diagetically in the first scene after the titles. Later, "[[Black Treacle]]" by [[Arctic Monkeys]] is used.
* "[[Thick as Thieves]]" by [[The Temper Trap]] plays extra-diagetically in the first scene after the titles. Later, "[[Black Treacle]]" by [[Arctic Monkeys]] is used.


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* A [[Coal Hill School Roll of Honours Board|list of the dead]] acknowledges the deaths and disappearances of [[Joe Gibson]], [[Dudley Hatcher]], [[Okehurst]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'') [[H. Parson]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') [[Susan Foreman]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') [[A. Dunlop]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') [[Danny Pink]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'')
* A [[Coal Hill School Roll of Honours Board|list of the dead]] acknowledges the deaths and disappearances of [[Joe Gibson]], [[Dudley Hatcher]], [[Okehurst]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'') [[H. Parson]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') [[Susan Foreman]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') [[A. Dunlop]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') [[Danny Pink]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'')
* The Doctor notes that he previously served as the [[caretaker]] at [[Coal Hill School]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'')
* The Doctor notes that he previously served as the [[caretaker]] at [[Coal Hill School]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'')
* The Doctor rhetorically asks why Charlie should "avenge [[genocide]] with genocide", echoing the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s refusal to end the [[Dalek]]s by killing [[Dalek Caan]] after seeing his extermination of the [[Human-Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor again acknowledges that the Coal Hill School area has an excess of [[artron energy]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') due to it having a long connection to [[time travel]] from [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'', ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'', ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'')
* The Doctor again acknowledges that the Coal Hill School area has an excess of [[artron energy]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') due to it having a long connection to [[time travel]] from [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'', ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'', ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'')
* The Doctor says he loves [[darts]]. He had previously revealed he belonged to a darts team with the [[Brothers Grimm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'')
* The Doctor says he loves [[darts]]. He had previously revealed he belonged to a darts team with the [[Brothers Grimm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'')
* The Doctor rhetorically asks why Charlie should "avenge [[genocide]] with genocide", echoing the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s refusal to end the [[Dalek]]s by killing [[Dalek Caan]] after seeing his extermination of the [[Human-Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'')


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