Night Terrors (TV story): Difference between revisions

{{real world}} {{Infobox NewTV | story name = Night Terrors | image = [[File:Dolls and George.jpg|250px]] | series = | number = [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] | story number = 219 | doctor = [[Eleventh Doctor]] | companions = [[Amy Pond]]

[[Rory Williams]] | enemy = [[Peg Doll]]s

[[Tenza]] | setting = [[Earth]], [[2011]]

[[George's Cupboard]], [[2011]] | writer = [[Mark Gatiss]] | director = [[Richard Clark]] | producer = [[Sanne Wohlenberg]] | confidential = [[About a Boy]] | broadcast date = [[3rd September]] [[2011]] | format = 1x 45 minutes episode | production code = 6.9 | previous story = [[Let's Kill Hitler]] | next story = [[The Girl Who Waited]] }}{{TV stub}} '''''Night Terrors''''' was the ninth episode in the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|sixth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. == Synopsis == The Doctor receives a distress call from the scariest place in the Universe: a child’s bedroom. Every night George lies awake, terrorised by every fear imaginable – fears that live in his bedroom cupboard. His parents are getting desperate – George needs a doctor. Fortunately for George, his pleas for help break through the barriers of all time and space and the Doctor makes a house call. But allaying his fears won’t be easy. George’s monsters are real. == Plot == ''to be added'' ==Cast== *[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]] *[[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]] *[[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]] *[[Alex (Night Terrors)|Alex]] - [[Daniel Mays]] *[[George (Night Terrors)|George]] - [[Jamie Oram]] *[[Claire (Night Terrors)|Claire]] - [[Emma Cunniffe]] *[[Purcell]] - [[Andrew Tiernan]] *[[Rossiter (Night Terrors)|Mrs Rossiter]] - [[Leila Hoffman]] *[[Julie (Night Terrors)|Julie]] - [[Sophie Cosson]] ==Crew== ''to be added'' == References == *Rory mentions ''[[EastEnders]]''. *The Doctor and Alex drink [[tea]]. *The Doctor mentions [[Jammie Dodger]]s. *George is a [[Tenza]]. He is able to match himself to peoples needs and create [[perception filter]]s. == Story notes == *This episode had the working titles: '''''What are Little Boys Made of?''''' and '''''House Call'''''.http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-6-autumn-preview-20767.htm *The scene where the Doctor and Alex are being sucked into the cupboard is very similar to the movie ''Poltergeist'' where the daughter is sucked into the spirit realm through her bedroom cupboard. === Ratings === UK Overnight: 5.5 million === Myths === *Amy will be turned into a doll.http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/whos-a-doll-25205.htm ''This was proven true.'' === Filming locations === ''to be added'' === Production errors === ''to be added'' == Continuity == *The Doctor mentions the Seven Keys to Doomsday. ([[SP]]: [[Doctor Who and the Daleks in The Seven Keys to Doomsday|''Seven Keys to Doomsday'']]) *Inside the dollhouse, Rory initially thinks he and Amy are "dead again". ([[DW]]: ''[[Cold Blood]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens]]'') He also believes at one point that the TARDIS is altering time and space again. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'') *The Doctor asks for a [[Jammy Dodger]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]], [[The Impossible Astronaut]]'') *When the Doctor and Alex wake up in the Doll House, Alex wonders how it can be bigger on the inside. The Doctor says "More common than you'd think, actually" referring to the TARDIS and other systems that allow things to be bigger on the inside such as the Slitheen and Teselecta ship. *When The Doctor explains to Alex that George is using a perception filter, he stops in the hallway to look in a mirror and makes the same face he did when he first saw his reflection in ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]''. *The Doctor performs his odd greeting kiss to Claire. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') *The [[sonic screwdriver]] doesn't work on wood. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'', ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot]]'') *The information of the Doctor's death is shown. ([[DW]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'') == Home video releases == This episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray shortly after the airing of episode thirteen.http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-dvd-releases-15635.htm ==External links== ''to be added'' ==Footnotes== {{Reflist}} {{DWTV}} {{TitleSort}} [[Category:Series 6 (Doctor Who) stories]] [[Category:2011 television stories]] [[Category:Eleventh Doctor television stories]] [[Category:Stories set on Earth]] [[Category:Stories set in 2011]]