I don't think the Doctor is afraid of the midnight entity at this point, he's scared of the people. He's fully conscious, completely paralyzed and just listening as they convince each other that they should throw him out of the cabin. I think it purposefully waited for him to get up close to Sky like that, it didn't want anyone else to see the terror in his eyes once she stole his voice. This episode sends all kinds of chills.
I am still hoping for this being thing to return to Doctor Who one day, was a very creepy episode and I want to know what happens after it takes someones voice. Would it end up turning completely into you or something?
I understand wanting to see it again .. I'd have to respectfully disagree though. The mystery and open ended feeling of this episode is partly what keeps it scary. You don't know -- that's the creepy part about it.
Yanguchitzure I know as a time lord he is smart enough to remain conscious and know what is happening so he can hear everything that is said so he must be terrified to know that 900 years of time travel is gonna get cut short because of us dumb humans
I think Doctor is fully scared equally the Monster and the people too, bcuz he is helpless, he can't do anything about it and he was completely terrified.
@@petraleopold2713 - Somewhat. The Doctor, curious and helpful to all, ends up being paralyzed by the creature he tries to help and understand, while almost being killed by the humans he has defended and help for centuries. That situation would terrify anyone. He still is not terrified of humans in the end, seeing how he still has Donna by his side. He does stop her from repeating him. I am betting he is more terrified of that creature, since he still does not know what it was, but understands what it is capable of.
I wish it was her and her husband thrown out as the hostess, Jethro and the professor's assistant were the only likeable people out of the group (excluding the Doctor and Sky).
Ryan , to be correct, she actually says "I told it was her" with the look of a person clearly trying to convince themselves of the lie while at the same time being very much conscious of how much of a shitty person she is. The Doctor looks back at her with clear disgust and disdain while her guilt dawns on her. If you are wishing to see others dead instead of the hostess, you are missing one of the key moral lesson of the episode.
The midnight entity was so clever. It waited until the rest of the passengers turned on someone and then targeted them. And it started to only copy the doctor when he shouted "You need me!" brilliant
look at his expression... in all his lifetimes and all his wisdom; he had no idea wha this particular entity was and he was horrified. One of the scariest creations on the show.
@@petraleopold2713 - Disagree. He was scared of the entity and the prospect of the humans trying throw him out. He still does deal with humans, seeing how he deals with Donna still. He is very scared of that entity. Remember at the end, he tells Donna to not repeat him for a reason. It is because of that unknown monster was able to defeat him easily. The Doctor was truly scared of that creature only.
One thing I find so cruel about this, besides the stupidity of the humans, is that the Doctor seems to be fully aware of what's going on around him. Look at his face at 2:27, he's terrified - he can't move, he has no control over his own body, but his mind still works. Trapped in his own body, for me that's one of the most brutal of tortures.
that was exactly what me and my friend kept talking abt after watching Midnight.. it's just so painful n frustrating to see the Doctor so terrified yet helpless
Not only that, but when he repeats "Molto Bene" his eyes flash up in a panic. You almost feel like he's trying to regain himself and he's begging for somebody to just save him.
TheSneezingAnouki yeah, that was what scared me in that episode. It was so obvious that he wasn't possessed. Half the time, I wanted to shake some sense into those stupid humans; awesome acting on Tennant's part though. The terror and helplessness the doctor must have felt- it was clear as day on his face
Ay Ayla This is what gets me about this episode. You say the people were stupid for not noticing that The Doctor wasn't possessed and that he was totally helpless and to any normal person, they are but after being trapped in there and frightened, doing anything for their survival and creating a mob mentality they created this idea that repeating = bad and that since he had been defending Sky, clearly he was a danger. They didn't care about the fact that Sky was the one saying all the things he was repeating or that they were about to commit murder, as far as they were concerned by that point, they saw anything that repeated as bad and wanted to survive at all costs. The scary thing is, as I said, we see them as stupid but in situations like that, we'd probably react like that because we become so frightened for our survival and hysteric that we make decisions without thinking and it made humans the monsters as much as the Midnight Entity. Plus the Midnight Entity started out looking like Sky was catatonic from fear and it's easy to imagine in a situation, the idea of human beings no different from anyone in the end, being scared by someone with catatonia to the point of murder. I mean even before Sky started doing the synchronising, they were scared and The Doctor jumped straight to learn about a new species mode. Professor Hobbes was the only one with reason enough to simply assume it was a catatonic state. (He was wrong but in a real situation, he'd most likely be right yet there'd still probably be a mob of people frightened for their life over someone copying them)
KingOfTheInterWebs Exactly. And you're absolutely right. They acted like most (the Professor's assisstant didn't and the stewardess realized it too, in the end) people would. Very few would have been able to work out what was happening.
The acting by David here is perfect! Oh my god! He starts crying at the end.... Look into his eyes! You can see the pain! You can see the sorrow this is amazing! He is shaking so subtly is fantastic! His lips are quivering too! Arrrggg! Too good!
The human survival instinct is a hell of a thing. it completely overrides everything. Reason and Compassion included. It kinda reminds me of something Quark from Deep Space 9 said. "You put those same nice,intelligent,compassionate humans you like so much in a life threatening situation for too long and they become as deadly as the most blood thirsty Klingon"
"See, their morals, their code... it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these, uh... these "civilized" people? They'll eat each other." ~ The Joker
Russell T. Davies said that Midnight was based on a the episode 'Darmok' from Star Trek: The Next Generation. He read a synopsis for the episode (Captain Picard gets trapped on a planet with an alien that speaks only in metaphor), but didn't watch it, letting the mystery and imagination of it inspire this story!
The Midnight Entity is by far the scariest Doctor Who villain. Even above the Weeping Angels. When you see that the Doctor, who knows every creature in existence, can defeat anyone who crosses his path, and has the most brilliant mind in the universe in a hopeless state like this, you know he's facing an impossible villain. The moment when you see the Doctor confused by an improbable creature who shouldn't exist, it scares you. As humans, we fear the unknown. It lets our minds do the imagining which leads us to think horrible things. Which is part of the reason for why I don't like Moffat showing the time war in the 50th anniversary episode. They made it seem like a living Hell in the past and once we got a glimpse, it just looked like another normal battle. But, back to the point. In this episode everyone played a different role. The Doctor was the curious wanderer who curiously toyed with the new life form in front of him while also leading the group for a time. The husband was the one who played the "tough guy" role, making aggressive decisions and always standing up for his Wife who allowed the Entity's chaos to spread. She would often make brash comments and was always backed up by her husband to start to cause an uproar against the Doctor. The professor was the stunned man who didn't really speak much during the climax. His whole life (as we can infer), he has devoted a big portion of his life to the planet Midnight and created a rule on life existing on the planet. When he sees that rule broken, he is in awe and greatly disturbed by the events. He is most taken aback from the scenario and he takes his frustrations out on his assistant. His assistant, Dede (doubt I spelled that correctly), is one of the few people spitting out logical statements during the chaos. However, because she has a less aggressive and motivating setup to her pitches, she is always overruled. It also doesn't help that the professor questions her intelligence as the group sees him as one of the more reliable sources, and him insulting Dede makes her seem unreliable. Jefro may be the most trustworthy character during the course of the action. Unlike everyone else who is blinded by their fear, Jefro is in a calm state and is able to see things clearly. He even jokes about the Enitity several times. He is more of a listener than a speaker and therefore has obtained more relevant thoughts on the situation but is disregarded because of his age. The hostess is kind of two faced. She goes from making brash plots on throwing the Doctor out to finally seeing things clearly and doing what needed to be done. Before the utter chaos really started to happen, she only fueled the other's fire by agreeing with them most of the time. The Doctor's inability to answer questions and perceived arrogance make him look like a liar and an unreliable source even having once been the ring leader. This led to the chaos really starting as they started to argue with the Doctor, leading to no progress and an eventually possessed Doctor. Without the Doctor, there was no leading voice or peace keeper so everyone had to argue among themselves and two groups were created. One being the group that wanted to throw the Doctor out led by the husband (other members are the professor, the wife, and the Enitity (Sky) I suppose). The other being the group that didn't believe the Doctor was the real entity (Dede and the hostess). Jefro wasn't really in a group at this point. With the husband's group greater in numbers, and the Enitity able to spread more confusion and insanity through Sky, the Doctor was almost thrown out if it weren't for the hostess making the necessary and brave move. In the end, the Wife shows to be the worst of all as she lies about saying she knew the Doctor wasn't the actual Entity. By first spreading tension, extreme paranoia followed and blinded almost everyone closing their judgment. This led to the Doctor having no control. Without a reliable source in control, the group began to fall to the Entity. In the end, when you trap the Doctor in a place where he is confused and seen as just another human, or not an authority figure along with having immense tension around him, the Doctor is worthless. When the Doctor doesn't have control, things don't go well. Having a companion alongside helps create credibility and extra numbers to his campaign. Without Donna, he had no one to back him up. Overall a historic episode that had us on the edge of our seats the whole time with the great writing, tension, and superb acting.
Also worth noting: The characters potray the seven different reactions that one can have during a traumatic/scary event: -Fear (Wife) -Anger (Husband) -Intrigue (Doctor) -Shock (Professor) -Enjoyment (Jethro) -Confusion (Hostess) -Problem solving/reason (Dee Dee)
Some people say that the show should bring a return of this possessing monster, but beg to differ- in Blink the Weeping Angels were extremely scary because we knew very little about them, but the more we got to know them the less scary they became. This episode was marvellous, let's keep it that way.
They can work, the team just forgot that tension was the thing that made the angels scary, not the scary face. It's all climax with no build up nowadays.
Jero Briggs Stupidity is our darkness, obviously. We do far more terrible things out of panicked not-knowing-any-better-but-still-pressing-on than any real malice. Human herd instinct wasn't built for the comforts of the modern day. One of our few foibles as a species, and certainly a saddening one. "As compared to what" Fiction, and animals. Which is all we've got. And nobody can deny the truth in the above, if they've ever been in an agitated crowd.
Two things: One: This episode is a shining display of true human nature: there's a life-threatening problem, we try to destroy it no matter the cost (unless the cost is us, of course!), even killing another human being. Two: Tennant's acting here is incredible! The first time I saw this I was stunned with the terror, pain, pleading, realization, and how real it looked and felt! I had to rewind the episode after it finished and look SUPER DUPER hard for something that even whispered "it's just an act, just an act" but I didn't find one. I grabbed some actor friends, and we all looked so hard for two hours, and we gave up. Tennant is the best actor I've ever seen (not that I've seen many).
The way he has to gasp for air and tell himself over and over that it's gone still hits so well. While not usually at this level, there's quite a lot of times the Doctor faces the unknown, there's few times he's entirely helpless and scared, and fewer that he has to console himself about it.
Bloody hell this is an acting masterclass from David Tennant. In the subtlest shifts in expressions you can see The Doctor just trying to fight back, and showing utter despair when they turn against him and all he can do is repeat Skye. Such brilliant writing the likes of which have never graced the show since.
there is only three human that i like in this episode: Donna ( but she is not in the plane so....), Dee dee who try to defend the doctor and the hostess who in the end is the hero. about hero, this time the doctor is not the hero he is the victim, it's really strange and quiet frightening.
This is a brilliant episode. Not only does it showcase that the best of us, the heroes among us, can be vulnerable, it also illustrates David Tennant's spectacular acting. We're so used to the Doctor swooping in and saving the planet, we're not used to him being vulnerable and falling victim to the Monster. Even the best of us can be vulnerable and at the end of the day, we all need to be saved.
Seriously did no one notice his terrified face. Also he was repeating her words like how could anyone miss that. He repeated her word for word and no one noticed the expression on her face. Stupidity like maybe if they paid attention and were being rational, yes I'm sure they were scared but still how could they not notice?
+Julie Cha the problem is thats how we humans are, when we're scared out of or minds.. thats the most terrifying thing of all in this episode, it shows the human race true face... it gives me chill down my spine just knowing it... that we humans are like that. :(
This is just how some human beings are. They are afraid of what they do not know or what is different from them. They do not rationalize things very well when they are in absolute fear. There might be a couple of people that will, like the hostess or DeeDee, but not all of them. The Hostess is the one that proved to be the most rational of all the humans there.
The Doctor must be terrified. Knowing that the group was going to kill him while he could do absolutely nothing about it. Just imagine being completely immobile and unable to do anything yourself, while a group of people are trying to kill you, I am soo thankful for the Hostess, for finding out that it was Sky who was the Entity, and not the Doctor. Poor doctor!
I freaking miss 10!! was truly the best, his acting is so on point, I even feel like crying because it's like he is actually suffering in the video... love you David
I can suspend a great deal of belief for the sake of plot, but this is just bad writing. Perhaps if this was in a movie, where it had a longer run time to develop the characters, it might have helped. As it is, I just cannot bring myself to buy into the hysteria these people are suppose to be suffering from. Any viewer who couldn't put two and two together should be ashamed of themselves. Given the close proximity of the characters, they too would've been privy to much of the same information the audience received. One character being duped, I could buy. All, but one character, I don't. Not when they were all present and in the situation as it unfolded.
+idunbeezasmart1 It was a necessary part of the plot to show the characters as being unrealistically scared angry and confused all at the same time it seems that throughout the plot it was trying to give of the feeling that the monster wasn't the villain in this episode but the people were if you think about it all sky was doing was learning how do we know that from the start the monster wanted to kill everyone my theory is all sky can do is learn so throughout the episode she was learning from scared confused and angry people so that's what she grew to be because all she can do is learn and the only reason she targeted the doctor near the end was because the people no longer trusted him and wanted to throw him out and that feeling went into her the only reason that she wanted them all dead by the end of the episode was because the people thought her intention was to kill them all eventually I apologise for the long comment to answer such a simple thing but the real villains of this episode are the people or at least that's what I think.
Most episodes like that in any series are usually my least favorite because they don't have good dialog to sustain it. But Doctor Who is different. The writers usual know how to make a thrilling episode with just that. This episode is a great example of that. So is The Edge of Destruction.
T_bus yeah but they don't go outside they're only in the plane. It's the same as if somebody says "I stayed at home the whole day" and you say "no you didn't you travelled through the universe because the earth revolves around the sun"...
I just love how you see the doctor (at 0:50 ) , even in this state, so genuinely relieved and kind of happy to see that, there are still humans who can see what's happening instead of what they want to see
This scene left such a huge mark of me. It made me think "I would never do such a thing," which makes me think that maybe in some crisis situation I might have to deal with someday, I will be the voice of reason and sanity. Gotta love Doctor Who.
In terms of very chilling scenes this is a very underrated episode. To see the Doctor's voice stole and the fear in his eyes is very scary. Fantastic Episode
The hostess wasn't a saint. She was the one who first suggested "we should throw her out!" and gave the others that idea in the first place, she also responds with "I CAN!" when the doctor asks if any of them could murder another person. This final act was her moment of redemption, but she's not perfect.
You can see the Doctor's fear in his eyes, he is fully conscious while this is going on which is terrifying! It also shows how far people can go when they are scared or dealing with the unknown
This episode honestly reminds me of the state of the world right now. The Doctor is the rest of the world. And i would think its fairly obvious who the people arguing are.
I hate this episode because I hate seeing the Doctor being treated as the enemy by the people he's trying to help! And I know this is only a programme but still. 😠
I think this episode is good because it shows us the absolute worst of humanity under pressure, and the doctors ability to wow the people he is around and knowing pretty much everything are turned on their heads. The doctor knows nothing and everyone hates him because they think he is the enemy
I'm not going to place any fault in this episode because it's a masterpiece but if I was Deedee or the hostess (especially Deedee, since she's a scientist), I'd make these two points: 1. The creature moving from Sky to the Doctor is of no benefit to the creature, so why would it do it? 2. If the creature has moved into the Doctor and is not possessing Sky anymore, why is it only copying her? The creature copies everyone. It is clear that the creature is still in Sky. I do have one problem with this episode though: What does the creature want? Does it want to eventually drain everyone? Or just the Doctor? If the latter, what was it going to do next? I understand that the mystery of the creature is part of what makes it so terrifying, but I find I have a nigh-insatiable desire for knowledge.
+Karkat Vantas This is my all-time favourite episode so I looked into a lot of theories, the best thing I can come up with is the following. I believe the monster is a disembodied consciousness, hence why it was able to get in in the first place. Until that point it had possessed the crystals like a kind of rock monster, and moved around psychically. This explains how it had the strength to rip the cabin off etc. and was able to live on the planet. It eventually sense Sky as the weakest person due to her much more intense fear than the others. It then transferred it's consciousness to her. A human body/mind was such a new concept that it didn't understand anything, so it started copying the others to try and learn. It learnt a lot, and it formed psychic links with them that allowed it to know what they were going to say. However this terrified the passengers even more, and it learnt this too (hence why Sky looks so scared for so long). If you pay close attention, the monster/sky doesn't start behaving maliciously until the passengers do first. Their fear was turning into aggression and anger/hatred and it couldn't help but learn that too. As it learnt more and more it became more self-aware, and taking on the passengers bloodlust, it set up the Doctor to take the fall so it could survive. All of this would fit with what I said at the start about it being a consciousness. Of course we'll never know, but I think this theory is the best explanation so far.
It's sad that they can't find a real explanation for what's happening and they're so scared and stupid and gullible to believe any possible reason for any of it. That woman in beige and the flight attendant were the only people that were able to figure any of it out. Poor, poor Doctor.
the thing is, in a scary situation, even ordinary people can become like this if they are under enough pressure that their minds lose the ability for rational thought
I think another really interesting aspect to this is that because the entity is genuinely only mimicking and learns quickly, she picks up voices first but movement takes longer. When she lifts her hands and starts to make facial expressions, this is her mimicking what she’s seen in the room, but she asks the professor to help her get up and get away from him and doesn’t move her feet after that point. They’re in a small space, the passengers haven’t had enough room to move around and have spent a lot of the time she’s been observing them transfixed to the spot, staring at her. They’ve gestured a lot but they haven’t walked. At that point, she hasn’t picked up how to walk, only how to move her hands, arms and face. So sadly, the hostess probably didn’t even need to hold her in place when she dragged her to the door, “Sky” probably wouldn’t have been able to get away herself. It’s an absolute masterstroke of acting and writing, beautifully subtle on the part of so many! Also when the entity uses the Doctor’s voice, Leslie Sharp really is doing her best impression of how Tennant’s Doctor speech patterns sound, she’s got the slight shouts and the singsong element completely down as she’s encouraging them to throw him out, and the almost poetic monosyllabic beats of when he’s trying to explain something deadly or important to people, “in the dark, and the cold, and the diamonds” etc. Sounds just like his speeches. It’s genuinely incredible.
One of the best comments on here, superb analysis. The creature has a set of rules, it's not some all powerful being, despite seeming to have no weakness. It clearly is parasitic in nature and requires a "host" to feed itself, it seems that it can "replace" an existing thing in order to relocate itself but much remains unclear. What is clear is it is a threat so dangerous that it's only detectable when it's too late, and chances are no one will survive it should it get to a densely populated area. The doctor wasn't only terrified for his own life, he realized this thing can pretty much destroy anything. It's like the anime summertime rendering.
i remember we watched this in school and god it must have been a good one because literally no one talked all the way through it. this one is by far my favourite doctor who.
Imagine Donna in this episode, she'd yell at the mum so hard, she'd yell shut up so hard but I think because she is so clever- she might be the one dying
The fact that Russell had no cofidence in this episode and ended up almost shelving it makes me wish he jus listen to his instinct and we could have gotten more episodes like it and not crap like love and monsters.
This is definitely one of the most underrated episodes. In all new seasons, this is the only occasion when doctor was actually on the line between death. What creeps me more out is that those people are really many of them in real life.
The expression on the Doctor's face while the passengers are talking about throwing him out is just bone-chilling. We're used to seeing him in control, taking command of almost every situation with nothing but his intelligence and authoritative presence. But those things fail him completely in this episode and he's left powerless. Terrifying.
That mother, goddamn. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's an exact copy of my mother's personality. An exact, copy. Seeing someone else subjected to that, how it nearly killed the Doctor. I know it's just a TV show but... I really wish I could have been there to help him.
The first black person who was a side character was an amazing hacker. The second one died saving the earth. Good to see that the black hero thing is the same for background characters.
Julie Dunn how was he hard on Mickey? 9th and 10th seemed to love the dude, he was always so happy when he met him; Mickey was always a little angry at him at first for stealing Rose away but later they got more chill. As for Danny, it was because Danny's job remembered him of both his work at the War and of his immediate past incarnation; I'd say it's more racist of you to think he was acting for racial hatred whilst ignoring the very obvious motivations the show gives for their interactions. I mean, you *do* know Dan had more character to him than "some black bloke", right?
It's crazy how stupid humanity can be when you're fighting to survive..... this episode was soooo dark. DT looked......... completely terrified. He's just amazing. Best Doctor Who episode yet.
Did the hostess really have to kill herself? She could have opened the door, shoved Sky out, and be done with it. It's obvious the thing inside Sky wasn't putting up a fight when the hostess held her by the door, so what's to say that she couldn't have just shoved her out?
Joseph Levy this may be a stretch, but she could have not known what to do. She just learned how to speak, and walk, but she had not seen the humans before her physically fight.
Joseph Levy they explicitly explained that the airlock had 6 seconds before it would flush them out. This is also evident by the fact that the air hostess counted down 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Skye could have struggled and jumped out of the way in that time.
I have met David Tennant and he is amazing, when we spoke he spoke with the same passion he uses when on set. So you can tell that he loves his job, and he loved playing doctor who and might be joining christphor, matt and peter in a surprise episode, but it is unknown as to when this will be taking place.
This episode really shows how stupid people can be... She was so scared when the attack happened and then she suddenly acts so gung ho and has an attitude and nobody except the woman realizes that something is wrong, like seriously
I don't think the doctor was scared of the entity or the people, I think for him the most scary bit was not having control over his body. The doctor, the hero, the most cleverest alien of all, couldn't do anything to stop it, although he tries so hard to fight it. And Davids acting was marvelous!
one of the greatest Doctor Who episode and definitely the scariest. I was intrigued to know who or what the entity was? I think how it made the Doctor so helpless with ease it must rank as the Doctor's deadliest ever enemy. could the Entity possibly of been Omega????
I think this is the first time we see the Doctor genuinely terrified, and it’s the first time I’ve genuinely felt so afraid for him while watching a Doctor Who episode. He doesn’t know what the new entity is. He’s completely useless under its control. Everyone is against him. He can’t fight back. He is conscious and knows that he is about to get thrown out.
I don't think the Doctor is afraid of the midnight entity at this point, he's scared of the people. He's fully conscious, completely paralyzed and just listening as they convince each other that they should throw him out of the cabin. I think it purposefully waited for him to get up close to Sky like that, it didn't want anyone else to see the terror in his eyes once she stole his voice. This episode sends all kinds of chills.
I am still hoping for this being thing to return to Doctor Who one day, was a very creepy episode and I want to know what happens after it takes someones voice. Would it end up turning completely into you or something?
I understand wanting to see it again .. I'd have to respectfully disagree though. The mystery and open ended feeling of this episode is partly what keeps it scary. You don't know -- that's the creepy part about it.
Yanguchitzure I know as a time lord he is smart enough to remain conscious and know what is happening so he can hear everything that is said so he must be terrified to know that 900 years of time travel is gonna get cut short because of us dumb humans
I think Doctor is fully scared equally the Monster and the people too, bcuz he is helpless, he can't do anything about it and he was completely terrified.
@@petraleopold2713 - Somewhat. The Doctor, curious and helpful to all, ends up being paralyzed by the creature he tries to help and understand, while almost being killed by the humans he has defended and help for centuries. That situation would terrify anyone. He still is not terrified of humans in the end, seeing how he still has Donna by his side. He does stop her from repeating him. I am betting he is more terrified of that creature, since he still does not know what it was, but understands what it is capable of.
The mum kept saying "throw him out!", then when the stewardess sacrificed herself, the mum said "I told you it was her!". I hated that mum.
I wish it was her and her husband thrown out as the hostess, Jethro and the professor's assistant were the only likeable people out of the group (excluding the Doctor and Sky).
Nic McConnell and that dee girl
I wonder if Russel T Davis has something against mothers? Because they tend to be pretty unsympathetic characters o.O
weirdTedE91 except Jackie. And Martha's mother was just underdeveloped. He never cared about Mrs Jones, but the rest were straight up dislikable.
Ryan , to be correct, she actually says "I told it was her" with the look of a person clearly trying to convince themselves of the lie while at the same time being very much conscious of how much of a shitty person she is. The Doctor looks back at her with clear disgust and disdain while her guilt dawns on her. If you are wishing to see others dead instead of the hostess, you are missing one of the key moral lesson of the episode.
This is the first time that I and probably so many others have seen the Doctor so terrified and powerless
The midnight entity was so clever. It waited until the rest of the passengers turned on someone and then targeted them. And it started to only copy the doctor when he shouted "You need me!" brilliant
That was, by far, one of the greatest episodes in Doctor Who's history.
Michael McGrath charming....
The darkest one
I agree!
Yeah, and anyone that says differently, by calling someone a dumbass, is not worth listening to.
Definitely.
look at his expression... in all his lifetimes and all his wisdom; he had no idea wha this particular entity was and he was horrified. One of the scariest creations on the show.
Brian W. Hastings He wasn't scared of thr entity, he was scared of thr people
Damn right, humans were at their ugliest here. When the chips are down our true nature comes out. Are we the hero or the villain ?
@@anthonyduran6387 he was scared of both, and of situation he's in, he was totally helpless
@@petraleopold2713 - Disagree. He was scared of the entity and the prospect of the humans trying throw him out. He still does deal with humans, seeing how he deals with Donna still. He is very scared of that entity. Remember at the end, he tells Donna to not repeat him for a reason. It is because of that unknown monster was able to defeat him easily. The Doctor was truly scared of that creature only.
One thing I find so cruel about this, besides the stupidity of the humans, is that the Doctor seems to be fully aware of what's going on around him. Look at his face at 2:27, he's terrified - he can't move, he has no control over his own body, but his mind still works. Trapped in his own body, for me that's one of the most brutal of tortures.
that was exactly what me and my friend kept talking abt after watching Midnight.. it's just so painful n frustrating to see the Doctor so terrified yet helpless
Not only that, but when he repeats "Molto Bene" his eyes flash up in a panic. You almost feel like he's trying to regain himself and he's begging for somebody to just save him.
TheSneezingAnouki yeah, that was what scared me in that episode. It was so obvious that he wasn't possessed. Half the time, I wanted to shake some sense into those stupid humans; awesome acting on Tennant's part though. The terror and helplessness the doctor must have felt- it was clear as day on his face
Ay Ayla This is what gets me about this episode. You say the people were stupid for not noticing that The Doctor wasn't possessed and that he was totally helpless and to any normal person, they are but after being trapped in there and frightened, doing anything for their survival and creating a mob mentality they created this idea that repeating = bad and that since he had been defending Sky, clearly he was a danger. They didn't care about the fact that Sky was the one saying all the things he was repeating or that they were about to commit murder, as far as they were concerned by that point, they saw anything that repeated as bad and wanted to survive at all costs.
The scary thing is, as I said, we see them as stupid but in situations like that, we'd probably react like that because we become so frightened for our survival and hysteric that we make decisions without thinking and it made humans the monsters as much as the Midnight Entity. Plus the Midnight Entity started out looking like Sky was catatonic from fear and it's easy to imagine in a situation, the idea of human beings no different from anyone in the end, being scared by someone with catatonia to the point of murder. I mean even before Sky started doing the synchronising, they were scared and The Doctor jumped straight to learn about a new species mode. Professor Hobbes was the only one with reason enough to simply assume it was a catatonic state. (He was wrong but in a real situation, he'd most likely be right yet there'd still probably be a mob of people frightened for their life over someone copying them)
KingOfTheInterWebs Exactly. And you're absolutely right. They acted like most (the Professor's assisstant didn't and the stewardess realized it too, in the end) people would. Very few would have been able to work out what was happening.
The acting by David here is perfect! Oh my god! He starts crying at the end.... Look into his eyes! You can see the pain! You can see the sorrow this is amazing! He is shaking so subtly is fantastic! His lips are quivering too! Arrrggg! Too good!
such a shame that doctor who isn't like this anymore
+Kyle Demoderpifnlikskin "Shakes fist" Moffat!!!
+Kyle Demoderpifnlikskin have you seen series 9 episode 11? great acting
Gabriel Saavedra Capaldi was fantastic, true
+Sonicbolt Or he just needed to blink.
this episode is a very fascinating study of the stupidity of humans
meet more people coz this is normality
ElzearYoung And their heroism.
You should watch The Mist movie.
Антон Южаков I've watched that😂😂😂
I think this is more about how fear can make people irrational.
The human survival instinct is a hell of a thing. it completely overrides everything. Reason and Compassion included. It kinda reminds me of something Quark from Deep Space 9 said. "You put those same nice,intelligent,compassionate humans you like so much in a life threatening situation for too long and they become as deadly as the most blood thirsty Klingon"
"See, their morals, their code... it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these, uh... these "civilized" people? They'll eat each other." ~ The Joker
Russell T. Davies said that Midnight was based on a the episode 'Darmok' from Star Trek: The Next Generation. He read a synopsis for the episode (Captain Picard gets trapped on a planet with an alien that speaks only in metaphor), but didn't watch it, letting the mystery and imagination of it inspire this story!
The Midnight Entity is by far the scariest Doctor Who villain. Even above the Weeping Angels. When you see that the Doctor, who knows every creature in existence, can defeat anyone who crosses his path, and has the most brilliant mind in the universe in a hopeless state like this, you know he's facing an impossible villain. The moment when you see the Doctor confused by an improbable creature who shouldn't exist, it scares you. As humans, we fear the unknown. It lets our minds do the imagining which leads us to think horrible things. Which is part of the reason for why I don't like Moffat showing the time war in the 50th anniversary episode. They made it seem like a living Hell in the past and once we got a glimpse, it just looked like another normal battle. But, back to the point.
In this episode everyone played a different role. The Doctor was the curious wanderer who curiously toyed with the new life form in front of him while also leading the group for a time. The husband was the one who played the "tough guy" role, making aggressive decisions and always standing up for his Wife who allowed the Entity's chaos to spread. She would often make brash comments and was always backed up by her husband to start to cause an uproar against the Doctor. The professor was the stunned man who didn't really speak much during the climax. His whole life (as we can infer), he has devoted a big portion of his life to the planet Midnight and created a rule on life existing on the planet. When he sees that rule broken, he is in awe and greatly disturbed by the events. He is most taken aback from the scenario and he takes his frustrations out on his assistant. His assistant, Dede (doubt I spelled that correctly), is one of the few people spitting out logical statements during the chaos. However, because she has a less aggressive and motivating setup to her pitches, she is always overruled. It also doesn't help that the professor questions her intelligence as the group sees him as one of the more reliable sources, and him insulting Dede makes her seem unreliable. Jefro may be the most trustworthy character during the course of the action. Unlike everyone else who is blinded by their fear, Jefro is in a calm state and is able to see things clearly. He even jokes about the Enitity several times. He is more of a listener than a speaker and therefore has obtained more relevant thoughts on the situation but is disregarded because of his age. The hostess is kind of two faced. She goes from making brash plots on throwing the Doctor out to finally seeing things clearly and doing what needed to be done. Before the utter chaos really started to happen, she only fueled the other's fire by agreeing with them most of the time. The Doctor's inability to answer questions and perceived arrogance make him look like a liar and an unreliable source even having once been the ring leader. This led to the chaos really starting as they started to argue with the Doctor, leading to no progress and an eventually possessed Doctor. Without the Doctor, there was no leading voice or peace keeper so everyone had to argue among themselves and two groups were created. One being the group that wanted to throw the Doctor out led by the husband (other members are the professor, the wife, and the Enitity (Sky) I suppose). The other being the group that didn't believe the Doctor was the real entity (Dede and the hostess). Jefro wasn't really in a group at this point. With the husband's group greater in numbers, and the Enitity able to spread more confusion and insanity through Sky, the Doctor was almost thrown out if it weren't for the hostess making the necessary and brave move. In the end, the Wife shows to be the worst of all as she lies about saying she knew the Doctor wasn't the actual Entity. By first spreading tension, extreme paranoia followed and blinded almost everyone closing their judgment. This led to the Doctor having no control. Without a reliable source in control, the group began to fall to the Entity. In the end, when you trap the Doctor in a place where he is confused and seen as just another human, or not an authority figure along with having immense tension around him, the Doctor is worthless. When the Doctor doesn't have control, things don't go well. Having a companion alongside helps create credibility and extra numbers to his campaign. Without Donna, he had no one to back him up. Overall a historic episode that had us on the edge of our seats the whole time with the great writing, tension, and superb acting.
Actually, the first group is led by the Wife, not the Husband.
+GADGET 12347 yup
I can't even read it fully. It's not opening further.
Also worth noting:
The characters potray the seven different reactions that one can have during a traumatic/scary event:
-Fear (Wife)
-Anger (Husband)
-Intrigue (Doctor)
-Shock (Professor)
-Enjoyment (Jethro)
-Confusion (Hostess)
-Problem solving/reason (Dee Dee)
Lol I read to like line 5 and gave up
Some people say that the show should bring a return of this possessing monster, but beg to differ- in Blink the Weeping Angels were extremely scary because we knew very little about them, but the more we got to know them the less scary they became.
This episode was marvellous, let's keep it that way.
I honestly don't see why people are scared of the episode blink
PS VITA Because when most people saw it, they were under 12!
PS VITA Time Of Angels and Flesh and Stone was creepier, apart from when we see the angels move
They can work, the team just forgot that tension was the thing that made the angels scary, not the scary face. It's all climax with no build up nowadays.
I think Blink and Angels in Manhattan were the only kinda scary episodes of the weeping angels, the two-part episode in season 5 really wasn't though.
it's a shame the show isn't like this anymore
+Kyle Demoderpifnlikskin Soooooo I'm gonna guess you haven't seen "Heaven Sent" then
+Raney Noirhart exactly
Raney Noirhart I havn't but now that you mentioned I might watch it
The only speaking character is the Doctor and it's fantastic.
+Hennessys' Page Capaldi is an awesome Doctor. It's Moffat's scripts that are terrible.
This was such a good episode. The darkness of humans revealed.
amen.
Agreed! I loved that about the episode!
More like the stupidity of humans revealed.
Jero Briggs Stupidity is our darkness, obviously. We do far more terrible things out of panicked not-knowing-any-better-but-still-pressing-on than any real malice.
Human herd instinct wasn't built for the comforts of the modern day. One of our few foibles as a species, and certainly a saddening one.
"As compared to what" Fiction, and animals. Which is all we've got. And nobody can deny the truth in the above, if they've ever been in an agitated crowd.
Antony D'Andrea They were sheeple not people :P
One of my favorite episodes, so dark
That is season 4 in a nutshell.
Two things:
One:
This episode is a shining display of true human nature: there's a life-threatening problem, we try to destroy it no matter the cost (unless the cost is us, of course!), even killing another human being.
Two:
Tennant's acting here is incredible! The first time I saw this I was stunned with the terror, pain, pleading, realization, and how real it looked and felt! I had to rewind the episode after it finished and look SUPER DUPER hard for something that even whispered "it's just an act, just an act" but I didn't find one. I grabbed some actor friends, and we all looked so hard for two hours, and we gave up. Tennant is the best actor I've ever seen (not that I've seen many).
The way he has to gasp for air and tell himself over and over that it's gone still hits so well. While not usually at this level, there's quite a lot of times the Doctor faces the unknown, there's few times he's entirely helpless and scared, and fewer that he has to console himself about it.
The flight attendant gave her life without thought of herself..a hero does the right thing without question for the better of others :C
Bloody hell this is an acting masterclass from David Tennant. In the subtlest shifts in expressions you can see The Doctor just trying to fight back, and showing utter despair when they turn against him and all he can do is repeat Skye. Such brilliant writing the likes of which have never graced the show since.
"Allons-y!"
Doctor: "Allons-y?! (You stole my catch phrase?!)"
Allons-y saved him
Well, yeah midnight entity indeed stole his catchphrase, and, ironically, that saved the Doctor
there is only three human that i like in this episode: Donna ( but she is not in the plane so....), Dee dee who try to defend the doctor and the hostess who in the end is the hero.
about hero, this time the doctor is not the hero he is the victim, it's really strange and quiet frightening.
What about Jeffro?
That's Jethro
This is a brilliant episode. Not only does it showcase that the best of us, the heroes among us, can be vulnerable, it also illustrates David Tennant's spectacular acting. We're so used to the Doctor swooping in and saving the planet, we're not used to him being vulnerable and falling victim to the Monster. Even the best of us can be vulnerable and at the end of the day, we all need to be saved.
Seriously did no one notice his terrified face. Also he was repeating her words like how could anyone miss that. He repeated her word for word and no one noticed the expression on her face. Stupidity like maybe if they paid attention and were being rational, yes I'm sure they were scared but still how could they not notice?
+Julie Cha the problem is thats how we humans are, when we're scared out of or minds.. thats the most terrifying thing of all in this episode, it shows the human race true face... it gives me chill down my spine just knowing it... that we humans are like that. :(
This is just how some human beings are. They are afraid of what they do not know or what is different from them. They do not rationalize things very well when they are in absolute fear. There might be a couple of people that will, like the hostess or DeeDee, but not all of them. The Hostess is the one that proved to be the most rational of all the humans there.
This is one of my favorite episodes ever. EVER.
Merlin use your magic!
The Doctor must be terrified. Knowing that the group was going to kill him while he could do absolutely nothing about it. Just imagine being completely immobile and unable to do anything yourself, while a group of people are trying to kill you, I am soo thankful for the Hostess, for finding out that it was Sky who was the Entity, and not the Doctor. Poor doctor!
I freaking miss 10!! was truly the best, his acting is so on point, I even feel like crying because it's like he is actually suffering in the video... love you David
I hate how stupid the group of people were in this scene, but I guess it was necessary.
its just the fact that they dont understand it. they are scared about something they dont understand
I can suspend a great deal of belief for the sake of plot, but this is just bad writing. Perhaps if this was in a movie, where it had a longer run time to develop the characters, it might have helped. As it is, I just cannot bring myself to buy into the hysteria these people are suppose to be suffering from. Any viewer who couldn't put two and two together should be ashamed of themselves. Given the close proximity of the characters, they too would've been privy to much of the same information the audience received. One character being duped, I could buy. All, but one character, I don't. Not when they were all present and in the situation as it unfolded.
+idunbeezasmart1 It was a necessary part of the plot to show the characters as being unrealistically scared angry and confused all at the same time it seems that throughout the plot it was trying to give of the feeling that the monster wasn't the villain in this episode but the people were if you think about it all sky was doing was learning how do we know that from the start the monster wanted to kill everyone my theory is all sky can do is learn so throughout the episode she was learning from scared confused and angry people so that's what she grew to be because all she can do is learn and the only reason she targeted the doctor near the end was because the people no longer trusted him and wanted to throw him out and that feeling went into her the only reason that she wanted them all dead by the end of the episode was because the people thought her intention was to kill them all eventually I apologise for the long comment to answer such a simple thing but the real villains of this episode are the people or at least that's what I think.
puddles pug Eh. Not!Sky was quite the sadist, though, taunting and provoking...
Joshua Sweetvale Um what did you mean by err not!? Surely that's bad grammer it should be err no!
What’s horrible is how accurate the reactions of the passengers are based on how people would react.
Only David can pull that off
I'd say Capaldi could as well but David obviously the best
I love it that the whole episode only takes place in that plane, such episodes/films are always the best in my opinion :D
Yes!! I'm not the only one!!!
Most episodes like that in any series are usually my least favorite because they don't have good dialog to sustain it. But Doctor Who is different. The writers usual know how to make a thrilling episode with just that. This episode is a great example of that. So is The Edge of Destruction.
letsHugElefanten It actually travels across land
T_bus yeah but they don't go outside they're only in the plane. It's the same as if somebody says "I stayed at home the whole day" and you say "no you didn't you travelled through the universe because the earth revolves around the sun"...
letsHugElefanten No, the point is that when you go on a plane to another country, you aren't on wheels, it isn't a plane, it's a bus
The midnight entity and the Vashta nerada. Two of the scariest creatures in the doctor who universe
this was the only time i thought the doctor wouldn't be victorious
me too
so what if they had thrown him outside he would have just regenerated
***** Probably not. He wouldve actually ceased to exist
+Andrew Jamison
You're quite wrong.
Even if he did regenerate, vaporisation takes seconds. He'd go through his remaining bodies in less than a minute
For the average Whovian, this was a great episode about the darker psyche of the human mind.
For players in Among Us, it was a Tuesday.
I just love how you see the doctor (at 0:50 ) , even in this state, so genuinely relieved and kind of happy to see that, there are still humans who can see what's happening instead of what they want to see
Makes me want to get the Doctor & hold him tightly.
2016 and I still miss david so much. :((
David misses you too xD
2022 still missing.
hey good news
I loved how after the hostess sacrificed herself, the people on board still only care about whonwas right and who was wrong
So true
Omg OMG THIS IS SCARY. look into the doctors eyes... Full of terror.
you can tell he is trying to fight it
"It's gone. It's gone. Itsgoneitsgoneitsgoneitsgone..."
My heart is breaking
This scene left such a huge mark of me. It made me think "I would never do such a thing," which makes me think that maybe in some crisis situation I might have to deal with someday, I will be the voice of reason and sanity. Gotta love Doctor Who.
Somebody give this man a hug (and an oscar)
This might be the best episode of Dr. Who ever, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that.
Same here. This is my favourite Doctor Who story, my second most favourite story is a 2-parter and it is The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit.
@@MichaelM28 idc
Nah this is better than GoD or Coty of death. Obviously those were good but they’re nowhere near as scary as this episode.
Imagine listening to someone say "get him out" in different ways for almost 2 minutes, nonstop.
WE HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME.
First episode I ever watched... And man did it get me hooked. :')
In terms of very chilling scenes this is a very underrated episode. To see the Doctor's voice stole and the fear in his eyes is very scary. Fantastic Episode
* stolen
"The Doctor was not the Imposter."
The hostess wasn't a saint. She was the one who first suggested "we should throw her out!" and gave the others that idea in the first place, she also responds with "I CAN!" when the doctor asks if any of them could murder another person. This final act was her moment of redemption, but she's not perfect.
Those are normal human reactions
You can see the Doctor's fear in his eyes, he is fully conscious while this is going on which is terrifying! It also shows how far people can go when they are scared or dealing with the unknown
The Doctor freaking out is basically me when I get my report cards.
I felt so bad for the hostess she saved everyone at the cost of her own life even though no one like her
Brilliant. What I love most about Doctor Who are the ingenious and creative villains. This is such a great example of that. Just brilliant
at 1:04 was that merlin?
yes
He must have travelled in time from King Arthur's time - maybe using some of his magic.
Couple thousand years later, still waiting for Arthur
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
I will say this was one of the most intense episodes.
This episode honestly reminds me of the state of the world right now.
The Doctor is the rest of the world.
And i would think its fairly obvious who the people arguing are.
Chris Ramirez You're obviously spending too much time thinking about politics then.
Chris Ramirez You're being extraordinarily vague... I could fill in your vagueness with ants fighting and it'd make sense.
I hate this episode because I hate seeing the Doctor being treated as the enemy by the people he's trying to help! And I know this is only a programme but still. 😠
A lot of the Third Doctor's stories went that way too, only with less possession and more plain and simple human stupidity. :P
SP Murphy You have to admit its an amazing episode though
Stephen Murphy that's just shows how the humanity is. Everywhere not only there
In my opinion this is why Midnight is so great. Because it takes you right out of your comfort zone.
I think this episode is good because it shows us the absolute worst of humanity under pressure, and the doctors ability to wow the people he is around and knowing pretty much everything are turned on their heads. The doctor knows nothing and everyone hates him because they think he is the enemy
I'm not going to place any fault in this episode because it's a masterpiece but if I was Deedee or the hostess (especially Deedee, since she's a scientist), I'd make these two points:
1. The creature moving from Sky to the Doctor is of no benefit to the creature, so why would it do it?
2. If the creature has moved into the Doctor and is not possessing Sky anymore, why is it only copying her? The creature copies everyone. It is clear that the creature is still in Sky.
I do have one problem with this episode though: What does the creature want? Does it want to eventually drain everyone? Or just the Doctor? If the latter, what was it going to do next?
I understand that the mystery of the creature is part of what makes it so terrifying, but I find I have a nigh-insatiable desire for knowledge.
+Karkat Vantas This is my all-time favourite episode so I looked into a lot of theories, the best thing I can come up with is the following.
I believe the monster is a disembodied consciousness, hence why it was able to get in in the first place. Until that point it had possessed the crystals like a kind of rock monster, and moved around psychically. This explains how it had the strength to rip the cabin off etc. and was able to live on the planet.
It eventually sense Sky as the weakest person due to her much more intense fear than the others. It then transferred it's consciousness to her. A human body/mind was such a new concept that it didn't understand anything, so it started copying the others to try and learn.
It learnt a lot, and it formed psychic links with them that allowed it to know what they were going to say. However this terrified the passengers even more, and it learnt this too (hence why Sky looks so scared for so long). If you pay close attention, the monster/sky doesn't start behaving maliciously until the passengers do first. Their fear was turning into aggression and anger/hatred and it couldn't help but learn that too. As it learnt more and more it became more self-aware, and taking on the passengers bloodlust, it set up the Doctor to take the fall so it could survive.
All of this would fit with what I said at the start about it being a consciousness. Of course we'll never know, but I think this theory is the best explanation so far.
KingOfTheSoulSociety That's a really well thought out and interesting theory, thanks for sharing it with me.
+Karkat Vantas I suppose the purpose of it was that it wanted to escape the surface. Can't imagine its that exciting for the thing.
@@KingOfTheSoulSociety great theory
the terrifying thing about this episode wasn't the monster, it was how quickly, and easily people turned on one another.
It's sad that they can't find a real explanation for what's happening and they're so scared and stupid and gullible to believe any possible reason for any of it. That woman in beige and the flight attendant were the only people that were able to figure any of it out. Poor, poor Doctor.
Jethro, Donna, Sky (before she was possessed) Dede and the Hostess were the only likeable people in this episode
the thing is, in a scary situation, even ordinary people can become like this if they are under enough pressure that their minds lose the ability for rational thought
I think another really interesting aspect to this is that because the entity is genuinely only mimicking and learns quickly, she picks up voices first but movement takes longer. When she lifts her hands and starts to make facial expressions, this is her mimicking what she’s seen in the room, but she asks the professor to help her get up and get away from him and doesn’t move her feet after that point. They’re in a small space, the passengers haven’t had enough room to move around and have spent a lot of the time she’s been observing them transfixed to the spot, staring at her. They’ve gestured a lot but they haven’t walked. At that point, she hasn’t picked up how to walk, only how to move her hands, arms and face. So sadly, the hostess probably didn’t even need to hold her in place when she dragged her to the door, “Sky” probably wouldn’t have been able to get away herself. It’s an absolute masterstroke of acting and writing, beautifully subtle on the part of so many! Also when the entity uses the Doctor’s voice, Leslie Sharp really is doing her best impression of how Tennant’s Doctor speech patterns sound, she’s got the slight shouts and the singsong element completely down as she’s encouraging them to throw him out, and the almost poetic monosyllabic beats of when he’s trying to explain something deadly or important to people, “in the dark, and the cold, and the diamonds” etc. Sounds just like his speeches. It’s genuinely incredible.
One of the best comments on here, superb analysis. The creature has a set of rules, it's not some all powerful being, despite seeming to have no weakness.
It clearly is parasitic in nature and requires a "host" to feed itself, it seems that it can "replace" an existing thing in order to relocate itself but much remains unclear. What is clear is it is a threat so dangerous that it's only detectable when it's too late, and chances are no one will survive it should it get to a densely populated area.
The doctor wasn't only terrified for his own life, he realized this thing can pretty much destroy anything. It's like the anime summertime rendering.
That made me spine tingle.
Blood hell, that was brilliant.
i remember we watched this in school and god it must have been a good one because literally no one talked all the way through it. this one is by far my favourite doctor who.
I love how you can see how freaked out the doctor is by his eyes alone. That makes it 3 times scarier.
2:41 I never really noticed before, even in that state he's still fighting the little bit that he can
Imagine Donna in this episode, she'd yell at the mum so hard, she'd yell shut up so hard but I think because she is so clever- she might be the one dying
Now that is what I call acting through the eyes!
A scary episode. Thank you for posting it.
The fact that Russell had no cofidence in this episode and ended up almost shelving it makes me wish he jus listen to his instinct and we could have gotten more episodes like it and not crap like love and monsters.
This is definitely one of the most underrated episodes. In all new seasons, this is the only occasion when doctor was actually on the line between death. What creeps me more out is that those people are really many of them in real life.
This part is the scariest thing I've ever seen. Nice work!
The longer the delay the further gone the Doctor is.
The expression on the Doctor's face while the passengers are talking about throwing him out is just bone-chilling. We're used to seeing him in control, taking command of almost every situation with nothing but his intelligence and authoritative presence. But those things fail him completely in this episode and he's left powerless. Terrifying.
That mother, goddamn. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's an exact copy of my mother's personality. An exact, copy. Seeing someone else subjected to that, how it nearly killed the Doctor. I know it's just a TV show but... I really wish I could have been there to help him.
The first black person who was a side character was an amazing hacker. The second one died saving the earth. Good to see that the black hero thing is the same for background characters.
+Hannah Icing she might of not of died
i was talking about danny...
MinecraftPro15 That was Mickey...
I wonder if the doctor is some sort of racist because he was so had on Danny and Mickey in the same way.
Julie Dunn how was he hard on Mickey? 9th and 10th seemed to love the dude, he was always so happy when he met him; Mickey was always a little angry at him at first for stealing Rose away but later they got more chill.
As for Danny, it was because Danny's job remembered him of both his work at the War and of his immediate past incarnation; I'd say it's more racist of you to think he was acting for racial hatred whilst ignoring the very obvious motivations the show gives for their interactions. I mean, you *do* know Dan had more character to him than "some black bloke", right?
It's crazy how stupid humanity can be when you're fighting to survive..... this episode was soooo dark. DT looked......... completely terrified. He's just amazing. Best Doctor Who episode yet.
Did the hostess really have to kill herself? She could have opened the door, shoved Sky out, and be done with it. It's obvious the thing inside Sky wasn't putting up a fight when the hostess held her by the door, so what's to say that she couldn't have just shoved her out?
Joseph Levy I wonder that too.
Joseph Levy There would've been less of an impact.
Joseph Levy this may be a stretch, but she could have not known what to do. She just learned how to speak, and walk, but she had not seen the humans before her physically fight.
Joseph Levy they explicitly explained that the airlock had 6 seconds before it would flush them out. This is also evident by the fact that the air hostess counted down 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Skye could have struggled and jumped out of the way in that time.
She had to be sure that the entity would leave the ship, so she made sure of it by taking it with her.
the pain and suffering in davids face is unbearable and depressing....poor doctor
I have met David Tennant and he is amazing, when we spoke he spoke with the same passion he uses when on set. So you can tell that he loves his job, and he loved playing doctor who and might be joining christphor, matt and peter in a surprise episode, but it is unknown as to when this will be taking place.
Never been soo terrified watching doc who..!
It's brilliant how the entity has the spotlight and the other ones are darkened.
this episode ceased my breathing
This was terrifying when I first watched it many years ago and it still very well is. Humans were the scariest part.
Very good acting 10 out of 10
One of the best episodes yet its so simple
Rip to the attendant, what a selfless sacrifice :(
This episode really shows how stupid people can be...
She was so scared when the attack happened and then she suddenly acts so gung ho and has an attitude and nobody except the woman realizes that something is wrong, like seriously
it repeats what you say, then synchronizes with you, then takes over your voice.
She was called the Hostess. But yes, you're right. I was so sad when know one knew her name.
I was partly expecting the boy to use magic to solve it, even though I've seen this episode before...
I don't think the doctor was scared of the entity or the people, I think for him the most scary bit was not having control over his body. The doctor, the hero, the most cleverest alien of all, couldn't do anything to stop it, although he tries so hard to fight it. And Davids acting was marvelous!
It’s scary what hysteria and panic can do. Reminds me of the Salem Witch Trials.
I love this episode. Doctor Who rarely explores cosmic horror, but when it does, it’s done perfectly.
United Airlines loves this episode
one of the greatest Doctor Who episode and definitely the scariest. I was intrigued to know who or what the entity was? I think how it made the Doctor so helpless with ease it must rank as the Doctor's deadliest ever enemy. could the Entity possibly of been Omega????
3:01 always makes me crack up
The Doctor was not the imposter.
God David’s acting was BEYOND superb in the episode
i can honestly say Tennant is THE doctor!
when she said: now it wants us, David said: and now it wants us
I think this is the first time we see the Doctor genuinely terrified, and it’s the first time I’ve genuinely felt so afraid for him while watching a Doctor Who episode.
He doesn’t know what the new entity is.
He’s completely useless under its control.
Everyone is against him.
He can’t fight back.
He is conscious and knows that he is about to get thrown out.