The really sad part is that because the doctor isn’t a human, he is conscious throughout the whole thing. That means he can hear exactly what they are saying. You can even see it in his face, throughout the scene his face gets more and more terrified. His tone shifts as well.
Damn! I never even thought of that aspect. This adds a whole new layer of sadness to David Tennant's performance. One of the best written scenes in Doctor Who.
Also because he *Tries* to stop them by clinging his foot to a seat, it wasn't just them failing at throwing him out, that was *Him* trying desperately to not die. You could actually see and *(For me)* feel the fear coming off him, his whole tone shifts at that One moment, where it steals his voice. This episode is, by far, my favorite. Truly one of the more terrifyingly perfect episodes.
Christ, David's acting is on a whole other level in this scene. You can SEE the fear in the Doctor's eyes. The way he trembles and cries. The fact he's even able to use his foot to stop them dragging him out should show just how determined and terrified he is in that moment. The acting, not just from David, was incredible in this episode. One of the most unbelievably underrated episodes of New Who.
DrKnockers05 he crushed this. Completely utterly crushed series 4 DEAD💀. His acting couldn’t have been any better. David Tennant deserves an award 🥇 for ALL of this.
@@jamiethomas3768 Truth, my dude. Big truth. One of the MANY reasons series 4, in my opinion anyways, will always be one of the best DW series of all time. Top tier acting, fantastic Doctor/Donna duo, great monsters, thrills, emotions, scares galore, and 13 consistently good episodes straight.
@Martian74 Oh, no doubt about that. But I meant underrated compared to the big epic episodes: Dalek, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, The Stolen Earth/Journey's End, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, The Angels Take Manhatten, Listen, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, etc. Maybe I should've said one of the most overlooked episodes rather than underrated because this is a masterpiece of an episode worthy of its high ratings.
The way the Doctor keeps saying "it's gone" shows you just how terrified and scared he was. He doesn't just stand up and pretend to be his normal self, he's truly shaken. I reckon he probably had nightmares of the entity for years after this episode.
I imagine this traumatized him for a good while, which is amazing considering all he's been through but not unbelievable. I also like the idea of it following him through regenerations like Amy asking 11 "hey I found out about this cool planet called midnight made of diamonds wouldn't it be cool if-" and 11 just says "No." Then fast forward Clara talks to 12 like "You know Strax mentioned this planet called midnight and-" and again 12 just says "No." And so on and so forth
@@phantomsearcher2.92Damn, really wish we saw those interactions. Maybe the doctor lands on midnight again by accident. He tries to leave, but the companion tries to drag him out because of how beautiful the planet is.
I fully agree. I’m so grateful that the version of him who (technically) keeps this body - the one who will die in this incarnation with the same version of *this* mind and personality - at least has Rose to love on+help ease that burden 💖
The Crystal Fox Yup. Able to seem like an amazing and unique character even when just repeating another character’s lines. There is a reason he is one of the best Doctors. Amazing writing, mixed with a good character, which was portrayed by an amazing and fitting actor.
This scene proved to me David Tennant may be the single greatest actor to take on the role. His post DW work proves that: Broadchurch, Des, Good Omens, etc.
This episode is a prime example of what can be done in just one room. There was no monster, no real scenery, just a room. But the fear of the monster and the location came from the actors alone. Fantastic episode!! One of Russel’s best work
The bottle episode, as it's referred to in television (all of or most of the action takes place on one location with a small, intimate cast) is often among the best in any series that uses it, and this is a perfect example of how good it can really be. Easily my favorite episode.
Galactic yo yo I did watch 9 first, but when I finished that I went to watch from Baker and nothing really got me like this because I’m not easily unsettled. Pretty surprising.
I hated seeing the doctor like this, not being able to move and do anything. Seeing him fight against whatever that was inside of him hurt so much Brilliant acting!
It's crazy cause it reminds you that no matter how many times he saves the Universe, no matter what gods and demons he fought and won against, he is just as vulnerable as any other.
I do like the idea that without the Tardis and his companion, nobody can back him up on the things he says and he just sounds crazy. But yeah. I absolutely hated the passengers in this episode.
Amusing you fell right into the thesis of Midnight: who's really the enemy, and what should be done with them? I say the villain is the sentient entity. It's smart enough to play mind games with Doctor to steal his voice, it's smart enough to direct the passengers' fears. Thankfully some passengers are less susceptible to the sentient entity's sensations than others.
Not smart enough to try and act scared instead of smiling pleased while chanting about everyone having warm blood and fear. It really wasn't insidious enough at this point. I mean, this moment would really be "oh yeah it's this smiling maniac giving an evil speech not the nice man who's crying while repeating the crazy woman". The episode still kind of works, but it's patently silly at this point. Maybe it has some psychic powers its using to make them trust it more, but if it doesn't they should have worked this out even while being worked up.
One thing to note is that the writers purposely gave Donna an excuse not to come on the plane. The Doctor needs his companion, otherwise his adventures become a lot of more deadly. This scenario would have gone way differently if Donna was present.
Donna would have wielded the powers of a Karen for a good, righteous cause because that’s what she does and we love her for it 😂 Nobody in their right mind fucks with Donna
Note how she says "It killed the driver and the mechanic. And now it wants us." She didn't say "It killed the Doctor." She's not even hiding the fact that she wants the Doctor dead.
@@akodaah13-e32 Or how it happened? Exactly! Also, the idea that some physical creature this is, more than just an invisible monster, is terrifying. I mean, you can see the shadow of some THING not long before the drivers are actually killed.
@@akodaah13-e32Because if she was truly released then she probably would've shared thoughts with the creature and vice versa so probably would have some memories of what the creature wanted and felt. That much was believable but nobody paid attention to her face and how she said "you" after a point that her ruse was working and didn't matter anymore.
There was a bit of for shadowing when the doctor and Donna are talking in the beginning, both Sky and the Hostess entered the vehicle at the same time and when you re watch the episode, knowing what happens to them at the end, it makes it really unsettling and to me adds a lot more weight to story. Another moment is when she was talking about the safety measures on the vehicle and jokes about them using the fire escape first. It's things like that which make it harder to see a 2nd or 3rd time.
Midnight is my personal favourite episode of Doctor Who, classic or reboot. I absolutely love how it puts the focus on the characters that are in every Doctor Who story but that we never get much info about, the random regular people that encounter The Doctor during his travels. It really shows how differently people can view him, as a genius who wants to save everyone, or as a arrogant control freak. Plus it's a pretty spooky episode to boot ;)
The midnight entity is one of the scariest monsters, not really knowing what it is makes it all the more creepy. This episode is fantastic, one of doctor who's best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nardude My favorite companions were Rose and Amy! Also I know ur name is Nardude I just wondered whether u would notice the difference I am the God of mischief😏 I have lots of movies and tv shows u Mortals watch but I've been busy with Ragnarok and Infinity Wars but I'll get there! 😏
One of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever, in possibly one of the smallest budgets. An idea can be better than any amount of effects or stunning visuals.
@@triciaramgoolam4045 I don't think it would, it was fear that caused Sky to be possessed in the first place and I don't think Donna would have been as easy a target as Sky
@@cortexius181 the hostess wouldn't have needed to sacrifice herself if Donna was there, Donna would have dragged the entity to the door and booted her out.
The actress playing Sky Silvestry did such a good job in this scene. Just look at that evil smirk while she manipulates everyone into turning on the Doctor, you can just see what a malevolent force is hiding behind her face.
I just wanna say that this is a really good bit of acting on Tennants part. His eyes made us feel like he's really possessed. I just wanted to say, really good acting
Katie Carlo I would just like to point out, that nowhere in the episode, do we see anyone controlled by the midnight entity (Sky after being possessed, Ten after it being ‘transferred’) blink, not once, only after the entity dies, do we see Ten blink.
I too noticed the absence of blinking, it was a nice touch. Tennant did the same thing during the soliloquy in his portrayal of Hamlet, he didn't blink once for a minute or so, very unsettling.
3:13 When he’s forced to repeat „molto bene“ and „allons-y“, he seems to shift his gaze directly to the stewardess, hoping that she’d make the connection since she’s the one that he initially said these things to.
The beautiful aspect of this episode is how well it represents the total break down of truth when people are scared. The disagreements on whether or not the thing was in the Doctor or was just draining him sprung up from a single suggestion, a single sentence. "Well it can't be, because I saw it pass from her to him." The visual aspect of an entity entering the Doctor's mind NEVER occured, and yet that one fearful passenger was able to convince practically everyone else of the Doctor's being the problem by suggesting a way to make the problem of figuring out what to do, backing it up with something she thought she may have seen. The moment where she asks her son if he'd seen it and he acts unsure, followed by her reprimand of "oh, don't be stupid, of course you saw" immediately sways the situation from being uncertain of anything to being certain of one thing, and that anyone who disagrees is weak or incapable of seeing what is plain to see. And that's SUCH a common trend among people in groups. The power of suggestion.
The only reason the hostess knew what happened is because the doctor got to know her, and she, him. She was a human being, prior to this episode the doctor would describe as brilliant and fascinating, and it doesn't matter whether she is an employee or "the help", he treated her with humanity and talked to her. If the doctor wasn't the person (alien) that he was, this wouldn't have happened and he would've been killed. Thats when she recognized Sky was not herself, but the entity. The doctor was fighting back, anyway he could, grabbing onto the seats, you could see him trembling as he had to say the the passengers to go ahead with killing him. The only people to come to his aid were shut down by a maniac, paranoid group of humans, and the entity knew this and played it to its advantage. The only way to defeat it was for one to selflessly give their life to stop the entity because there was no convincing the passengers. It probably thought all the humans would be too self interested to consider that possibility. The worst part, is we never get to know the entity. What was it's goal? What was its end game? Was it a ghost in search of a body? A vengeful spirit trying to stop humans occupying its planet? Was it trolling us? What happens if it succeeded in killing the doctor? Was it a an enemy of the doctor, but why? And what then after it has finished him off?
Honestly believe it was gonna drain everybody in that shuttle, most likely a hive mind. It's said bodies so hot, filled with blood, it definitely sensed them while they was moving past them and attacked the weakest link first
I feel that this is the episode that should introduce people to Doctor Who instead of "Blink". While I do think "Blink" is a good and well written episode, "Midnight" actually has the Doctor in it. Additionaly, since he's flying solo, this episode mainly focuses on his character, so people can be introduced to the companion dynamic later.
Nah it’s so much more effective to watch this after the other episodes. Being so familiar with 10 makes this episode so much more unsettling seeing him lose complete control of a situation, and his confidence and charisma being used against him.
@@TheRock-dp3vh Bullshit. This was the first episode of Doctor Who itself that I was introduced to and it was great. Not knowing anyone made me a lot less biased. In the end, I was excessively rooting for the Doctor.
@@thisissupposedtobeanonymous interesting, although I would argue that midnight is the only episode of its kind in new who. It may be misleading to introduce someone to the show through this as there isn’t another episode like it
Nah, the beauty of this episode is just how brilliantly it deconstructs the typical path an episode takes. If you were introduced to the show this episode, youd think the doctor is pretty bad at controlling a situation, which misrepresents the show greatly. Great episode though
Hostess was the MVP of this episode. She recognized the severity of the situation and knew what needed to be done from the beginning, had the guts to acknowledge what was actually happening when nobody else had the courage to even face that possibility (thus willfully blinding themselves to a potentially apocalyptic threat and ultimately even serving the demon for no other reason than their own cowardice), and most importantly gave her own life to deal with the threat once and for all.
Watch the look the Doctor gives the air hostess at 3:11. We know the Doctor, not being human, is conscious throughout all this, and he recognises the air hostess’ suspicion when hearing the Doctor’s signature catch phrase ‘molto bene’ coming from Sky. Such a small detail, but genius.
it may just be a further way of driving the pain home ! Since the ATTENDANT sacrificed her life for them and they don't even have a proper name to refer to her! hope CHRISTMAS was not horrifying for you ! we all made it through this time ! enjoy the Holidays !
@Blue Shark if that's for me , i was referring to someone else calling her the attentant ! ATTENDANT is what MacaroniMetkass meant ; The Doctor asks what the Hostess' name was and to add further pathos they never even knew her name and yet she sacrificed herself for these people ! that was in the epilogue that follows this scene! Night night [uh oh maybe i shouldn't repeat myself! ] GOODNIGHT!
The poor Doctor could HEAR everything, and he knew what was going to happen. He was the most terrified than he'd ever been, because he was completely powerless, and he literally had no hope.
It would actually be worse children are even easier to manipulate and they would die even quicker. The entity was taking advantage of the people’s fear of the unknown and the hysteria of being killed . It doesn’t help that they are trapped in a vehicle so the passengers were stressed It was extremely intelligent and even rendered the Doctor powerless
The Midnight Episode is easily one of the scariest episodes in the show. You never see the monster. You only see what it can do; which is apparently completely take over people's minds.
The only one's I did not hate in this episode is Jethro and The Doctor and Sky. He is just a kid who is trying to deal with this traumatising experience, and literally does nothing wrong and his character is generally not a bad character. And Sky is just possessed by the entity and wants to go home before hand. Fantastic episode.
You can't really blame him when you have your parents shouting at you *"YOU AGREE WITH US DON'T YOU?!"* because he feared punishment of thinking for himself. Add to that being young, not only was it traumatic, he was trying to process the situation and yet demanded to pick a side, rather unfairly.
It's better left as one off episode. I tend to find coming back to good ideas kind of waters them down. Like the weeping Angels. They never had the same impact again like the did with their first appearance.
Jacob Jacob Really? This is actually my least favorite episode and the reason why Tennant is my second to last favorite doctor in new who. I feel like 10's arrogance is what got him in that situation. 11 would have taken charge easily and found a way out, while 12 would have probably done the same or just thrown her out.
I remember when I was young during Christmas time, this and the one with the massive Cyberking were the ones on the TV. And I was interested in them. And now I have seen almost every episode except for the weeping angel episodes because I want to actually sleep for the week afterwards.
None of the other villains or other episodes disturbed me like this one. The weeping angels never phased me, but this just twisted my heart and felt dark, really dark. When they start yelling toss him out and you can see the doctor realizing what they're going to do and starts tearing up, ah my heart.
Interesting that you bring both episodes up since I’ve not long finished watching “Midnight” and the next episode I’m going to watch happens to be “The Waters of Mars”.
Except it isn't. I literally don't know a single person, let alone several, who would act anything remotely like those idiots did. Makes the story and the characters unrelatable, whenever studios attempt to make characters relatable through sheer stupidity.
The irony of your response is just marvelous Gabriel. Thankyou. :) And yeah, i do believe it is unrealistic. And even if it was realistic, all it does is make me root for the bad guy to kill them all.
Gabriel Tzukishiro Well, that's slightly harsh! It's only his opinion! Also, I myself am autistic and I found this episode quite enjoyable and I definitely understand how the characters were developed in the episode to show how people respond in a crisis!
I have to agree the reaction is very realistic, it is mob mentality and fight or flight response all rolled into one. Everyone likes to say they would never be the group; that they would be like the stewardess/ hostess or Dee Dee Blasco, but in reality we all have that primal fear waiting inside us... In the dark. And the cold. And the diamonds. Until you came. Bodies so hot. With blood. And pain.
Still the scariest episode. And what’s even scarier is this scene here, one of the rarest times when the Doctor was powerless to save even his own self. And that entity, no monster can beat it. Not one.
David's acting in this scene (and the entire episode) is off the charts. Just look at his face in this scene as the Doctor is forced to repeat "Sky's" words and is genuinely terrified, which is rare (and may be a first) for Ten. Just amazing.
You're supposed to hate them. They're clearly supposed to show the dark side of how people act under pressure, following the mob mentality and turning on people in an attempt to save themselves.
you know.... the creature got *really* cocky when actually started to use one-liners i mean, while i doubt anyone knew those were doctor-ish things to say... why would the creature go so far to reveal itself by spouting out words that sky didn't know?
I think the doctor had some level of control, she was using his voice after all. Maybe the Midnight Entity could direct what was to be said, but not the precise words to do it?
This basically the first time we've seen the Doctor truly terrified, sure he's been angry sad, but genuinely fearing for his life not a companion His most human moment.
This episode was so heart breaking, at least this part. This was tbe most realistic and human weve seen the Doctor. He was scared, so scared about dying right there by 'stupid' humans. Always will be my fav episode..
Not only is the entity itself just terrifying ... it's the people too. They're irrational, rude, awful, and perhaps they're the most unsettling part of the episode.
Of course their fears and aggressions were also amplified and clouded their judgements further too through the entity's telepathic manipulation on them. But yeah, sorta showed how horrifying they/we could be.
david’s acting is amazing. even him copying what she’s saying, no other dialogue, you can see the amount of pain he’s in and how much he’s trying to resist.
JustSomeRandomGuy Online We have kinda similar tastes in this show. We prefer RTD over Moffat but I liked the library 2-parter and the empty child 2-parter
The bit that really gets me about this scene is the insidious continuation of the creature's hidden motive. Presumably it wants heat, because it commented on how cold Midnight was and mentions the hot blood of the humans. But then it mentions the human ability to feel pain. All other antagonistic aliens the Doctor had encountered so far either wanted to rid the universe of other species that didn't count itself or just feed. What's really disturbing is why a creature would pay so much interest in human pain... not even the daleks or weeping angels bothered with that. Really disturbing concept. Any time any information was given, it raised more terrifying questions than answers. And nearly killed a being that the majority of alien villains feared and respected in a matter of minutes having presumably never come into contact with humanoid life before. It certainly made a gaping impact.
I’m rewatching now. I didn’t remember much about this episode from the first time I watched it 10 years ago. The true terror on the Doctor’s face was heartbreaking. Fantastic acting!
God the attendant saving everyone and the doctor just unable to do anything. And the other lady trying desperately to tell everyone "its sky!" This was an Amazing episode. I wish we could get a sequal.
Bro if someone who was possessed before starts talking about whatever possessed them like “It wants this, and it’s waited so long” they’re still possessed
Oh my god… re-watching this made me rethink how much pain and suffering the Doctor has pent up inside of him, to see his expression of suffering and pain…. And how relived the Doctor looked when he was saying ‘it’s gone, its gone’
Honestly this is the most terrifying episode, if only because this is most scared we have ever seen the tenth doctor. He’s truly powerless in this scene and you can tell through his eyes he’s shaken to the core.
Imagine that even as a normal human, too - you're frozen, unable to move or communicate, and your life is in the hands of a group of scared, irrational people. On top of that, your back is turned to them, so you also can't SEE them as they discuss whether to kill you or not, like you're not even there. And then, to top it off, since you're forced to repeat the entity, you start calling for your own death. Nightmare Fuel, right there.
The Doctor faced Satan himself with all the confidence and snark in the universe. Yet this unknown thing legitimately horrified him. I personally rank Satan SLIGHTLY higher than the Midnight Monster on the shit-your-pants-scary scale but only barely. This unknown thing is terrifying and the only thing that gives Satan the edge for me is that at least with the Midnight Monster, you can make theories and rationalisations to comfort yourself whereas with Satan, you've got the embodiment of evil staring you right in the face.
I will die on the hill that this was a scarier episode than "Blink". The Doctor's own genius turned against him, the real monster is just plain old human fear and paranoia and yet it unsettles the Doctor like we've rarely ever seen? Not even a contest.
Oh my gosh even now this episode grips me!! This scene is so beautifully acted out and gosh I've got goosebumps everywhere and my eyes are filled with tears ahhhhhh! Brilliant episode in my opinion. Just brilliant. Tennant's acting in particular is just incredible!
The latter part of Series 4 was brilliant. Library two parter/ Midnight/ Turn Left/ Dalek Finale. Doctor Who at its best. The show has deteriorated so much since then.
Honestly such a good monster! And I’m not talking just about our possessed passenger but human fear, driving irrational and unthinkable thoughts. Would love to see this creature make a return though, such a brilliant idea
What I think I find most fascinating about this episode specially and allways will. That for that one time, in a short period time. Doctor, on 1v1 against someone on solo. Lost. He was defeated and outsmarted. And that rarely happens.
Honestly this is one of my favourite episodes. One of the most powerful people in the universe rendered completely powerless. Bloody terrifying really.
Feel so bad for the stewardess The episode should’ve had the smart girl punch the wife in the face and tell her to listen “She’s baiting you to kill him, she’s telling you to get rid of the only person in here who knows what she is”
You know, one thing I love about RTD Era is the lighting. Some people say it’s too dated but I think that it’s very intense and sets the tone of it’s scene’s well- it makes the show more visually interesting. In my opinion it’s much better than Moffat’s over lit 2010+ style. I get that with progress in technology cinematography’s gonna change but I wish that we had more of that older, mid 2000s style, or at lease something similar
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The really sad part is that because the doctor isn’t a human, he is conscious throughout the whole thing. That means he can hear exactly what they are saying. You can even see it in his face, throughout the scene his face gets more and more terrified. His tone shifts as well.
Damn! I never even thought of that aspect. This adds a whole new layer of sadness to David Tennant's performance. One of the best written scenes in Doctor Who.
Also because he *Tries* to stop them by clinging his foot to a seat, it wasn't just them failing at throwing him out, that was *Him* trying desperately to not die. You could actually see and *(For me)* feel the fear coming off him, his whole tone shifts at that One moment, where it steals his voice. This episode is, by far, my favorite. Truly one of the more terrifyingly perfect episodes.
Dang it im gonna cry... Again
You can also kinda see him shedding a tear in one moment. Damn, Tennant is great actor.
This is when I fell in love with him as an actor. That pure terror in his eyes. God it was amazing.
Christ, David's acting is on a whole other level in this scene. You can SEE the fear in the Doctor's eyes. The way he trembles and cries. The fact he's even able to use his foot to stop them dragging him out should show just how determined and terrified he is in that moment.
The acting, not just from David, was incredible in this episode. One of the most unbelievably underrated episodes of New Who.
DrKnockers05 he crushed this. Completely utterly crushed series 4 DEAD💀. His acting couldn’t have been any better. David Tennant deserves an award 🥇 for ALL of this.
@@jamiethomas3768 Truth, my dude. Big truth. One of the MANY reasons series 4, in my opinion anyways, will always be one of the best DW series of all time. Top tier acting, fantastic Doctor/Donna duo, great monsters, thrills, emotions, scares galore, and 13 consistently good episodes straight.
This isn’t an underrated episode, it is one of the highest rated ones on the forums. Everyone wants to know what the creature was.
@Martian74 Oh, no doubt about that. But I meant underrated compared to the big epic episodes: Dalek, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, The Stolen Earth/Journey's End, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, The Angels Take Manhatten, Listen, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, etc.
Maybe I should've said one of the most overlooked episodes rather than underrated because this is a masterpiece of an episode worthy of its high ratings.
This is an incredible episode, and easily my favourite
When a "Molto bene" and a "Allons-y" save your life
Paige 91 Uhh, when do they not?
CaptainActually1 ahahah right 😂 A phrase of great power and wisdom and consolation to the soul in times of need!
an "Allons-y"
Muito Bene*
@@Albert_Herring Molto Bene is correct. It means Very Well.
The way the Doctor keeps saying "it's gone" shows you just how terrified and scared he was. He doesn't just stand up and pretend to be his normal self, he's truly shaken. I reckon he probably had nightmares of the entity for years after this episode.
I imagine this traumatized him for a good while, which is amazing considering all he's been through but not unbelievable. I also like the idea of it following him through regenerations like Amy asking 11 "hey I found out about this cool planet called midnight made of diamonds wouldn't it be cool if-" and 11 just says "No." Then fast forward Clara talks to 12 like "You know Strax mentioned this planet called midnight and-" and again 12 just says "No." And so on and so forth
@@phantomsearcher2.92Damn, really wish we saw those interactions. Maybe the doctor lands on midnight again by accident. He tries to leave, but the companion tries to drag him out because of how beautiful the planet is.
I fully agree. I’m so grateful that the version of him who (technically) keeps this body - the one who will die in this incarnation with the same version of *this* mind and personality - at least has Rose to love on+help ease that burden 💖
That and at the end, speaking to Donna. He says "molto bene" and she repeats it back. He simply looks at her and replies, "No, don't...don't."
An ultimate proof that David Tennant is a brilliant actor.
The Crystal Fox Yup. Able to seem like an amazing and unique character even when just repeating another character’s lines. There is a reason he is one of the best Doctors. Amazing writing, mixed with a good character, which was portrayed by an amazing and fitting actor.
This scene proved to me David Tennant may be the single greatest actor to take on the role. His post DW work proves that: Broadchurch, Des, Good Omens, etc.
David Tennant is still a Fantastic actor even repeating someone else's words.
Isn't that basically what all actors do?
zoppie isn't that basically what all actors do?
Oh no
Wait what?
Reading from a script written by someone else = repeating someone else's words
This episode is a prime example of what can be done in just one room. There was no monster, no real scenery, just a room. But the fear of the monster and the location came from the actors alone. Fantastic episode!! One of Russel’s best work
There literally is a monster, we just don't see what it actually is. It's still there though.
Reminds me of the film Non-Stop, a thriller, which is set only on a plane. Also happens to be gripping and kept me on the edge of my seat
The bottle episode, as it's referred to in television (all of or most of the action takes place on one location with a small, intimate cast) is often among the best in any series that uses it, and this is a perfect example of how good it can really be. Easily my favorite episode.
@@marqc.9904 I agree
There was a monster actually, monters or rather. The worst ones, humans!
This was the only episode to genuinely have an upsetting and disturbing atmosphere in my opinion
Waters of Mars was pretty upsetting imo. So was Doomsday.
Probably because it had an intangible enemy
Yep, because deep down, we know we'd react the same way, and no one wants to think they'd be that sort of person, when everyone is capable of it.
Galactic yo yo I did watch 9 first, but when I finished that I went to watch from Baker and nothing really got me like this because I’m not easily unsettled. Pretty surprising.
DravenGal Exactly
I hated seeing the doctor like this, not being able to move and do anything. Seeing him fight against whatever that was inside of him hurt so much
Brilliant acting!
It's crazy cause it reminds you that no matter how many times he saves the Universe, no matter what gods and demons he fought and won against, he is just as vulnerable as any other.
I do like the idea that without the Tardis and his companion, nobody can back him up on the things he says and he just sounds crazy.
But yeah. I absolutely hated the passengers in this episode.
This, to me, has always been one of the most unsettling scenes of the show.
I agree.
Most definitely
No it's not even unsettling
@@mrnukes797 Okay, if you say so, tough guy.
@@liamroberts1458 ooo very scary
Can we all agree that the train passengers are bigger villains than the Midnight Entity? I really wanted to throw THEM outside after all this.
the entity learnt from their reaction and intentions
Amusing you fell right into the thesis of Midnight: who's really the enemy, and what should be done with them? I say the villain is the sentient entity. It's smart enough to play mind games with Doctor to steal his voice, it's smart enough to direct the passengers' fears. Thankfully some passengers are less susceptible to the sentient entity's sensations than others.
Thing is they act a regular person would really.
Not smart enough to try and act scared instead of smiling pleased while chanting about everyone having warm blood and fear. It really wasn't insidious enough at this point. I mean, this moment would really be "oh yeah it's this smiling maniac giving an evil speech not the nice man who's crying while repeating the crazy woman".
The episode still kind of works, but it's patently silly at this point. Maybe it has some psychic powers its using to make them trust it more, but if it doesn't they should have worked this out even while being worked up.
Your as bad as them!
One thing to note is that the writers purposely gave Donna an excuse not to come on the plane. The Doctor needs his companion, otherwise his adventures become a lot of more deadly. This scenario would have gone way differently if Donna was present.
Donna would have literally slapped sense out of everyone ngll
@@claytabulusshogunHonestly would pay money to see that.
Would love to see a monster try to copy Donna sass 😂😂
Donna would have wielded the powers of a Karen for a good, righteous cause because that’s what she does and we love her for it 😂
Nobody in their right mind fucks with Donna
@@vee1267everyone's favourite karen donna noble lol
Note how she says "It killed the driver and the mechanic. And now it wants us." She didn't say "It killed the Doctor." She's not even hiding the fact that she wants the Doctor dead.
And says “until you came, bodies so hot”, not “until we came”. Alarm bells right there that that was clearly not Sky
@@luke8801 exactly, like, HOW WOULD SKY KNOW WHAT THE CREATURE WANTS???
@@akodaah13-e32 Or how it happened? Exactly! Also, the idea that some physical creature this is, more than just an invisible monster, is terrifying. I mean, you can see the shadow of some THING not long before the drivers are actually killed.
@@luke8801 Panic turns you into a moron.
@@akodaah13-e32Because if she was truly released then she probably would've shared thoughts with the creature and vice versa so probably would have some memories of what the creature wanted and felt. That much was believable but nobody paid attention to her face and how she said "you" after a point that her ruse was working and didn't matter anymore.
would've been nice if the stewardess had survived. She was the only one of them who had a brain, and she rescued them all.
It wouldn't be so raw and strong though.
Dee wasn't too bad either, she saw through the monster's ruse
Tru
There was a bit of for shadowing when the doctor and Donna are talking in the beginning, both Sky and the Hostess entered the vehicle at the same time and when you re watch the episode, knowing what happens to them at the end, it makes it really unsettling and to me adds a lot more weight to story.
Another moment is when she was talking about the safety measures on the vehicle and jokes about them using the fire escape first. It's things like that which make it harder to see a 2nd or 3rd time.
Dede and Jethro did too, Dede especially. I think Jethro wanted to help more, but he was being shut down by Val and didn't know how to defend himself
Midnight is my personal favourite episode of Doctor Who, classic or reboot. I absolutely love how it puts the focus on the characters that are in every Doctor Who story but that we never get much info about, the random regular people that encounter The Doctor during his travels. It really shows how differently people can view him, as a genius who wants to save everyone, or as a arrogant control freak.
Plus it's a pretty spooky episode to boot ;)
It and satan pit are both two of my favorite episodes of any show
“The doctor was the not the imposter.”
Lol
The midnight entity is one of the scariest monsters, not really knowing what it is makes it all the more creepy. This episode is fantastic, one of doctor who's best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Lowest budget too
Very good story
Amazing episode till this day gives me the shivers
Its like Blair witch, we just have to make up of what it looks like.
I love that we never see what it does and are only ever given slight clues as to how it operates or what it's true nature must be
This story is brilliant. I love the claustrophobic feeling and it was done really well considering it only had 3 settings.
This story is brilliant. I love the claustrophobic feeling and it was done really well considering it only had 3 settings.
This story is brilliant. I love the claustrophobic feeling and it was done really well considering it only had 3 settings.
Dank Meme LOL at first I was confused but now I get it. Nice one.
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One of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever, in possibly one of the smallest budgets. An idea can be better than any amount of effects or stunning visuals.
So true just shows the genius of RTD. Steven Moffat’s era tried to follow that advice and it resulted in Sleep No More 🤣🤣
This is probably the best episode that Russell T Davies as written
This is probably the best episode that Russell T. Davies as written
Nardude nice one
Pity it took 4 years to come up with something that resembles doctor who
Nardude nice one
Pity it took 4 years to come up with something that resembles doctor who
I’m happy that Donna wasn’t in this one, she would’ve slapped the entity out of her hahahah
That visual made me giggle so hard
I think it would have took Donna first.
@@triciaramgoolam4045 I don't think it would, it was fear that caused Sky to be possessed in the first place and I don't think Donna would have been as easy a target as Sky
The entity would've gotten severe trauma if the two encountered.
@@cortexius181 the hostess wouldn't have needed to sacrifice herself if Donna was there, Donna would have dragged the entity to the door and booted her out.
The actress playing Sky Silvestry did such a good job in this scene. Just look at that evil smirk while she manipulates everyone into turning on the Doctor, you can just see what a malevolent force is hiding behind her face.
Yep, the audio mixing was amazing as well. The synchronisation was perfect.
Didn’t even have to do much, she plated the seed and watched everyone else do all the work.
“It’s gone… it’s gone, it’s gone, it’s gone…” never heard the Doctor this genuinely frightened before.
I just wanna say that this is a really good bit of acting on Tennants part. His eyes made us feel like he's really possessed. I just wanted to say, really good acting
Katie Carlo I would just like to point out, that nowhere in the episode, do we see anyone controlled by the midnight entity (Sky after being possessed, Ten after it being ‘transferred’) blink, not once, only after the entity dies, do we see Ten blink.
I too noticed the absence of blinking, it was a nice touch. Tennant did the same thing during the soliloquy in his portrayal of Hamlet, he didn't blink once for a minute or so, very unsettling.
Never seen the Doctor so helpless! It's sort of refreshingly terrifying!
one of the best episodes of new who
one of the best episodes of new who
One of the best episodes of any doctor who
One of the best episodes of any doctor who
Oh my god he's repeating!
Oh my god he's repeating!
3:13 When he’s forced to repeat „molto bene“ and „allons-y“, he seems to shift his gaze directly to the stewardess, hoping that she’d make the connection since she’s the one that he initially said these things to.
Why did the entity force him to repeat that tho? Been struggling to understand that since I watched this episode
@@v2dragon172it absorbed his speech patterns, it's all it knows
is that merlin dressed as an emo kid at the back there?
The NetherOne yass 😂❤️
Aurther would be proud
He could've just ended it all in 2 minutes but I guess he still thinks that use magic of isn't allowed XD
Hahah yep... Colin did a great job
Yep
The beautiful aspect of this episode is how well it represents the total break down of truth when people are scared. The disagreements on whether or not the thing was in the Doctor or was just draining him sprung up from a single suggestion, a single sentence. "Well it can't be, because I saw it pass from her to him." The visual aspect of an entity entering the Doctor's mind NEVER occured, and yet that one fearful passenger was able to convince practically everyone else of the Doctor's being the problem by suggesting a way to make the problem of figuring out what to do, backing it up with something she thought she may have seen. The moment where she asks her son if he'd seen it and he acts unsure, followed by her reprimand of "oh, don't be stupid, of course you saw" immediately sways the situation from being uncertain of anything to being certain of one thing, and that anyone who disagrees is weak or incapable of seeing what is plain to see. And that's SUCH a common trend among people in groups. The power of suggestion.
You. You get it.
The only reason the hostess knew what happened is because the doctor got to know her, and she, him. She was a human being, prior to this episode the doctor would describe as brilliant and fascinating, and it doesn't matter whether she is an employee or "the help", he treated her with humanity and talked to her. If the doctor wasn't the person (alien) that he was, this wouldn't have happened and he would've been killed. Thats when she recognized Sky was not herself, but the entity. The doctor was fighting back, anyway he could, grabbing onto the seats, you could see him trembling as he had to say the the passengers to go ahead with killing him. The only people to come to his aid were shut down by a maniac, paranoid group of humans, and the entity knew this and played it to its advantage.
The only way to defeat it was for one to selflessly give their life to stop the entity because there was no convincing the passengers. It probably thought all the humans would be too self interested to consider that possibility. The worst part, is we never get to know the entity. What was it's goal? What was its end game? Was it a ghost in search of a body? A vengeful spirit trying to stop humans occupying its planet? Was it trolling us? What happens if it succeeded in killing the doctor? Was it a an enemy of the doctor, but why? And what then after it has finished him off?
Honestly believe it was gonna drain everybody in that shuttle, most likely a hive mind. It's said bodies so hot, filled with blood, it definitely sensed them while they was moving past them and attacked the weakest link first
@@shinji1264 I feel like it might be some form of consciousness similar to that of the great intelligence. Maybe a prebubisencent form of it?
I love how he looks genuinely terrified the entire time
I love how he looks genuinely terrified the entire time
I love how he looks genuinely terrified the entire time
I feel that this is the episode that should introduce people to Doctor Who instead of "Blink". While I do think "Blink" is a good and well written episode, "Midnight" actually has the Doctor in it. Additionaly, since he's flying solo, this episode mainly focuses on his character, so people can be introduced to the companion dynamic later.
Nah it’s so much more effective to watch this after the other episodes. Being so familiar with 10 makes this episode so much more unsettling seeing him lose complete control of a situation, and his confidence and charisma being used against him.
@@TheRock-dp3vh Bullshit. This was the first episode of Doctor Who itself that I was introduced to and it was great. Not knowing anyone made me a lot less biased. In the end, I was excessively rooting for the Doctor.
@@thisissupposedtobeanonymous interesting, although I would argue that midnight is the only episode of its kind in new who. It may be misleading to introduce someone to the show through this as there isn’t another episode like it
Nah, the beauty of this episode is just how brilliantly it deconstructs the typical path an episode takes. If you were introduced to the show this episode, youd think the doctor is pretty bad at controlling a situation, which misrepresents the show greatly.
Great episode though
I feel like people should be introduced at episode 1 and work their way forward
Hostess was the MVP of this episode. She recognized the severity of the situation and knew what needed to be done from the beginning, had the guts to acknowledge what was actually happening when nobody else had the courage to even face that possibility (thus willfully blinding themselves to a potentially apocalyptic threat and ultimately even serving the demon for no other reason than their own cowardice), and most importantly gave her own life to deal with the threat once and for all.
Watch the look the Doctor gives the air hostess at 3:11. We know the Doctor, not being human, is conscious throughout all this, and he recognises the air hostess’ suspicion when hearing the Doctor’s signature catch phrase ‘molto bene’ coming from Sky. Such a small detail, but genius.
The writing for this was absolute genius. Not only by far Russell's best script, but one of the best of any episode of Doctor Who
"The attentant, what was her name?"
The car goes silent. No one asked.
It connects to the part when they used not knowing the Doctor's name as an argument for throwing him out.
it may just be a further way of driving the pain home ! Since the ATTENDANT sacrificed her life for them and they don't even have a proper name to refer to her! hope CHRISTMAS was not horrifying for you ! we all made it through this time ! enjoy the Holidays !
He said stewardess, not attendant
@Blue Shark if that's for me , i was referring to someone else calling her the attentant ! ATTENDANT is what MacaroniMetkass meant ; The Doctor asks what the Hostess' name was and to add further pathos they never even knew her name and yet she sacrificed herself for these people ! that was in the epilogue that follows this scene! Night night [uh oh maybe i shouldn't repeat myself! ] GOODNIGHT!
When the woman says she knew it was her all along, I have never hated a tv character so much
The poor Doctor could HEAR everything, and he knew what was going to happen. He was the most terrified than he'd ever been, because he was completely powerless, and he literally had no hope.
How the hell did they not realise how calm and knowledgable she was, the children were actually smarter
It would actually be worse children are even easier to manipulate and they would die even quicker.
The entity was taking advantage of the people’s fear of the unknown and the hysteria of being killed .
It doesn’t help that they are trapped in a vehicle so the passengers were stressed
It was extremely intelligent and even rendered the Doctor powerless
The Midnight Episode is easily one of the scariest episodes in the show. You never see the monster. You only see what it can do; which is apparently completely take over people's minds.
It remains mystery just like the devil from Satan pit both beings that made the doctor fear
2:42 That scene is quite clever. The doctor is subconsciously (or intentionally) trying to gain time.
2:17 You could see that he was scared... properly afraid. poor Doctor
My Heart breaks for the Doctor here. He looks so terrified and there's nothing he can do.
The only one's I did not hate in this episode is Jethro and The Doctor and Sky. He is just a kid who is trying to deal with this traumatising experience, and literally does nothing wrong and his character is generally not a bad character. And Sky is just possessed by the entity and wants to go home before hand. Fantastic episode.
What about the smart girl who figures out that it's the doctor talking or the woman who sacrifices herself?
You can't really blame him when you have your parents shouting at you *"YOU AGREE WITH US DON'T YOU?!"* because he feared punishment of thinking for himself. Add to that being young, not only was it traumatic, he was trying to process the situation and yet demanded to pick a side, rather unfairly.
What about Dede and the hostess who literally died to try and stop the entity ?
I mean, Jethro does help with the murder attempt on the Doctor. Feels like he did something wrong.
@@SkulblakaFreohr because he had his toxic parents screaming at him to help His parents were the real villains of this episode
HE'S WAITED SO LONG
OUT IN THE DARK
AND THE COLD
AND THE DIAMONDS
UNTIL YOU CAME
This Episode needs After sequel.
Brilliant Episode
It's better left as one off episode. I tend to find coming back to good ideas kind of waters them down. Like the weeping Angels. They never had the same impact again like the did with their first appearance.
The last thing it needs is a sequel. The main reason this episode is so famous is because everything wasn't revealed.
i agree with you on this one, i really want to see the creatures that were causing this...lets just hope Jodie gets that chance
nah thats just Moffats sloppy writing...
Jacob Jacob Really? This is actually my least favorite episode and the reason why Tennant is my second to last favorite doctor in new who. I feel like 10's arrogance is what got him in that situation. 11 would have taken charge easily and found a way out, while 12 would have probably done the same or just thrown her out.
This was the first Doctor Who episode that I ever saw!
I imagine it got you hooked forever.
The first story I always recommend to people that never watch Doctor Who is Midnight.
I remember when I was young during Christmas time, this and the one with the massive Cyberking were the ones on the TV. And I was interested in them. And now I have seen almost every episode except for the weeping angel episodes because I want to actually sleep for the week afterwards.
Same
Me too . İ watched it because of colin
I want Jethro to come back as 13's companion, like older and having been traumatised by his experience.
Vampire81569 Just stop why would he lie?
Vampire81569 oh sorry that’s my bad :)
My name Jethro.
@@Silverwind87 My name Jethro.
@@100subschallengewithoutany8 My name jeff
The terror in his eyes absolutely sells his performance it’s absolutely insane
Underrated episode.
NFDIH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Are you sure? It's in everyone's favorite list
Ailin Ell That isn’t enough. It’s that good.
It isn’t underrated when it’s actually a fan favourite.
None of the other villains or other episodes disturbed me like this one. The weeping angels never phased me, but this just twisted my heart and felt dark, really dark. When they start yelling toss him out and you can see the doctor realizing what they're going to do and starts tearing up, ah my heart.
This is genius, criminally underrated and absolutely terrifying!
Koschei LOL UNDERRATED. Not at all. Everyone loves this episode.
"Bodies so hot. With blood, and pain." That line always gives me the shivers
This episode and ‘The waters of Mars’ are the most disturbing and unsettling episodes by a long, long way...
What's brilliant is that this episode shows the worst of humanity, whereas waters of Mars shows the worst of the doctor
Interesting that you bring both episodes up since I’ve not long finished watching “Midnight” and the next episode I’m going to watch happens to be “The Waters of Mars”.
People hate those people cuz their Reaction is too Reallistic
How ironic
Except it isn't. I literally don't know a single person, let alone several, who would act anything remotely like those idiots did. Makes the story and the characters unrelatable, whenever studios attempt to make characters relatable through sheer stupidity.
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The irony of your response is just marvelous Gabriel. Thankyou. :)
And yeah, i do believe it is unrealistic. And even if it was realistic, all it does is make me root for the bad guy to kill them all.
Gabriel Tzukishiro Well, that's slightly harsh! It's only his opinion! Also, I myself am autistic and I found this episode quite enjoyable and I definitely understand how the characters were developed in the episode to show how people respond in a crisis!
I have to agree the reaction is very realistic, it is mob mentality and fight or flight response all rolled into one. Everyone likes to say they would never be the group; that they would be like the stewardess/ hostess or Dee Dee Blasco, but in reality we all have that primal fear waiting inside us... In the dark. And the cold. And the diamonds. Until you came. Bodies so hot. With blood. And pain.
Still the scariest episode. And what’s even scarier is this scene here, one of the rarest times when the Doctor was powerless to save even his own self. And that entity, no monster can beat it. Not one.
Over a half-year later, still a second of the audio scares me. The best episode of New-Who ever, certainly.
their ability to describe exactly what is happening within their peripheral vision is really impressive
The look at the end also when that woman says "i said it was her" he is like "bitch, you are one word from being thrown out that airlock yourself" 😆
"I did hear you b*" 😂
I’m realizing now that this is literally the game “among us”
God that scene ! I feel terrible just looking at it.
I cried half a dozen times watching it the first time.
David's acting in this scene (and the entire episode) is off the charts. Just look at his face in this scene as the Doctor is forced to repeat "Sky's" words and is genuinely terrified, which is rare (and may be a first) for Ten. Just amazing.
People in that episode... Oh i hated them all.
You're supposed to hate them. They're clearly supposed to show the dark side of how people act under pressure, following the mob mentality and turning on people in an attempt to save themselves.
The episode made me hate humanity itself for a while.
In some aspects that never went away.
Even the stewardess?
Jethro, DeeDee and the Stewardess were the only likeable characters
I think even Chara from undertale would hate humanity EVEN MORE if *they* saw this video
you know.... the creature got *really* cocky when actually started to use one-liners
i mean, while i doubt anyone knew those were doctor-ish things to say... why would the creature go so far to reveal itself by spouting out words that sky didn't know?
As you said she got cocky. Also the stewardess recognized the words as they were said by the doctor earlier when they talked.
I think the doctor had some level of control, she was using his voice after all. Maybe the Midnight Entity could direct what was to be said, but not the precise words to do it?
To say"He stole my voice, not I his"
She can only use words that have been spoken in this episode
The reason i really liked this episode was because it showed human nature and how evil humans can be
The reason i really liked this episode was because it showed human nature and how evil humans can be
This basically the first time we've seen the Doctor truly terrified, sure he's been angry sad, but genuinely fearing for his life not a companion
His most human moment.
This episode was so heart breaking, at least this part. This was tbe most realistic and human weve seen the Doctor. He was scared, so scared about dying right there by 'stupid' humans. Always will be my fav episode..
This whole episode is just a game of Among Us
This is probably one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever written!
Yeah just watched the ending... This may be my favorite Doctor who episode!
Not only is the entity itself just terrifying ... it's the people too. They're irrational, rude, awful, and perhaps they're the most unsettling part of the episode.
Of course their fears and aggressions were also amplified and clouded their judgements further too through the entity's telepathic manipulation on them. But yeah, sorta showed how horrifying they/we could be.
1:29 Merlin, come on. Do something! I know you can...
Emrys screwed the Doctor over here, helping to throw him out.
david’s acting is amazing. even him copying what she’s saying, no other dialogue, you can see the amount of pain he’s in and how much he’s trying to resist.
This episode, Turn Left, The Water Of Mars and The End Of Time are the best Tenth Doctor Episodes
Swap out end of time with human nature/ family of blood or blink and I agree
Galactic yo yo I agree with Human Nature And Family Of Blood but Blink is dreadful
JustSomeRandomGuy Online What's wrong with Blink?
Galactic yo yo it was very boring and was just a filler episode that shouldn’t have been made
JustSomeRandomGuy Online We have kinda similar tastes in this show. We prefer RTD over Moffat but I liked the library 2-parter and the empty child 2-parter
The bit that really gets me about this scene is the insidious continuation of the creature's hidden motive. Presumably it wants heat, because it commented on how cold Midnight was and mentions the hot blood of the humans.
But then it mentions the human ability to feel pain. All other antagonistic aliens the Doctor had encountered so far either wanted to rid the universe of other species that didn't count itself or just feed. What's really disturbing is why a creature would pay so much interest in human pain... not even the daleks or weeping angels bothered with that.
Really disturbing concept. Any time any information was given, it raised more terrifying questions than answers. And nearly killed a being that the majority of alien villains feared and respected in a matter of minutes having presumably never come into contact with humanoid life before. It certainly made a gaping impact.
I’m rewatching now. I didn’t remember much about this episode from the first time I watched it 10 years ago. The true terror on the Doctor’s face was heartbreaking. Fantastic acting!
God the attendant saving everyone and the doctor just unable to do anything. And the other lady trying desperately to tell everyone "its sky!"
This was an Amazing episode. I wish we could get a sequal.
So much axiety in this episode
Man, that emotion Tennant conveys at 2:15 when he thinks he's about to get thrown out is crazy
Bro if someone who was possessed before starts talking about whatever possessed them like “It wants this, and it’s waited so long” they’re still possessed
Dee dees terror when biff grabs the doctor is horrifying, and then the hostess trying to intervene amongst the chaos... Amazing.
You know the my english teacher made us watch for a "assignment" and thats the only reason i ever got into doctor who
Oh my god… re-watching this made me rethink how much pain and suffering the Doctor has pent up inside of him, to see his expression of suffering and pain…. And how relived the Doctor looked when he was saying ‘it’s gone, its gone’
Honestly this is the most terrifying episode, if only because this is most scared we have ever seen the tenth doctor. He’s truly powerless in this scene and you can tell through his eyes he’s shaken to the core.
Imagine that even as a normal human, too - you're frozen, unable to move or communicate, and your life is in the hands of a group of scared, irrational people. On top of that, your back is turned to them, so you also can't SEE them as they discuss whether to kill you or not, like you're not even there. And then, to top it off, since you're forced to repeat the entity, you start calling for your own death. Nightmare Fuel, right there.
The Doctor faced Satan himself with all the confidence and snark in the universe. Yet this unknown thing legitimately horrified him. I personally rank Satan SLIGHTLY higher than the Midnight Monster on the shit-your-pants-scary scale but only barely. This unknown thing is terrifying and the only thing that gives Satan the edge for me is that at least with the Midnight Monster, you can make theories and rationalisations to comfort yourself whereas with Satan, you've got the embodiment of evil staring you right in the face.
I will die on the hill that this was a scarier episode than "Blink". The Doctor's own genius turned against him, the real monster is just plain old human fear and paranoia and yet it unsettles the Doctor like we've rarely ever seen? Not even a contest.
Oh my gosh even now this episode grips me!! This scene is so beautifully acted out and gosh I've got goosebumps everywhere and my eyes are filled with tears ahhhhhh! Brilliant episode in my opinion. Just brilliant. Tennant's acting in particular is just incredible!
The latter part of Series 4 was brilliant. Library two parter/ Midnight/ Turn Left/ Dalek Finale. Doctor Who at its best. The show has deteriorated so much since then.
Honestly such a good monster! And I’m not talking just about our possessed passenger but human fear, driving irrational and unthinkable thoughts. Would love to see this creature make a return though, such a brilliant idea
We need a spin off series for Jethro.
The moment you realize mass hysteria is the real threat, not the Midnight Entity.
What I think I find most fascinating about this episode specially and allways will. That for that one time, in a short period time. Doctor, on 1v1 against someone on solo. Lost. He was defeated and outsmarted. And that rarely happens.
Honestly this is one of my favourite episodes. One of the most powerful people in the universe rendered completely powerless. Bloody terrifying really.
Hope RTD continues with gems like this when he returns to the show.
The way David manages to cry in that scene just gets me
Poor Jethro. Being bullied and pressured into agreeing by his own parents.
I love how Merlin is just casually standing there
Feel so bad for the stewardess
The episode should’ve had the smart girl punch the wife in the face and tell her to listen
“She’s baiting you to kill him, she’s telling you to get rid of the only person in here who knows what she is”
The impostor was ejected
You know, one thing I love about RTD Era is the lighting. Some people say it’s too dated but I think that it’s very intense and sets the tone of it’s scene’s well- it makes the show more visually interesting.
In my opinion it’s much better than Moffat’s over lit 2010+ style. I get that with progress in technology cinematography’s gonna change but I wish that we had more of that older, mid 2000s style, or at lease something similar
If they were even paying attention past the Paranoia, they’d notice that the Doctor is only repeating after the woman, and not anyone else.
Very reminiscent of Lord of the Flies.