Right? Even he doesn't know what it is, which is scary, goes to show that there's some things beyond even the Timelords understanding, personally I think it was one of the Great Old Ones from before the universe like the Beast or the Great Intelligence.
There's a difference between knowledge and experience Even if they know of whatever the fuck it is, doesn't mean any singular one of them would be able to identify it on a dime, let alone a limited data set, let alone if it was an unpredictable being@@EternalPayne
The Doctor always bumped into entities he didn't know about in the OS. The mistake of NuWho was turning the Doctor into some universal travel guide who, despite only having lived 900 years or so, has somehow familiarized himself with every baddie in the cosmos. There are BILLIONS of galaxies, with BILLIONS of stars in them, with each of them having BILLIONS of years worth of time periods. Even if you confined your stay to just 24 hours per stop, in 900 years you'd have only visited 327,600. Relatively speaking, that's not even out your front door and in your car yet.
I love how her "wow" after the Pi thing has a bit of arrogance in it while the doctor's "wow" is genuine fascination, like the alien thing is mocking the doctor
because its already figured out its going to attach to him, so him rattling off pi like its the deciding factor in what its doing is probably hilarious to it. It DID outsmart the Doctor in the end and it knew it could do it from the start. HORRIFYING
One thing i recently realized when rewatching this episode is that she never blinks. Like, ever. Once she's possessed (or whatever happens), her eyes are open all the time.
There is a phenomenon that explains that oddly enuff. The fact that she doesn't blind wierds humans out to no end. Just an automatic creep factor. Characters and androids are programmed with a random bling factor to make them feel more friendly. \. Even LT. Cmmdr. DATA explained it.
2:55 I just realised that Jethro is the first to realise that Sky’s now syncing along while the Professor is speaking. The Doctor only realises it after he sees that Jethro looks alarmed so he looks and then he realises that Sky is syncing too. I do feel sorry for Jethro though. He looks like he’s having a panic attack or mental breakdown later on when the professor and his dad are trying to throw The Doctor out of the capsule. I mean, he does try to help them but I feel like he was being overwhelmed and pressured by his mum’s hysterics.
Methyl was easily the most capable person in the room aside from the doctor. He kept his head until the end, and he was able to look at things reasonably done objectively, unlike his mother who is, in my opinion, the driving force behind the entity. Without her to shout at the men, they probably wouldn’t have tried to toss out the doctor.
I think the creepiest part about this being is the fact that we never learned what was out there. We never learned what could take over a person’s mind. Even the Doctor was clearly frightened by this being.
I would say the creepiest part is that the monster didn't have any power of them except what they gave it. If they had just sat down and been silent, it would have remained quite powerless, but instead they let their own fear make the situation worse and worse. Human fear was the real monster, and we saw exactly how it would take over a person's mind, how it could be so overpowering that it could unsettle even the Doctor. Something as ordinary as human fear.
@@LittleHobbit13Honestly think this thing was a hive minded being... They thrive by controlling entire species. If they left it alone it would still probably slowly Burrough in their minds
@@LittleHobbit13 human fear and the fact that large majority of the humans in that bus were Just gargabe personality wise. Also what the hell is garganey?
All the actors in this episode were incredible, but Sky's actress was fantastic. The look in her eyes when she turns around is so authentically inhumane and predatory, it's really chilling. She did such a good job
Would NOT have worked with brown eyes 😂 I've got green eyes and man, the number of people who tell me my eyes are unsettling or 'frantic' or whtvr without me even trying to look weird is hilarious
@@flamingarbre1284I have Brown eyes and i find them very unsettling unlike Green i find them fascinating id rather have them they are beautiful they sparkle in The Moonlight and look dazzling in The Sunlight i don't find them unsettling at all.
The only Doctor Who episode that I held off rewatching for years because it terrified my teenage self that much. Not just in scares, but by how utterly raw and disturbing it is. This is the one of the closest times the Doctor has come to being outright murdered and it came at the hands of humanity, the species which he protects and favours the most. His own intelligence and confidence proving to be his downfall for once. And as far as we know, the creature is probably still out there. Absolute masterpiece from Russell T Davies, IMO the scariest New Who has ever been.
Oh really? I understand you! 🙃 But the only episode tha I held off rewatching was „the empty child“ with Christopher Eccleston. It was scary. So I know how you feel!
Crazy how probably his worst enemy isn't the Daleks, isn't The Master, isn't even himself. It's the very species he admires and loves: Humans and this episode shows it. The fact he was able to forgive the human race for this afterwards is extraordinary
This is how you do horror on a budget, no need for monsters or special effects just actors in a room playing out a psychological thriller essentially. They saved money and created one of the scariest episodes of New Who and some would say Who in general.
Just realizing how absolutely brilliant that shot is when he's asking Skye to turn around. Because of the lighting, there's a very clear shadow on the wall behind her mimicking her every movement, foreshadowing the creature's behavior later in the episode.
"I think… the more we talk the more she learns. Now I’m all for education but in this case… maybe not." If only they had all just shut up they would've been fine.... but nope! Such is humans.
Hands down the best ever episodes of Doctor Who in my opinion. • You don’t ever see the Monster/Alien • The acting from Lesley Sharp is incredible and her stare is terrifying. •The simple idea of an episode based purely of human panic and what happens when people get panicked and scared •The whole mystery of the episode is what happens next. •The soundtrack in the background complements that atmosphere of the episode perfectly. •David Tennant’s acting is also incredible even when the monster/alien takes over his body
Such an INCREDIBLE episode!! The ONLY one that truly terrifies me, with it's brilliant concept, excellent writing, downright loveable characters, and also the creepy and eerie music. Midnight, to me is how you make a PERFECT episode of Doctor Who. All the elements are there, and they blend together beautifully to make a breath-taking 45 minute scary rollercoaster of a story. Absolutely 10/10!!
H.P. Lovecraft once said: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”. So it's better to just leave it.
I'd say so. Despite being given an explanation, the Weeping Angels still had an air of mystery that made them more terrifying which was lost in further appearances.
I'm so obsessed with this episode. It's just great, and as David said in an interview, the closest he felt to theatre on set. Amazing acting and superb writing, sound and making of.
The buildup from the Doctor telling Sky to turn around with the creepy music playing and her blank stare/sinister smirk she shows really is one of the best uses of horror I’ve seen.
7PlayingWithFire7 Of course, this is an example of how amazing a low budget episode can truly be. All we as viewers saw was a bit of light and a crystalline surface, and not even a lot of that. We simply saw people.
Moffats era of Doctor Who is more family friendly. The only episodes from Moffat that were this close to being dark amd mature were Dark Water and Heaven Sent.
lolasum sumi-san Something that can't be seen, described. Has no real voice. And we don't even know if this is the end for It. For all we know, the very next travellers failed to stop it.
This episode was so freaky. It had such a ridley scott alians vibe and its so simple in the way it stays in one room. The creepy monster, the unknown of what its like outside the pod and just this breakdown of how human behave under intense preasure
I get the feeling the Doctor could've easily been traumatized by this episode. I just say this bc sometimes in traumatic events, you're quite literally paralyzed with fear (or in the case of the midnight entity, being 'possessed' Ig, which isn't the same thing, I know) or unable to move at all. Then on top of that being forcibly grabbed by everybody in else in the cabin while he couldn't move...that would definetly mess with the Doctor's mind (or anyone's) to say the least. And then there was also some sense of the 'after effects' the experience or trauma implied by his convo with Donna at the end of the episode, something *residual* about his last lines--in telling Donna not to repeat what he said (bc it was still too terrifying/too close to joke about), and then the fact that he *repeats himself* "don't, don't" like the entity knocking on the door twice or just the fact that the tendency to repeat is still there after the experience. You almost get the feeling that if he could have said a single word as everybody was fixing to throw him out of the cabin, it would have been, "Don't," but of course he couldn't speak, or maybe it was what he would have said before the Hostess sacrificed herself, and maybe that's why they are the final words we hear from the Doctor in this episode (but this is just my opinion obviously)... Lol I know it's probably not that deep, I just think "Midnight" is really well done...Thanks for coming to my TedTalk
By far one of my favourite and unforgettable episodes in the show, it's practically an X-files episode set in space, which isn't a bad thing by any stretch. Still bothers me though that we never found out what it was. Someday...
This has got to be one of, if not my absolute favorite episodes ever. The fear isn't just from the monster - which, in keeping it a mystery, means we'll never know... But in how quickly everyone turned and went on a witch hunt. A monster, and turning the humans into monsters through fear. We don't know what the creature would have done after absorbing the Doctor's words (thoughts? soul?), but that's the wonderful part.
Loved how the actors were able to sync at the same time. I am continuing to be amazed at how good this episode is. I don't get really scared at shows anymore, but this still frightens me first you hear the noise outside, then Sky is possessed and then the Doctor's voice is taken as he becomes helpless to stop it or even save his life. I love this episode. It's a modern classic Who.
This episode is an acting masterpiece. Repeating so many sentences requires a lot of text to be memorized. In addition, the actors had to work precisely with one another. It certainly wasn't that easy.
I never watched doctor who as a kid but I could definitely understand how this would freak kids out but to me it’s just really funny man “my names Jethro” hilarious
I still remember when this was aired. 6 years old,and it's never left my memory. I crowned this as the best episode, and to be honest, it probably still is. It's so weird to think Russell T Davies was actually sceptical if people would like this episode.
The most underappreciated episode since 2005. One room (for the most part), and just good writing, acting and directing, resulting in one of the most chilling episodes of the series' 54 year history. Beautiful.
It’s easy to say that the writing was great and the episode was great, but don’t forget that the casting of this woman was absolutely fantastic. Even down to the way she’s cowering alone she still looks sinister in her movements before even turning around.
Imo, this episode is a masterclass in horror done right. No jumpscares or other cheap ways to keep the viewer in suspense, it’s truly a scary scenario, given on how quickly the monster is to learn. Though I do believe the real “monster” in this episode isn’t the alien creature, rather it’s all of the other passengers, given how quick they were to turn on the Doctor to cast him out. Even my non-DW fan friends admire this episode. Incredibly well done.
Yeah, the horror of this episode feels much more psychological in nature than pretty much anything else we've seen in the series. The creature repeating everything is creepy for sure, but what's truly terrifying is how the people on the shuttle react to it (and the fact that those people could really be any of us in a similar situation, afraid for our lives). It's chilling watching the Doctor struggle and ultimately completely lose control over the situation, when usually he can command a room with just a few words.
Jethro is a bit of a punk kid, but I also like how they make him one of the smarter ones of the group. He was the only one, other than the doctor, to notice that Sky was repeating at the same time. Theres other examples in the episode which show he's a lot more switched on that most others in the group.
1:26 it baffles me how he gets closer out of curiosity, she could lash out but hes not scared. Also when she repeated "absorbing" from the doctor it genuinely felt like the entity was confirming it, i dunno its weird, like her eyes were speaking.
This is probably the scariest doctor who epsiode because we don't know what kind of alien that possessed sky and why it wanted to leave the planet or anything else about it and the extent of it's powers other than what we've seen. Even now this episode still gives me the heebie jeebies, that's psycholigical fear for you, even scarier that the waters of mars.
This scared me much more than Blink. The entity and the way it possesses her is abnormal and uncomfortable. Then the fact that the other passengers just WON'T shut up because they're scared makes it that much more terrifying because you're forced to watch the situation get steadily worse with no way to stop it.
Genuinely the scariest creature in any episode. We never learn what it is, or how it’s connected to the thing outside the bus. One of the drivers says they see it, but we never do. The doctor never learns any useful information. We have no clue if it’s even dead, but presumably it isn’t. I genuinely believe this is the closest anything ever got to truly defeating the Doctor.
The thing that made this episode so terrifying is around 5 things 1. We as the audience have 0 clue as to what this thing is or what is is capable of 2. It is seemingly can’t be killed from the extonic rays outside the ship, so it’s some sort of shadow creature 3. The doctor himself has 0 clue as to what this thing could be and cannot properly make an assumption 4. The evolution of the creatures behaviour, first it repeats, then it syncs, then it chooses it target(the doctor), then it renders him helpless and unable to defend himself in any way 5. Other horror esque episodes like this do have terrifying creatures and monsters, but the reason i put this one at the top, even above Blink(Weeping Angels introduction episode) is that while Blink somewhat removed the doctor from the episode and left it up to normal people Midnight doesn’t remove him but puts him right in the middle of a tornado with a blindfold on and both hands and legs tied to together It’s terrifying not having the doctor there but it’s even more terrifying when he is there but has as good of an idea of what this thing is as the normal people he’s in there with
Since the second 60th anniversary special released, anyone else think that the Midnight Entity and the Not-things are eerily similar? Like it might've been a shadow return of the Midnight Entity? Or at the very least, another one of its' species? Or like a cousin or something? They just give off the same vibe. They all enjoy a spot of mimicry, they all seem to come from nothingness (Midnight Entity came from the vacuum of space, Not-things came from the edge of the universe), and they all seem to be non-existent in some respect, but they want to exist, so they take a body (Midnight Entity is in the very literal sense here). Idk, but they seem very similar.
the toymaker in the final speicel, the toymaker Mentions the only creature he never dared to challenge to a game, was "the one who waits. But that is another players problem." It would be really interesting if all those are connected and the new doctor will need to deal with this. Also the "cold the dark the midnight sky" is what this not thing describes it also describes what is scene outside the ship in wild blue yonder.. darkness and nothing.
Still my favourite "standalone" Dr Who episode of all time... Perhaps along with "Blink"... And definitely one of my favourite episodes of all time... In all of television history... I probably sound a little over the top... But I genuinely feel this way...
This "monster" is one of the scariest ones in the whole Doctor Who because we don't know how does it look, what it is. This was brilliant idea and well done.
Still the scariest Doctor Who episode ever in my opinion. A monster the Doctor has never seen before, and likely never will again? Something that took control of Skye through the walls? The creepy repetition and then taking over even the Doctor? The random humans who distrust the Doctor and he doesnt have control for once? Absolutely terrifying.
That's INTENSE! I remember this episode and boy was this hair raising and creepy! I mean all I can do is shake my head in how this episode was geniusly written. And the possessed lady was perfectly cast! Well done.
What I love about this episode is how the Doctor's flaws are laid bare. His main personality traits actually get him in serious danger. *His elusiveness about who he is.* When things get scary, nobody trusts him because they realize he's not told them a thing about himself. Not even his name. He resorts to his usual "John Smith" alias in desperation and nobody buys it for a second. *His delight and fascination with discovering something new.* They're all terrified of what's happening, and there he is smiling away and excited, like he's enjoying it. Something they point out. *His desire and ability to help.* When there are first issues with the engine, he heads to the cockpit and helps out the engineers. Something the others point out later after the cockpit is torn from the vehicle, and there are no engines. *His intelligence and knowledge.* Besides how much he seems to know making the others suspicious, the entity latches on to him and tries to get him killed, most likely because he's the smartest and most knowledgeable man there, and so the biggest threat to it.
An entity that can break through the mental defenses of a Time Lord, and quite possibly having never encountered or even heard of them before, is genuinely horrifying.
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One of the creepiest monster. And what does it? It just repeats what you say? That's incredible amazing.
One of the creepiest monster. And what does it? It just repeats what you say? That's incredible amazing.
Mert Ceylan One of the creepiest monster. And what does it? It just repeats what you say? That’s incredible amazing.
One of the creepiest monster. And what does it? It just repeats what you say? That’s incredible amazing.
Андрей Выдра! Why are you repeating?
consulting timelord Why are you repeating?
“The Doctor encounters an entity he has no knowledge of whatsoever” is such a solid concept for an episode, and boy did they deliver.
Right? Even he doesn't know what it is, which is scary, goes to show that there's some things beyond even the Timelords understanding, personally I think it was one of the Great Old Ones from before the universe like the Beast or the Great Intelligence.
There's a difference between knowledge and experience
Even if they know of whatever the fuck it is, doesn't mean any singular one of them would be able to identify it on a dime, let alone a limited data set, let alone if it was an unpredictable being@@EternalPayne
@@PJOZeusi don’t know why you need to work so hard to preserve the idea that he knows everything. he’s a person. he hasn’t seen everything.
That is experience
The Doctor always bumped into entities he didn't know about in the OS. The mistake of NuWho was turning the Doctor into some universal travel guide who, despite only having lived 900 years or so, has somehow familiarized himself with every baddie in the cosmos. There are BILLIONS of galaxies, with BILLIONS of stars in them, with each of them having BILLIONS of years worth of time periods. Even if you confined your stay to just 24 hours per stop, in 900 years you'd have only visited 327,600.
Relatively speaking, that's not even out your front door and in your car yet.
I love how her "wow" after the Pi thing has a bit of arrogance in it while the doctor's "wow" is genuine fascination, like the alien thing is mocking the doctor
because its already figured out its going to attach to him, so him rattling off pi like its the deciding factor in what its doing is probably hilarious to it. It DID outsmart the Doctor in the end and it knew it could do it from the start. HORRIFYING
It does the same thing when they say ‘but that’s impossible’ it’s repeats it smugly like it’s doing a party trick
The hint of sadism in the tone of its voice as it repeats the words makes it even scarier.
One thing i recently realized when rewatching this episode is that she never blinks. Like, ever. Once she's possessed (or whatever happens), her eyes are open all the time.
Yeah, that's a scary touch.
She would handle the Weeping Angels pretty well 😂
There is a phenomenon that explains that oddly enuff. The fact that she doesn't blind wierds humans out to no end. Just an automatic creep factor. Characters and androids are programmed with a random bling factor to make them feel more friendly.
\. Even LT. Cmmdr. DATA explained it.
1:53
Nah, they blink. At least twice you see it:
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2:55 I just realised that Jethro is the first to realise that Sky’s now syncing along while the Professor is speaking. The Doctor only realises it after he sees that Jethro looks alarmed so he looks and then he realises that Sky is syncing too.
I do feel sorry for Jethro though. He looks like he’s having a panic attack or mental breakdown later on when the professor and his dad are trying to throw The Doctor out of the capsule. I mean, he does try to help them but I feel like he was being overwhelmed and pressured by his mum’s hysterics.
Totally agreed Jethro was very observant and insightful but ultimately cracked under the pressure of the situation and his parents.
@@hollywark2885 Couldn't agree more
Methyl was easily the most capable person in the room aside from the doctor. He kept his head until the end, and he was able to look at things reasonably done objectively, unlike his mother who is, in my opinion, the driving force behind the entity. Without her to shout at the men, they probably wouldn’t have tried to toss out the doctor.
Jethro started off seeming like this edgy teenager but ended up being the most sane of them all.
Nobody talks about Dede. She was always one step ahead.
I think the creepiest part about this being is the fact that we never learned what was out there. We never learned what could take over a person’s mind. Even the Doctor was clearly frightened by this being.
I would say the creepiest part is that the monster didn't have any power of them except what they gave it. If they had just sat down and been silent, it would have remained quite powerless, but instead they let their own fear make the situation worse and worse. Human fear was the real monster, and we saw exactly how it would take over a person's mind, how it could be so overpowering that it could unsettle even the Doctor. Something as ordinary as human fear.
The fact that the Doctor was scared is saying something.
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@@LittleHobbit13Honestly think this thing was a hive minded being... They thrive by controlling entire species. If they left it alone it would still probably slowly Burrough in their minds
@@LittleHobbit13 human fear and the fact that large majority of the humans in that bus were Just gargabe personality wise.
Also what the hell is garganey?
If he had just said "raxacoricofallapatorius" the Midnight entity would probably just give up.
Ha! Why didn't he say that?
how the hell did u spell it
You mean Supercalifradulisticexpialidoshious right?
homeplanet of the Slitheen
Aj Jones and its twin planet...
Clom.
I love that Jethro finds out she's possesed and starts shouting "666" at it XD
I love how Jethro is the same actor as Merlin in the tv series Merlin. I was like, "Oh hey! What's Merlin doing in the future?"
@@lukehaddad5185 I mean Emrys is immortal...
I thought it he said, shake, shake, shake.
@@lukehaddad5185 He's one of my favourite actors, and he always seems to get the "cheeky" roles...
@@minotaur-aphelion7790 Love merlin oh my god.
All the actors in this episode were incredible, but Sky's actress was fantastic. The look in her eyes when she turns around is so authentically inhumane and predatory, it's really chilling. She did such a good job
Would NOT have worked with brown eyes 😂 I've got green eyes and man, the number of people who tell me my eyes are unsettling or 'frantic' or whtvr without me even trying to look weird is hilarious
As a brown eyed guy I would've looked pretty funny yeah
@@flamingarbre1284I have Brown eyes and i find them very unsettling unlike Green i find them fascinating id rather have them they are beautiful they sparkle in The Moonlight and look dazzling in The Sunlight i don't find them unsettling at all.
This episode has to be the scariest one.
This episode has to be the scariest one.
This episode has to be the scariest one.
M Olivier This episode has to be the scariest one.
This episode has to be the scariest one.
(OK but seriously though, nothing scary that the weeping angels)
I think some this shows strongest episodes are when the Doctor faces something even he can't comprehend
One of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever! The realistic human reaction to being trapped and scared was so well done, and truly unnerving.
Dylan C the episode reminds me of 12 angry men.
@@carschmn It's like watching 12 angry men in reverse
The only Doctor Who episode that I held off rewatching for years because it terrified my teenage self that much. Not just in scares, but by how utterly raw and disturbing it is.
This is the one of the closest times the Doctor has come to being outright murdered and it came at the hands of humanity, the species which he protects and favours the most. His own intelligence and confidence proving to be his downfall for once. And as far as we know, the creature is probably still out there.
Absolute masterpiece from Russell T Davies, IMO the scariest New Who has ever been.
The Whovian Chaser Nah the Waters of Mars takes that crown
Oh really? I understand you! 🙃
But the only episode tha I held off rewatching was „the empty child“ with Christopher Eccleston. It was scary.
So I know how you feel!
Pretentious.
@@Zelink108 Pretentious
Crazy how probably his worst enemy isn't the Daleks, isn't The Master, isn't even himself. It's the very species he admires and loves: Humans and this episode shows it. The fact he was able to forgive the human race for this afterwards is extraordinary
"Tardis. Rose Tyler. Martha Jones. Donna Noble. Boom." This episode gives me feels. Damn those feels.
I waited just for that scene while watching :D
Almost right but it's: "Bang! Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, TARDIS!"
It's "BANG! Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Tardis" not "tardis, Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble. Boom!"
You had one job.
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In my opinion, this was a scarier Doctor Who episode than Blink
I agree, though Blink was my first episode.
Completely agree
Blink was really good episode but it wasn't a doctor who episode.
furkan ünsal But it has doctor who in the title ;)
Yeah it has but the dark knight rises is a batman movie. Can u read "batman" in the title?
The isolation and the unknown terror in this episode still scares me
The isolation and the unknown terror in this episode still scares me
The isolation and the unknown terror in this episode still scares me
This is how you do horror on a budget, no need for monsters or special effects just actors in a room playing out a psychological thriller essentially. They saved money and created one of the scariest episodes of New Who and some would say Who in general.
This scared me more than the weeping Angels
Danny Kay more than the Silence?
yeah, this was the scariest monster to me!
Danny Kay nothing imho is scarier then the weeping angels. Silence were scary. This being is scary but weeping angels are by far the scariest!
Yeah! This was so unpredictable and creepy
I never thought of the Silence as scary, really. Cool monster, but not scary
The Doctor's most powerful weapon is his voice and charisma, and it was taken from him in the simplest way possible, this is the best episode.
One of the most underrated episodes of DW.
Is it underrated really?
i believe it was at the time... now it's considered as 'cult classic'.
I'm not saying it is some sort of classic but it's really great episode.
McThar98 it is but I'm just using that phrase since it's the name of these kinds of things... like fight club^^
I don't think it is...
Just realizing how absolutely brilliant that shot is when he's asking Skye to turn around. Because of the lighting, there's a very clear shadow on the wall behind her mimicking her every movement, foreshadowing the creature's behavior later in the episode.
Good catch!
"I think… the more we talk the more she learns. Now I’m all for education but in this case… maybe not."
If only they had all just shut up they would've been fine.... but nope!
Such is humans.
I agree, they should have communicated using pen and paper if they could find any but nope they had to start babbling incessantly.
This episode was so scary but so simply done. 👌🏻
This episode was so scary but so simply done
@@bonniestar4707 Why are you repeating?
@@rudenotginger123 Why are you repeating?
@@bonniestar4707 What is that? Learning?
@@rudenotginger123 What is that? Learning?
Hands down the best ever episodes of Doctor Who in my opinion.
• You don’t ever see the Monster/Alien
• The acting from Lesley Sharp is incredible and her stare is terrifying.
•The simple idea of an episode based purely of human panic and what happens when people get panicked and scared
•The whole mystery of the episode is what happens next.
•The soundtrack in the background complements that atmosphere of the episode perfectly.
•David Tennant’s acting is also incredible even when the monster/alien takes over his body
Agree 100%. My favourite episode
Such an INCREDIBLE episode!! The ONLY one that truly terrifies me, with it's brilliant concept, excellent writing, downright loveable characters, and also the creepy and eerie music. Midnight, to me is how you make a PERFECT episode of Doctor Who. All the elements are there, and they blend together beautifully to make a breath-taking 45 minute scary rollercoaster of a story. Absolutely 10/10!!
Still waiting for an explanation for this being. But maybe it is more mysterious to just leave it here.
H.P. Lovecraft once said: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”. So it's better to just leave it.
I think you might have to wait longer than Rory waited for Amy to get an answer to this mystery...
Yea.. me too its like with Listen episode...Still dont know what creature was there and doing all the things
david246msi listen was great, the point the doctor made at the beginning really was amazing though
I'd say so. Despite being given an explanation, the Weeping Angels still had an air of mystery that made them more terrifying which was lost in further appearances.
“i’m stupid.”
“you’re right.”
“dammit.”
“dammit.”
Humanity has never looked worse than this episode
Humanity has never looked worse than this episode
Worse or more true to itself. Still a baby species in some respects.
Worse or truer to itself. Still a baby species in some respects.
Drop the pretences.
Drop the pretences
I'm so obsessed with this episode. It's just great, and as David said in an interview, the closest he felt to theatre on set. Amazing acting and superb writing, sound and making of.
The buildup from the Doctor telling Sky to turn around with the creepy music playing and her blank stare/sinister smirk she shows really is one of the best uses of horror I’ve seen.
Anybody else feel that Jethro would have made a great companion
I do! But I just watched him in Merlin (it’s on Netflix) I think Merlin would make a great companion!
@@macm.3889 yess!!! he could summon killghara XD
I bet you are hot!!
I awser 2 years later but I think he would made an excellent Doctor though
Definitely!
We need episodes like this again!!! Smith and capaldi didn't have eps like this
IONS LEGACY because they had too high budgets... They weren't confined into making the most of a limited budget
7PlayingWithFire7 Of course, this is an example of how amazing a low budget episode can truly be. All we as viewers saw was a bit of light and a crystalline surface, and not even a lot of that. We simply saw people.
IONS LEGACY The episode "Last Christmas" from the 12th Doctor era is mostly pretty terrifying
Moffats era of Doctor Who is more family friendly. The only episodes from Moffat that were this close to being dark amd mature were Dark Water and Heaven Sent.
ehm...Listen ? Weeping Angels ? Silence ? Dolls ?
I love how Jethro's having a laugh while everyone else is freaking out. Aspire to be as calm as this guy
That's the real Stephen King stuff here
Nah. Lovecraft.
@@soygato2722 i agree its lovecraft af
lolasum sumi-san Something that can't be seen, described. Has no real voice. And we don't even know if this is the end for It.
For all we know, the very next travellers failed to stop it.
@@soygato2722 well Stephen king was inspired by lovecraft
@@soygato2722 cosmic horror. Wish doctor who would attempt it more because this is a perfect attempt lovecraftian horror
"That's the way! Molto bene!"
That's the way! Molto bene!
@@krimson8317 Stop, don't do that. Just don't. Poor Doctor
This episode was so freaky. It had such a ridley scott alians vibe and its so simple in the way it stays in one room. The creepy monster, the unknown of what its like outside the pod and just this breakdown of how human behave under intense preasure
On a sidenote, did David Tennant just freaking memorize the square root of pi for that scene?
Seriously is merlin still waiting for Arthur?
I think so
Who is stronger? Dr Who or Merlin? :D
Eragon439 ohhh tough one... What do you think?
Eragon439 Both of them.
Yes.
I get the feeling the Doctor could've easily been traumatized by this episode. I just say this bc sometimes in traumatic events, you're quite literally paralyzed with fear (or in the case of the midnight entity, being 'possessed' Ig, which isn't the same thing, I know) or unable to move at all. Then on top of that being forcibly grabbed by everybody in else in the cabin while he couldn't move...that would definetly mess with the Doctor's mind (or anyone's) to say the least.
And then there was also some sense of the 'after effects' the experience or trauma implied by his convo with Donna at the end of the episode, something *residual* about his last lines--in telling Donna not to repeat what he said (bc it was still too terrifying/too close to joke about), and then the fact that he *repeats himself* "don't, don't" like the entity knocking on the door twice or just the fact that the tendency to repeat is still there after the experience.
You almost get the feeling that if he could have said a single word as everybody was fixing to throw him out of the cabin, it would have been, "Don't," but of course he couldn't speak, or maybe it was what he would have said before the Hostess sacrificed herself, and maybe that's why they are the final words we hear from the Doctor in this episode (but this is just my opinion obviously)...
Lol I know it's probably not that deep, I just think "Midnight" is really well done...Thanks for coming to my TedTalk
By far one of my favourite and unforgettable episodes in the show, it's practically an X-files episode set in space, which isn't a bad thing by any stretch. Still bothers me though that we never found out what it was.
Someday...
GabrielKnightz some things are better off left alone and not knowing lol
Agree to disagree, It's always better to know :)
(probably the pessimist in me)
There has been a lot of theories about it being the great intelligence or a dying tardis.
Everything was done so well in this episode: The acting, the lighting, the music, EVERYTHING
This has got to be one of, if not my absolute favorite episodes ever. The fear isn't just from the monster - which, in keeping it a mystery, means we'll never know... But in how quickly everyone turned and went on a witch hunt. A monster, and turning the humans into monsters through fear. We don't know what the creature would have done after absorbing the Doctor's words (thoughts? soul?), but that's the wonderful part.
Remember when the Doctor took the midnight train going anywhere
Remember when the Doctor took the midnight train going anywhere
OH MY GOSH HAHAHA
Just a Tardis boy
Born and raised in Gallifreeeeyyy
@@nottrustworthy6361 Just a Tardis boy
Born and raised in Gallifreeeeyyy
Blink: I'm the scariest episode EVER
Midnight: Hold my Beer
This was and still is the scariest episode of 'Doctor Who' ever... I wonder if they can ever top it?
Loved how the actors were able to sync at the same time. I am continuing to be amazed at how good this episode is. I don't get really scared at shows anymore, but this still frightens me first you hear the noise outside, then Sky is possessed and then the Doctor's voice is taken as he becomes helpless to stop it or even save his life. I love this episode. It's a modern classic Who.
*One of the best episodes. So simple, and yet so unnerving.*
Only episode I can't rewatch. The Doctor's helplessness and the increased anxiety of the situation is just too much for me. Stellar writing
This episode is an acting masterpiece. Repeating so many sentences requires a lot of text to be memorized. In addition, the actors had to work precisely with one another. It certainly wasn't that easy.
I never watched doctor who as a kid but I could definitely understand how this would freak kids out but to me it’s just really funny man “my names Jethro” hilarious
666! XD
I still remember when this was aired. 6 years old,and it's never left my memory. I crowned this as the best episode, and to be honest, it probably still is. It's so weird to think Russell T Davies was actually sceptical if people would like this episode.
"What's she doing?"
She's subscribing to the Official Doctor Who RUclips Channel.
The most underappreciated episode since 2005. One room (for the most part), and just good writing, acting and directing, resulting in one of the most chilling episodes of the series' 54 year history. Beautiful.
It’s easy to say that the writing was great and the episode was great, but don’t forget that the casting of this woman was absolutely fantastic. Even down to the way she’s cowering alone she still looks sinister in her movements before even turning around.
What makes it creepy is you didn't get to see the body enter the vehicle and then enter the lady.
This my favourite episode of Doctor Who. I love the fact that it scares you sociologically and not through jump scares like with the weeping angels.
Imo, this episode is a masterclass in horror done right. No jumpscares or other cheap ways to keep the viewer in suspense, it’s truly a scary scenario, given on how quickly the monster is to learn. Though I do believe the real “monster” in this episode isn’t the alien creature, rather it’s all of the other passengers, given how quick they were to turn on the Doctor to cast him out. Even my non-DW fan friends admire this episode. Incredibly well done.
Yeah, the horror of this episode feels much more psychological in nature than pretty much anything else we've seen in the series. The creature repeating everything is creepy for sure, but what's truly terrifying is how the people on the shuttle react to it (and the fact that those people could really be any of us in a similar situation, afraid for our lives). It's chilling watching the Doctor struggle and ultimately completely lose control over the situation, when usually he can command a room with just a few words.
“Oh doctor you look so handsom why thank you!”
Oh my got Moffat
Jethro is a bit of a punk kid, but I also like how they make him one of the smarter ones of the group. He was the only one, other than the doctor, to notice that Sky was repeating at the same time. Theres other examples in the episode which show he's a lot more switched on that most others in the group.
1:26 it baffles me how he gets closer out of curiosity, she could lash out but hes not scared.
Also when she repeated "absorbing" from the doctor it genuinely felt like the entity was confirming it, i dunno its weird, like her eyes were speaking.
This was one of the few episodes were it felt like the Doctor was in genuine danger.
The acting in this episode
This is probably the scariest doctor who epsiode because we don't know what kind of alien that possessed sky and why it wanted to leave the planet or anything else about it and the extent of it's powers other than what we've seen. Even now this episode still gives me the heebie jeebies, that's psycholigical fear for you, even scarier that the waters of mars.
best acting ive ever seen in a long time. cant imagine how long it took to film that
the tension in this episode still gets to me ten years later
This, Blink and The Library are my greatest trilogy of DW. Phenomenal writing.
Lesley Sharp’s acting in this episode is superb.
This episode was genuinely terrifying. Well done to Russel T. Davies, the Director, the Actors, and especially the musicians
Still gives me chills this bit!
This scared me much more than Blink. The entity and the way it possesses her is abnormal and uncomfortable. Then the fact that the other passengers just WON'T shut up because they're scared makes it that much more terrifying because you're forced to watch the situation get steadily worse with no way to stop it.
Genuinely the scariest creature in any episode. We never learn what it is, or how it’s connected to the thing outside the bus. One of the drivers says they see it, but we never do. The doctor never learns any useful information. We have no clue if it’s even dead, but presumably it isn’t. I genuinely believe this is the closest anything ever got to truly defeating the Doctor.
The thing that made this episode so terrifying is around 5 things
1. We as the audience have 0 clue as to what this thing is or what is is capable of
2. It is seemingly can’t be killed from the extonic rays outside the ship, so it’s some sort of shadow creature
3. The doctor himself has 0 clue as to what this thing could be and cannot properly make an assumption
4. The evolution of the creatures behaviour, first it repeats, then it syncs, then it chooses it target(the doctor), then it renders him helpless and unable to defend himself in any way
5. Other horror esque episodes like this do have terrifying creatures and monsters, but the reason i put this one at the top, even above Blink(Weeping Angels introduction episode) is that while Blink somewhat removed the doctor from the episode and left it up to normal people
Midnight doesn’t remove him but puts him right in the middle of a tornado with a blindfold on and both hands and legs tied to together
It’s terrifying not having the doctor there but it’s even more terrifying when he is there but has as good of an idea of what this thing is as the normal people he’s in there with
I remember this episode and I remember hating the humans on it except for Merli- I mean, Jethro
Don't forget about the unknown hereo, the hostess.
At 2:18
Mr Cane: I'm telling you whatever your name is!?
Me: Brilliant encouragement😭😁😂🤣
2:32 XD
ColuiChe Vive 666 lol
xD
My name-a Jethro.
@@Silverwind87 My name a Jethro.
“Who’s theeeeerrrreeee...?”
That woman's acting in this episode was amazing! Such a great episode and one of my favorites.
Since the second 60th anniversary special released, anyone else think that the Midnight Entity and the Not-things are eerily similar? Like it might've been a shadow return of the Midnight Entity? Or at the very least, another one of its' species? Or like a cousin or something? They just give off the same vibe. They all enjoy a spot of mimicry, they all seem to come from nothingness (Midnight Entity came from the vacuum of space, Not-things came from the edge of the universe), and they all seem to be non-existent in some respect, but they want to exist, so they take a body (Midnight Entity is in the very literal sense here). Idk, but they seem very similar.
yep, I said it as soon as we saw "the Doctor" talking to her with his memories...
the toymaker in the final speicel, the toymaker Mentions the only creature he never dared to challenge to a game, was "the one who waits. But that is another players problem." It would be really interesting if all those are connected and the new doctor will need to deal with this. Also the "cold the dark the midnight sky" is what this not thing describes it also describes what is scene outside the ship in wild blue yonder.. darkness and nothing.
Still my favourite "standalone" Dr Who episode of all time... Perhaps along with "Blink"... And definitely one of my favourite episodes of all time... In all of television history... I probably sound a little over the top... But I genuinely feel this way...
not over the top at all. I rank Midnight number 2 in greatest tv eps of all time. Number 1 is Twin Peaks S3E8 "Gotta Light?".
Ok I was not prepared for this! I totally forgot about how scary this episode was
It became like the passengers. It learnt from them, they were accusing it of being a monster but they didn't realise that they were teaching it.
I want footage of Tennant and Lesley Sharp rehearsing this scene together.
Can we just appreciate the FANTASTIC acting in this scene. Truly a masterclass.
This whole episode was just a round of Among Us
LMAO YES!
Not really.
thats sus
This "monster" is one of the scariest ones in the whole Doctor Who because we don't know how does it look, what it is. This was brilliant idea and well done.
Still the scariest Doctor Who episode ever in my opinion. A monster the Doctor has never seen before, and likely never will again? Something that took control of Skye through the walls? The creepy repetition and then taking over even the Doctor? The random humans who distrust the Doctor and he doesnt have control for once? Absolutely terrifying.
That's INTENSE! I remember this episode and boy was this hair raising and creepy! I mean all I can do is shake my head in how this episode was geniusly written. And the possessed lady was perfectly cast! Well done.
Absolutely stunning acting in this episode.
This is one of my favorite doctor who episodes
The best RTD written episode in my opinion.
Well, I think that Children of Earth and Waters of Mars top it slightly. But this was amazing by modern series standards.
One of the scariest scenes in the series. O_o
One of the scariest scenes in the series. O_o
This was my first Doctor Who episode. It scared me so much that I didn't watch again until the 2010 Christmas special.
This woman being possessed has been my sleep paralysis for long time now
What I love about this episode is how the Doctor's flaws are laid bare. His main personality traits actually get him in serious danger.
*His elusiveness about who he is.*
When things get scary, nobody trusts him because they realize he's not told them a thing about himself. Not even his name.
He resorts to his usual "John Smith" alias in desperation and nobody buys it for a second.
*His delight and fascination with discovering something new.*
They're all terrified of what's happening, and there he is smiling away and excited, like he's enjoying it. Something they point out.
*His desire and ability to help.*
When there are first issues with the engine, he heads to the cockpit and helps out the engineers. Something the others point out later after the cockpit is torn from the vehicle, and there are no engines.
*His intelligence and knowledge.*
Besides how much he seems to know making the others suspicious, the entity latches on to him and tries to get him killed, most likely because he's the smartest and most knowledgeable man there, and so the biggest threat to it.
"I told you that it was her" The Doctor stares.
An entity that can break through the mental defenses of a Time Lord, and quite possibly having never encountered or even heard of them before, is genuinely horrifying.
Those eyes.
Terrifying.
My favorite Dr. Who monster / antagonist, and possibly my favorite episode. Such a simple idea done brilliantly.
Watched this episode the other week and it is so creepy. I remember watching this episode on first watch and not liking it but now I love it.
One of my favorite episodes, the horror and tension are just done so well here.
Holy-
Is that Merlin?
It is! Now Merlin can claim he can do magic and has been with the Doctor!