Midnight (TV story)

The Doctor and Donna visit the alien leisure planet, Midnight.

Synopsis
The Doctor is trapped, alone, powerless and terrified, on the planet Midnight. Soon, the knocking on the wall begins. Only a woman called Sky seems to know the truth – but as paranoia turns into a witch-hunt, Sky turns the Doctor's greatest strengths against him, and a sacrifice must be made...

Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
 * Hostess - Rakie Ayola
 * Sky Silvestry - Lesley Sharp
 * Val Cane - Lindsey Coulson
 * Biff Cane - Daniel Ryan
 * Jethro Cane - Colin Morgan
 * Professor Hobbes - David Troughton
 * Dee Dee Blasco - Ayesha Antoine
 * Mechanic Claude - Duane Henry
 * Driver Joe - Tony Bluto

Production crew
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Story notes

 * This episode has marked Doctor Who's 200th story.
 * Donna was be largely absent as Catherine Tate was filming Turn Left.
 * Dee Dee mentions The Lost Moon of Poosh, one of the six planets Russell T Davies said would be mentioned throughout Series 4.
 * This episode was the 50th of the 'New Series' to be filmed, not broadcast, which is why the shuttle is called 'Crusader 50'. Confirmed in DWM 396.
 * This is the first Television story since Genesis of the Daleks not to feature the TARDIS at all.

Ratings
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Filming Locations
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * The hostess twice opens the doors in the shuttle to the outside and lives, despite the Professor saying that the X-Tronic light would vaporise them in a split-second.

Continuity

 * Rose Tyler is seen again this time in one of the shuttle bus's screens. (This is the same clip that apeared for a seconed in The Poison Sky except this time it was slightly longer, and Rose seemed to mouth "Doctor!" twice rather than the once in The Poison Sky)
 * The Doctor states the words "Medusa Cascade" to see if Sky would repeat him. It is said the the Medusa Cascade is an arc word for the series.

DVD and other releases

 * It will be released on the Series 4 boxset DVD in November 2008.
 * It will be released as Series 4 Volume 3 alongside Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead in August 2008.