For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)

 was the first episode of Class. It introduced the series' regular characters, and revealed that an excess in artron energy from nearby time travel has opened up a tear in space-time in Coal Hill School.

Broadcast on BBC Three on 22 October 2016, along with The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, For Tonight We Might Die aired exactly ten years after the airdate of Torchwood's first episode, Everything Changes.

This episode was also shown at the Class World Premiere in Shoreditch, London on 20 October.

Synopsis
When Coal Hill School comes under attack from deadly monsters, four alienated students must form an unlikely alliance to defeat them. But this incursion is only the beginning.

Plot
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Cast

 * Miss Quill - Katherine Kelly
 * Charlie - Greg Austin
 * Ram - Fady Elsayed
 * April - Sophie Hopkins
 * Tanya - Vivian Oparah
 * The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
 * Matteusz - Jordan Renzo
 * Coach Dawson - Ben Peel
 * Jackie - Shannon Murray
 * Varun - Aaron Neil
 * Vivian - Natasha Gordon
 * Rachel - Anna Shaffer
 * Corakinus - Paul Marc Davies
 * Mr Armitage - Nigel Betts
 * Miss Shah - Pooja Shah
 * Kevin - Alex Leak
 * Mrs Linderhof - Laura-June Hudson
 * Counter Clerk - Santam Bhogal
 * Student 1 - Ellie James
 * Student 2 - Moses Adejimi
 * Student 3 - Assay Hagos
 * Student 4 - Shalisha James-Davis

Crew
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Coal Hill School

 * The names C. Oswald and R. D. Pink are noticeable on the list of the dead in Coal Hill School. (TV: The Day of the Doctor, In the Forest of the Night, Dark Water, Face the Raven) Also seen is S. Foreman, a reference to the fact the the Doctor's granddaughter left Coal Hill with no explanation. (TV: "An Unearthly Child")

Popular culture

 * The group mentions Hellmouths, "that town in Once Upon a Time" and The Vampire Diaries as being similar in concept to the tears in space and time they are faced with.
 * The Doctor states he likes the sport Darts and suggests Football is boring, changing his tone since his Eighth (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game), Tenth (COMIC: The Lodger) and his Eleventh (TV: The Lodger) incarnations.
 * Idris Elba is mentioned. (His likeness previously appeared as John Luther in the 2015 BBC Christmas ident, which also featured the Twelfth Doctor).

Story notes

 * A working title for this episode was The Prom.

Ratings

 * BBC Three ratings: to be announced
 * BBC One overnight: to be announced
 * BBC America overnight: to be announced

Filming location
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Production errors
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Continuity

 * The Doctor notes that he previously served as caretaker at Coal Hill School. (TV: The Caretaker)
 * The Doctor again acknowledges that the Coal Hill School area has an excess of artron energy. (TV: The Caretaker) This area has a long history of time travel. (TV: An Unearthly Child et al.)

Home video releases
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