Talk:Midnight entity

Okay, trying to make sense of this. I'm going to try and not overassume, stick to what happens and what the characters say.

We know pretty much anything living would be vaporized outside. When Sky "awakes" she keeps mentioning feeling, breathing, pain, body heat etc. This creature seems to want a host because it can't get any of that outside. To me, that would sound like a spirit, with no physical form. How did it cut off the drivers or knock on the ship though; at a guess, it can possess midnight's diamonds in some form (explaining why no one could see anything when looking outside, it was just "something moving").

It starts focusing on the Doctor as soon as he starts freaking out, keeps repeating "If you want to get out of here, you need me". Getting the Doctor thrown out was probably just an act of "defense". What would have happened otherwise would probably be some sort of contagion through the entire ship. The creature finds a host, contaminates another (freeing the former), which in turn is passed on to another and so on.

Capillotracted theory: The creature wants bodies. Since, when it's thrown out, the Doctor is released and fine it's probably a single entity able to control multiple bodies. As I said above, it seems to want to be able to feel, move, ... what more than having multiple bodies to do so?

Less-freaky-but-still-very-creepy theory: It's never seen humans before; when coming upon the ship, it stopped it and took some time to observe everyone's reactions. Instinctively, when attacking, it would go for the entity that's most afraid. Taking control of their brain would also make it learn and the first thing it finds is fear, paranoia. Instinctively again, it would seek even more of it and create a creep effect.

As for why the entity being controlled can't move (but isn't completely paralyzed), I have no idea; probably just to add to the "plain weird".

I'll watch this episode a few times more later on and maybe give more thoughts into it. I'd like some other opinions about it though, it's an intriguing creature even though it seems like we'll never see it again. Adys 06:52, 20 March 2009 (UTC)