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...

Production crew
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Story notes

 * This episode will mark Doctor Who's 200th story.
 * This is the 50th episode of the revived series to be filmed.
 * Donna will be largely absent as Catherine Tate was filming Turn Left.
 * This is a Donna-Lite episode
 * The Last time the Doctor was on a shuttle bus was in the episode The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
 * The Doctor mentions the Lost Moon of Poosh, one of the six planets Russell T Davies said would be mentioned throughout Series 4.

Ratings
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Rumours

 * It will include a shuttlebus crash (as shown in trailer).
 * This episode focuses on the Doctor and he is scared by the knocking on the wall.

Filming Locations
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity

 * 'Pools of diamonds and golden lakes' were mentioned about the leisure planet Midnight - and diamonds was last referred to in Last of the Time Lords, when Creet (as a Human and aToclafane) says: My mum told me the skies are made of diamonds and The skies were not made of diamonds

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.