Midnight (Doctor Who)

196 – "Midnight"
196 – "Midnight"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor David Tennant – Tenth Doctor;
	Companion Catherine Tate – Donna Noble;
	Others Billie Piper – Rose Tyler; Lesley Sharp – Sky Silvestry; Rakie Ayola – Hostess; David Troughton – Professor Hobbes; Ayesha Antoine – Dee Dee Blasco; Lindsey Coulson – Val Cane; Daniel Ryan – Biff Cane; Colin Morgan – Jethro Cane; Tony Bluto – Driver Joe; Duane Henry – Mechanic Claude;
Production
Directed by	Alice Troughton
Written by	Russell T Davies
Script editor	Helen Raynor
Produced by	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies; Julie Gardner
Music by	Murray Gold
Production code	4.8
Series	Series 4
Running time	45 minutes
First broadcast	14 June 2008
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Forest of the Dead"	Followed by →; "Turn Left"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"Midnight" is the tenth episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 14 June 2008. The episode placed emphasis on the Tenth Doctor, with his companion, Donna Noble playing a minimal role. As a result, this episode has been described as being "companion-lite",^[1] in contrast to the usual "Doctor-lite" episodes.

The episode is largely set on board a small touring vehicle that stops in the middle of a tour on the hostile surface of the planet Midnight and has the cockpit destroyed with the driver and mechanic still inside by an unseen entity. The entity is depicted only through sound effects and by possession of one of the passengers (Sky Silvestry) who repeats the words of the other passengers.

"Midnight" was watched by 8.05 million viewers. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the psychological horror of the unseen creature, as well as the claustrophobic atmosphere of the episode. The performances of Tennant and Sharp were widely praised.

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