This episode is by far one of the finest of the RTD/Tennant era. It is one of those episodes for which the concept of "hiding behind the sofa" is recommended for the more easily frightened viewers as this is so creepy it makes 'Blink' look like 'Love & Monsters'. In tone only, I should add. How dare anyone compare the two! 'Blink' is a masterpiece but 'Love & Monsters' is a sin against nature. As it turns out, 'Midnight' is another masterpiece.
The episode highlights the necessity of a companion as The 10th Doctor goes through his ordeal (there's no other way to describe it really) without having Donna around to act as a connection between him and his human passengers on the bus. The end result sees them threaten to kill him -- and they almost succeed too!
The monster is the scariest creation of NuWho since it started as it is unseen for the whole of the 45~odd minutes. It's an entity that can somehow survive without physical form, under Xtonic sunlight which should kill it in seconds, and is able to possess people on whim. Its victim is The Doctor's fellow passenger Sky and it starts to steal her voice. The entity begins by copying what everyone says before settling upon only doing this to The Doctor and then it catches up instead of copying. What's next? Stealing his voice entirely!
The monster is extremely unnerving and unsettling and the end result is one of the most memorable creatures to be introduced by NuWho even though we know literally NOTHING about it. This is one of those times that the limitations in the budget benefit the resulting production as the creepy factor is upped to maximum by not seeing or hearing what it is that's going to try to kill you.
An incredible episode that I cannot fault. This is every bit as essential to The 10th Doctor as 'Blink' or 'The Waters Of Mars' and it is not acceptable to miss out on seeing this episode. 10/10
The episode highlights the necessity of a companion as The 10th Doctor goes through his ordeal (there's no other way to describe it really) without having Donna around to act as a connection between him and his human passengers on the bus. The end result sees them threaten to kill him -- and they almost succeed too!
The monster is the scariest creation of NuWho since it started as it is unseen for the whole of the 45~odd minutes. It's an entity that can somehow survive without physical form, under Xtonic sunlight which should kill it in seconds, and is able to possess people on whim. Its victim is The Doctor's fellow passenger Sky and it starts to steal her voice. The entity begins by copying what everyone says before settling upon only doing this to The Doctor and then it catches up instead of copying. What's next? Stealing his voice entirely!
The monster is extremely unnerving and unsettling and the end result is one of the most memorable creatures to be introduced by NuWho even though we know literally NOTHING about it. This is one of those times that the limitations in the budget benefit the resulting production as the creepy factor is upped to maximum by not seeing or hearing what it is that's going to try to kill you.
An incredible episode that I cannot fault. This is every bit as essential to The 10th Doctor as 'Blink' or 'The Waters Of Mars' and it is not acceptable to miss out on seeing this episode. 10/10