WATCH ALONG | DOCTOR WHO | 4x10 | Midnight
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Thank you for this information! It was definitely well-cast. 49 pages of dialogue could have fallen flat if it weren't for all of them doing such a good job. That's really interesting about them moving the episode at the last minute and that fact it they had it ready in a week makes it all the more impressive (and explains the premise a little more since they didn't have the time they normally would for things like scouting locations, putting sets together, hiring a lot of background actors, etc.)
Britany Felix
2022-10-22 09:46:48 +0000 UTCWhile I won't be able to release all of the Torchwood episodes before releasing the finale for DW, I do plan to at least record them before I get to the finale.
Britany Felix
2022-10-22 09:26:52 +0000 UTCJust noticed you’ll get getting to the finale before catching up on Torchwood. No dramas, as first time around I watched doctor who then Torchwood, and although spoiled a little, it won’t affect you going back to series 2!
dwp
2022-10-22 08:36:45 +0000 UTCA wonderfully unique episode, showing just what can be achieved with a well-cast group of actors in a confined space, without need for any monsters or CGI effects. The script is actually available at http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/Doctor_Who/Doctor_Who_4x10_-_Midnight.pdf and if you look at it you'll see that there are only 14 scenes (a normal episode has 60 or more), with one huge scene covering three-quarters of the whole: from the moment the Doctor comes back into the cabin after talking with the driver until the final expulsion of the creature, it's 49 pages of continuous action. It's so amenable to being turned into a stage play, in fact, that in 2011 a group of Salford University drama students did just that (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFmpAUzk6J8). By the way, the script describes it as "Series 4, Episode 8". It was a late decision to move it to after the Library two-parter; originally it was going to come before, and the vehicle was named the "Crusader 50" as a nod to the fact that it would have been the 50th episode of the new series shown. It was also a very late substitution for another script being written for that slot that wasn't working out; when the decision was taken to replace it, Russell T Davies had to come up with this episode, from conception to completion, in less than a week. It was a stressful period, but the result was certainly a triumph.
Steven Cooper
2022-10-22 03:08:51 +0000 UTC
