The scariest Doctor Who has been for a while!

The Doctor and Belinda are (literally) thrown into a tense, dark, and threatening world. At the start, nothing feels impossible to happen next - the usual rules are gone, and death is everywhere. Genuinely, nothing in Doctor Who has been as scary as this in a long time. No puns intended, this would have thrived as a midnight release!

The cast gives phenomenal performances, again some of the best guest actor performances of the era, with special commendation to Rose Ayling-Ellis, who portrays a terrified victim expertly. Handling her deafness incredibly well, this was cleverly incorporated into the story. The sets the actors inhabit are also incredibly well realised, and made everything feel so real.

A sequel to a fan favourite story is risky, especially when most (if not all), were not convinced the sequel was necessary. However, it was handled well. Layers to the mystery was added, the creature has changes slightly in all this time, but the basic fear, paranoia and terror it thrives and develops is still there. And keeping aspects of this mystery, while building on this, was handled incredibly well. The smaller scale of Midnight may perhaps still give the original the edge, but this sequel is certainly a worthy follow up.