Stories Television Doctor Who Series 4 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Forest of the Dead 4 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 6 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 10 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, June 7, 2008 Production Code 4.10 Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Euros Lyn Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Two-Parter Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) AI gone wrong, Companion sacrifices themself, Meeting in the wrong order, Robots, Spoilers, The Doctor Falls, Time Travel Pivotal, Virtual Afterlife Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) River Song Timeline Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) River Song's Diary, Handcuffs, Squareness gun, Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) The Library UK Viewers 7.84 million Appreciation Index 89 Synopsis Donna is gone, the Vashta Nerada are out for fresh meat and the Tenth Doctor is running out of options. Can he trust the mysterious Professor River Song, a woman who claims to be from his future? Why would his future self have given her his sonic screwdriver, or tell her his real name? Even if they do work together, can anyone stop the shadows from claiming them all as their next meal? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Tenth Doctor David Tennant Donna Noble Catherine Tate River Song Alex Kingston Vashta Nerada Charlotte Abigail Lux Proper Dave Node Show All Characters (7) How to watch Forest of the Dead: Watch on iPlayer Doctor Who Confidential Blu-Ray Series 4 [Steelbook] Blu-Ray Series 4 DVD The Complete Fourth Series DVD Series 4 Volume 3: Silence in the Library – Forest of the Dead – Midnight Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 6 reviews 11 May 2025 · 14 words Review by GodofRealEstate The best audition Moffat could have had to be showrunner, perfect proof of concept GodofRealEstate View profile Like Liked 0 29 April 2025 · 1 words Review by gabe_the_cool peak. gabe_the_cool View profile Like Liked 0 3 December 2024 · 36 words Review by silvertongue Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! Great conclusion, but I don’t know- relegating River Song to domestic bliss? It just doesn’t feel right, especially with everything we know about her now. She should be in some orgy simulation with all the doctors. silvertongue View profile Like Liked 2 23 November 2024 · 56 words Review by Bongo50 1 Forest of the Dead is a great conclusion to this two-parter, in my opinion better than the part proceeding it. The plot with Donna is really good in my opinion. It felt genuinely creepy and sad. The main plot also continues to be very solid from the previous episode, and the threads were wrapped up neatly. Bongo50 View profile Like Liked 1 18 August 2024 · 15 words Review by captainjackenoch 1 I WOULD HAVE CREATED SO MANY TIME PARADOXES WITH YOU, AND KEPT YOU ALIVE FOREVER captainjackenoch View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (6) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating914 members 4.52 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,325 votes 4.43 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1795 Favourited 369 Reviewed 6 Saved 3 Skipped 1 Related Stories Doctor Who Specials • Christmas Special The Husbands of River Song Rating: 4.23 Story Skipped Television Reviews(6) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Series 9 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Twelfth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved The Diary of River Song 10 Firewall Rating: 3.21 Story Skipped Audio Drama More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: The Diary of River Song Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Captain Jack's Monster Files (Minisode) Captain Jack’s Monster File: The Vashta Nerada Rating: 2.93 Story Skipped Webcast Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Captain Jack’s Monster Files Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite RIVER: Listen, all you need to know is this. I'd trust that man to the end of the universe. And actually, we've been. — River Song, Forest of the Dead Show All Quotes (10) Open in new window Transcript + Script (Cold Open) [Stacks] DAVE: Hey, who turned out the lights? Hey, who turned out the lights? (River uses the squareness gun on the wall.) RIVER: This way, quickly. Move!DAVE: Hey, who turned out the lights? Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)
