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Overview

First aired

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Production Code

4.8

Written by

Russell T Davies

Publisher

BBC

Directed by

Alice Troughton

Runtime

44 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!)

Lost Planets

Inventory (Potential Spoilers!)

Stethoscope, Psychic Paper, Sonic Screwdriver

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Midnight

UK Viewers

8.05 million

Appreciation Index

86

Synopsis

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble go to the leisure planet of Midnight for a simple, relaxing holiday. However, life with the Doctor can never be that simple, and things go horribly wrong for the Doctor when he decides to go off on a bus trip to see the Sapphire Waterfall, starting with the bus shutting down. When a mysterious entity infiltrates the shuttle bus, no one is to be trusted. Not even the Doctor himself...

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12 reviews

i hate everyone there


gabe_the_cool

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Every watch I think this cannot get any better.

On third watch, as part of a double bill with The Well, I've realised this might be my favourite episode of NuWho, and a contender for my favourite DW story ever.

Perfect in every way.

Molto bene.


BSCTDrayden

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The first time I watched it on a binge in 2013, didn't really 'get' it.

The second time I watched it was in 2020 during covid. It scared the living daylights out of me.


Guardax

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This review contains spoilers!

Rewatched Apr 25th 2025

What if The Doctor didn't turn the entertainment off and Raffaella Carra was still playing while everything happened


Equilius

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Not much to say which hasn't been said before. It's perfect Doctor Who.


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Quotes

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DOCTOR: Taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called Midnight? What could possibly go wrong?

— Tenth Doctor, Midnight

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Transcript + Script

[Spa]

(On a glittering alien world, an attendant brings a telephone to Donna. She is lounging by the pool, wearing a bathrobe.)

DONNA: I said, no.

[Public telephone]

DOCTOR: Sapphire waterfall. It's a waterfall made of sapphires.


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