DOCTOR WHO | 4x10 | Midnight | Series 4 Episode 10 | REACTION 

This was actually quite a scary episode 😂 I used to be scared when I first watched this years ago 😂😂

No one has told you yet that the actor playing the professor is the son of the actor who played the second doctor? By the time I post this probably 80 people will have told you. I loved this episode. It’s the one who got me into NuWho. Tennant’s performance made me believe Ten and Four were really the same person (or being). This one was scary and also quite deep in exploring the human mind and how dark we can become so easily. And the acting, especially the repeating scene… really amazing. One of my favorites. It could have been terrible but everything worked together- acting, directing … to make it fantastic imo

In this one, the real monster was the people. Or sort of that the Midnight alien thing heightened all the worst bits about the people. And only those who had some semblance of intelligence or wisdom or kindness like Deedee, Jethro and the Hostess could see through it.

This episode is a fan favourite for sure. A lot of people praise this episode for really pulling you in and building suspense and actually being quite scary despite being set in one room and not being able to see the creature at all. Next episode is actually my favourite episode in the entire season in terms of writing so I'm excited to see what you think.

This shows that it doesn't take special effects to make a scary episode..

Yeah- this is quite an essay on how individuals and groups behave when they are scared and don't understand what's happening around them......Most of us are never trapped in a tour bus on a diamond planet - but you see it in comment threads on the internet, and in public disorder events all the time! I think this is a brilliant episode - so well crafted and acted - even though after numerous watches I'm still not entirely sure about everything that happened.....

One of the scariest episodes EVER! And even without showing us a monster (well, except of people of course)

I’ve seen this episode a *lot* of times, but there’s something I only just now noticed when watching your vid: at 1:30, you can see Jethro mouthing along with what his father is saying, which is foreshadowing for what the midnight entity later goes on to do. This is another example of what you said you enjoyed in the previous episodes: one location and a bunch of character work. I really like how, here, everything that the Doctor would usually use to gain credibility (“I’m a doctor” “my name’s John smith” “I’m just clever”) completely backfires. This is one of my all-time favourites.

This episode and Listen (Which is way later down the line, Series 8) were always two of my favorites because of how much they take advantage of the fear of the unknown, never showing or even identifying the monster. The main villain is human paranoia and the mob psychology that takes over in stressful situations. It helps that the monster here is, as explained through earlier exposition, completely impossible. There's no way it can exist. And yet it does. It's never even answered how. Doctor Who's genre can shift wildly depending on the episode and I absolutely love it when it becomes horror.

The episode scared me so much as a child that i stopped repeating words to people entirely. Its amazing and scary how much a TV show can affect you like doctor who does, From this episode to the Weeping angels, to some episodes in the future

The young kid/teenager in this episode was played by Colin Morgan, who also played the main character in the BBC series Merlin.

This is one of my top 3 Tenth Doctor stories. It just goes to show that Dr Who stories don't need to depend on action scenes and masses of CGI,provided the plot and characters are compelling enough. This is a great suspenser,which transitions from comedy to tragedy surprisingly well. The actor who played the professor was played by the son of the actor who played the Second Doctor.

Great reaction 💯👍looking forward to the next 3 😁😁

He will knock 4 times 😆

Can't wait to see your reaction on the next episod !!

Brooo ur gonna love the next episode. Best one yet, and the 2 after are basically part 2 and 3

Great ep, glad you liked it. like these small eps with the Doctor interacting with new people, especially seeing as all his usually charms and methods no longer work to get him out of trouble. I think this episode was written, among other reasons like budget, to be a counter to the previous Christmas special where here the passengers are fundamentally 'human' rather than helpful.

Must say this eps up there for me. No big budget visual baddie, just wondeful expressive horror and a glorious appearance of the actor who plays Merlin (Jethro) 😁

Watched this episode a million times, I find it so gripping - the Doctor actually being outnumbered by the humans and not knowing what to do made it really exciting and I find it interesting to analyse the way the characters react to every situation. Easy top 3 for me, all in one bus

You mentioned previously about stuff being set in one contained space and this is a great example. Almost the entire episode in one room!

I think this is one of the best eps of doctor who. So well written. Memorable. Scary. The music at the end talking about the hostess is so good. This was written I think cause they ran out of money? Something like that. A cheap episode with one location.

Fun fact, the professor is played by David Troughton the son of the Second Doctor Patrick Troughton

When the monster isnt actually shown it actually makes it so much more scary 😨

A lot of plots hinge upon one character being an idiot - panicking, devolving to racism, or just trying to take power. This one has almost *everyone* being an idiot.

Great reaction for such a unique, suspenseful episode. Such an eerie villain and even more creepy with zero explanation. I kind of thing the characters will have this villain reutn in their nightmares, and wake up unsure if it was real or not. Looking forward for the final trio, and of course Genesis.

This episode low-key gave me nightmares. It was like the darkest part of humanity being exposed by fear of the unknown. The situation just got out of the Doctors control so quickly and he was completely helpless. It was like the people were feeding off each others anxiety and fear until they lost all rational thought. A favorite episode I often skip because its creepy lol.

1:00 If you think about it, that amount of overstimulation is pretty much what kids nowadays are being exposed to on things like Tiktok.

I didn’t like the episode initially when I was younger, partly cause it was in the same place all the time. As I got older, I appreciated the psychological scariness of it all.

scariest doccy who episode for me nowadays eep

A very popular episodes. As a kid, I didn't care it. This is one that I feel is better as an adult and

This episode scare me as kid ngl

This is my top episode ever... I absolutely adore it. Its scary for many different reasons.... because its the closest to real life horror... we get a monster but we never see it really, we never know who it is... so the real monsters are the human beings as well as the heroes.... the way it uses mob mentality, fear of the unknown, the lows that humans are willing to go cos other people are telling them to, or cos they are scared... just brilliantly captured... And the Doctor... everyone of his usual charms that usually helps him get out of a situation...goes against him and makes him untrustworthy to bunch of scared humans... compare that back of the bus scene where he talks about being clever to voyage of the damnded where he gets another bunch of people who are scared to trust him...here he ends up being unintentionally patronising...and him being the "cleverest" ends up him being the main victim to the unknown monster...and the fact its the Doctor who suggests they talk and yet that's what comes to bite him back... his own voice being stolen cos he needs to talk... and wow I just love how David plays it... he's frozen but the pain in his eyes... just remarkable performance!! A episode set in a box with a small cast....hardly any special effects... yet the drama and performance and story depth raised to 100!! What I love with hostess is that initially sky tells her it's her job to do something, then she's the one who suggests about throwing sky out and ends up being the one who does it... and yet remains a nameless hero... with an episode with so much talking going on...not once did they bother with her name... I also love that in the end its the two women of colour who seem to get what going on... and guess what... the white Karen couple try to shut them up... Omg I cud go on about this episode!!! Oh and I also love that fact we know if Donna had been there... she wud have thrown all of them off the bus before they touched the Doctor 😂 I still can't watch this ep in the dark and at night.. such a simple concept done brilliantly... It's one that had grown to be loved a lot in fandom... I think at the time some pple were annoyed with the characters for being annoying (though that was the point) and also no reveal in who the monster was... but missed the point that this was the point... the Doctor did not win this... The Doctor doesn't always win... I can't tell you how many times I've seen this ep 👀 Enjoy the next ep... another left turn...

It's fascinating to see mob mentality & group hysteria in play.

The next episodes are basically a big 3 parter and I promise they’re the best out of every episode you’ll ever watch.

Time for a hot take. I'm honestly not that big a fan of Russel T Davies's writing style, which is unfortunate when he's the head writer for the first era of New Who. It grew on me over time but for the first 2 series especially I dislike basically every episode he wrote apart from the finales. So when I say Midnight is my favourite episode of Doctor Who written by RTD and I consider it a masterpiece, I hope that emphasises how special this episode is. It amused when you mentioned with the previous story that you really like episodes that can tell a compelling story in a small setting when arguably the best and most extreme example of that was literally up next.