Doctor Who
Warning ! spoiler for Doctor Who ’s second 60th - anniversary special , " Wild Blue Yonder , " are forward .
Summary
Doctor Whohas had quite a few scary episodes over the years , butseason 4 , episode 10 , " Midnight , " has universally been acknowledged as the crown gem of sci - fi horror — now the second sixtieth - anniversary special , " Wild Blue Yonder , " is able to contend for the championship as well . The former episode is unique in its premise and execution , and it isDoctor Who ’s Midnight entitythat makes the story so blood - coagulation plainly because the Doctor has never encounter anything like it before . The latter episode fill the best aspects of " Midnight " and raises the stakes for the Doctor and Donna higher than ever .
While the Daleks and the Cybermen are horrific in their own right , the Midnight entity and the imitator brute are well amongDoctor Who ’s shivery aliensfor wholly unlike reason . The fear of the unknown combined with the daunting ambiance of something being subtly wrong make both episode positively ghastly . In " Midnight , " David Tennant shine in a new , more dramatic light , but"Wild Blue Yonder " took it up a notch and allowed both Tennant and Catherine Tate to showcase their acting gift to the entire — they did a great chore of portraying such drastically dissimilar reference within a undivided episode .
More than a X has pass between the Tenth Doctor ’s geological era in Doctor Who and the Fourteenth Doctor ’s time , and a lot has happen in the meanwhile .
8Wild Blue Yonder: Speed Was Everything
The Doctor & Donna ran for their lives
In comparison withDoctor Who ’s first day of remembrance special , " The Star Beast , " " Wild Blue Yonder " was a lot more fast - paced , and that up the peril layer within the story . Speed mattered a great deal in the episode , asthe Doctor and Donna had to act fast if they wanted to outlast . They had to rush out of the TARDIS , which started going haywire after Donna had disgorge coffee on the console , and then outrun the copycat entity who were dog them . The sequence ’s final moments with the countdown and the Doctor having to make an unacceptable decision in a matter of second were truly terrifying .
7Midnight: The Limited Space Added To The Eerie Vibe
There was no escape from the shuttle
In direct contrast , Doctor Who ’s " Midnight " was n’t about the deficiency of meter — it was the deficiency of space that was scary . The Doctor , Sky , and the rest of the passenger were stuck in a busted shuttlecock with no means of escapism , and the wait was excruciating . When Sky became possessed by the unknown , everyone was frightened , but they could n’t run or hide out from her since there was just one " elbow room " in the shuttle . The setting when the entity pass from Sky to the Doctor , and the Time Lord seek to hold on to the chair , as the rider dragged them across the cabin , was enough to send out shivers down anyone ’s vertebral column .
6Wild Blue Yonder: The Doctor & Donna’s Friendship Was Put To A Test
The Doctor & Donna had to trust each other
" Wild Blue Yonder " featured a perfect mix of comedy and horror , especially in the way it test Donna and the Doctor ’s friendly relationship . Whenthe Doctor and Donna learned that the aper entities looked like them and had their opinion , they ask to get creative to find out who was the real person and who was n’t . The chronological succession where the Doctor and Donna , as well as the animal , hear to convert each other that they were the original were specially shuddery . The yoke had nothing but their instincts to trust on , and they could n’t afford to make a mistake . Doctor Whohas never been scarier .
5Midnight: The People Were The Real Monsters
The shuttle passengers couldn’t take the pressure
" Midnight " was one of thebestDoctor Whostories by Russell T. Daviesbecause it flipped the roles . The stranger might have been a villain , but it was the people who became the actual behemoth . The show ’s sequence tend to feature an alien who care to harm innocent multitude because of their own agenda , but " Midnight " was unlike . While there was a evil creature on display board the bird , the mankind were hardly innocent . The way the passengers acted in " Midnight " was a atrocious illustration of what fear can do to the human psycheand how fast people can break away under pressure level .
4Wild Blue Yonder: The Aliens Knew Everything
The creatures uncovered the Doctor & Donna’s secrets
Doctor Who ’s " Wild Blue Yonder " introduce new aliens as beingness from outside the known universe . The Doctor had no idea who they were or what they were capable of . The creatures ' physical abilities were creepy-crawly , but the fact that they could get inside anyone ’s head was bad . All they needed the person to do was think , and then their persuasion were magically uncommitted to the entities . Even the Doctor could n’t do much about it , and their dislocation after a conversation with the fake Donna was hard to watch . It was the first timeDoctor Whogave the Flux upshot real consequences .
3Midnight: The Alien’s Identity Was Left A Mystery
Even the Doctor couldn’t figure the alien out
Similarly , inDoctor Who ’s " Midnight , " the animate being ’s backstory was never revealed . The Doctor did n’t know anything about it , not even its name or planet of origin . The entity could subsist in an aura filled with radiation when no living being should have been able to . In summation to possess other creatures , the alien might have had any number of sinister abilities that would theoretically admit it to subdue the macrocosm or even the universe , should it reach a inhabitable surroundings . The strange as a concept is always terrifying , soit was the right move to leave the Midnight animal ’s identicalness an enigma .
2Wild Blue Yonder: Donna Was On The Brink Of Death
The Doctor might not have saved Donna in time
Doctor Whoseason 4 finish , " Journey ’s oddment , " left Donna ’s fate ambiguous since everyone , let in the Time Lord , was win over that Donna would pop off if she ever remembered the Doctor . " The Star Beast " may have solved the metacrisis job and coiffe Donna free , butthere is still a possibility that Donna might not go her second dangerous undertaking with the Dr. . " Wild Blue Yonder " reinforced that feeling with its spine - chilling end . When the Doctor mistake the creature for Donna , and the real Donna was left standing on the exploding spaceship , no one really knew if the Time Lord could realize their error in time .
1Midnight: The Doctor Didn’t Have Control Of Their Body
The Doctor was at the mercy of the passengers
" Midnight " have one ofDavid Tennant ’s bestDoctor Whoperformancesas the Doctor . When the wight circumvent the Doctor and hijacked their eubstance , the Time Lord looked defeated . They could n’t control their own body or language , but they could discover and see what the passengers were read and doing . take in the Doctor rupture up as the people discussed throwing them out of the shuttle because they believed that the entity travel by to the Time Lord was too much to handle . The Doctor seem altogether defenseless and overtaken with emotion — Tennant delivered a stellar performance in this episode , opening up his case ’s vulnerable side .
Dr. Who ’s final sixtieth - anniversary sequence , titled " The Giggle , " will be available on Disney+ ( to international audiences ) and BBC iPlayer ( to UK looker ) on December 9 .
