Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 62 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.
- alternate history
- epidemic
- carrot
- altruism
- tv special
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
David Tennant
The Doctor
Lindsay Duncan
Captain Adelaide Brooke
Peter O'Brien
Ed Gold
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
Maggie Cain
- Gemma Chan — Mia Bennett
- Aleksandar Mikic — Yuri Kerenski
- Michael Goldsmith — Roman Groom
- Cosima Shaw — Steffi Ehrlich
- Joplin Sibtain — Tarak Ital
- Alan Ruscoe — Andy Stone
- Lily Bevan — Emily
- Max Bollinger — Mikhail
- Charles De'Ath — Adelaide's Father
- Rachel Fewell — Young Adelaide
- Anouska Strahnz — Ulrika Ehrlich
- Directed
- Graeme Harper
- Written
- Russell T Davies, Phil Ford
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 239 ratings
- Studio
- BBC Cymru Wales
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
