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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 387159" data-attributes="member: 8">Of course we always hope that every story of a series with stand-alone episodes is going to be a winner, but the history of these series including the anthologies have proved over and over again that this is simply not feasible.So, after the brilliance of the Library story I decided to lower my expectations and I&#039;m glad I did.MIDNIGHT is about alien possession on board of plane in an unspecified future, and the only reason it happens in a future sci-fi world is because this plane operates differently from the ones we know.The Doctor and Donna are relaxing in a resort made of diamonds and the Doctor goes on an excursion to watch the waterfall made of sapphire (I can&#039;t believe that I, a relatively intelligent person, just said that).Suddenly, the plane (or whatever it is) is attacked from the outside and the cockpit has been broken off.The mysterious force enters the plane via one of the passengers and then the rest of episode deals with the alien progression of that passenger.It is similar to the horror films about viruses caused by zombies and vampires that turns ordinary people into dangerous predators, and also how those who aren&#039;t infected (yet) are going to deal with the situation.Perhaps the most fun part is that it shows the true colours of the various characters who are forced to deal with the dilemma, and that&#039;s exactly what happens in this story.Still, I don&#039;t like it as much as I want to because most of the characters irritate me, and there&#039;s all that screaming and the camera zooming in on faces - I just found it unpleasant.David Tennant and Lesley Sharp give great performances, and the possessed character of Sky Silverstry is truly menacing.The story concludes without revealing the origin of the mysterious force which means that it could&nbsp; be revisited in a future story.It&#039;s a bit of an experimental and minimalistic novelty and I appreciate the bold decision to do something very different. Are they going to do it, do it again?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 387159, member: 8"] Of course we always hope that every story of a series with stand-alone episodes is going to be a winner, but the history of these series including the anthologies have proved over and over again that this is simply not feasible. So, after the brilliance of the Library story I decided to lower my expectations and I'm glad I did. MIDNIGHT is about alien possession on board of plane in an unspecified future, and the only reason it happens in a future sci-fi world is because this plane operates differently from the ones we know. The Doctor and Donna are relaxing in a resort made of diamonds and the Doctor goes on an excursion to watch the waterfall made of sapphire (I can't believe that I, a relatively intelligent person, just said that). Suddenly, the plane (or whatever it is) is attacked from the outside and the cockpit has been broken off. The mysterious force enters the plane via one of the passengers and then the rest of episode deals with the alien progression of that passenger. It is similar to the horror films about viruses caused by zombies and vampires that turns ordinary people into dangerous predators, and also how those who aren't infected (yet) are going to deal with the situation. Perhaps the most fun part is that it shows the true colours of the various characters who are forced to deal with the dilemma, and that's exactly what happens in this story. Still, I don't like it as much as I want to because most of the characters irritate me, and there's all that screaming and the camera zooming in on faces - I just found it unpleasant. David Tennant and Lesley Sharp give great performances, and the possessed character of Sky Silverstry is truly menacing. The story concludes without revealing the origin of the mysterious force which means that it [I]could[/I] be revisited in a future story. It's a bit of an experimental and minimalistic novelty and I appreciate the bold decision to do something very different. Are they going to do it, do it again? [/QUOTE]

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