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Far in the future, on a tough, brutal planet, a devastated mining colony has only one survivor. To discover the truth, the Doctor and Belinda must face absolute terror.

Written by: Russell T Davies & Sharma Angel Walfall

Directed by: Amanda Brotchie

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    2 days ago

    Okay, I was aware of the rumours that this was going to be a sequel to “Midnight”, and sure enough…

    Unfortunately, I’m not sure it was worth it. “Midnight” is so perfect as self-contained story about an inexplicable, unexplainable evil, and this episode didn’t really bring much new to the table.

    That said, it was engaging, and I enjoyed watching it. I guess my biggest complaint is that when you lose the abject terror of “Midnight”, it’s easier to get distracted trying to figure out the “rules” of the entity, and how it works. The performances were all excellent, and it’s always good to have a horror story of this nature, but I don’t think it’s going to end up on my list of all-time great episodes.

    I thought the reuse of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” was a little puzzling - I guess the connection is that it was the last song heard in the history of Earth in “The End of the World”, which gives it some weight now that the Earth is gone?