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For Tonight We Might Die

Episode aired Apr 15, 2017
TV-14
50m

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Coal Hill Academy comes under the attack from the merciless Shadow Kin resulting in an unlikely bond between four students: Charlie, Ram, April, and Tanya, with the help of their math teache... Read allCoal Hill Academy comes under the attack from the merciless Shadow Kin resulting in an unlikely bond between four students: Charlie, Ram, April, and Tanya, with the help of their math teacher, Miss Quill.Coal Hill Academy comes under the attack from the merciless Shadow Kin resulting in an unlikely bond between four students: Charlie, Ram, April, and Tanya, with the help of their math teacher, Miss Quill.

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Trivia
The list of Governors of the Cole Hill Academy includes Chesterton, I and Wright, B. (Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, companions of The Doctor in Doctor Who (1963)'s first few seasons).

Goofs
At 1:49 a Cardiff University logo can be seen on the adjacent building. (Coal Hill Academy is set in Shoreditch).

Quotes
Corakinus: We are here... for the Cabinet.
The Doctor: Oh, that's easy. There's this painfully strange shop here called Ikea...

Connections
References The Care Bears (1986)

Soundtracks
Up All Night
(opening theme) (uncredited)
Written by Alex Clare, Diplo (as Thomas Pentz), Switch & Ariel Rechtshaid
Performed by Alex Clare
Produced by Diplo

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Tonight We Might Die

Patrick Ness created and written this Doctor Who spin off that is aimed at a Young Adult audience. It also means that it tilts somewhat towards Torchwood with some mature themes such as swearing and blood being shed rather than The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The first episode returns to Coal Hill School now refurbished and upgraded to an Academy. With all the adventures by the Doctor in and around there is a rift in time and space where a portal opens up and lets in or out various aliens. So far so Torchwood and I am sure actor John Barrowman is spitting blood.

Four disparate students, Charlie, April, Ram and Tanya are preparing for Autumn Prom. However sinister shadows are appearing and physics teacher Miss Quill seems to know a lot more about what is going on. Shadowy monsters are about to be unleashed and the TARDIS is not far behind.

The first episode was very stylishly shot, lots of overhead shots and very well paced. The special effects were nifty. It really has hit the ground running and just to cement its place the Whoniverse, Peter Capaldi pops up as the Doctor.

By the end of this first episode, the team of the young students and Miss Quill has been set up, some cultural references although you can feel the inspiration for this series seems to be Buffy: The Vampire Slayer which also influence New Who when it returned in 2005.