Episode 10: ‘In the Forest of the Night’

Air date: Saturday 25 October 2014.

Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

Directed by Sheree Folkson.

Guest cast: Harley Bird, Abigail Eames, Ashley Foster, Jaydon Harris-Wallace, Siwan Morris as Siobhan, Harry Dickman as George.

Official synopsis: “One morning, in every city and town in the world, the human race wakes up to face the most surprising invasion yet. Everywhere, in every land, a forest has grown overnight and taken back the Earth. It doesn’t take the Doctor long to discover that the final days of humanity have arrived…”

Steven Moffat: “One morning in London, and every city and town in the world, the human race wakes up to the most surprising invasion yet: the trees have moved back in. Everywhere, in every land, a forest has grown overnight and taken back the Earth.”

Peter Capaldi: “We did a scene last week with wolves.”

Steven Moffat: “A fairytale, but not in the sense that I’ve tended to write a fairytale. Heartfelt, eloquent, quite, quite different.”

Frank Cottrell Boyce: “Of all the thrills that pen and paper have brought into my life, there’s nothing that quite compares to the buzz of unlimited possibility that rushes through your fingers and into your brain when you write the words: ‘Interior … TARDIS’.”

Frank Cottrell Boyce: “I was flabbergasted to be asked to write an episode – partly because I’ve been so absorbed in the last few series that I’d sort of forgotten that it wasn’t real.”

Steven Moffat: “Frank’s script is pure magic – and everything I could have hoped for from the genius behind the Olympics opening ceremony!! Doctor Who is born anew in the mind of a genius!”

Frank Cottrell Boyce: “It’s like joining a family. I grew up loving Doctor Who, and my teenage son was a big fan of it too. It’s a pleasure to write it and I’m looking forward to seeing Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor. I’m hoping there’s a bit of Malcolm Tucker in there too.”