Post by matthewsee on Jan 25, 2020 8:28:18 GMT -5
Similar in name to Night Terrors.
Written by Nina Metivier in this her Doctor Who debut.
Also Doctor Who debut by director Nida Manzoor.
Nikola Tesla is played here by Goran Višnjić. This is not the first time that Višnjić has been in a time travel series as he was a regular in Timeless (2016-18).
Glad to see Višnjić in Doctor Who.
Surprising how the Doctor made her entrance and met Tesla.
Surprised on seeing a Silurian blaster but no Silurians.
We see the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
This is the fourth episode of Jodie Whittaker's second season as the Doctor. Correspondingly the fourth episode of David Tennant's second season as the Doctor too had the Statue of Liberty and New York City in Daleks In Manhattan.
We soon meet Thomas Edison played by Robert Glenister.
Glenister had been in Doctor Who before in 1984 playing Salateen in the Peter Davision swansong The Caves of Androzani.
Given the New York setting (and New York includes Manhattan) of Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror, Glenister's more recent past work included a 2012 TV movie coincidentally called We'll Take Manhattan where he played Jean Shrimpton's father and Jean Shrimpton was played by my wife Karen Gillan.
My wife Karen as Amy was in the said similarly named Night Terrors.
As Edison, Glenister got to be in the TARDIS, something he didn't get to do when he was Salateen in The Caves of Androzani.
Quite terrifying those scorpions on the ship that Yaz and Tesla were teleported to.
I thought it was the Racnoss, introduced in The Runaway Bride, that I was seeing in the queen before she revealed herself to be the Skithra instead.
I was surprised to learn afterwards that Queen Skithra was played by Anjli Mohindra , formerly Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures.
I knew that Anjli had been cast as a guest star this season but I didn't know it was with her face covered up.
This marked a reunion between her and Bradley Walsh (Graham) as he was the said villainous clown in her SJA debut The Day of The Clown.
This time around their positions are reversed as Anjli is the one playing the villain.
Funny when the Queen Skithra had her picture taken by a camera.
As Edison and Tesla were presented as adversaries, it was only fair that after Edison's turn, Tesla got his in being in the TARDIS.
Funny moment with the high five as I don't think it existed back then.
Having been presented as adversaries, it was good that Edison and Tesla were together to defeat Queen Skithra.
Sad when the Doctor tells Yaz what became of Tesla after this as he deserved better with what he had achieved.
A very good story about Tesla with a very good and sincere performance by Višnjić as him and definite good Who debut by writer Nina Metivier.
Written by Nina Metivier in this her Doctor Who debut.
Also Doctor Who debut by director Nida Manzoor.
Nikola Tesla is played here by Goran Višnjić. This is not the first time that Višnjić has been in a time travel series as he was a regular in Timeless (2016-18).
Glad to see Višnjić in Doctor Who.
Surprising how the Doctor made her entrance and met Tesla.
Surprised on seeing a Silurian blaster but no Silurians.
We see the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
This is the fourth episode of Jodie Whittaker's second season as the Doctor. Correspondingly the fourth episode of David Tennant's second season as the Doctor too had the Statue of Liberty and New York City in Daleks In Manhattan.
We soon meet Thomas Edison played by Robert Glenister.
Glenister had been in Doctor Who before in 1984 playing Salateen in the Peter Davision swansong The Caves of Androzani.
Given the New York setting (and New York includes Manhattan) of Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror, Glenister's more recent past work included a 2012 TV movie coincidentally called We'll Take Manhattan where he played Jean Shrimpton's father and Jean Shrimpton was played by my wife Karen Gillan.
My wife Karen as Amy was in the said similarly named Night Terrors.
As Edison, Glenister got to be in the TARDIS, something he didn't get to do when he was Salateen in The Caves of Androzani.
Quite terrifying those scorpions on the ship that Yaz and Tesla were teleported to.
I thought it was the Racnoss, introduced in The Runaway Bride, that I was seeing in the queen before she revealed herself to be the Skithra instead.
I was surprised to learn afterwards that Queen Skithra was played by Anjli Mohindra , formerly Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures.
I knew that Anjli had been cast as a guest star this season but I didn't know it was with her face covered up.
This marked a reunion between her and Bradley Walsh (Graham) as he was the said villainous clown in her SJA debut The Day of The Clown.
This time around their positions are reversed as Anjli is the one playing the villain.
Funny when the Queen Skithra had her picture taken by a camera.
As Edison and Tesla were presented as adversaries, it was only fair that after Edison's turn, Tesla got his in being in the TARDIS.
Funny moment with the high five as I don't think it existed back then.
Having been presented as adversaries, it was good that Edison and Tesla were together to defeat Queen Skithra.
Sad when the Doctor tells Yaz what became of Tesla after this as he deserved better with what he had achieved.
A very good story about Tesla with a very good and sincere performance by Višnjić as him and definite good Who debut by writer Nina Metivier.