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Midnight Entity
The Midnight Entity is a being that appears in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. First appearing in the 2008 episode "Midnight", the Entity attacks a tour bus on the planet Midnight, with the Entity possessing a woman named Sky Silvestry (Lesley Sharp). The Entity proceeds to mimic the voices of the other passengers, including the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), with the Entity eventually taking control over the Doctor. The passengers on the bus attempt to throw the Doctor out of the bus, but due to the sacrifice of a hostess (Rakie Ayola), the Entity is stopped and the Doctor is freed. It reappears in the 2025 episode "The Well", where, hundreds of thousands of years after "Midnight", it attacks a mining colony set up on the planet. Now hiding behind people and whispering into their ears to play games with them, the Entity encounters the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa). Though the Entity is seemingly banished back into the titular well, the episode implies it was able to escape onto an expedition team's spaceship, and survive. Created by writer Russell T Davies, the Entity was conceived after he had a conversation with a producer for the series and the two accidentally ended up repeating each other's words.…
Article summary
The Midnight Entity is a being that appears in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. First appearing in the 2008 episode "Midnight", the Entity attacks a tour bus on the planet Midnight, with the Entity possessing a woman named Sky Silvestry (Lesley Sharp). The Entity proceeds to mimic the voices of the other passengers, including the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), with the Entity eventually taking control over the Doctor. The passengers on the bus attempt to throw the Doctor out of the bus, but due to the sacrifice of a hostess (Rakie Ayola), the Entity is stopped and the Doctor is freed. It reappears in the 2025 episode "The Well", where, hundreds of thousands of years after "Midnight", it attacks a mining colony set up on the planet. Now hiding behind people and whispering into their ears to play games with them, the Entity encounters the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa). Though the Entity is seemingly banished back into the titular well, the episode implies it was able to escape onto an expedition team's spaceship, and survive. Created by writer Russell T Davies, the Entity was conceived after he had a conversation with a producer for the series and the two accidentally ended up repeating each other's words.…
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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