In the Forest of the Night

Not to be confused with In the Forests of the Night.

251 – "In the Forest of the Night"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
Others
  • Samuel Anderson – Danny Pink
  • Abigail Eames – Maebh Arden
  • Jayden Harris-Wallace – Samson
  • Ashley Foster – Bradley
  • Harley Bird – Ruby
  • Michelle Gomez – Missy
  • Siwan Morris – Maebh's mum
  • Harry Dickman – George
  • Jenny Hill – Herself
  • Eloise Barnes – Annabel
  • James Weber Brown – Minister
  • Michelle Asante – Neighbour
  • Curtis Flowers – Emergency services officer
  • Kate Tydman – Paris reporter
  • Nana Amoo-Gottfried – Accra reporter
  • William Wright-Neblett – Little boy
Production
Directed bySheree Folkson
Written byFrank Cottrell-Boyce
Script editorDavid P Davis
Produced byPaul Frift
Executive producer(s)
Music byMurray Gold
SeriesSeries 8
Running time45 minutes
First broadcast25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"Flatline" 		Followed by →
"Dark Water"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"In the Forest of the Night" is the tenth episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 25 October 2014. The episode was written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and directed by Sheree Folkson.

In the episode, the alien time traveller the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his companion, schoolteacher Clara (Jenna Coleman), go looking for Maebh (Abigail Eames), a missing student of Clara's who is able to hear the voices of a large forest that covered all of Earth the previous night.

The episode was watched by 6.92 million viewers and received mixed reviews from critics.