01 – "For Tonight We Might Die" | |||
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![]() The Doctor (Peter Capaldi, right) is summoned when the school prom is attacked by Corakinus (Paul Marc Davis) and the Shadow Kin. | |||
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Directed by | Ed Bazalgette | ||
Written by | Patrick Ness | ||
Script editor | Emma Genders | ||
Produced by | Derek Ritchie | ||
Executive producer(s) | Brian Minchin Steven Moffat Patrick Ness | ||
Music by | Blair Mowat | ||
Series | Series 1 | ||
Running time | 50 minutes | ||
First broadcast | 22 October 2016 | ||
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"For Tonight We Might Die" is the first episode of the British science-fiction television series Class, a spin-off series of Doctor Who. It is written by Patrick Ness and was released online by BBC Three on 22 October 2016. "For Tonight We Might Die" received generally positive reviews from critics.
In the episode, a group of Coal Hill Academy students are forced to work together when the school comes under siege by an alien race called the Shadow Kin, ahead of the school's autumn prom. The episode features a guest appearance by Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, the lead character of Doctor Who.