For Tonight We Might Die

01 – "For Tonight We Might Die"
Class episode
The Doctor (Peter Capaldi, right) is summoned when the school prom is attacked by Corakinus (Paul Marc Davis) and the Shadow Kin.
Cast
Starring
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Production
Directed byEd Bazalgette
Written byPatrick Ness
Script editorEmma Genders
Produced byDerek Ritchie
Executive producer(s)Brian Minchin
Steven Moffat
Patrick Ness
Music byBlair Mowat
SeriesSeries 1
Running time50 minutes
First broadcast22 October 2016 (2016-10-22)
Chronology
← Preceded by
Followed by →
"The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo"
List of episodes

"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.