Also another top tier thing about Midnight is seeing the Doctor dig their own grave little by little by doing apparently insignificant things: talking to Sky, talking to the driver and the mechanic, fixing the electric panel, using their classic John Smith name, even their conversation with Donna… it all comes back in the most shocking way, their words and actions twisted by the people in the bus in the form of accusations…

ALSO similarly I love how the Doctor’s salvation was written there from the very beginning: when they said “ALLONS-Y” to the hostess like a freaking loon and afterwards she realizes the Doctor is the creature’s victim when she hears Sky say their catchphrase