The Family Of Blood: Fear Factor 4 (Chilling)
How scary is Doctor Who? Our brave Fear Forecasters present a minute-by-minute guide to The Family Of Blood.
Amy (6)
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Harry (8)
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Samuel (10)
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Adam (14)
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(0) "Here we go!" says Harry as the recap begins. Adam and Samuel debate who will get which Doctor Who yoghurt, a special treat while watching.
(1) Amy bites her lip. She can't see a way out of this dilemma. "Who will he chose?" agonises Adam. "I dunno," wails Samuel, "I'm too young to know." "Martha's prettier," suggests Mum helpfully.
(2) Martha's got the gun. "Yes!" shouts Harry, delighted.
(3) It's just Martha v The Family. And she's surprised by a scarecrow. "No!" cries Harry, dismayed.
(4) Martha collects John Smith as she flees: "God, you're useless as a human!" The kids all laugh. But the Family of Blood can communicate with each other. "Eww" Green face!" says Samuel.
(5) The scarecrows advance. The little girls skips off to the tune of 'rain, rain, go away' Amy and Harry quietly sing-along. Adam says: "That's scary skipping!" Samuel has an idea who they might call: "The bobbies! I learn that in school, it's Victorian." "This is Edwardian," grumbles Adam. "Whatever," replies Samuel.
(7) Now it's the Head v the Scarecrows. "We are the Family of Blood!" boom Baines and Harry in unison. Harry saw this bit in the trailer. Adam and Samuel imitate Baines too: "Yes sah! Yes sah!"
(8) Phillips is zapped! Amy is aghast. Samuel flinches: "That's how easy it is to kill someone." Adam: "It probably helps that it's a laser."
(9) Battle plans are made, and Harry concentrates intently on the Head's orders. "Children versus the Family," ponders Samuel, "who will win?"
(10) The scarecrows are advancing) dozens of them! Amy retreats a little into her chair. Adam has an idea: "They should set fire to them." He ponders this for a bit. "Though that would create evil ash, and that's probably harder to get rid of."
(12) A lesson in anatomy. Amy raises her eyebrows, impressed at all the difficult words that Martha knows.
(13) Oh no! The family have located the TARDIS. "Well," decides Samuel, "they can't get in!"
(14) "Tell me, John!" pleads Joan. Amy empathises with her pain. John Smith kisses Joan tenderly. "Awww, no," groans Samuel, "not again!"
(15) Tim listens to the watch: "Beware her!". "She's in!" warns Harry. "Show me, little boy," sneers the Balloon Girl. "You can talk!" Samuel snorts at her.
(16) The watch is opened! "Atttaaaaaaack!" yells Baines. "Oh yes, let's go!" mutters Harry excitedly and shuffles closer to the TV. "Cool move!" agrees Samuel. "But why isn't the Doctor a Time Lord again now it's opened?" Adam knows: "He needs to want it."
(17) FIRE! The straw men are mown down to the strains of "To be a pilgrim" The whole family watch, spellbound. One of the schoolboys is crying with fear. Adam studies him sadly. Samuel is distracted by the scattered scarecrows: "They look like they're breakdancing."
Adam has been paying closer attention: "The Doctor couldn't fire his gun."
(18) Amy flinches as the Head Master is zapped. Samuel's appalled: "A girl with a balloon and a gun!" Adam's been keeping note of that balloon: "Do you think it's stuck to her hand?"
(19) "RUN!" shouts Baines. Harry laughs. He remembers that bit from the trailer, too, and always found it hilarious. Amy gives her brother a hard stare. "Hey," says Adam, "the scarecrows came back to life!" "Yeah," notes Samuel, "and they're dancing like it's a musical."
Adam doesn't look convinced, and is pleased to see a chastened Samuel shocked as scarecrows mass in the doorway!
(20) "Hey," demands Samuel, "how'd they manage to move the TARDIS?" "The scarecrows," explains Adam patiently, "are surprisingly strong."
(21) "I'm just a story," says John Smith quietly. Everyone is very sad for him.
(22) Joan knows where they can hide. "Looks like a spooky house," warns Harry.
(23) Martha explains that the Doctor is lonely. Samuel considers this solemnly. He cheers up when Martha explains that scarecrows don't knock on doors, though Adam observes: "The Family of Blood might."
(24) Fortunately, it's Tim at the door. Harry's relieved. "Yes! He's still got the watch!"
(25) Tim eulogises the Doctor. The family all grin with utter delight.
(26) the Doctor's back) just for a few seconds. Harry and Amy exchange a smile. Samuel is frustrated with John Smith: "Come on! Just open the watch!"
(27) "I love him to bits" confesses Martha. Harry sticks his tongue out and gets another hard stare from his sister.
(28) The village is being destroyed. "Why won't he open the watch?" wails Samuel. "Why is he so selfish?" Mum cuddles Samuel: "He doesn't know who he is, love."
(29) The Life and Times of John Smith. Harry and Amy laughs in surprise at the baby, the kids... and especially the old man. Dad, however, finds it deeply moving.
(30) Smith's aboard the ship) and still human. "Oh no!" wails Harry, fidgeting nervously. "No, no no!"
(31) ...and then Smiths offers the watch! "Don't do that!" implores Harry, holding his head in his hands. "He is an idiot!" despairs Samuel.
(32) the Doctor's back! The kids all laugh happily as they realise that the Family are the ones in trouble. "Lock the door!" yells Samuel. The Family manage to follow the Doctor out, but their ship explodes. "Hurrah!" yell the kids.
(33) The Fury of the Time Lord. The family witness the Doctor's wrath in silent awe. Everybody's shocked. As the Doctor leave Baines to his fate, Amy whispers "Daddy, how did he do that to them?"
(34) Adam's all philosophical about the Family's fates: "It's a bit of a recurring theme in Doctor Who," he explains, "that living forever isn't that great. Time Lords don't live forever." "They do!" insists Samuel loyally.
(36) Amy sticks out her lower lip, saddened that Joan won't join the Doctor. "I can't, says Joan. "Why not?" asks the Doctor. "Because I bet the next episode is really scary!" laughs Samuel.
(37) Joan wants to know whether anyone would have died. "It's very rare that no-one does," Adam tells her solemnly. Joan picks up the book and weeps. Samuel tries to cheer her up: "You'll find another bloke."
(38) the Doctor trudges up the field towards Martha. "How did the TARDIS move again?" demands Samuel. The kids like it when Martha gets a big hug from the Doctor, and again when she hugs Tim. "You'll like this bit," the Doctor tells Tim. Adam and Samuel nod in agreement.
(39) Bombs, bullets, and barbed wire. The kids watch agog as Tim goes to war.
(41) Tim, the war veteran. "Crikey," says Dad, "this has got more endings that Lord of the Rings." Samuel: "Shush! It's really good. Look, Martha's putting on the Doctor's poppy for him!" Amy and Harry are full of questions. "That's a lady vicar," says Samuel. "Good!" says Mum emphatically.
(42) The music swells. Dad wipes away a tear. The credits roll. "Oh, that was a very good story!" Adam announces to everyone. "Mother of mine... can we watch it again?"