Doctor Who episode 768: Planet of the Dead (11/4/2009)
‘The worse it gets the more I love it.’ This one almost feels like it was written as a counterpoint to Midnight. That went dark, with the Doctor failing to hold together a small group of humans stuck on a stranded bus: he even makes reference to it: ‘humans on buses, always blaming me.’ By contrast, this could be called Midday, and not just because it’s set in the blazing dunes of Dubai. Other than the unnamed bus driver, who gets croaked early on to establish the danger of trying to pass through the wormhole unshielded, all the passengers live because they work together, don’t turn on each other, and trust the Doctor. After the darkness of the back half of Series Four, this looks like a return to bright, light comedy.