Overview

• ‘The Well’ serves as a direct sequel to the Tenth Doctor episode ‘Midnight,’ reintroducing its enigmatic and terrifying creature.
• The Doctor and Belinda investigate a mining colony 500,000 years in the future, uncovering a massacre with only one survivor, Aliss Fenly.
• Mrs. Flood, a recurring antagonist, is revealed as the squadron leader monitoring the Doctor, expanding her role in the season’s central mystery.
• The episode confirms Earth’s erasure from future records, raising questions about its fate and the events of 2025 that the Doctor cannot return to.
• The Midnight creature survives a nuclear strike and transfers to a new host, leaving the door open for its potential return in future episodes.