The Doctor's Companion: Doctor Who the Long Way Round

The clock is ticking as Scott, Cassandra and Nick surrender to the Series 8 episode “Mummy on the Orient Express”. Having decided to leave the TARDIS for good, the Doctor takes Clara on a final trip aboard the Orient Express but they soon realize that everything is not what it seems and a Mummy is killing the passengers one by one. Can the Doctor figure out the mystery of the Mummy before it’s too late? Is Clara really leaving the Doctor’s side forever? Will the Doctor’s new companion be a train engineer? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “Flatline”!!

The Moon is hatching but Scott, Cassandra and Nick aren’t feeling very special about the Series 8 episode “Kill the Moon”. The Doctor takes Clara and Courtney to 2049 where they find themselves on a space shuttle filled with nuclear bombs with plans to blow up the Moon. Can the Doctor discover the real reason the Moon is suddenly a threat to Earth? Will Clara be able to choose whether an innocent creature lives or dies for the sake of the planet? Is it possible for this metaphor be any less subtle? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “Mummy on the Orient Express”!!

There’s trouble brewing at Coal Hill School while Scott, Cassandra and Nick are having trouble of their own with the Series 8 episode “The Caretaker”. The Doctor uses Clara’s school as a trap for a loose robotic creature powerful enough to destroy the planet, but the real problem happens when he meets Clara’s new boyfriend, Danny. Will the Doctor’s disguise as the new school caretaker “John Smith” successfully hide his identity? Why does the Doctor hate Danny and soldiers? What exactly is the point of Courtney? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “Kill the Moon”!!

The Teller is eating memories but Scott, Cassandra and Nick can’t shuttity up up up about the Series 8 episode “Time Heist”. The Doctor and Clara suddenly find themselves embroiled in a intergalactic bank heist with no memory of how they got involved. Who is the mysterious figure responsible for putting the heist together known only as the Architect? Why are Clara and the Doctor working with a cyborg and a shapeshifter? What are they even being sent into the bank to steal? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “The Caretaker”!!

Theories fly as Scott, Cassandra and Nick attempt to dismantle the incredibly complex Series 8 episode “Listen”. The Doctor finds himself pondering the ramifications of a seemingly simple question and takes Clara along in his quest to find the answer. Are we ever truly alone? What is Clara’s connection to Danny Pink’s timeline? Who is in the bed in the barn? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “Time Heist”!!

Arrows are fired as Scott, Cassandra and Nick debate the fictional reality in the Series 8 episode “Robot of Sherwood”. The Doctor takes Clara to medieval England in order to prove that Robin Hood is a fictional character, only to meet the real Robin Hood. How can Robin and his merry men be real when they were created for a novel? Why is the Sheriff of Nottingham gathering gold for his army of robot knights? Why does the title of this episode have to do with any of this? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “Listen”!!

Dalek antibodies attack as Scott, Cassandra, and Nick try to figuratively get into the head of the Series 8 episode “Into the Dalek”. The Doctor and Clara come across what appears to be a good Dalek in the middle of a galactic battlefield. Can the Doctor figure out what makes this Dalek different from the others by shrinking down and investigating it from the inside? What does Coal Hill School’s newest teacher Danny Pink have to hide? Is the Doctor a “good man” or a “good Dalek”? Find out in the newest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “Robots of Sherwood”!!

The Doctor has a new face, a new accent, and a new outlook as Scott, Cassandra and Nick discuss the Series 8 episode “Deep Breath”. A freshly regenerated Twelfth Doctor arrives in Victorian London only to discover a series of murders that involve a dinosaur’s mysterious burning. Can the new Doctor get it together in time to save the people of London from being used for spare parts? Will Clara be able to accept that this strange man is the same Doctor she’s known all this time? What do Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax have to do in this story? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: “Into the Dalek”!!

Two hundred episode later and hosts Scott, Cassandra, and Nick discuss the era that started the show all the way back in 2009: the Eleventh Doctor. We start with our overall thoughts before breaking down every episode in the time of the Eleventh. Was is it a success? Was it a failure? What were our favorite and least favorite episodes? Where do we hope the show goes from here? Find out in the 200th episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

NEXT: Peter Capaldi and “Deep Breath”!!

Donna Noble has been saved while Scott and Nick take one last run at the David Tennant story “Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead”. The Doctor and Donna arrive on an abandoned Library the size of a planet in the 51st century just as an archeological expedition arrives, lead by the mysterious Professor River Song. Who is the little girl communicating through the Library’s computers? How can four thousand people be “saved” if there are no survivors? What is hidden in the shadows? Find out in the latest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!