NEWS - Series 8 - Danny Pink!

Series 8 of Doctor Who is looking ever more exciting by the day! The release of Peter Capaldi’s outfit was exciting enough and now we find out that there will be a new male recurring character named Danny Pink who will be played by Samuel Anderson (The History Boys, Gavin and Stacey) 

Early intelligence tells us that Danny will also be a teacher at Coal Hill School, the same school that Clara works at. Now Coal Hill School has a lot of historical significance through Doctor Who as it the school that the Doctor’s original companion (his granddaughter, Susan) attended and it will not be the first time that two teachers from Coal Hill take off together in the Tardis as during William Hartnell’s time as the Doctor he had two long running companions in Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright who both taught at the School. 

These little nods to classic Who may prove to be very popular with fans of the older episodes and also act as a tipped hat to the pioneers of the Who legacy. We are really excited to see which direction they will take this in and it will be great to see a male companion again after Rory’s departure. I for one can’t wait to find out more about Danny’s story! What do you think?? Will Danny be as reluctant an adventurer as Rory, as eager as Captain Jack or as resigned and resourceful as Jamie? Hurry up Series 8!!

Series 7 - Matt Smith - The Bells of Saint John

The Bells of Saint John was the modern day Clara’s first proper episode with the Doctor and there is something really special about the chemistry between Matt Smith’s Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald. The Doctor’s relationships differ from series to series and Doctor to Doctor and that is one of the most interesting things about Doctor Who, the iconic science fiction show isn’t just about monsters and danger, it is also about people, nature and compassion.

There is no denying that seeing Matt Smith with a companion other than Amy and Rory stirred up the audience and probably caused a few raised eyebrows but Clara is so different and refreshing that you’d be hard pushed to resist her charms. The Doctor definitely isn’t able to. The Doctor adored Amy, he doted on her and he cared for her and he did everything in his power to keep her safe sometimes at the expense of Rory and other people who they come into contact with, their relationship is almost paternal in its nature and Amy’s admiration of the Doctor is contagious, childlike and a little sad.

Series 6 - Matt Smith - The God Complex

The God Complex finds Amy, Rory and the Doctor trapped in a strange alien craft that has disguised itself as a seedy looking Earth hotel where they come across a group of people who have been wandering around the halls for some time. They quickly realise that behind each door, in every room of the hotel is a horrifying nightmare and that somewhere in the hotel is a nightmare that belongs to each of them personally. 

Series 4 - David Tennant - The Fires of Pompeii

The Fires of Pompeii marked Donna Noble’s first adventure in the Tardis as the Doctor’s new companion and is really revealing for anyone trying to work out what kind of companion Donna will be. The Doctor takes Donna to ancient Italy with the intention of showing her Rome and filling her mind with the wonders of time travel, however the Tardis lands in Pompeii instead on the day of Vesuvius’ eruption. 

We’re once again reminded in this episode of the horrible events of the Doctor’s past when Donna presents him with the task of trying to evacuate the people of Pompeii who they both know will die within a day. Donna is outraged when the Doctor tells her that they can’t save the people and exclaims “But that's what you do, you're the Doctor, you save people!” Which leads the Doctor to explain that he just can’t. 

Series 3 - David Tennant - The Lazarus Experiment

 Russell T Davies famously instructed Stephen Greenhorn that he wanted this episode to be like a classic marvel story of a mad scientist gone wrong, and the writer did not disappoint when he created the Lazarus Experiment.

This episode feature the Doctor and his companion Martha Jones and features around the time experiments of an elderly scientist named Lazarus who wishes to make himself young again in the hope of marketing youth and immortality to the people of the world. 

Series 3 - David Tennant - Utopia, The Sound of Drums and The Last of the Time Lords

This three part serial from Series 3 of Doctor Who after the 2005 revival is the first modern storyline to include the Master and Russell T Davies did not disappoint. Our Story begins at the edge of the universe. Captain Jack Harkness spots the Tardis and jumps on it just before it dematerialises sending the Tardis into a spin and taking the Doctor and Martha miles away from their intended destination.

Planet Malcassairo is a planet inhabited by the last of the human race who have begun to evolve into cannibalistic ‘Future humans’. The last of humanity rallies around the strength of a Professor named Yana who has promised to take them to Utopia. 

Season 21 - Peter Davidson - The Caves of Androzani

It seems strange to say that the second Peter Davidson episode that we watched was in fact his last but the fact is ‘The Caves of Androzani’ is widely hailed as one of the Fifth Doctor’s best episodes and the temptation was too much. Despite some slightly peculiar scenes in which Peri is kidnapped with Chloroform by a man names Jek in a PVC gimp suit.

In this episode the Doctor and his companion Peri land on the Androzani Minor and stumble across a ball of some kind of sticky substance, their then taken prisoner by the forces of General Chellak. It is whilst imprisoned that the Doctor and Peri learn that they have entered the early stages of Spectrox toxemia due to their exposure to a Spectrox. Queue the Doctors mission to the deepest part of the caves where there is no oxygen in search of the milk from a queen bat so that he can cure himself and Peri before the toxemia takes hold and they die.