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

Scott, Cassandra, and Nick discuss the fifth episode of Series 9, “The Girl Who Died”. Remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS! Email: tdcpodcast@gmail.com NEXT: “The Woman Who Lived”

Scott, Cassandra, and Nick discuss the fourth episode of Series 9, “Before the Flood”. Remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS! Email: tdcpodcast@gmail.com NEXT: “The Girl Who Died”

The ghosts have a message as Scott, Cassandra, and Nick use their exposition voices to discuss the third episode of Series 9, “Under the Lake”. The TARDIS arrives in an underwater base being haunted by actual ghosts and the Doctor … Continue reading →

Old enemies laugh and cry as Scott, Cassandra and Nick return to discuss the second episode of Series 9, “The Witch’s Familiar”!  The Doctor and Davros have a long conversation about life and death as the Master and Missy team-up … Continue reading →

The New Who Brain Trust are back behind the mic as Scott, Cassandra and Nick finally return to discuss the Series 9 episode “The Magician’s Apprentice”. The Doctor is missing and Clara must team up with the Master to find him. Can the … Continue reading →

Kamelion makes his debut as Scott and Cassandra have a short conversation about the Peter Davison 2-part serial “The King’s Demons”. The Doctor and his companions arrive at a medieval joust and are surprised to be greeted warmly by King John, … Continue reading →

The Doctor is having trouble with his memory as Scott and guest host Paul Montgomery listen to the first half of the Paul McGann Eighth Doctor Adventures Series 3 from Big Finish Audio. Lucie Miller finds the Doctor on a planet … Continue reading →

Davros has returned but Scott and Nick have mixed feelings about the David Tennant 2-parter “The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End”. The Earth has disappeared from our solar system, and the Doctor is determined to find out where it has ended up. With the help of all … Continue reading →

The Master makes his first appearance while Scott and Cassandra have a lot of fun with the Jon Pertwee 4 part serial “Terror of the Autons”. A renegade Time Lord calling himself the Master has an evil scheme to destroy humanity … Continue reading →

The Doctor and Ace part ways while Scott and guest host Michael Nixon are mostly befuddled by the Sylvester McCoy Big Finish adaptation of Paul Cornell’s novel “Love and War”. The TARDIS lands in heaven, a cemetery for humans and … Continue reading →

The TARDIS crew take some time off while Scott and Nick talk about their unfamiliarity with the Christopher Eccleston episode “Boom Town”. After returning to Cardiff to allow the TARDIS some time to charge, the Doctor, Rose, and Jack Harkness … Continue reading →

Fiction becomes nonfiction as Scott and Cassandra get metatextual with the Patrick Troughton 5-part serial “The Mind Robber”. After taking drastic measures to escape a volcanic eruption, the TARDIS crew find themselves in a dimension outside of normal space and … Continue reading →

Santa arrives as Scott, Cassandra and Nick (FINALLY) take on the 2014 Christmas Special “Last Christmas”. Clara finds herself with the Doctor once again as they help a group of scientists under attack from terrifying creatures on an arctic base. All … Continue reading →

Scott is joined by Nick as they remember the life of their friend, Geekshow.us founder and original TDC co-host, Randy McKinney (1982-2014). RIP. You will be missed.

The Master has returned while Scott, Cassandra and Nick are trying to process everything that happened in the Series 8 finale “Death in Heaven”. The Master reveals her evil plan to create an army of Cybermen by upgrading Earth’s dead. … Continue reading →

Danny Pink is dead and Scott, Cassandra and Nick have a lot to say about the first part of the Series 8 finale “Dark Water”. The Doctor and Clara follow the recently deceased Danny’s lifeline to save him from the … Continue reading →

Billions of trees have engulfed the planet and Scott, Cassandra and Nick have a disparity of opinions over the Series 8 episode “In the Forest of the Night”. While leaving a London museum sleepover with a group of students Clara and Danny are … Continue reading →

The Doctor can’t get out of the TARDIS while Scott, Cassandra and Nick are in siege mode over the Series 8 episode “Flatline”. When the TARDIS’ exterior is shrunk, trapping the Doctor inside, it’s up to Clara to take charge as “Doctor … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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. … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →