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

It’s big ideas versus a low budget when Scott and Matt take on the second part of The Key to Time with the Tom Baker 4-part serial “The Pirate Planet. The Doctor and Romana head to the planet Calufrax where … Continue reading →

The search is on for the segments of the Key to Time and Scott and Matt agree that it starts in the best possible way with the 4-part Tom Baker serial “The Ribos Operation”. The quest for the first segment takes … Continue reading →

Steven punches a girl while Scott and Matt have a hard time getting through the 4-part William Hartnell story “Galaxy 4”. The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven arrive on a seemingly uninhabited planet only to get caught in the middle of … Continue reading →

The city is screaming while Scott and Matt really love parts of the Jon Pertwee 4-part serial “Death to the Daleks”. The Doctor and Sarah Jane are trapped on the planet Exxilon and forced into an alliance with Marine Space Corps … Continue reading →

Omega returns while Scott and Matt are mostly bored with the Peter Davison 4-part serial “The Arc of Infinity”. An ancient Time Lord made of pure anti-matter is plotting to cross over into this dimension by bonding with the Doctor. Fearing … Continue reading →

The Cybermen take up space ballet while Scott and Matt appreciate the effort of the 6-part Patrick Troughton story “The Wheel in Space”. The Doctor and Jamie arrive on a space station and meet new companion Zoe Heriot as they … Continue reading →

It’s the Doctor vs. Satan as Scott and Matt argue over the merits of the David Tennant 2-part story “The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit”. The Doctor and Rose arrive on a space base positioned on a planet in the orbit … Continue reading →

The Doctor gets his first new companion while Scott and Matt are noting the similarities with Scooby Doo in the William Hartnell 2-part serial “The Rescue”. The TARDIS crew land on the planet Dido to find a crashed ship and … Continue reading →

The robots are killing while Scott and Matt are impressed with the 4-part Tom Baker serial “The Robots of Death”. The Doctor and Leela land on a sandminer vehicle whose crew is being murdered one by one by servant robots … Continue reading →

The Doctor’s biggest secret is revealed while Scott and Matt are coming from very different places in regards to the final episode of series 7, “The Name of the Doctor”. The Great Intelligence forces the Doctor to go to where … Continue reading →

The Cybermen are upgrading while Scott and Matt are mostly impressed with the twelfth episode of series 7, “Nightmare in Silver”. The Doctor takes Clara, Artie, and Angie to an intergalactic theme park that has been shut down and long … Continue reading →

The Doctor needs some aloe vera while Scott and Matt have mixed feelings about the eleventh episode of series 7, “The Crimson Horror”. When an image of the Doctor is found frozen in the eyes of a dead man who … Continue reading →

Clara is missing while Scott and Matt have mixed feelings about the tenth episode of series 7, “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS”. When the TARDIS is captured by an intergalactic salvage crew, the Doctor must team up with … Continue reading →

This house is haunted but Scott and Matt ain’t afraid of no ghosts in the ninth episode of series 7, “Hide”. The Doctor and Clara drop in on a couple of ghost hunters to help them piece together the mystery … Continue reading →

There’s an Ice Warrior on the loose while Scott and Matt have a surprisingly good time with the eighth episode of series 7, “Cold War”. The TARDIS materializes on a Soviet submarine in 1983 just as an Ice Warrior thaws out from … Continue reading →

Akhaten demands a sacrifice but Scott and Matt can’t agree on the seventh episode of series 7, “The Rings of Akhaten”. The Doctor takes Clara to the inhabited rings of the planet Akhaten, where the Festival of Offerings is in … Continue reading →

The Wi-Fi is evil but Scott and Matt aren’t afraid of the sixth episode of series 7, “The Bells of Saint John”. The Doctor finds Clara in 21st Century London, but before he can make her a proper companion he … Continue reading →

The Ice Warriors are invading while Scott and Matt have mixed opinions about the Patrick Troughton 4-part serial “The Seeds of Death”. The Doctor, Zoe and Jamie must take a rocket to the moon to investigate a moonbase that has … Continue reading →

There’s a Dalek on the loose while Scott and Matt have a lot to talk about the Christopher Eccleston episode “Dalek”. Responding to a distress signal, the Doctor and Rose arrive at a secret underground base where an evil collector … Continue reading →

The Master has become an evil cult leader while Scott and Matt find everything to love about the UNIT era can be found in the Jon Pertwee 5-part serial “The Daemons”. In the village of Devil’s End an archaeological dig … Continue reading →

Steve and Dodo are hopscotching for their lives while Scott and Matt aren’t having any fun with the games being played in the William Hartnell 4-part serial “The Celestial Toymaker”. The TARDIS crew are forced to play a series of … Continue reading →

Shakespeare isn’t who you’d expect but Scott and Matt always have a good time with the David Tennant episode “The Shakespeare Code”. The Doctor brings Martha to England in 1599 for a performance of Shakespeare’s latest play, but the TARDIS crew soon realize something may be … Continue reading →

Romana is bored while Scott and Matt have mixed feelings about the Tom Baker 4-part serial “The Leisure Hive”. The Doctor and Romana arrive on Argolis in search of a peaceful holiday at the famed Leisure Hive. Instead they become … Continue reading →

The Master is being racially insensitive while Scott and Matt are forced to eat the saltine cracker that is the Peter Davison 4-part serial “Time-Flight”. While investigating a vanishing Concorde at Heathrow Airport, the Doctor and his companions are thrown millions of … Continue reading →

Rome wasn’t built in a day but Scott and Matt spend very little time talking about the William Hartnell 4 part serial “The Romans”. The TARDIS crew arrive in ancient Rome and while the Doctor is mistaken for a famous … Continue reading →