Our show is dedicated to in-depth discussion about the Doctor Who universe: show and cast commentary, filming locations, rumors, tie-in video games/other products, spin-off series and more.

Three of our regular hosts from around the globe are back on this episode.  Hypable’s regular Doctor Who writer, Laura Byrne-Cristiano leads the discussion with Jen Lamoreux, Natalie Fisher, and Tariq Herzallah joining in.

-We start off by giving our instant thumbs up, down, or sideways reaction to the episode, and we are leaning favorably. We didn’t love it, but we didn’t hate it. We also clear up some fandom confusion in regards to how these things are numbered.

-Next we get into the specifics of the episode

• So the Doctor’s been hanging with monks? How this connects to the prequel.
• Clara is the “Woman Twice Dead”
  • Is this version of Clara the baseline?
  • She’s 24 and has no computer skills? Really? Tariq explains plausibility.
  • Who is the mystery woman in the shop who gave out the phone number?
  • So her mind was uploaded and upgraded shades of Cybermen and Silence in the Library. How does this work exactly? Is the Doctor overly focused on just saving Clara? What about the rest of humanity?
  • The Doctor explores Clara’s room and finds missing numbers and licks leaves.
  • Do we think Clara remembers the Doctor from her childhood?
• Amelia Williams wrote the book Summer Falls
  • Surely this is not a coincidence
  • Summer Falls is the title and it seems like a mighty old book. How did Clara get it?
  • Important quote, “The 11th will make you cry.”
  • Tariq stumbles upon the real Summer Falls book and description and now we are really curious.
  • Could the cover art be significant?
  • Define falls: fall of the 11th, fall leaves, a fall from grace, a literal fall, fall from power, etc.
• Winter theme seems to be developing and how it’s linked to The Great Intelligence. What exactly is the ultimate goal or even the beginning goals of The Great Intelligence?
• Red theme, is it just our imagination?

-We cover the latest news

• Recap of Doctor Who connected TV/movies in the fall/winter of 2013
• David Tennant and Billie Piper are onboard for the 50th anniversary special.
• John Barrowman no longer involved, is this a good thing? What do we think happened?

-Spoiler

• We cover what is widely speculated to be the title of the 13th and final episode of series seven

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Laura @Laura__BC

Natalie @nataliefisher

Jen @JenLam26

Tariq @TRQhz