Episode Description
When the Twelfth Doctor trades the TARDIS for a mop at Coal Hill School, awkwardness is bound to follow. Join us as we revisit The Caretaker, an episode packed with high-stakes parent-teacher nights, questionable robot threats, and a love triangle that quickly goes off the rails. Can Clara balance dating Danny Pink and running down corridors with the Doctor? And is Peter Capaldi’s cantankerous caretaker disguise fooling anyone? Even Courtney? Ring the school bell—class with Pull To Open is officially in session.
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Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:02:14
- Whomoji Challenge 00:05:02
- Poll to Open 00:11:19
- TL;DW 00:17:31
- Commentary: The Caretaker 00:18:57
- Four Questions to Doomsday 00:53:25
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 00:56:22
- Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:02:55
- Final Judgment 01:07:18
- Randomizer! 01:12:58
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Story Essentials
- Series 8, Episode 6
- Story number: 250, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writers: Gareth Roberts, Steven Moffat
- Director: Paul Murphy
- Showrunner: Steven Moffat
- Aired 27 September 2014
Pull To Open: The Caretaker
- Season 6
- Episode 20
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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