Episode Details

If you’re going to attempt a tense thriller  in Doctor Who, sometimes the horror can get really intense, such as in The Waters of Mars. And sometimes it can go 100% in the other direction and serve up an unexpected monster in the form of a baby-faced cartoon character, such as here, in The Tsuranga Conundrum. Is one approach superior to the other? We’re here to say, definitively, yes. Yep, the Pting’s bad — there’s no way around it — but as long as we have Brett Goldstein’s eyebrows to lose ourselves in, we should be fine.

Commentary for The Tsuranga Conundrum begins at 27:13.

Rate and review Pull To Open on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Follow us on:

• TikTok! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/pulltoopen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Play ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pull To Open Bingo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Story Essentials

• Series 11, Episode 5
• Story number: 283, per the The Pull To Open Codex
• Writer: Chris Chibnall
• Director: Jennifer Perrott
• Showrunner: Chris Chibnall
• Aired 4 November 2018

Pull To Open: The Tsuranga Conundrum

• Season 4
• Episode 17

Hosts: ⁠Pete Pachal⁠ and ⁠Chris Taylor⁠

Music: Martin West/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thinking Fish⁠