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What Did You Think of Doctor Who: The Story & the Engine?

What do you get if you cross Nigeria, a giant spider, and a Barber? The Story & the Engine, of course, quite an unusual episode of Doctor Who, written and directed by newcomers to the show, Inua Ellams and Makalla McPherson, respectively.

Heck, Ellams even cameoed in the story!

But we’re now more than halfway through Doctor Who Series 15, and we’ve faced robots, an animated god, the return of the entity from Midnight, and UNIT being bad-a$$. So now, with The Story & the Engine, we speed towards the end of the season, the second with Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and the first with Varada Sethu as new companion, Belinda Chandra.

So yes, we want to know what you think of The Story & the Engine, but we also want to know how you think Series 15 has been shaping up. Please vote in our online poll below and then set down your thoughts in the comments section.

If you can’t see the poll, an ad-blocker might be at work, perhaps as an extension or your browser itself. No worries though: you can still vote by either clicking here or copying this URL — https://poll.fm/15428215 — into your address. You’ll be redirected to Crowd Signal, where we can register your vote (though the DWC sees none of your private information, so again, no worries about that).

Once you’ve voted, please let us know what you think in the comments section below. What was it like seeing Nigeria in Doctor Who? Would you welcome Ellams and/or McPherson back? And are you enjoying Series 15 so far? Thanks, DWC gang!

Philip Bates

Editor and co-founder of the Doctor Who Companion. When he’s not watching television, reading books ‘n’ Marvel comics, listening to The Killers, and obsessing over script ideas, Philip Bates pretends to be a freelance writer. He enjoys collecting everything. Writer of The Black Archive: The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang, 100 Objects of Doctor Who, and Companions: More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants.

What Did You Think of Doctor Who: The Story & the Engine?

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What Did You Think of Doctor Who: The Story & the Engine?