'Doctor Who' Season 11, Episode 5 Recap: The Tsuranga Conundrum

'Doctor Who' Season 11, Episode 5 Recap: The Tsuranga Conundrum

Doctor Who's newly christened Team TARDIS runs into their first real out of this world danger when they wind up in hospital.

The Doctor: I bet you wonder why I brought you all here... Sorry, bit Poirot.

Exactly how long it's been since Team TARDIS pulled the lever at the end of last week isn't clear. But they've apparently seen a few things between then and now, including rain bathing in the upward tropics of Kinstano. Unfortunately, now they're hunting up a specific device on a junk planet, assumedly for a minor ship repair. But when Graham turns up a sonic mine, it momentarily blows everyone to bits, before a medical team can rescue and stabilize them. The medical team, comprised of Astos (Brett Goldstein) and Mabli (Lois Chimimba), mention there are a lot of these mines in the area, and "Tsuranga" would like there to be more thorough sweeps for them, The Doctor sort of takes note, but is really too busy trying to get back to her TARDIS to pay much attention.