In the 1960s, the Doctor’s granddaughter, Susan Foreman, attended Coal Hill School. Her teachers, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, became concerned by her strange behavior and followed her home becoming the Doctor’s very first companions.
Locations within Coal Hill School
In the 1960s, Susan Foreman was a student at Coal Hill School. Her teachers, history teacher Barbara Wright and science teacher Ian Chesterton, grew concerned about her and followed her home, leading to their discovery of the TARDIS.
Episode appearances
Two Dalek factions use Coal Hill school as a base while searching for the powerful Hand of Omega.
Episode appearances
Clara Oswald is now teaching English at Coal Hill School. Ian Chesterton is the Head of Governors.
Clara’s gets a flashback to her first day teaching at Coal Hill School.
Coal Hill School is introduced as Clara’s workplace. She meets fellow teacher and former soldier Danny Pink.
The Doctor goes undercover as the school janitor at Coal Hill School to hunt a deadly Skovox Blitzer robot.
Coal Hill student Courtney Woods travels to the moon with the Doctor and Clara. The school is shown during the beginning and end of the adventure.
UNIT agents arrive at the school to recruit Clara when planes across Earth frozen in time.
The Shadow Kin attack the school prom. The Twelfth Doctor appears to help the students defeat them.
The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo
A creature begins skinning people alive on campus, manifesting as a moving tattoo on the school's coach.
Alien vines use a "rift" at Coal Hill School to manifest as dead loved ones, attempting to pull students into another dimension.
Student April deals with a heart shared with the King of the Shadow Kin while an alien "petal" invasion begins at the school.
A group of students is trapped in a "confession" classroom that forces them to reveal their darkest secrets to one another.
The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did
While the students are in detention, Miss Quill undergoes a dangerous surgery to remove a parasite from her brain.
The Shadow Kin return for a final assault on Coal Hill Academy, leading to a devastating finale that reveals the "Governors" have a dark, secret agenda.
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