Monthly Archives: January 2020

TV Review – ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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Okay, so whilst I found ‘Orphan 55’ a mess of an episode, it was still a pretty enjoyable mess. Would things get better by the time I watched the next episode. Well, I’m happy to say…yes! Yes they did! I greatly enjoyed ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’ since it was really gripping pseudo-historical adventure. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘Daughter of the Gods’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve heard and reviewed ‘Daughter of the Gods’, starring Peter Purves, Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury. This ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure is a multi-Doctor story featuring the First Doctor, the Second Doctor, Jamie, Zoe, Steven and Katarina. Ajjaz Awad stars as Katarina and Nicholas Briggs does the voices of the Daleks in this adventure. I’m glad I’ve heard this adventure by David K. Barnes. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Grantchester’, Series 5, Episode 2

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I enjoyed watching Series 5, Episode 2 of ‘Grantchester’ last night. It was another enjoyable episode that combined both character drama as well as a murder mystery. It’s interesting how ‘Grantchester’ does that in one hour of TV compared to other murder mysteries that have 2 hours to tell the story. Continue reading

DVD Review – ‘Dial M For Murder’

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It hasn’t been that long since I reviewed ‘North By Northwest’ last year, isn’t it? But here I am again with another review from ‘The World of Alfred Hitchcock’. Today, I’ve added my review on ‘Dial M For Murder’, a 1954 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1952 stage play by Frederick Knott. Continue reading

Book Review – ‘The Hobbit’

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At last! I’ve read and reviewed ‘The Hobbit’ book by J.R.R. Tolkien. I’ve wanted to read this book for quite some time after seeing ‘The Hobbit’ film trilogy by director Peter Jackson and his filmmaking team. I read ‘The Hobbit’ book featuring Alan Lee illustrations with the audiobook read by Rob Inglis. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Call the Midwife’, Series 9, Episode 2

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I enjoyed the latest episode of ‘Call the Midwife’! Series 9, Episode 2 had some really good emotional character drama this week what with the relationships between a mother and her expectant daughter; a troubling journey for an expectant prostitute and a blossoming romance that may end a bit too soon. Continue reading

DVD Reviews – ‘Beethoven’s 4th’ & ‘5th’

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I’ve now reviewed the two movies ‘Beethoven’s 4th’ and ‘Beethoven’s 5th’ in the ‘Beethoven’ film series! The ‘Beethoven’ movies are family films about a St. Bernard dog who has adventures and causes chaos for the Newton family. The fourth and fifth films are the first time I’ve seen them on DVD. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Orphan 55’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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It’s time for the third episode of Series 12 of ‘Doctor Who’‘Orphan 55’! This episode is by Ed Hime, who previously contributed to ‘Doctor Who’ in Series 11 with ‘It Takes You Away’. I enjoyed that episode and I was looking forward to what Ed Hime would deliver in terms of ideas for ‘Orphan 55’. 🙂 Continue reading

‘The Lost Season 23’ review – ‘The Ultimate Evil’

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I didn’t think we’d come back to this soon! We return to the Lost Season 23 of ‘Doctor Who’ where we take a look at the latest Big Finish audio adaptation of ‘The Ultimate Evil’ by Wally K Daly. This audio story features Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri. Is this story any good? Continue reading

‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ – Season 1 REVIEWED

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There’s a lot of ‘Star Trek’ coming out lately. We’ve had two seasons of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ on Netflix and the new show ‘Star Trek: Picard’ is due to come out soon on Amazon Prime Video on the 23rd of January 2020. It’ll take a while before I check out those two new ‘Star Trek’ shows on DVD/Blu-ray. 😦 Continue reading