Monthly Archives: April 2023

Quick Movie Review – ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’

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Earlier this year, I saw and shared a quick review on the 2000 film ‘Dungeons & Dragons’. I’ve now seen the latest film ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ at the cinema. This is clearly a superior film compared to the original 2000 film, and has been highly rated by critics and audiences. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Serpent Crest: Aladdin Time’

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It’s time to check out ‘Aladdin Time’ by Paul Magrs, the third ‘Serpent Crest’ story in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. The story also features Guy Harvey as Aladdin, Sophie Ward as the Storyteller, Terrence Hardiman as the Gryphon, Andrew Sachs as the Scarf, Simon Shepherd as the Magician and Su Douglas as the Toad. Will this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure be a good take on the ‘Aladdin’ story compared to the 1992 and 2019 Disney films? 😀 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 14 Summary

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Season 14 is Tom Baker’s third season as the Fourth Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’. It’s arguably one of his best seasons in the entire show. It’s also Philip Hinchcliffe’s final season as producer and it’s Robert Holmes’ last full season as script-editor, although he did script-edit some of the stories in Season 15. Continue reading

Disney+ Roundup – ‘The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes’, ‘Super Buddies’ & ‘Space Buddies’

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It’s that time again for another Disney+ Roundup. I’ll soon be sharing a quick review on ‘Ms. Marvel’ on my blog, but for now, let’s talk about the three latest movies I saw on Disney+. Interestingly, each of the three movies I’ve seen lately are a part of a film series that I’ve not seen every entry of yet. 😀 Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Serpent Crest: The Broken Crown’

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We’re now on the second story of ‘Serpent Crest’, the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. It’s time for ‘The Broken Crown’ by Paul Magrs. Susan Jameson also stars as Mrs. Wibbsey in the episode. And there’s Terrence Hardiman as Reverend Dobbs, Joanna David as Mrs. Audley, Guy Harvey as Andrew, Simon Shepherd as Mr. Bewley, Charlie Mitchell as Jake, Elinor Coleman as Sally, Geoffrey Leesley as Harold and Su Douglas as the Cook. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’

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Here we are on the season finale of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 It’s time for ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, a six-part adventure by Robert Holmes and the last one to be produced by Philip Hinchcliffe. The story stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. This story also introduces Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as Professor George Litefoot. ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Serpent Crest: Tsar Wars’

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It’s time to begin the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Serpent Crest’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Today, we’re taking a look at ‘Tsar Wars’ by Paul Magrs. As well as Tom Baker, there’s Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. There’s also Michael Jayston as the Tsar, Suzy Aitchison as the Tsarina, Simon Shephard as Boolin, Sam Hoare as Lucius, and Paul Chequer, Grant Gillespie and Gabriel Vick as the Servo robots and the human rebels. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Robots of Death’

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It’s time for another one of my favourite stories from the Tom Baker era of ‘Doctor Who’. It’s the fifth story of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and it’s called ‘The Robots of Death’, a four-part adventure by Chris Boucher, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. There are also guest stars like David Collings, Pamela Salem, Brain Croucher and David Ballie. ‘The Robots of Death’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Demon Quest: Sepulchre’

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We have come to the end of the second set of ‘Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’. Today, it’s time for ‘Sepulchre’, the fifth and final story of ‘Demon Quest’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. This story also features Nigel Anthony as the Host and Carole Boyd as the Old Friend. Will I find this a satisfying conclusion to ‘Demon Quest’ compared to the first four audio episodes? Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Face of Evil’

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In this story of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, we’re introduced to a new companion – Louise Jameson as Leela. It’s time for ‘The Face of Evil’, a four-part adventure by Chris Boucher. The story has Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor meeting Leela on a jungle planet and they solve the mystery of the Evil One called Xoanon (who looks like Tom Baker) and the threat to the tribes of the Sevateem and the Tesh. ‘The Face of Evil’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading