Daily Archives: August 1, 2023

Power Month (Day 1) – ‘Day of the Dumpster’ (MMPR)

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Hello everyone! 🙂

Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’s blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

And welcome to ‘Power Month’! 🙂 As I’m celebrating the 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ with my 60th Anniversary Marathon on my blog, I’ve also decided to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ‘Power Rangers’, by sharing my reviews on ‘Power Rangers’ episodes every day for the month of August. I’m hoping to do a ‘Power Month’ review season every year for one month in August as opposed to two months. For now, let’s check out the first episode of Season 1 of ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ called ‘Day of the Dumpster’. Let’s see how this pretty energetic children’s superhero TV series began. 🙂 Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Idiot’s Lantern’

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Hello everyone! 🙂

Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

Earlier this year, we had King Charles III’s coronation in May 2023. Today, we’re looking at a ‘Doctor Who’ episode that takes place during Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in June 1953. This is ‘The Idiot’s Lantern’ by Mark Gatiss. In the episode, David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose visit 1953 North London. They discover something awry when every house seems to have a television antenna in time for people to watch the upcoming coronation. The television antennas are provided by Ron Cook (who played Parker in the 2004 ‘Thunderbirds’ film) as Mr. Magpie of Magpie Electricals. He’s being controlled by the evil Wire, played by Maureen Lipman, who’s always HUNGRY!!! 😀 Will our heroes uncover the mystery? Will the Tenth Doctor have to cope alone when Rose is out of action? Will he receive help from a well-meaning lad? ‘The Idiot’s Lantern’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →