Daily Archives: September 19, 2023

Snuggles, Bethan and Puddles

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

Today would have been my dear sister’s – Bethan – birthday. She would have been 36 today. To celebrate the occasion, here’s a lovely picture of my sister Bethan with two cuddly dogs. Snuggles is on the left and Puddles is on the right. They’re all having a tea party with cups of tea and cupcakes. 🙂 Continue reading

New Page – ‘The Third Doctor by Tim Bradley’

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

Today, I’m sharing the third of The Doctors pages in ‘Doctor Who by Tim Bradley’, which is ‘The Third Doctor by Tim Bradley’ page. This contains links to the ‘Doctor Who’ fan-fiction stories by me featuring the Third Doctor, as played by Jon Pertwee in the classic TV series. So far, the stories by me featuring the Third Doctor include ‘The Matter of Reality’ (Z), ‘The Robots of Lonmar’ and ‘The Prime Factor’. I’ve yet to share ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’, which will feature the Third Doctor, joined by his companion Jo Grant (played by Katy Manning). Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Curse of the Black Spot’

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

Today in the ‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon, we’re checking out the Series 6 episode in the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘The Curse of the Black Spot’ by Steve Thompson (who has also written for the ‘Sherlock’ TV series run by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss). This is a ‘Doctor Who’ episode where Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams find themselves on a pirate adventure. They board a pirate ship in the 17th century, which happens to be captained by Hugh Bonnerville (well-known for being in ‘Downton Abbey’ and the two ‘Paddington’ films) as Captain Henry Avery. Apparently, there’s a connection between this episode and the 1966 TV story called ‘The Smugglers’. 🙂 Will this be like a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ adventure, even though the pirate crew are cursed with the Black Spot and there’s a female Siren about? ‘The Curse of the Black Spot’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading