Hello everyone! 🙂

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

It’s time to check out the ninth and final story of Season 2 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘The Time Meddler’. This is a four-part story by Dennis Spooner, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O’Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as new companion Steven Taylor. In this story, our heroes visit Northumbria on the planet Earth in the year 1066. It’s a time where the Vikings are about to invade the home of the Saxons, and the Battle of Hastings is to take place in that year. But the Doctor discovers Peter Butterworth as the Meddling Monk, who’s about to tamper with the course with Earth’s history. Can our heroes uncover why the Monk is doing this? Is the Monk all he seems to be? How is it that the Doctor and the Monk know each other so well?

It’s been great to revisit the ‘Doctor Who’ stories in the Season 2 Blu-ray box set with William Hartnell, and ‘The Time Meddler’ is a fitting conclusion to the season. I’ve enjoyed checking out the ‘Behind the Sofa’ item on ‘The Time Meddler’ with Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves and Carole Ann Ford, Janet Fielding, Wendy Padbury and Sarah Sutton, and Bonnie Langford and Sophie Aldred. I’ve also enjoyed the ‘Flight Through Eternity’ documentary on Season 2, featuring behind-the-scenes cast and crew interviews with director Richard Martin, Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O’Brien and Peter Purves. But how significant is ‘The Time Meddler’ as a ‘Doctor Who’ story? And how can it be so worthy enough to end up in the ‘Tales of the TARDIS’ spin-off series on BBC iPlayer in 2023? 😀

Please feel free to check out, read and comment on my updated review for ‘The Time Meddler’ by clicking on the link for it. This contains a review on the TV story as well as a brand-new review on the Target novelization/audiobook ‘Doctor Who – The Time Meddler’ by Nigel Robinson, read by Peter Purves.

You can purchase ‘Doctor Who – The Collection – Season 2’ on Blu-ray either from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.

Enjoy!

Bye for now!

Tim. 🙂