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Week 52a – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Happy New Year everyone! 🙂 And on the 1st of January 2026, it’s time for the final instalment of the latest ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season of ‘Doctor Who’ stories, which I’ve shared from December 2025 to January 2026. It’s time for the BBC Children’s Books adventure called ‘Doctor Who in Wonderland’ by Paul Magrs, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough, which is set between ‘Mawdryn Undead’ and ‘Terminus’. I’d been meaning to read this story for the 2024 to 2025 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season when the book was published in July 2024. I wasn’t able to find the time to check out the book, but thankfully, I’ve been able to find time and read the book for the 2025 to 2026 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season. Continue reading →

Happy New Year From ‘Bradley’s Basement’ 2026

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It’s very early in the morning, but it’s officially the first day of 2026 today! Where did the previous year go? I feel like so much happened in the previous year that I didn’t get to do everything I wanted to do in 2025. But hey, 2026 is here and hopefully it’s going to be great! Continue reading →

My 2025!

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Wow! 2025 has come to an end! How time flies! 😀 There were plenty of things I wanted to achieve this year, although I don’t think I’ve had enough time to do everything. Hopefully when we get to the New Year, I’ll be able to catch up on the things I didn’t achieve in 2025. Continue reading →

Quick DVD Review – ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’

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I had this as one of my Christmas presents from my best mate from school, Stephen. The other presents included a tripod for my phone when I want to use it as a camera, and a Dairy Milk bar of chocolate. 🙂 I enjoyed checking out this ‘Lord of the Rings’ film on DVD. Continue reading →

Week 35 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ REVISITED & UPDATED

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 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO CD AND VINYL TODAY–

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It’s New Year’s Eve today! I’m sharing the penultimate instalment of my latest ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. Today, it’s time to revisit the ‘Doctor Who’ audio story ‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’, which I’ve recently listened to on my brand-new vinyl recorder player. I greatly enjoyed revisiting ‘Fanfare’ on vinyl. I must admit, I enjoyed it more than revisiting ‘Spare Parts’ on vinyl lately. 😮 I know ‘Spare Parts’ is highly regarded as a Big Finish audio story, especially with it featuring the Cybermen in it. However, I found ‘Fanfare’ more enjoyable, especially with it being set in the 1960s and having a Beatles-like atmosphere to it as well as starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa. Continue reading →

Quick Movie Review – ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

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Here we are again! It’s time for the third instalment of the ‘Knives Out’/Benoit Blanc murder-mystery whodunit film series, which I’ve seen on Netflix. It’s ‘Wake Up Dead Man’, once again written and directed by Rian Johnson and it stars Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc. Continue reading →

Week 21 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ REVISITED & UPDATED

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 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO CD AND VINYL TODAY–

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I’ve recently purchased a brand-new vinyl recorder player to play my ‘Doctor Who’ vinyls on. And because I’ve checked out the latest Big Finish audio story ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ in my current ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, I decided to revisit the Big Finish audio story ‘Spare Parts’ by Marc Platt, which has another version of the origins of the Cybermen on the planet Mondas. I regard ‘Spare Parts’ very highly and I prefer it over ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’. Not that ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ is bad or anything. Far from it! It’s just I grew up with ‘Spare Parts’ first and I feel a leaning more towards that as a Mondasian Cybermen origins story compared to ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’. Continue reading →

Quick TV Review – ‘Doctor Who Unleashed – 20 Years in Wales’

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Okay, so, I must admit, I’ve not seen every episode of the behind-the-scenes documentary ‘Doctor Who Unleashed’ by this point. Hopefully, I can make up for this when it comes to doing in-depth reviews on Series 14 and 15 of ‘Doctor Who’ in 2026. 🙂 Continue reading →

Week 12d – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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At last! I’m up to date with checking out the latest Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’ featuring Sarah Sutton as Nyssa in this year’s ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from December 2025 to January 2026. And I’ve checked out the most epic Big Finish audio story of ‘Doctor Who’ ever made, which is spread out across two box sets, both on CD and as a download. It’s time for ‘Hooklight’, an epic 12-part ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure by Tim Foley, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. I’m so pleased I’ve been able to check out and do a brand-new review on the epic 12-part story at last! Continue reading →

Quick DVD Review – ‘Knight and Day’ (Extended Cut)

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For Christmas this year, whilst I got my Mum the Blu-ray of ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’, my Dad got her a couple of other films starring Tom Cruise. One of them was an extended version of the 2010 film ‘Knight and Day’ with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Continue reading →