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‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘The People’s Temple’

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And here we are on the seventh and final instalment of the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories. This year’s Easter review season has been shorter compared to last year, I know, but I’m happy to have completed my reviews on the stories featured in the two ‘Tales From The TARDIS’ audio anthologies, ever since I did my reviews on the ‘Short Trips’ and ‘More Short Trips’ book anthologies in ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season back from March to April 2024. Today, we’re checking out ‘The People’s Temple’ by Paul Leonard. The story features the Eighth Doctor and Sam, and it’s read by Paul McGann. As well as being the seventh and final story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection, ‘The People’s Temple’ is the third and final story in the ‘Earth and Beyond’ audio anthology, featuring the Eighth Doctor and Sam. It’s also the fifteenth and final story in the BBC ‘Short Trips’ 1998 book collection. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Dead Time’

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It’s Easter Tuesday today, and it’s time to check out the sixth story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories! Today, I’m sharing my review on the story ‘Dead Time’ by Andrew Miller, which happens to be a pseudonym for Stephen Cole. The story features the Eighth Doctor and Sam, and is read by Paul McGann. As well as being the sixth story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection, ‘Dead Time’ is the second story in the ‘Earth and Beyond’ audio anthology, featuring the Eighth Doctor and Sam. It’s also the eleventh story in the ‘More Short Trips’ book collection, which I reviewed in my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for Easter from March to April 2024. My opinion on ‘Dead Time’ hasn’t changed much since the first time I read and heard the story back in 2024. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Bounty’

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Enjoying Easter Monday so far? In today’s instalment of this year’s Easter review season, it’s time for the fifth story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ audio collection of ‘Doctor Who’. Here’s my brand-new review on ‘Bounty’, the first of three stories in the ‘Earth and Beyond’ audio anthology, featuring the Eighth Doctor and Sam. The story is by Peter Anghelides, who has contributed many stories to ‘Doctor Who’, including audios, books and short stories. The ones by him that I’ve checked out and reviewed so far include ‘The Tip of the Mind’, ‘Good Companions’ and ‘The Four Doctors’. ‘Bounty’ is read by Paul McGann, who plays the Eighth Doctor, and it’s the only audio story exclusive in the ‘Earth and Beyond’ anthology, since it was never printed in any book anthology. Was ‘Bounty’ worth my attention in checking out ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’? Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who – The Novel of the Film’ (1997)

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Wishing you all a very good Easter Sunday today! I’ve shared this quite recently, but what the heck? No harm in sharing it again! 😀 It’s time to check out the fourth story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories! It’s time for the 1997 abridged audiobook of the 1996 BBC Books edition of the ‘Doctor Who’ TV movie novelization – also known as ‘The Novel of the Film’. ‘The TV Movie’ novelization is by Gary Russell and is read by Paul McGann. My review on the 1997 abridged audiobook has been added to my page on ‘The TV Movie’, which also contains a review on ‘The TV Movie’ itself, a review on the ‘Tomorrow’s Times – The Eighth Doctor’ item presented by Nicholas Courtney, and a review on the 2021 Target novelization and its 2021 unabridged audiobook read by Dan Starkey. The story features the Eighth Doctor, Grace, the Seventh Doctor and the Master. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who – Vengeance on Varos’ (1997)

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It’s Easter Saturday today! Let’s check out the third story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories! Today, it’s time for the 1997 abridged audiobook of the Target novelization ‘Doctor Who – Vengeance on Varos’ by the late Philip Martin, read by Colin Baker. My review on the 1997 abridged audiobook has been added to my ‘Vengeance on Varos’ page, which also contains a review on the TV story and a review on the Target novelization and the 2019 unabridged audiobook, read by Martin Jarvis. The story features the Sixth Doctor, Peri and the greedy Sil. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who – Warriors of the Deep’ (1995)

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Happy Good Friday, everyone! 🙂 It’s time to continue our look into the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories! I’ll be updating my reviews on Season 21 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series based on its ‘Collection’ Blu-ray box set sometime soon. Before that happens though, let’s check out the 1995 abridged audiobook of the Target novelization ‘Doctor Who – Warriors of the Deep’ by Terrance Dicks, read by Peter Davison. My review on the 1995 abridged audiobook has been added to my ‘Warriors of the Deep’ page, which also contains a review of the TV story and a review on the Target novelization and the 2023 unabridged audiobook, read by Janet Fielding. The story features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, the Silurians, the Sea Devils and the Myrka. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks’ (1995)

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It’s time for another Easter review season on ‘Bradley’s Basement’! Last year, I shared my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories featured in ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume One’, which can be heard on Audible. This year, I’m sharing another set of reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories featured in ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’, which can also be heard on Audible. Most of these audio stories I’ve reviewed already and there’s one I’ve yet to share. I hope you’ll enjoy what I’ll be sharing from this ‘Doctor Who’ audio collection this Easter! 🙂 Continue reading →

Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – The Novel of the Film’ (1997)

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What good timing this is! 😀 As it’s the 30th anniversary of the ‘Doctor Who’ TV movie, I’ve checked out and reviewed the 1997 abridged audiobook of the 1996 BBC Books edition of ‘The TV Movie’ novelization – also known as ‘The Novel of the Film’ – by Gary Russell. It’s read by Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Doctor in ‘The TV Movie’ and currently plays him in the Big Finish audios. The audiobook is included in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection via Audible. The story features the Eighth Doctor, Grace, the Seventh Doctor and the Master. Continue reading →

Book/Audio Review – ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’

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I’ve finished checking out ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ book by Douglas Adams. I read the book along with the audiobook read by Stephen Fry via Audible. It’s been fascinating to check out the first book of ‘The Hitchhiker’s’ franchise compared to checking out the first ‘Hitchhiker’s’ radio series called ‘Primary Phase’. I purchased the 42nd anniversary edition of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ book, which also includes a foreword by Russell T. Davies, who is the showrunner for ‘Doctor Who’, both from 2005 to 2010 and lately from 2023 onwards. Continue reading →

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 →