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‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Demon Quest: The Demon of Paris’

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It’s time for us to check out the second story of the ‘Demon Quest’ set of audio stories in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘The Demon of Paris’. This audio adventure stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. There’s also Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Flinty Williams as La Charlotte, Rupert Holliday Evans as an artist, Mark Meadows as Toulouse-Lautrec, and Rowena Cooper as La Concierge. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Demon Quest: The Relics of Time’

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Welcome back to ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, as we start a new set of audio episodes featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor called ‘Demon Quest’. The first episode is called ‘The Relics of Time’. As well as Tom Baker, there’s Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. There’s also Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Kate Sachs as the female warrior, Rupert Holliday Evans as the male warrior and Nigel Anthony as Emperor Claudius/the Wizard. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Hornets’ Nest: Hive of Horror’

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Easter Monday (Today’s story takes place at Christmas instead of Easter, didn’t you know? 😀 ) is a day for us to close off the ‘Hornets’ Nest’ BBC audio series in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’. We take a look at the fifth and final episode of the series called ‘Hive of Horror’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. There’s also Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey and Rula Lenska as the Queen of the Swarm. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Hornets’ Nest: A Sting In The Tale’

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I hope you’ve enjoyed Easter Sunday so far. Here’s my review on the fourth episode of the ‘Hornets’ Nest’ BBC audio series in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘A Sting In The Tale’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. There’s also Clare Corbett as the Nun, Susie Riddell as the Sister, Rula Lenska as the Swarm and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Hornets’ Nest: The Circus of Doom’

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Today on what I call Easter Saturday ( 😀 ), it’s time to check out the third instalment of the ‘Hornets’ Nest’ BBC audio series in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘The Circus of Doom’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. This story also features Susie Riddell as Sally, Michael Maloney as Dr. Adam Farrow, Jilly Bond as Francesca, Stephen Thorne as Antonio and Susan Jameson as an old lady. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Hornets’ Nest: The Dead Shoes’

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It’s still Good Friday, and it’s time to take a look at the second instalment of the ‘Hornets’ Nest’ BBC audio series in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. This is ‘The Dead Shoes’ by Paul Magrs. This audio episode also features Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey, Clare Corbett as Ernestina and Christina Rodska as the Reverend Small. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Hornets’ Nest: The Stuff of Nightmares’

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The Easter weekend is nearly upon us! It’s the 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ this year and we’re currently checking out the Tom Baker/Fourth Doctor era. As such, for this year’s Easter review season, let’s check out the BBC audio series ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’. All 15 audios of it! We start off with ‘Hornets’ Nest’ and check out the first story called ‘The Stuff of Nightmares’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Robot’

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The Tom Baker era of ‘Doctor Who’ begins! 🙂 Welcome to Season 12 of the classic TV series. We begin by looking at ‘Robot’, a four-part story by Terrance Dicks. It introduces Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, who is joined by Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith as well as Ian Marter, who makes his debut, as Harry Sullivan. Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier and John Levene as Benton also appear in this adventure. ‘Robot’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

CD Review – ‘The Doll of Death’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time to conclude our look into the Third Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ during the 60th Anniversary Marathon by having a bonus review on a ‘Companion Chronicle’ adventure by Big Finish called ‘The Doll of Death’. This story was released in September 2008, and it happens to be Katy Manning’s first return to play Jo Grant in ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’

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It’s time for the second story in Season 11 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. This six-part adventure also features Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates (this story sees a character change in Mike) and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. Can the dinosaurs in this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure match to the ones in the ‘Jurassic Park’ movies? 😀 ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. Continue reading →