Category Archives: Doctor Who

CD Review – ‘Domain of the Voord’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve heard and reviewed ‘Domain of the Voord’! It stars William Russell and Carole Ann Ford and is a ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure featuring the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan against the Voord. This four-part story is by Andrew Smith. He has written plenty of Big Finish audios as well as ‘Full Circle’. Continue reading

New ‘Cold Fusion’ Photo

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As we continue to cope with the coronavirus situation – please keep safe – here’s a little quickie to cheer people up! I saw this photo via the Big Finish Twitter account. It’s a behind-the-scenes photo featuring the cast of the ‘Doctor Who’ audio adaptation of ‘Cold Fusion’. I’ve never seen this photo before. I’m pleased I’ve seen it and I’ve recently added it to my review on the ‘Cold Fusion’ audio adaptation. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Faceless Ones’ (Doctor Who)

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As we currently go through this tough period of the coronavirus – please keep safe – today, I’ve updated my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘The Faceless Ones’, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Anneke Wills as Polly, Michael Craze as Ben and Frazer Hines as Jamie. This updated review is based on the 2020 DVD/Blu-ray release featuring new animation episodes that fill in the loss of the original TV episodes that are currently missing from the BBC Archives. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘The Dalek Occupation of Winter’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve heard and reviewed ‘The Dalek Occupation of Winter’, starring Maureen O’Brien and Peter Purves. This ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure features the First Doctor, Vicki and Steven against the Daleks. Robert Daws is the story’s special guest star and Nicholas Briggs does the voices for the Daleks in this adventure. This is a pretty good Dalek adventure by David K. Barnes. Continue reading

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – The Chase’

   

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As many of us are still coping with the situation of the coronavirus – please keep safe – here’s my review on the Target novelization/audiobook of ‘The Chase’ by John Peel. ‘The Chase’ is one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the William Hartnell era. I’m pleased I’ve read/heard the story in novelization/audiobook form at last. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘Nocturne’ (Doctor Who)

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Hot off the heels from my updated reviews on Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray, I’ve heard and reviewed ‘Nocturne’, starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Philip Olivier. This ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure has the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex visit Glasst City on the planet Nocturne. It’s a four-part adventure by Dan Abnett and features special guest star Trevor Bannister. Continue reading

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – Survival’

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Just in case you missed it yesterday, I’ve read and heard the novelization/audiobook of the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘Survival’ by Rona Munro, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace. I’m happy I’ve read/heard the novelization/audiobook of this story. ‘Survival’ is read by Lisa Bowerman who played Karra in the TV story as well as Bernice Summerfield in the Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’! 🙂 Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #4

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And now we’ve come to the fourth and final story of Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! This is one of my favourite stories with Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor and Sophie Aldred’s Ace. It’s time for ‘Survival’, the first ‘Doctor Who’ story by Rona Munro before she wrote ‘The Eaters of Light’ with Peter Capaldi. It was also sadly the last TV story to be featured in the classic series of ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #3

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Here we are on the third story in Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! It’s time for ‘The Curse of Fenric’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This is Sophie Aldred’s favourite story in ‘Doctor Who’ and I can’t deny I enjoyed the journey Ace had throughout this story. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #2

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And welcome back to Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! It’s time for the second story of the season…and unfortunately it’s my least favourite. This is ‘Ghost Light’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. I found this one to be very confusing the first time I watched it. Continue reading