Category Archives: Doctor Who

Season 9 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #2

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Let’s check out the second story in Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘The Curse of Peladon’, a four-part story by Brian Hayles, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant. No Brigadier, Mike Yates, Benton and U.N.I.T. with them for this occasion, as the TARDIS takes the Doctor and Jo to the alien planet of Peladon, where its people are about to join the Galactic Federation. David Troughton guest stars as King Peladon whilst Geoffrey Toone guest stars as Hepesh, the High Priest of Peladon. There are the Ice Warriors who make an appearance in this ‘Doctor Who’ story as well as Galactic Federation delegates like Alpha Centauri and Arcturus. Continue reading →

Season 9 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #1

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It’s time to revisit Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant with Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Captain Mike Yates, John Levene as Sergeant Benton and Roger Delgado as the Master. This week, I’m sharing my updated reviews on the five stories featured in Season 9, based on ‘The Collection’ Blu-ray box set that was released in March 2023. Let’s start off our look into Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series by checking out the four-part story ‘Day of the Daleks’. Continue reading →

Short Trip – ‘The Sunfire Chronicles: The Race of Endurance’

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Here we are on the third instalment of ‘The Sunfire Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. The first ‘Sunfire’ story was ‘The Horns of Wulfe’, featuring the Fourth Doctor, Private James Darby and Bazoon ‘Bazooie’ the Miggie. The second ‘Sunfire’ story was ‘Romance and the Cow Creamer’, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy Walker. Today’s third ‘Sunfire’ story is ‘The Race of Endurance’, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka and Michael Anderson. Continue reading →

Coming Soon – The End of Billy Walker

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As the Doctor would say, “It is the end, but the moment has been prepared for.” Ever since I started doing ‘Bradley’s Basement’ back in September 2015, I’ve been sharing my series of ‘Doctor Who’ stories featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy. I’ve greatly enjoyed sharing my series via my blog. Continue reading →

Happy 9th Anniversary to ‘Bradley’s Basement’

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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog AND IT’S THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY!!!

Yes, it’s been nine years that I’ve been doing ‘Bradley’s Basement’ and I’m still enjoying sharing stuff on my blog whether it’s ‘Doctor Who’-related or not. To think that this all started with a simple ‘Hello and Welcome’ blog post, which I published on the 30th of September 2015, and my blog is still going strong! Continue reading →

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

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It’s time to round off our look into the Target novelizations/audiobooks of the 60th anniversary TV specials of ‘Doctor Who’ by checking out the third instalment called ‘The Giggle’, featuring the Fourteenth Doctor, Donna Noble, Melanie Bush, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, U.N.I.T., the Toymaker and of course the introduction of the Fifteenth Doctor. The novelization is by James Goss, based on the TV script by Russell T. Davies, and the audiobook is read by Dan Starkey, well-known for playing the Sontarans in the TV series and the Big Finish audios. Continue reading →

Blu-ray Review – ‘The Underwater Menace’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’m sharing my updated review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘The Underwater Menace’. This updated review is based on the latest in a line of mostly missing black-and-white ‘Doctor Who’ TV stories from the 1960s that have been animated on DVD and Blu-ray for today. The story stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Anneke Wills as Polly Wright, Michael Craze as Ben Jackson and Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon. This story also features Joseph Fürst as the titular ‘underwater menace’ – Professor Zaroff. Continue reading →

Short Trip – ‘The Sunfire Chronicles: Romance and the Cow Creamer’

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It’s time for the second story of ‘The Sunfire Chronicles’ series of ‘Doctor Who’ stories by me on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. The first story was ‘The Horns of Wulfe’, featuring the Fourth Doctor, Private James Darby and Bazoon ‘Bazooie’ the Miggie. Today’s story is ‘Romance and the Cow Creamer’, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy Walker. This story is part of ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series as well as the ‘Short Trips’ collection by me. Continue reading →

Sarah Sutton – Private Signing 2024

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I’ve been informed by Matt Evenden that there’s a private signing for Sarah Sutton (Nyssa in ‘Doctor Who’) on her website for the next three weeks from the 30th of August to the 21st of September 2024. I’m very happy and pleased about this. You can send either your small items like DVD and CD covers, or you can send your larger items like Blu-ray box sets to be signed by Sarah in the post. Continue reading →

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – Wild Blue Yonder’

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Here I am, back with another review on one of the more recent Target novelizations/audiobooks of ‘Doctor Who’. It’s time for me to share my thoughts on the second of three Target novelizations/audiobooks on the three 60th anniversary specials of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Wild Blue Yonder’, featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble. ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ is what I consider the weakest out of the three 60th anniversary specials of ‘Doctor Who’ by Russell T. Davies. Will the Target novelization/audiobook by Mark Morris change my mind about the story? Continue reading →