Category Archives: Doctor Who

TV Review – ‘The Power of the Doctor’ (Doctor Who)

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At the time of this review, I’m currently halfway writing my 60th anniversary special of ‘Doctor Who’ for 2023. Hopefully from watching ‘The Power of the Doctor’, I’ve gained inspiration in writing the rest of my 60th anniversary special. I hope to share details on it as well as its title soon on my blog. 🙂 Continue reading

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Blu-ray review – ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ (Doctor Who)

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As promised, here’s my updated review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘The Abominable Snowmen’. 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, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. Continue reading

A Special Preview of ‘Return to Christmas’

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Today, to celebrate seven years of ‘Bradley’s Basement’, I’m sharing the prologue to the upcoming Christmas Special in ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series called ‘Return to Christmas’, which will be released in its entirety in December 2022. Hopefully by the time you read this post, the story will have been uploaded and scheduled for release on Sarah Sutton’s birthday in December this year. Continue reading

Convention Memories – ‘Pandorica 2014’

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It’s that time again for me to share another set of ‘convention memories’ as a ‘Doctor Who’ fan! 🙂 In September 2014, I attended the ‘Pandorica 2014’ convention at the Future Inn in Bristol, run by Fantom Films. I would later attend another ‘Pandorica’ convention in 2015 at the same Future Inn. 🙂 Continue reading

CD review – ‘The Gates of Hell’ (Doctor Who)

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By the time you read this, I’m currently on holiday in Amroth in West Wales. 🙂 It’s taken me a while, but I’ve been able to catch up on the ‘Out of Time’ audio trilogy by Big Finish in ‘Doctor Who’. I’ve recently reviewed the second story of the trilogy called ‘The Gates of Hell’, a multi-Doctor story starring David Tennant and Peter Davison. Continue reading

Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Colin Baker on Blu-ray #6

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It’s time for us to come to an end with Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Colin Baker. Today, we look at the sixth and final story in Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Revelation of the Daleks’, featuring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri. They come up against Terry Molloy who returns as Davros as well as his creations, the Daleks, at Tranquil Repose on the planet Necros. They also come up against a superb guest cast of characters in the story. Continue reading

Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Colin Baker on Blu-ray #5

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We come now to what I consider to be the weakest story in Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Timelash’. It’s been nice to revisit this ‘Doctor Who’ story in the Season 22 Blu-ray box set, featuring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri. They’re joined by Paul Darrow (of ‘Blake’s 7’ fame) as the villainous Tekker and the TARDIS duo also confront the monstrous Borad, played by Robert Ashby. Continue reading

Blu-ray Review – ‘A Fix with Sontarans’

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Just in case you’ve missed it today, I’ve done a brand-new review on the ‘Doctor Who’ mini-episode called ‘A Fix with Sontarans’, starring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Gareth Jenkins as himself. This mini-episode is available to watch in the Season 22 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ and contains a brand-new edit. Continue reading

Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Colin Baker on Blu-ray #4

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It’s time to talk about my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ story from the Colin Baker era. It was also the first story for me to experience Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri. We continue our look into Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with ‘The Two Doctors’, a multi-Doctor story featuring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. There’s also Frazer Hines as Jamie who accompanies Patrick Troughton’s Doctor as well as Nicola Bryant as Peri who accompanies Colin Baker’s Doctor. Continue reading