Category Archives: Doctor Who

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter Four: Village of the Angels’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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After what was arguably a decent, albeit underwhelming instalment of the ‘Flux’ story called ‘Once, Upon Time’, could things be better with its following instalment ‘Village of the Angels’? Well, yes they can. But my goodness!!! The episode’s cliffhanger ending was such a shock to watch on the TV! Continue reading

Vinyl Review – ‘Echoes of Extinction’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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Happy 58th anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ and welcome everyone to the thirteenth and final instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season!

One time, I said I was going to check out and review the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series of ‘Doctor Who’ for an Easter review season. Those plans changed and here we are! For the final instalment of ‘TLV’, let’s check out ‘Echoes of Extinction’ by Alfie Shaw, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor with guest stars like Burn Gorman, Kathryn Drysdale, Paul Clayton, Mina Anwar, Inès de Clercq and Arthur Darvill. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time to talk about the third episode of ‘Flux’, the six-part story that is Series 13 of ‘Doctor Who’. The third episode is called ‘Once, Upon Time’ by Chris Chibnall. My parents and I revisited the second episode ‘War of the Sontarans’ on BBC iPlayer before we watched ‘Once, Upon Time’ on TV. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘Genetics of the Daleks’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the twelfth and penultimate instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

As we draw to a close with the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series of ‘Doctor Who’, let’s take a look at another Big Finish audio adventure, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. This is ‘Genetics of the Daleks’, an audio adventure by Jonathan Morris. This story also features Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks and guest stars like Pippa Haywood, Clive Mantle, Nina Toussaint-White, etc. Continue reading

Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Audiobook

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Having recently checked out the Target novelization/audiobook of ‘Meglos’, I’d like to share my reviews on the Target novelizations/audiobooks featured in Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’. I’m pleased all the audiobook versions of the Season 18 Target novelizations have been made. Hopefully the same will be done for Season 19 with the remaining novelization of ‘Kinda’ to be made as an audiobook. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve seen the second episode of ‘Flux’, the six-part story that is essentially Series 13 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and John Bishop. I greatly enjoyed it and found it better than the first episode. I was able to follow what went on compared to finding it all crammed in the first episode. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the eleventh instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

We return to the world of Big Finish as we take a look at the third full-cast audio drama of ‘Doctor Who’ in the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. This is the third and final adventure in the Eighth Doctor trilogy of audios called ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’. The episode is by Lizzie Hopley and it features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks. Continue reading

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – Meglos’

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I’ve finally filled in the gap of my reviews on the Target novelizations/audiobooks of Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’. Today, I’m sharing my review on the novelization/audiobook of ‘Meglos’ by Terrance Dicks, which is based on the original TV scripts by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch. ‘Doctor Who – Meglos’ features the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9. The audiobook is read by Jon Culshaw with John Leeson as the voice of K-9. Continue reading

Before ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’

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I’m about to check out ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’ CD box set of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish, starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, George Watkins, Matthew Waterhouse and Nicholas Briggs. This is for the upcoming ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season I’m preparing from December 2021 to January 2022. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse’ (Doctor Who)

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Here we are again, everyone! 🙂 We have a new season of ‘Doctor Who’ in the year 2021. It’s Jodie Whittaker’s third season as the Thirteenth Doctor (Series 13) and she’s joined by Mandip Gill as Yaz and newcomer John Bishop as Dan. Series 13 also happens to be a six-part adventure called ‘Flux’. 🙂 Continue reading