Category Archives: Doctor Who

Book Review – ‘The Official Annual 2021’ (Doctor Who)

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

It’s time to take a look at a story featured in the official ‘Doctor Who Annual’ of 2021 called ‘The Guide to the Dark Times’, starring River Song as author Melody Malone. This connects to the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series in terms of providing a guide on certain characters featured in the event. I’ve also reviewed the rest of the 2021 ‘Doctor Who Annual’ in my review for ‘The Guide to the Dark Times’. Continue reading →

Audio Review – ‘Rage of the Time Lords’ (The War Master)

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We continue ‘The War Master’ audio series from the worlds of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish by looking into the third box set of the series called ‘Rage of the Time Lords’. It will be a while before I get to share my review on the latest ‘War Master’ box set called ‘Killing Time’ with Sir Derek Jacobi, Sarah Sutton and Katy Manning, but I’m getting there. Continue reading →

Blu-ray review – ‘The Web of Fear: Special Edition’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time to check out the Special Edition of the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘The Web of Fear’ which has recently been released on DVD and Blu-ray. The Special Edition contains a brand-new animated lost episode in ‘Episode 3’ of the story. I’ve updated my thoughts in my brand-new review of ‘The Web of Fear’, which also contains new photos. Continue reading →

Comic Review – ‘Defender of the Daleks’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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But most importantly, welcome to the first instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

For the next 13 weeks leading up to the TV show’s 58th anniversary in November, I’ll be sharing reviews on certain stories featured in the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ event that happened from 2020 to 2021. We’re starting off by taking a look at the Titan Comics adventure called ‘Defender of the Daleks’, featuring the Tenth Doctor. Continue reading →

Celebrating 4 Years of the Divergent Wordsmiths

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Apparently, it’s been four years since the Divergent Wordsmiths started. I’ve contributed short stories to their collections over the years, including ‘Psychic Image’ for ‘Genesis of Terror’, ‘The Crimson Lion’ and ‘The Popiz’ for ‘The Paul Spragg ReCollections’, and ‘The City of the Bad Wolf’ and ‘Into the Death-Space’ for ‘Unbound Imaginings, Volume 2’. I’m pleased to have written those stories. Continue reading →

Before ‘Time Lord Victorious’

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Next week, the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’ will begin! Before that happens, please feel free to check out my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ stories featured in the ‘Road to the Dark Times’ Blu-ray, which I had a chance to check out over Christmas from December 2020 to January 2021. Continue reading →

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – Dragonfire’

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Just in case you missed it yesterday, I’ve read and heard the Target novelization/audiobook of the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘Dragonfire’ by Ian Briggs. The story features the Seventh Doctor and Mel who meet Ace for the first time and they reunite with Sabalom Glitz from ‘The Trial of a Time Lord’. The story also features Mel’s first departure from the TARDIS before she returned in ‘A Life of Crime’. The audiobook for ‘Doctor Who – Dragonfire’ is read by Bonnie Langford who played Mel in the TV series and she continues to play her in the Big Finish audios. Continue reading →

Season 24 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #4

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We’ve come to the end of Season 24 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy! It’s time to talk about the fourth story of the season called ‘Dragonfire’! My updated review on the story is based on the Blu-ray box set release of Season 24. ‘Dragonfire’ features Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Mel and it introduces Sophie Aldred as Ace, the new companion. Continue reading →

Season 24 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #3

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It’s time to talk about my favourite story out of Season 24 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy, featuring updated thoughts by me on the story based on the Blu-ray box set release. Today, it’s ‘Delta and the Bannermen’, the third story of Season 24 featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Mel with special guest stars Ken Dodd, Don Henderson, Sara Griffiths and more. Continue reading →

Season 24 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #2

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We continue this week’s look into Season 24 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Sylvester McCoy by taking a look at the second story of the season called ‘Paradise Towers’. This is one of my favourite stories of the season, featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Mel and special guest star Richard Briers as the Chief Caretaker! Continue reading →