Category Archives: Reviews

‘The Darkening Eye’ Revisited

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It’s the 36th anniversary of Nyssa of Traken in ‘Doctor Who’ today! It’s also the 1st anniversary since ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ began on ‘Bradley’s Basement’! How amazing is that?! Continue reading

Weeping Angels, Vampires(?), the Dream Lord and Silurians with Matt Smith

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I’ve now posted some new DVD reviews on four stories from Series 5 of ‘Doctor Who’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. These stories star Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. Continue reading

Book/Audio Review – ‘Last of the Gaderene’ (Doctor Who)

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Today I’ve added my book/audio review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story, ‘Last of the Gaderene’! This is a Third Doctor adventure in book form and was chosen for the 50th anniversary collection of ‘Doctor Who’ books to represent the Third Doctor era! The story features the Third Doctor with Jo Grant, the Brigadier, Mike Yates, Sergeant Benton and U.N.I.T.! 🙂 Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘Gardens of the Dead’ (Doctor Who)

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As part of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ this week, here is my audio review of the Short Trip audio called ‘Gardens of the Dead’ with Mark Strickson. This Short Trip audio is set directly after ‘Mawdryn Undead’ and is currently available as a download by Big Finish. Continue reading

The Rani, Caretakers and Bannermen with Sylvester McCoy

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Today, I’ve posted three new reviews on the first three ‘Doctor Who’ TV stories starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor with Bonnie Langford as Mel. Continue reading

Week 51 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Here we are on my favourite Fifth Doctor novel with Nyssa and Tegan in it! Today on this week of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, vampires from ‘State of Decay’ make a return and Nyssa becomes a vampire in ‘Goth Opera’! 🙂 Continue reading

Quick Movie Review – ‘La La Land’

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I’ve now seen the movie ‘La La Land’ at the cinema this year for January 2017! I greatly enjoyed seeing this film! It’s a modern-day movie musical, but has the classic flavour of some of the movie musical hits from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s! It’s a movie that has jazz music and lots of colour in it! Continue reading

Book Review – ‘Blood Harvest’ (Doctor Who)

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In preparation for ‘Goth Opera’ tomorrow on ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ this coming week, I’ve added my review on ‘Blood Harvest’ to my ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog. This book is a sequel/prequel to ‘Goth Opera’ featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Benny! Continue reading

Week 50 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Is it Week 50 of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ already?!

The Mara returns to haunt Tegan again! This week on ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, the Doctor and Nyssa must save Tegan’s life and stop the Mara as they visit the world of Manussa in ‘Snakedance’! 🙂 Continue reading

DVD and Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘The Moonbase’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve posted my ‘Doctor Who’ DVD review on ‘The Moonbase’ starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor with Anneke Wills as Polly, Michael Craze as Ben and Frazer Hines as Jamie. This story also features the second appearance of the Cybermen in the classic series of ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading