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Week 12b – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Before we return to the Big Finish audio world tomorrow, let’s uncover today’s instalment of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for December 2024 to January 2025 by checking out the BBC Audio Originals story of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Dark Contract’ by Will Hadcroft. The story features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric and is a 70-minute audio episode. ‘Dark Contract’ is read by Matthew Waterhouse, who plays Adric in the TV series and the Big Finish audios. Continue reading →

Quick TV Review – ‘Doctor Who at the Proms 2024’

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On Christmas Eve, I managed to see ‘Doctor Who at the Proms 2024’ on BBC iPlayer. This was originally shown on BBC Two in the afternoon in the UK. In the past, ‘Doctor Who’ has had three Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London for 2008, 2010 and 2013. Continue reading →

Week 12a – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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In today’s instalment of the latest ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, it’s time for us to check out the first of two 2024 box set audio releases in ‘The Fifth Doctor Adventures’ range of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish. It’s time for ‘The Dream Team’, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. This box set contains two stories – a four-part adventure called ‘The Merfolk Murders’ by Tim Foley and a two-part adventure called ‘Dream Team’ by Lizzie Hopley. Continue reading →

Quick Reactions to ‘Joy to the World’ (Doctor Who)

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Quick TV Review – ‘All God’s Creatures’ (All Creatures Great and Small) (2020-24)

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It’s that time again to share my thoughts on the latest Christmas Special in the new ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ TV series shown on Channel 5. I look forward to checking out these Christmas Specials every year. They’re a delight to check out when I see them. Continue reading →

Week 7 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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Here we are again with another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season! Earlier this year, we had a ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for the Easter period from March to April 2024. I’m very happy to be doing another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for the Christmas period from December 2024 to January 2025, and to check out the latest stories featuring Nyssa of Traken, my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ companion, as played by Sarah Sutton in the TV series and Big Finish audios. Continue reading →

Quick TV Review – ‘The War Games in Colour’ (Doctor Who)

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Okay, so, last year, when we had the ‘Doctor Who’ 60th anniversary celebrations, we were treated to a colourised version of ‘The Daleks’ in November 2023. Essentially, it was a colourised version of the black-and-white story compressed into 1 hour and 15 minutes. Continue reading →

Quick Movie Review – ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

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It’s Christmas Eve today! A fitting film to check out at Christmas time is of course ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’, the third film of the ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ film series. 😀 I greatly enjoyed seeing the third ‘Sonic’ movie at the cinema recently. I saw it on Monday the 23rd of December. 🙂 Continue reading →

Cinema Experiences – ‘Elf’, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Home Alone 2: Lost In New York’

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These past two days, I’ve enjoyed checking out three Christmas films released at Showcase Cinema in Nantgarw close to where I live. They include ‘Elf’, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Home Alone 2: Lost In New York’. I’ve really enjoyed seeing these films on the big screen. Continue reading →

Quick Movie Review – ‘Red One’

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This past Wednesday, I saw the latest Christmas film ‘Red One’ at the cinema. At the time, I didn’t know the film was going to be released on Amazon Prime Video the day after, so I could have saved some money and waited until the movie came out for home viewing. Continue reading →