Category Archives: Reviews

Quick Movie Review – ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

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Here we are again! It’s time for the third instalment of the ‘Knives Out’/Benoit Blanc murder-mystery whodunit film series, which I’ve seen on Netflix. It’s ‘Wake Up Dead Man’, once again written and directed by Rian Johnson and it stars Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc. Continue reading

Week 21 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ REVISITED & UPDATED

 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO CD AND VINYL TODAY–

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I’ve recently purchased a brand-new vinyl recorder player to play my ‘Doctor Who’ vinyls on. And because I’ve checked out the latest Big Finish audio story ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ in my current ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, I decided to revisit the Big Finish audio story ‘Spare Parts’ by Marc Platt, which has another version of the origins of the Cybermen on the planet Mondas. I regard ‘Spare Parts’ very highly and I prefer it over ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’. Not that ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ is bad or anything. Far from it! It’s just I grew up with ‘Spare Parts’ first and I feel a leaning more towards that as a Mondasian Cybermen origins story compared to ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Doctor Who Unleashed – 20 Years in Wales’

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Okay, so, I must admit, I’ve not seen every episode of the behind-the-scenes documentary ‘Doctor Who Unleashed’ by this point. Hopefully, I can make up for this when it comes to doing in-depth reviews on Series 14 and 15 of ‘Doctor Who’ in 2026. 🙂 Continue reading

Week 12d – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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At last! I’m up to date with checking out the latest Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’ featuring Sarah Sutton as Nyssa in this year’s ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from December 2025 to January 2026. And I’ve checked out the most epic Big Finish audio story of ‘Doctor Who’ ever made, which is spread out across two box sets, both on CD and as a download. It’s time for ‘Hooklight’, an epic 12-part ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure by Tim Foley, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. I’m so pleased I’ve been able to check out and do a brand-new review on the epic 12-part story at last! Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘Knight and Day’ (Extended Cut)

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For Christmas this year, whilst I got my Mum the Blu-ray of ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’, my Dad got her a couple of other films starring Tom Cruise. One of them was an extended version of the 2010 film ‘Knight and Day’ with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Continue reading

Week 12c – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ REVISITED

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I know I shared my review on this ‘Doctor Who’ story last year, but since this six-part audio adventure leads directly into the next story ‘Hooklight’, which is a twelve-part audio adventure, I decided to revisit it in order to be familiar with what went on in that story as well as what happened at the end. Hopefully, it’ll prepare me in terms of what to expect when it comes to checking out and reviewing ‘Hooklight’. Anyway, for today’s instalment of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, let’s revisit ‘The Great Beyond’ by James Kettle, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric.

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Quick TV Review – ‘Dad’s Army at the BBC’

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On Christmas Day, I saw the latest celebration documentary about ‘Dad’s Army’ and the actors’ appearances on shows outside the TV series called ‘Dad’s Army at the BBC’. I greatly enjoyed this documentary on BBC Two, and it was nice to see it on Christmas Day. Continue reading

Week 12ba – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Today, it’s time for a Genesis!

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Quick TV Reviews – ‘All Creatures Great and Small: Behind the Magic’ & ‘Comfort and Joy’ (All Creatures Great and Small) (2020-25)

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On Christmas Eve in 2025, we had a double dose of new ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ on Channel 5. We had the behind-the-scenes making-of documentary ‘Behind the Magic’ and the Christmas Special called ‘Comfort and Joy’. It was great to see both on the same night! Continue reading

Audio Reviews – ‘The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories’ (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to this year’s ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from December 2025 to January 2026! 🙂 It’s a Christmas tradition that’s been going for the past 10 years (unless you reschedule a ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for Easter 2024 instead of Christmas 2023, but that’s beside the point) where I share brand-new and updated reviews on certain ‘Doctor Who’ stories featuring Nyssa of Traken, my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ companion, as played by Sarah Sutton in the TV series and the Big Finish audios. I’m looking forward to sharing with you some brand-new reviews on certain ‘Doctor Who’/Nyssa stories that have come out this year as well as share updated reviews on certain stories I’ve already covered but have revisited recently. Continue reading