Category Archives: Sci-Fi

‘Beast Wars’ Review #20 – ‘The Low Road’

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Here we are again with another ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ episode from Season 1 of the TV series in October 2025! 🙂 This is a rather unusual ‘Beast Wars’ episode, as it features Rhinox being infected with a deadly virus by Tarantulas. Dinobot and Rhinox must work together to locate the counter-virus and save Rhinox. Sounds like a typical filler episode in the ‘Beast Wars’ series, right? Well, what I found unusual about this episode is the tone that it goes for, especially when it becomes more humourous and it’s not so dramatic. Does that make the viewing experience worthwhile? I saw this episode for the first time in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set for Christmas in December 2011. It’s been great to revisit some ‘Beast Wars’ episodes I didn’t see from the 1990s via the 15th anniversary DVD box set in 2011. Does ‘The Low Road’ bring back happy memories for me when I first saw it on DVD back in 2011? Continue reading →

Quick Reactions to Series 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ (ALL in ONE COMPILATION)

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Just to give you an update, I’m hoping to do my in-depth reviews on Series 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson very soon. Before that happens though, I have a couple of 62nd anniversary celebration ‘Doctor Who’ reviews I want to share on my blog in November and I’m hoping to work my upcoming ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for December 2025 leading into January 2026. Continue reading →

Cuddles’ reaction to Fifi in ‘The Happiness Patrol’ (Doctor Who)

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In updating my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘The Happiness Patrol’, I’ve shared a brand-new reaction video via YouTube to add to my extended and updated thoughts on the story. This new reaction features Cuddles, my cuddly toy dog, reacting to Helen A’s pet – the space dog-like Stigorax in ‘The Happiness Patrol’. Continue reading →

DVD/Blu-ray Special Feature Review – ‘Girls! Girls! Girls! – The Eighties’ (Doctor Who)

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In case you missed it yesterday, I’ve updated my review on ‘The Happiness Patrol’, the second story of Season 25 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. In doing so, I’ve shared a brand-new review on the ‘Girls! Girls! Girls! – The Eighties’ discussion featuring Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Janet Fielding (Tegan) and Sophie Aldred (Ace). The discussion is introduced by Peter Purves, who plays Steven Taylor in ‘Doctor Who‘. Continue reading →

Season 25 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #2

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Today, it’s time to check out the second story in Season 25 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘The Happiness Patrol’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. I’ve updated and extended my thoughts on the story, based on my revisit of ‘The Happiness Patrol’ via the Season 25 Blu-ray box set. ‘The Happiness Patrol’ is a three-part adventure by Graeme Curry, who sadly passed away in 2019. Like ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, there are two versions of the story on two discs in the Season 25 Blu-ray box set. There’s the original three-part story on Disc 3 and the three-part Special Edition version of ‘The Happiness Patrol’ on Disc 4. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #19 – ‘Possession’

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It’s time again for another ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ episode in Season 1 of the TV series. Today, we’re checking out a rather unique and special ‘Beast Wars’ episode. In this episode, the Maximals and the Predacons meet Starscream, a Decepticon from the ‘Transformers’ Generation 1 TV series. Starscream’s spark comes to Earth and takes possession of Waspinator, one of the Predacons. I never saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode as a kid in the 1990s. I saw it when I purchased the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set for Christmas in December 2011. In-between the 1990s and 2011, I did see episodes of the ‘Transformers’ G1 TV series as well as the 1986 ‘Transformers’ movie to know who Starscream was as a character in this ‘Beast Wars’ episode. Was it a satisfying episode to sit through? Did it meet my expectations in being the first ‘Transformers’ G1/‘Beast Wars’ crossover in the ‘Beast Wars’ TV series? Continue reading →

Convention Report – ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough 2025’

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Last weekend, I attended ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough’ on Saturday 4th October 2025. This was my second ‘MegaCon Live’ convention this year, as I attended ‘MegaCon Live Birmingham’ back in March 2025. I greatly enjoyed going to ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough’. Continue reading →

Interview with Sarah Sutton – ‘The Keeper of Traken’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’m sharing my latest interview with Sarah Sutton (Nyssa of Traken in ‘Doctor Who’), who I saw recently at ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough 2025’ at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre in October 2025. In this latest interview with Sarah, we chat about her ‘Doctor Who’ debut as Nyssa in ‘The Keeper of Traken’, which was shown from January to February 1981. Continue reading →

Tim’s reaction to Allison beating up a Dalek in ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ (Doctor Who)

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In updating my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, I’ve shared a brand-new reaction video via YouTube to add to my extended and updated thoughts on the story. This new reaction focuses on the moment where Allison Williams from the ‘Counter-Measures’ team gets to beat up a Dalek in ‘Part Three’ of ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’. Continue reading →

Season 25 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #1

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It’s taken me a while, but I’m at last checking out and sharing my updated reviews on Season 25 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This is the 25th anniversary season of ‘Doctor Who’, which was shown from October 1988 to January 1989. The Blu-ray box set came out in October 2024, but I had to check out Seasons 15 and 20 on Blu-ray first before getting onto sharing my updated thoughts on the four stories in Season 25. Let’s begin out look into Season 25 by checking out ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, a four-part story by Ben Aaronvitch, who makes his first contribution to the TV series. Continue reading →