Category Archives: Sci-Fi

Season 20 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #5

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Yes! We’re back with Season 20 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! After checking out Series 15 of the new TV series with Ncuti Gatwa, it’s time to pick up where we left off with our look into Peter Davison’s second season as the Fifth Doctor. Today, we’re checking out the fifth story called ‘Enlightenment’. It’s also the third story of ‘The Black Guardian Trilogy’. ‘Enlightenment’ is a four-part adventure by the late Barbara Clegg. This is his first and only contribution to the TV series. The story is directed by the late Fiona Cumming, who previously directed ‘Snakedance’. ‘Enlightenment’ stars Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Mark Strickson as Turlough. Valentine Dyall returns for his third appearance in Season 20 and we have the return of Cyril Luckhman as the White Guardian, who previously debuted in ‘The Ribos Operation’ in ‘The Key to Time’ season (Season 16). Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #6 – ‘Fallen Comrades’

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Here we are on the sixth story and the seventh episode of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series called ‘Fallen Comrades’. In the episode, a Maximal stasis pod has crash-landed on the mysterious planet where the Maximals and Predacons have been fighting their Beast Wars. There’s a race to get to the stasis pod, as the Maximals need to get to it before the Predacons do. I first saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode on Bank Holiday Monday in August 1998. It was second of two ‘Beast Wars’ episodes I saw on that day. The first episode was ‘Power Surge’. Continue reading

A Summary of ‘Time and the Rani’ (Doctor Who) by Tim Bradley

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This formed as Reaction #3 in my Quick Reactions video to ‘The Reality War’, the second part of the two-part finale of Series 15 of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Wish World’/’The Reality War’. Basically, it’s me doing a comedic summary of the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘Time and the Rani’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Mel and Kate O’Mara as the Rani. Continue reading

Unboxing Video – ‘Doctor Who’ Mini Mystery Bag (Collectormania Milton Keynes 2025) (31/05/25)

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In case you missed it yesterday, I’ve shared a brand-new video of me ‘unboxing’ a ‘Doctor Who’ mini mystery bag containing three items. I purchased the mini mystery bag when I attended ‘Collectormania Milton Keynes’ on Saturday the 31st of May. The video was recorded in my Premier Inn hotel room after my best friend Stephen and I saw ‘Wish World’/’The Reality War’ at the cinema. Continue reading

Convention Report – ‘Collectormania Milton Keynes 2025’

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It’s time to talk about my latest convention experience, which was the ‘Collectormania Milton Keynes 2025’ event run by Showmasters Events. I had a great time attending this event, especially as I got to see stars from ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Star Trek’ in Milton Keynes. Continue reading

Quick Reactions to ‘The Reality War’ (Part Two) (Doctor Who)

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‘Beast Wars’ Review #5 – ‘Power Surge’

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Let’s check out the sixth episode of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series, which happens to be the fifth story called ‘Power Surge’. This is a Terrorsaur-focused episode, as he finds an floating mountain filled with Energon and gains tremendous power from it. He defeats Megatron and becomes leader of the Predacons. I first saw this episode on Bank Holiday Monday in August 1998 and later recorded it on VHS in December 1999. I later had the episode in ‘The Beginning’, Volume 1 VHS release. Continue reading

Book Review – ‘Back to the Future’ (Novelization)

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‘Beast Wars’ Review #4 – ‘Chain of Command’

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It’s Spring Bank Holiday in May in the UK today! 🙂 It’s time for the fifth episode of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series – the fourth story called ‘Chain of Command’. In this episode, the Maximals investigate an unusual Standing Stones formation, which contains a source of Energon under a pile of rocks. The Predacons attack and trouble ensues. It’s fitting that I first saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode on Spring Bank Holiday Monday towards the end of May in 1998. Continue reading

Quick Reactions to ‘Wish World’ (Part One) (Doctor Who)

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