Category Archives: Sci-Fi

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Christmas Invasion’

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We begin a new era of new series ‘Doctor Who’ today as we start the David Tennant era. The first episode of that era is ‘The Christmas Invasion’, starring David Tennant as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. It’s Christmas Day, the Doctor’s regenerated and the Sycorax are about to invade Earth. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Bad Wolf’/’The Parting of the Ways’

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It’s the last episode of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ and the last of the Christopher Eccleston era. The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack find themselves on the Game Station in the far future and they have to come up against a massive space fleet of Dalek in this exciting two-part adventure by Russell T. Davies. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Boom Town’

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We’ve come to the last stage of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. Today it’s ‘Boom Town’, one of my favourite episodes from the series as it’s set in Cardiff and it features the Doctor, Rose, Captain Jack and Mickey teaming up to sort out Annette Badland as Margaret Slitheen. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Empty Child’/’The Doctor Dances’

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Here is the first ‘Doctor Who’ story by Steven Moffat. It is a two-parter set in World War II and it features the first appearance of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness. It’s about an empty child who keeps on asking “Are you my mummy?” and is one of my favourite TV stories from the new series. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Father’s Day’

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This is the episode where we get to meet Rose’s dad, Shaun Dingwall as Pete Tyler. It’s time to travel back in time where Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose meet Pete Tyler on the day that he died. This is an emotional episode where Rose learns the consequences of time-travel. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘The Renaissance Man’ (Doctor Who)

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Here’s another random review on my blog from my old Amazon review days. Today, I’ve added my ‘Doctor Who’ review on ‘The Renaissance Man’ starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. This audio adventure is the second one in ‘The Fourth Doctor Adventures’ by Big Finish. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Long Game’

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We begin the third stage of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. In this episode, the Doctor and Rose are joined by Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell who becomes a short-time companion. The trio visit Satellite 5 during the height of the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Continue reading

‘Blake’s 7’ Tributes

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Lately we’ve had the sad loss of Paul Darrow who passed away this week. As well as giving a tribute to Paul Darrow, I’ve also decided to give a tribute to Gareth Thomas and Jacqueline Pearce who have also passed away recently. These three actors are well-known for featuring in the TV series ‘Blake’s 7’. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Dalek’

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Here we are on the first ‘Doctor Who’ episode I ever watched before I became a fully-fledged fan. This is ‘Dalek’ by Robert Shearman. It’s a great episode featuring a lone Dalek and starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose. This remains one of my favourite episodes of the series. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’

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Here we are on where it more or less began for me with getting into ‘Doctor Who’ in the first place. This is the first two-part story in the new series of ‘Doctor Who’ starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. This is ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ and it’s where we first meet the alien Slitheen. Continue reading