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‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Bounty’

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Enjoying Easter Monday so far? In today’s instalment of this year’s Easter review season, it’s time for the fifth story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ audio collection of ‘Doctor Who’. Here’s my brand-new review on ‘Bounty’, the first of three stories in the ‘Earth and Beyond’ audio anthology, featuring the Eighth Doctor and Sam. The story is by Peter Anghelides, who has contributed many stories to ‘Doctor Who’, including audios, books and short stories. The ones by him that I’ve checked out and reviewed so far include ‘The Tip of the Mind’, ‘Good Companions’ and ‘The Four Doctors’. ‘Bounty’ is read by Paul McGann, who plays the Eighth Doctor, and it’s the only audio story exclusive in the ‘Earth and Beyond’ anthology, since it was never printed in any book anthology. Was ‘Bounty’ worth my attention in checking out ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’? Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #39 – ‘Go with the Flow’

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It’s Easter Monday today, and how fitting that I’m sharing another updated review on a ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ episode, as I used to enjoy watching ‘Beast Wars’ on GMTV as a kid over the Easter Holidays, Bank Holidays and October half-terms from 1998 to 1999. Today, we’re checking out the episode ‘Go with the Flow’, a Season 3 episode where Rattrap and Depth Charge have to work together to save Una, a proto-human girl, who gets kidnapped by the Predacons to help finish Megatron’s deadly disruptor ray weapon that will be used to destroy the Maximals and their makeshift base whilst protecting the Autobots’ Ark. The first time I saw ‘Go with the Flow’ was on Volume 3 of the four official VHS releases of ‘Beast Wars’ containing Season 3 episodes that had never been shown before via GMTV in the UK. I’ve also seen ‘Go with the Flow’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Can Rattrap and Depth Charge save Una and stop the Predacons at the same time? Or will the Predacons finds themselves unwittingly defeated by an unexpected enemy? Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who – The Novel of the Film’ (1997)

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Wishing you all a very good Easter Sunday today! I’ve shared this quite recently, but what the heck? No harm in sharing it again! 😀 It’s time to check out the fourth story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories! It’s time for the 1997 abridged audiobook of the 1996 BBC Books edition of the ‘Doctor Who’ TV movie novelization – also known as ‘The Novel of the Film’. ‘The TV Movie’ novelization is by Gary Russell and is read by Paul McGann. My review on the 1997 abridged audiobook has been added to my page on ‘The TV Movie’, which also contains a review on ‘The TV Movie’ itself, a review on the ‘Tomorrow’s Times – The Eighth Doctor’ item presented by Nicholas Courtney, and a review on the 2021 Target novelization and its 2021 unabridged audiobook read by Dan Starkey. The story features the Eighth Doctor, Grace, the Seventh Doctor and the Master. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who – Vengeance on Varos’ (1997)

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It’s Easter Saturday today! Let’s check out the third story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories! Today, it’s time for the 1997 abridged audiobook of the Target novelization ‘Doctor Who – Vengeance on Varos’ by the late Philip Martin, read by Colin Baker. My review on the 1997 abridged audiobook has been added to my ‘Vengeance on Varos’ page, which also contains a review on the TV story and a review on the Target novelization and the 2019 unabridged audiobook, read by Martin Jarvis. The story features the Sixth Doctor, Peri and the greedy Sil. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who – Warriors of the Deep’ (1995)

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Happy Good Friday, everyone! 🙂 It’s time to continue our look into the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories! I’ll be updating my reviews on Season 21 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series based on its ‘Collection’ Blu-ray box set sometime soon. Before that happens though, let’s check out the 1995 abridged audiobook of the Target novelization ‘Doctor Who – Warriors of the Deep’ by Terrance Dicks, read by Peter Davison. My review on the 1995 abridged audiobook has been added to my ‘Warriors of the Deep’ page, which also contains a review of the TV story and a review on the Target novelization and the 2023 unabridged audiobook, read by Janet Fielding. The story features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, the Silurians, the Sea Devils and the Myrka. Continue reading →

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks’ (1995)

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It’s time for another Easter review season on ‘Bradley’s Basement’! Last year, I shared my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories featured in ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume One’, which can be heard on Audible. This year, I’m sharing another set of reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories featured in ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’, which can also be heard on Audible. Most of these audio stories I’ve reviewed already and there’s one I’ve yet to share. I hope you’ll enjoy what I’ll be sharing from this ‘Doctor Who’ audio collection this Easter! 🙂 Continue reading →

New ‘Doctor Who’ Timeline for the Sixteenth Doctor

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At long last! I’ve created a new ‘Doctor Who’ timeline for the Sixteenth Doctor, as played by Billie Piper at the end of ‘The Reality War’, the second episode of the two-part finale of Series 15 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. I’m so pleased that the story titles have been announced for the new Doctor and that I’ve been able to add them to my latest ‘Doctor Who’ timeline for the Sixteenth Doctor in April 2026. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #38 – ‘Proving Grounds’

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We’re back to a single-episode story in Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’, as we’re checking out ‘Proving Grounds’ – a story about Blackarachnia, who leaves the Maximals and is convinced she has no place among them. She also isn’t willing to be reprogrammed to have her Predacon core removed. Blackarachnia also gets stalked by the Transmetal II version of Dinobot, who is the only other Predacon featured in the episode. Megatron and other Predacons like Waspinator, Inferno and Quickstrike don’t appear in this story at all. The first time I saw ‘Proving Grounds’ was on Volume 2 of the four official VHS releases of ‘Beast Wars’ containing Season 3 episodes that had never been shown before via GMTV in the UK. The episode was later released in a ‘Beast Wars’ Volume 2 UK DVD release, which included it and the two-part story ‘Feral Scream’ set before it. I’ve also seen ‘Proving Grounds’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Will Blackarachnia leave the Maximals forever or will Silverbolt persuade her otherwise? Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #37 – ‘Feral Scream’

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It’s time for a two-part story in Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’. Today, we’re checking out ‘Feral Scream’, a story about Cheetor where he gets a new Transmetal II body. We’re also introduced to a Transmetal II version of Dinobot, who was created by Megatron to become part of the Predacon cause. This story has a horror aspect to it, particularly when paying homage to ‘Frankenstein’ and the Werewolf story. The first time I saw ‘Feral Scream’ in its two parts was on Volume 2 of the four official VHS releases of ‘Beast Wars’ featuring Season 3 episodes that had never been shown before via GMTV in the UK. The two-part story was later released in a ‘Beast Wars’ Volume 2 UK DVD release, which included it and ‘Proving Grounds’. It’s funny looking back on that Volume 2 UK DVD release, as I thought it would’ve included more than three episodes compared to the Volume 1 UK DVD release, which had seven episodes on it. I’ve also seen ‘Feral Scream’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Continue reading →

Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – The Novel of the Film’ (1997)

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What good timing this is! 😀 As it’s the 30th anniversary of the ‘Doctor Who’ TV movie, I’ve checked out and reviewed the 1997 abridged audiobook of the 1996 BBC Books edition of ‘The TV Movie’ novelization – also known as ‘The Novel of the Film’ – by Gary Russell. It’s read by Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Doctor in ‘The TV Movie’ and currently plays him in the Big Finish audios. The audiobook is included in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume Two’ collection via Audible. The story features the Eighth Doctor, Grace, the Seventh Doctor and the Master. Continue reading →