Category Archives: Sci-Fi

Week 46 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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“Happy Birthday Sarah!”

How fitting it is to have ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ on Sarah Sutton’s birthday today! This week, it’s time for the Doctor and Tegan to rescue Nyssa from Nephthys and the robot mummies in this sequel to ‘Pyramids of Mars’ called ‘The Sands of Time’! 🙂 Continue reading

Week 45 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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It’s time to return to the world of ‘Doctor Who’ books with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan! Today on this week of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, the TARDIS trio venture to face the Dark on the moon of the planet Akoshemon in ‘Fear of the Dark’! 🙂 Continue reading

Day Trip Report – ‘Doctor Who Experience’ (November 2016)

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Following the sad news that the ‘Doctor Who Experience’ will be closing in 2017; I wanted to make sure I visited the experience at least one more time before it closed. I’m very glad I did as last weekend on Saturday, my best mate Stephen and I visited the experience and made the most of it! Continue reading

DVD Review – ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’

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We’ve come to the end of ‘The Next Generation’ movie series and of the original ten-movie series of ‘Star Trek’! I feel sad, as I’ve been enjoying revisiting and reviewing these ten amazing ‘Star Trek’ films. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my reviews on these ‘Star Trek’ films too! Continue reading

Week 44 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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The ‘Lost Stories’ trilogy with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan ends today on this week of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’! The TARDIS trio visit the Archipelago of Sirius where terror begins to brew on Level 14 in ‘The Children of Seth’! 🙂 Continue reading

WOTCHA – ‘Nyssa’s Test Tubes’

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I’d like to share a few thoughts on an interesting theory made about Nyssa and Ann Talbot in ‘Black Orchid’ by the Watcher in the latest issue of ‘Doctor Who Magazine’. In the ‘WOTCHA!’ feature in the back of issue #506 of ‘DWM’, it’s been theorised Nyssa and Ann swapped places at the story’s conclusion. Continue reading

DVD Review – ‘Star Trek: Insurrection’

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Here we are on the third ‘Star Trek’ movie featuring ‘The Next Generation’ team! This is also the penultimate instalment of the ten-movie series that I’ve been reviewing as part of my celebration of the 50th anniversary of ‘Star Trek’ on my blog. I’m re-watching and reviewing the first ten ‘Star Trek’ movies from ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ to ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’. Continue reading

Is Nyssa a snob or not?

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I discussed this topic on the now-deceased Big Finish forum in 2015. Here, I’m re-introducing it for this week’s ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ on the story called ‘Hexagora’. I hope you’ll enjoy these thoughts by me. Continue reading

Week 43 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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The ‘Lost Stories’ trilogy with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan continues! Today on this week of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, the TARDIS trio visit Luparis that looks like Tudor London in the story ‘Hexagora’. 🙂 Continue reading

‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ – Season 1 UPDATED

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As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of ‘Star Trek’ this year, I’ve now updated all my reviews on the episodes featured in ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ – Season 1. This series features the original cast of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, etc., voyaging on the starship Enterprise. Continue reading