Category Archives: Sci-Fi

Week 30 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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–UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO STORY TODAY–

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Hope you’re enjoying Easter Sunday so far! Following my latest Easter message with Sarah Sutton today, it’s fitting that I share my latest updated ‘Nyssa Challenge’ review on the first story of ‘The Stockbridge Trilogy’ of ‘Doctor Who’ audios by Big Finish called ‘Castle of Fear’ by Alan Barnes. ‘The Stockbridge Trilogy’ was released from October to December 2009 and is a collection of three four-part adventures set in the English village of Stockbridge. Continue reading →

Book Reviews – ‘More Short Trips’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s Easter Saturday today and the 2024 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season continues, as we check out the second ‘Short Trips’ anthology book of ‘Doctor Who’ published by the BBC called ‘More Short Trips’, released in March 1999. There are seventeen stories in the anthology. Once again, one of them features the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. 🙂 Continue reading →

Book Reviews – ‘Short Trips’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s Good Friday today, and we’re continuing the 2024 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season by checking out the first ‘Short Trips’ anthology book of ‘Doctor Who’ published by the BBC, which was released in March 1998. There are fifteen stories in the anthology and one of them happens to feature the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. 🙂 Continue reading →

Week 8a – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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For the first time ever, we have a ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season over the Easter period of 2024! 😀 This was supposed to be ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from December 2023 to January 2024, but because of the busyness of 2023, thanks to ‘Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary celebrations, I wasn’t able to find the time to put it together, which is a shame. Continue reading →

Basement Update – ‘The Sunfire Chronicles’

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It’s been a while since I’ve shared my ‘coming soon’ blog post about my upcoming ‘Doctor Who’ series of ‘Short Trips’ called ‘The Sunfire Chronicles’ back in January. You may have also noticed that I haven’t shared any ‘Basement News’ blog posts since 2024 began. The simple reason for that is I’ve been very busy. Continue reading →

Convention Report – ‘Devcon Sci-Fi, Toy, Film & Comic Fair’ (March 2024)

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I had a lovely time attending the ‘Devcon Sci-Fi, Toy, Film & Comic Fair’ at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Plymouth last weekend on Sunday the 3rd of March. My parents joined me. 😀 We spent the weekend enjoying and exploring Plymouth on the Saturday and enjoying attending ‘Devcon’ on the Sunday. 🙂 Continue reading →

Quick TV Series Review – ‘The Orville: New Horizons’ (Season 3)

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SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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It’s taken me a while, but I’ve finished checking out Season 3 of ‘The Orville’ – also known as ‘New Horizons’ – on Disney+. I’ve greatly enjoyed checking out Season 3. Having enjoyed the first two seasons of ‘The Orville’ from 2021 to 2022, it’s so fitting that Season 3 turned out to be just as good. Continue reading →

Blu-ray Review Update – ‘The Church on Ruby Road’ (Doctor Who)

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Last week, I received my Blu-ray copy of the ‘Doctor Who’ 2023 Christmas Special called ‘The Church on Ruby Road’, starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday. I’ve updated my review on the special by adding the details of what special features are contained on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of ‘The Church on Ruby Road’. Continue reading →

Quick Escape Hunt Review – ‘A Dalek Awakens’ (TLV) (Doctor Who) (TAKE TWO)

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Last year in November, my Mum and I tackled the ‘Doctor Who’ Escape Hunt game called ‘A Dalek Awakens’ in Cheltenham. Last weekend, I had another go at tackling ‘A Dalek Awakens’ in Cheltenham and my best mate from school Stephen joined me. We greatly enjoyed doing the game! Continue reading →

‘Goth Opera’ to be adapted for audio by Big Finish!

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Well, it’s finally happened! ‘Goth Opera’ is going to be adapted into a Big Finish audio drama and will be released in July this year! I’m so excited by the news! I hoped something like this would happen, but didn’t think it would actually happen, especially when the ‘Novel Adaptations’ range seemed to stop. Continue reading →