Season 25 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #2

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Today, it’s time to check out the second story in Season 25 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘The Happiness Patrol’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. I’ve updated and extended my thoughts on the story, based on my revisit of ‘The Happiness Patrol’ via the Season 25 Blu-ray box set. ‘The Happiness Patrol’ is a three-part adventure by Graeme Curry, who sadly passed away in 2019. Like ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, there are two versions of the story on two discs in the Season 25 Blu-ray box set. There’s the original three-part story on Disc 3 and the three-part Special Edition version of ‘The Happiness Patrol’ on Disc 4. Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #19 – ‘Possession’

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It’s time again for another ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ episode in Season 1 of the TV series. Today, we’re checking out a rather unique and special ‘Beast Wars’ episode. In this episode, the Maximals and the Predacons meet Starscream, a Decepticon from the ‘Transformers’ Generation 1 TV series. Starscream’s spark comes to Earth and takes possession of Waspinator, one of the Predacons. I never saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode as a kid in the 1990s. I saw it when I purchased the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set for Christmas in December 2011. In-between the 1990s and 2011, I did see episodes of the ‘Transformers’ G1 TV series as well as the 1986 ‘Transformers’ movie to know who Starscream was as a character in this ‘Beast Wars’ episode. Was it a satisfying episode to sit through? Did it meet my expectations in being the first ‘Transformers’ G1/‘Beast Wars’ crossover in the ‘Beast Wars’ TV series? Continue reading

Quick TV Reviews – ‘Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Keeping Up Appearances’ & ‘Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’

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This year, we sadly lost Dame Patricia Routledge, well-known for playing Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced ‘Bouquet’ 😀 ) in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ and has played Hetty Wainthropp in ‘Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’. I will cherish very fond memories of watching her. 🙂 Continue reading

Convention Report – ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough 2025’

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Last weekend, I attended ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough’ on Saturday 4th October 2025. This was my second ‘MegaCon Live’ convention this year, as I attended ‘MegaCon Live Birmingham’ back in March 2025. I greatly enjoyed going to ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough’. Continue reading

Interview with Sarah Sutton – ‘The Keeper of Traken’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’m sharing my latest interview with Sarah Sutton (Nyssa of Traken in ‘Doctor Who’), who I saw recently at ‘MegaCon Live Farnborough 2025’ at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre in October 2025. In this latest interview with Sarah, we chat about her ‘Doctor Who’ debut as Nyssa in ‘The Keeper of Traken’, which was shown from January to February 1981. Continue reading

Tim’s reaction to Allison beating up a Dalek in ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ (Doctor Who)

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In updating my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, I’ve shared a brand-new reaction video via YouTube to add to my extended and updated thoughts on the story. This new reaction focuses on the moment where Allison Williams from the ‘Counter-Measures’ team gets to beat up a Dalek in ‘Part Three’ of ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’. Continue reading

Season 25 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #1

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It’s taken me a while, but I’m at last checking out and sharing my updated reviews on Season 25 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This is the 25th anniversary season of ‘Doctor Who’, which was shown from October 1988 to January 1989. The Blu-ray box set came out in October 2024, but I had to check out Seasons 15 and 20 on Blu-ray first before getting onto sharing my updated thoughts on the four stories in Season 25. Let’s begin out look into Season 25 by checking out ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, a four-part story by Ben Aaronvitch, who makes his first contribution to the TV series. Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #18 – ‘Dark Voyage’

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It’s October and we’re back on track with checking out the rest of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series. Let’s continue by checking out another exciting episode in Season 1 of ‘Beast Wars’ called ‘Dark Voyage’. It’s an episode where four Maximals – Rhinox, Cheetor, Rattrap and Dinobot – get caught in an Energon explosion and are blinded. They must find their way back to the Maximals’ base through darkness whilst overcoming obstacles, including being attacked by Predacons. I did see this episode on GMTV over the Christmas holidays from 1999 to 2000 and it was after seeing Season 2 of ‘Beast Wars’ in 1999. I recorded the episode on VHS to watch again and again, and years later, I owned the episode in ‘The Beginning’ Volume 3 VHS release. I also saw the episode when I purchased the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set for Christmas in December 2011. It’s great to revisit these ‘Beast Wars’ episodes and update my reviews on them, having such fond memories of watching the TV series as a kid in the 1990s. Continue reading

Cinema Experience – The ‘Spider-Man’ Film Trilogy (September 2025)

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It’s my final anniversary blog post to celebrate 10 years of ‘Bradley’s Basement’. I’d like to share with you my latest cinema experience of seeing the original ‘Spider-Man’ film trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire. I’ve greatly enjoyed revisiting the three films at the cinema. Continue reading

Book Review – ‘Iron Man’ (Novelization)

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To honour the memory of Peter David, who sadly passed away in May 2025, I’ve read and reviewed the movie novelization of the first ‘Iron Man’ movie in the ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’. It’s been great to check out this movie novelization and find out how the ‘MCU’ begins in prose form via Peter David’s superb style of writing. Continue reading