Webcast Review – ‘Daleks!’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the eighth instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

We now look at the five-episode ‘Daleks!’ mini-series, which was broadcast on the official ‘Doctor Who’ YouTube channel from November to December 2020. The ‘Daleks!’ series takes place before the events of ‘Defender of the Daleks’ and ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ and features Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks who is joined by the vocal talents of Joe Sugg, Anjli Mohindra and Ayesha Antoine. Continue reading

Quick Blu-ray Review – ‘Downton Abbey: A Journey to the Highlands’

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I’ve seen the second ‘Downton Abbey’ Christmas Special called ‘A Journey to the Highlands’, which was shown on ITV1 back in December 2012. Except this Christmas Special doesn’t take place at Christmas time. It actually takes place on the 12th of August as we go to the Highlands of Scotland. 🙂 Continue reading

2 Quick Disney+ Reviews – ‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’ & ‘Greyfriars Bobby’

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My parents and I are currently enjoying Season 2 of ‘The Muppet Show’ on Disney+. We decided to take a divergence for a bit recently by checking out the Halloween special called ‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’. It turns out it’s the Muppets’ first ever Halloween special. I enjoyed watching it on Disney+! Continue reading

Quick Blu-ray Review – ‘Downton Abbey’ (Series 3)

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I’ve seen Series 3 of ‘Downton Abbey’ on Blu-ray! I’m enjoying these ‘Downton Abbey’ seasons in the run-up to the upcoming film ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’, which is set for release in March 2022. I’m enjoying the progression of the characters in the TV series, both upstairs and downstairs. 🙂 Continue reading

Revisiting ‘The Hobbit’/’The Lord of the Rings’ on Blu-ray

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I’ve had a chance to check out ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ films again, set in the world of Middle-Earth. I’m planning to do a ‘LOTR’-styled Advent Calendar for my blog this year with a comedic edge to it. I also hope to make a start on updating my reviews on the ‘LOTR’ radio series once I’ve sorted out my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ reviews for this year. I also hope to see the new ‘LOTR’ TV series on Amazon Prime Video soon. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the seventh instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

It’s time to take a look at the second full-cast audio drama of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish in the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. This is the second Eighth Doctor audio adventure called ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’. This audio episode is by Tracy Ann Baines. It features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks. Continue reading

Sarah Sutton’s Favourite Films

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As the ‘Bedford Who Charity Con’ is coming up this Saturday, I thought I’d share with you two reviews I’ve done on two films which are Sarah Sutton (Nyssa in ‘Doctor Who’)’s favourites. There’s my review on the Disney/Pixar film ‘Ratatouille’, which I saw on DVD last Saturday. I cooked a lasagne meal for me and my parents, based on Sarah Sutton’s recipe in ‘The Doctor Who Cookbook’ by Gary Downie, which we had while watching the film. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Grantchester’, Series 6, Episode 6

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I’ve seen the sixth episode of Series 6 of ‘Grantchester’ on ITV1 shown last Friday! Usually, this is where a season of ‘Grantchester’ ends, but there are two more episodes to follow since Series 6’s episode count has been extended from 6 to 8 episodes, which isn’t the case in the previous seasons. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Many Happy Returns’ (All Creatures Great and Small) (2020-21)

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I’ve seen the fourth episode of Series 2 of the new ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ series. I feel as if we’re going through this season very quickly, especially as I’m enjoying the episodes very much. I also like how this certain episode is more Tristan-focused as opposed to James-focused in the series. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Evil of the Daleks’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time to check out another ‘Doctor Who’ animation to fill in the gaps of missing black-and-white ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the 1960s. Today, it’s time for ‘The Evil of the Daleks’, one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Second Doctor era. It features Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and the debut of Deborah Watling as Victoria. Continue reading