Quick DVD Reviews – ‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’

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For Christmas 2024, I gave my parents the Series 1-4 DVD collection of the BBC TV drama mystery series ‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’. It was a winner for them as well as for me. So much so that I later purchased the 2022 Christmas Special on DVD. Continue reading

‘The TV Movie’ (Doctor Who) DVD Audio Commentary #2 – The Chaotic Bits

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And here I am sharing the fourth and final YouTube video on fifthdoctor‘s channel, which is on the 1996 ‘Doctor Who’ TV movie! 🙂 Today, it’s time to share the chaotic highlights of the second DVD audio commentary of ‘The TV Movie’, which was released on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD set, released in the first ‘Revisitations’ DVD box set in 2010. Continue reading

‘The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited’ – The Chaotic Bits

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It’s time for me to share a third YouTube video that I discovered on fifthdoctor‘s channel recently. Today, I’m sharing the chaotic highlights of ‘The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited’ documentary, which can be seen on the Season 23 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ in ‘The Collection’ range. 😀 Continue reading

‘Earthshock’ (Doctor Who) DVD Audio Commentary – The Chaotic Bits

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Continuing the theme of what I shared yesterday, I’d like to share another YouTube video that I discovered via fifthdoctor‘s channel. This time, it’s on the ‘Earthshock’ DVD audio commentary, featuring the TARDIS foursome – Peter Davison (the FIfth Doctor), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Janet Fielding (Tegan) and Matthew Waterhouse (Adric). Continue reading

‘Arc of Infinity’ (Doctor Who) DVD Audio Commentary – The Chaotic Bits

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To commemorate my first meeting with Sarah Sutton (Nyssa of Traken in ‘Doctor Who’) at the ‘Fifth Element’ convention in February 2010, I’d like to share a YouTube video I discovered on fifthdoctor‘s channel on the ‘Arc of Infinity’ DVD audio commentary. 🙂 Continue reading

A Special Preview of ‘Neptune Connect’

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It’s time for me to provide an update on how things are going with me sharing my latest ‘Doctor Who’ story in ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series – ‘Neptune Connect’, a four-part story where the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy are battling against the Cybermen. Continue reading

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time’

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In case you missed it yesterday, I’ve added a brand-new review on the ‘Doctor Who’ Target novelization/audiobook ‘Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time’ by Terrance Dicks, based on the original TV scripts by ‘David Agnew’ (who is actually script editor Anthony Read with the scripts edited by producer Graham Williams). The story features the Fourth Doctor, Leela and K-9, and takes place on Gallifrey where our heroes confront the Vardans and the Sontarans. The 2016 audiobook for ‘Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time’ is read by John Leeson, who voices K-9 in the TV series and the Big Finish audios. Continue reading

Season 15 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #6

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And here we are on the sixth and final story of Season 15 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time for an updated review on the six-part season finale ‘The Invasion of Time’ by David Agnew. The review was done by me and Timelord007 back in 2017. Today, we’re sharing our updated thoughts on the story, which sees Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor returning to Gallifrey, along with Louise Jameson as Leela and K-9, voiced by John Leeson. The guest cast includes John Arnatt as Chancellor Borusa, Milton Johns as Castellan Kelner, Chris Tranchell as Andred and Hilray Ryan as Rodan. The story also features the mysterious Vardans, and the war-like Sontarans, led by Derek Deadman as Commander Stor. This story also features the departure of Leela and K-9 Mark I. Continue reading

Season 15 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #5

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Let’s check out the fifth and penultimate story in Season 15 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘Underworld’ by Bob Baker and Dave Martin. In this adventure, Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela and K-9, voiced by John Leeson, come across a spaceship in deep space called the R1C, captained by James Maxwell as Jackson, who is joined by his followers Alan Lake as Herrick, Jonathan Newth as Orfe and Imogen Bickford-Smtih as Tala. Jackson and his team are on a quest to search for the race banks of their people – the Minyans of Minyos. “The Quest is the Quest!” Will our heroes uncover the secrets of the P7E spaceship that’s buried in a planet made of meteorites? Continue reading

Season 15 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #4

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Here we are on the fourth story in Season 15 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, based on its ‘Collection’ Blu-ray box set. It’s time for ‘The Sun Makers’ by Robert Holmes, directed by the late Pennant Roberts. This is a ‘Doctor Who’ story where the planet Pluto is being taxed to death. There’s Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela, and K-9, voiced by John Leeson. It’s good to see K-9 appear properly in this ‘Doctor Who’ story, following his absence in ‘Image of the Fendahl’. There’s a good guest cast in this adventure, including the likes of Henry Woolf, Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, David Rowlands, William Simons, Adrienne Burgess and Michael Keating. Continue reading