Week 34 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

–UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO ANTHOLOGY TODAY–

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So, originally, I was planning to do a set of updated reviews on ‘The Lost Stories’ trilogy of ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventures starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton and Janet Fielding from 2011 for my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from 2024 to 2025, including ‘The Elite’, ‘Hexagora’ and ‘The Children of Seth’. Sadly, I’ve been busy in November and haven’t been able to find time to do those updated reviews. Thankfully, I’ve been able to update my review on one of my favourite Fifth Doctor and Nyssa audio stories that is actually an audio anthology called ‘1001 Nights’. Continue reading

Quick Movie Review – ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’

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I saw ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ on BBC iPlayer on Christmas Day! 🙂 I greatly enjoyed seeing the film. It was a very nice film to sit through and I felt very relaxed watching it. The ‘Wallace & Gromit’ nostalgia came back for me as I watched the film. 🙂 Continue reading

Week 12c – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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In today’s instalment of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ for this year’s mini-review season from December 2024 to January 2025, it’s time to check out the six-part ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure ‘The Great Beyond’ by James Kettle. This story stars Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. There are also special guest stars like Philip Hurd-Wood, Maggie Service and Andrew Wincott, and is directed by Ken Bentley. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Joy to the World’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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Wow! It’s been a while since I did one of these quick reviews on a recent ‘Doctor Who’ story. I know I did a quick review on Series 14, but that was a general summary on the whole season, not on an individual story. It’s nice to do this little review on one special. 🙂 Continue reading

Week 12b – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Before we return to the Big Finish audio world tomorrow, let’s uncover today’s instalment of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for December 2024 to January 2025 by checking out the BBC Audio Originals story of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Dark Contract’ by Will Hadcroft. The story features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric and is a 70-minute audio episode. ‘Dark Contract’ is read by Matthew Waterhouse, who plays Adric in the TV series and the Big Finish audios. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Doctor Who at the Proms 2024’

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On Christmas Eve, I managed to see ‘Doctor Who at the Proms 2024’ on BBC iPlayer. This was originally shown on BBC Two in the afternoon in the UK. In the past, ‘Doctor Who’ has had three Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London for 2008, 2010 and 2013. Continue reading

Week 12a – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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In today’s instalment of the latest ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, it’s time for us to check out the first of two 2024 box set audio releases in ‘The Fifth Doctor Adventures’ range of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish. It’s time for ‘The Dream Team’, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. This box set contains two stories – a four-part adventure called ‘The Merfolk Murders’ by Tim Foley and a two-part adventure called ‘Dream Team’ by Lizzie Hopley. Continue reading

Quick Reactions to ‘Joy to the World’ (Doctor Who)

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Quick TV Review – ‘All God’s Creatures’ (All Creatures Great and Small) (2020-24)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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It’s that time again to share my thoughts on the latest Christmas Special in the new ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ TV series shown on Channel 5. I look forward to checking out these Christmas Specials every year. They’re a delight to check out when I see them. Continue reading

Week 7 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

   

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Here we are again with another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season! Earlier this year, we had a ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for the Easter period from March to April 2024. I’m very happy to be doing another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for the Christmas period from December 2024 to January 2025, and to check out the latest stories featuring Nyssa of Traken, my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ companion, as played by Sarah Sutton in the TV series and Big Finish audios. Continue reading