Power Month (Day 23) – ‘Wheel of Misfortune’ (MMPR)

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It’s time to check out a ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ episode in ‘Power Month’ that I think could have been handled better if it went in a different direction. It starts with Kimberley and her friends performing a school production of ‘Rumpelstiltskin’, which Bulk and Skull manage to mess up, especially with Bulk damaging Kimberley’s grandmother’s spinning wheel. Rita Repulsa then has her minions steal the spinning wheel and it becomes the evil ‘wheel of misfortune’. Can the Power Rangers thwart Rita’s latest evil scheme, especially when they fight Goldar and Scorpina as giants? Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’/’The Poison Sky’

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It’s time to check out the first two-part story in Series 4 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’/’The Poison Sky’ by Helen Raynor, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna. This two-parter also features the return of Freema Agyeman as Martha, who now works for U.N.I.T. There’s also the return of the potato-headed Sontarans in the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, including Christopher Ryan as General Staal and Dan Starkey as Commander Skorr. This story also features Jacqueline King as Sylvia, Donna’s mum and Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred, Donna’s granddad. There are guest stars like Rupert Holliday-Evans as Colonel Mace of U.N.I.T. and Ryan Sampson as Luke Rattigan. ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’/’The Poison Sky’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

Power Month (Day 22) – ‘Gung-Ho!’ (MMPR)

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Today in this year’s ‘Power Month’, we take a look at a ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ episode where Jason the Red Ranger and Tommy the Green Ranger have to work together, both in the Team Ninja Finals at Angel Grove, and when they’re having to collect new weapons being guarded by a new giant Zord called Titanus. Meanwhile, the other Rangers – Zack, Billy, Kimberly and Trini – have to fight off Rita Repulsa’s new Super Putty Patrollers. Also, Jason gets to wear Tommy’s shield as the Red Ranger whilst Tommy uses his Dragon Dagger and Jason’s Power Sword as the Green Ranger. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Planet of the Ood’

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Here’s another one of my favourite episodes in Series 4 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time to check out ‘Planet of the Ood’ by Keith Temple, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. This episode of course features the return of the Ood, voiced by Silas Carson, who appeared in ‘The Impossible Planet’/’The Satan Pit’ in Series 2. In ‘Planet of the Ood’, the Doctor and Donna must uncover the mystery that’s happening on the Ood-Sphere in the 42nd century, since ‘the circle must be broken’ for the Ood to sing. There are special guest stars like Tim McInnerny (who’s been in ‘Blackadder’, the ‘101 Dalmatians’ live-action films and ‘Johnny English Reborn’ as well as the ‘Doctor Who’ audio adaptation of ‘The Well-Mannered War’) as Mr. Halpen in the episode. There’s also Ayesha Dharker as Solana Mercurio and Adrian Rawlins as Dr. Ryder. ‘Planet of the Ood’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

Power Month (Day 21) – ‘Life’s A Masquerade’ (MMPR)

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It’s time to go fancy dress in this ‘Power Rangers’ episode for today’s ‘Power Month’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. In this episode, the Ranger teens dress up as different characters when attending a costume party at the Angel Grove Youth Center. Alpha also turns up at the party to hang out with his friends. 😀 And of course, Rita Repulsa causes trouble when she sends in a new monster that happens to be Frankenstein. Yes! The monster for this ‘Power Rangers’ episode happens to be Frankenstein! Isn’t that crazy or what? 😀 Will the Rangers stop Frankenstein crashing the party? Continue reading →

Basement News – August 2023

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I’ve shared a ‘Basement News’ blog post in the space of two months this year. Today however, I’m sharing a ‘Basement News’ blog post sooner than expected. This is because I’m going to be away most of the time in September due to attending conventions and going on holiday. I’ll share more on that as I get into sharing what’s been happening lately and what will happen on my blog for the rest of August and beyond. 🙂 Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Fires of Pompeii’

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We come to one of the best pseudo-historical adventures in the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series in Series 4, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna. It’s time for ‘The Fires of Pompeii’ by James Moran. This is an episode where the Doctor and Donna travel back in time to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii in 79 AD. This episode features guest stars who would become prominent in ‘Doctor Who’s history like Peter Capaldi (who would go on to play the Twelfth Doctor) as Caecilius and Karen Gillan (who would go on to play Amy Pond) as a Soothsayer. There’s also Tracey Childs (who has played Elizabeth Klein in the Big Finish audios with Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor) as Metella, Caecilius’ wife, and there’s Phil Davis (who I’ve seen in the BBC’s 2005 TV production of ‘Bleak House’) as Lucius. ‘The Fires of Pompeii’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

Power Month (Day 20) – ‘The Spit Flower’ (MMPR)

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Let’s have ourselves a Kimberley-focused ‘Power Rangers’ episode for today’s ‘Power Month’ instalment, as Kimberley builds a float containing flowers for an Angel Grove parade. Thankfully, Bulk and Skull don’t smash up the float as you might expect. It’s Rita Repulsa’s Putties that do that. The Power Rangers teens also have to thwart the menace of the Spit Flower, Rita’s latest monster, who devours and spits out flowers that end up having vicious teeth. Can the Rangers defeat the Spit Flower monster with the Dragon Megazord? Or is there another means of destroying the monster? Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Partners In Crime’

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Here we are on Series 4 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is, in my opinion, the best season featured in the David Tennant/Tenth Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ and is my favourite. It features the return of Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, who previously appeared in ‘The Runaway Bride’ and she becomes the Tenth Doctor’s travelling companion in this season. We start off Series 4 with the episode ‘Partners In Crime’ by Russell T. Davies where the Tenth Doctor and Donna investigate Adipose Industries before they reunite with each other. The episode features the return of Jacqueline King as Sylvia, Donna’s mum, and Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred Mott, who previously appeared in ‘Voyage of the Damned’ and happens to be Donna’s granddad. There’s also special guest star Sarah Lancashire as Miss Foster. ‘Partners In Crime’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

Power Month (Day 19) – ‘Itsy Bitsy Spider’ (MMPR)

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It’s time for a Zack-focused ‘Power Rangers’ episode in today’s ‘Power Month’ instalment, as we have Zack overcoming his fear of spiders. The Spirit Statue in Angel Grove gets stolen by Squatt and Baboo to be replaced by a duplicate statue containing the latest monster called Spidertron. Can Zack overcome his arachnophobia when fighting Spidertron? Will the other Rangers help Zack whilst fighting off Spidertron first on the ground and then fighting him as a giant in their Zords? There’s also a pet mouse – sorry, assistant – that Billy has in the episode called Jack. 😀 Continue reading →