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Audio Review – ‘Timejacked!’ (Doctor Who)

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Let’s close off our look into the Peter Capaldi/Twelfth Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ by checking out the second volume of ‘Twelfth Doctor Chronicles’ by Big Finish called ‘Timejacked!’ This is a three-part story, with the first episode called ‘Flight to Calandra’ by Matt Fitton and the second and third episodes called ‘Split Second’ and ‘The Weight of History’ by Lou Morgan. All three episodes of ‘Timejacked!’ are directed by Helen Goldwyn. Continue reading

Audio Reviews – ‘The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles: Volume Two’ (Doctor Who)

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To close off our look into the Matt Smith/Eleventh Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’, it’s time to venture into ‘The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles: Volume Two’ by Big Finish, starring Jacob Dudman as the Eleventh Doctor. Back in 2019, I reviewed the first ‘Eleventh Doctor Chronicles’ box set on CD. Today, I’m sharing my reviews on the second ‘Eleventh Doctor Chronicles’ box set, which I’ve recently listened to as a download from the Big Finish website. Continue reading

Week 49e – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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It’s New Year’s Eve today and at last! We have ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’, the CD box set of ‘Doctor Who’ audios by Big Finish featuring the final three adventures of the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Marc, starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and George Watkins. I’m pleased these three audio adventures were released in 2021 and that I’m able to review them for the 2021-22 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season on my blog. Continue reading

Vinyl Review – ‘Echoes of Extinction’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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Happy 58th anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ and welcome everyone to the thirteenth and final instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season!

One time, I said I was going to check out and review the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series of ‘Doctor Who’ for an Easter review season. Those plans changed and here we are! For the final instalment of ‘TLV’, let’s check out ‘Echoes of Extinction’ by Alfie Shaw, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor with guest stars like Burn Gorman, Kathryn Drysdale, Paul Clayton, Mina Anwar, Inès de Clercq and Arthur Darvill. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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

We return to the world of Big Finish as we take a look at the third full-cast audio drama of ‘Doctor Who’ in the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. This is the third and final adventure in the Eighth Doctor trilogy of audios called ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’. The episode is by Lizzie Hopley and it features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks. Continue reading

Before ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’

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I’m about to check out ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’ CD box set of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish, starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, George Watkins, Matthew Waterhouse and Nicholas Briggs. This is for the upcoming ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season I’m preparing from December 2021 to January 2022. 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

Audio Review – ‘He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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

At last! We get into full-cast audio drama mode as we take a look at the first Eighth Doctor audio adventure by Big Finish called ‘He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not’. This audio episode is by Carrie Thompson. It features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor who meets Brian the Ood for the first time, played by Silas Carson. Continue reading

Audio Reviews – ‘Master Thief’ (TLV)/’Lesser Evils’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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

It’s time to get into the Big Finish audios of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series! We start off with a look into two Short Trip audios featuring the Master in ‘Doctor Who’. The first Short Trip audio is ‘Master Thief’ by Sophie Iles, featuring Roger Delgado’s Master and the second Short Trip audio is ‘Lesser Evils’ by Simon Guerrier, featuring Anthony Ainley’s Master. Both Short Trip audios are read by Jon Culshaw. Continue reading

Quick Vinyl Review – ‘Time Lord Victorious – Echoes of Extinction’ (Doctor Who)

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Over my birthday weekend this year, I revisited my ASDA-exclusive vinyl edition of ‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’, starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton and enjoyed it very much. I also ventured into hearing the vinyl story ‘Echoes of Extinction’ which is part of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. 🙂 Continue reading