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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 →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Earthshock’

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This is the first classic TV series ‘Doctor Who’ story that I discovered after checking out the first two seasons of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series back in 2006. It’s time for us to check out ‘Earthshock’, a four-part story by Eric Saward. In this story, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric find themselves tackling against the ‘shocking’ return of the Cybermen. This story also features the departure of Adric as a ‘Doctor Who’ companion. Not all will be plain-sailing in this adventure. 😦 ‘Earthshock’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Visitation’

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We come to one of my favourite stories in Season 19 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time for ‘The Visitation’, a four-part story by Eric Saward, where Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric and Janet Fielding as Tegan visit England in the year 1666. They meet Michael Robbins (of ‘On the Buses’ fame) as Richard Mace, and they work together to thwart the evil plans of the reptile-like Terileptils, who have come to cause trouble with the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. ‘The Visitation’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Kinda’

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The third Season 19 story of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series is actually the first story of the ‘Mara Tales’ saga. Today, it’s time for us to take a look at ‘Kinda’, a four-part story by Christopher Bailey. Whilst Sarah Sutton as Nyssa is recovering in the TARDIS from the end of ‘Four To Doomsday’, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric explore the planet Deva-Loka, where they discover that all is not as it seems. ‘Kinda’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Four To Doomsday’

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It’s time for us to take a look at the second story of Season 19 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and the second TV story of the Peter Davison/Fifth Doctor era. It’s time for ‘Four To Doomsday’, a four-part story by Terence Dudley. In the story, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric visit the Urbankan spaceship where they meet Stratford Johns as Monarch. ‘Four To Doomsday’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading →

Seasons 10, 12, 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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At the time of this blog post, I’m currently checking out the Season 24 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy. I’m looking forward to sharing updated reviews on ‘Time and the Rani’, ‘Paradise Towers’, ‘Delta and the Bannermen’ and ‘Dragonfire’ sometime soon on my blog. Stay tuned for news! Continue reading →

Revisiting Seasons 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #6

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This is probably the ‘Doctor Who’ story in Season 19 that you’ve all been looking forward to. This is the highlight from Season 19 as well as the Peter Davison era.! It’s time for ‘Earthshock’, the sixth story of the season as the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric confront the menace of the Cybermen! Continue reading →

Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #4

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Here we are on the first highlight for me in Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’! It’s time to take a look at the fourth story of Season 19 as I share my updated review on ‘The Visitiation’, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric who meet Richard Mace and some Terileptils in 17th century England. Continue reading →

Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #3

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It’s time for the third story of Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’! Today we look at my updated review on ‘Kinda’, the first of the ‘Mara Tales’ and a four-part adventure where the Doctor and friends visit the planet Deva-Loka where they encounter the evil snake-like Mara. Sadly Nyssa is not in this tale a lot. Continue reading →