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Blu-ray review – ‘The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition’ (Doctor Who)

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As the BBC have done a Special Edition of ‘The Power of the Daleks’ on DVD and Blu-ray, I’ve done a ‘special edition’ of my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story, featuring updated thoughts and new photos. ‘The Power of the Daleks’ Special Edition on DVD and Blu-ray is now a 3-disc set and I enjoyed re-watching the story again. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Faceless Ones’ (Doctor Who)

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As we currently go through this tough period of the coronavirus – please keep safe – today, I’ve updated my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘The Faceless Ones’, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Anneke Wills as Polly, Michael Craze as Ben and Frazer Hines as Jamie. This updated review is based on the 2020 DVD/Blu-ray release featuring new animation episodes that fill in the loss of the original TV episodes that are currently missing from the BBC Archives. Continue reading

Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #2

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Here we are on the second story of Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’! Today it’s time to roll up for a ‘Carnival of Monsters’, starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant. This is a four-part adventure by Robert Holmes where the Doctor and Jo are in a miniscope with some deadly Drashigs. Continue reading

DVD Review – ‘The Enemy of the World’ (Doctor Who)

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This blog post announcement does feel rather late considering I updated my review on ‘The Enemy of the World’ based on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD release last year in May 2018. But I’ve had a chance to revisit that review and update it with some new information as well as check the photographs. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Macra Terror’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve updated my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘The Macra Terror’, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Anneke Wills as Polly, Michael Craze as Ben and Frazer Hines as Jamie. This brand-new review is based on the 2019 DVD/Blu-ray release featuring new animation episodes that fill in the loss of the original TV episodes that are currently missing from the BBC Archives. Continue reading

DVD review – ‘The Mind of Evil’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve added my ‘Doctor Who’ DVD review on ‘The Mind of Evil’ starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor; Katy Manning as Jo Grant; Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier; Richard Franklin as Mike Yates; John Levene as Sergeant Benton and Roger Delgado as the Master. This story comes from Season 8, Jon Pertwee’s second season as the Third Doctor. In this, the Doctor, Jo and U.N.I.T. deal with a mind-attacking parasite. Continue reading

DVD Review – ‘Inferno’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve added my ‘Doctor Who’ DVD review on ‘Inferno’ starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor; Caroline John as Liz Shaw; Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier and John Levene as Sgt. Benton. This is the last story of Season 7, Jon Pertwee’s first season as the Third Doctor. In this story, Project Inferno takes place and the Doctor visits a parrallel universe. Continue reading

Celebrating 55 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ #3

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Today we look into the Third Doctor era for the 55th anniversary celebrations of ‘Doctor Who’ on my blog. This is the action-packed era where ‘Doctor Who’ moved into colour television in the early 1970s. The Third Doctor was brave, dashing, flamboyant and most of the time was U.N.I.T.’s scientific advisor. Continue reading

Celebrating 55 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ #2

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The 55th anniversary celebrations of ‘Doctor Who’ continue on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. Yesterday, we looked at the First Doctor who was a grumpy old man in a police box. We now look at the Second Doctor who is a cosmic hobo in a police box; more of a clown and less bad-tempered than his predecessor. Continue reading

Celebrating 55 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ #1

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It’s the 55th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ this year in 2018! I’m celebrating this November by looking into all of the Doctors in the show’s history and share a review on a particular story featuring a certain incarnation of the Doctor. This will cover the 14 widely accepted Doctors on TV and some ambiguous ones. Continue reading