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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Boom Town’

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Let’s check out another one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Christopher Eccleston/Ninth Doctor era. This is the penultimate story in Series 1 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘Boom Town’ by Russell T. Davies. In this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure, Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose and John Barrowman as Captain Jack visit Cardiff Bay in South Wales. They reunite with Noel Clarke as Mickey and enjoy spending some time in Cardiff Bay before they discover Annette Badland as Margaret Blaine, one of the Slitheen from ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ has returned to cause trouble. Will our bunch of heroes stop Margaret the Slitheen? ‘Boom Town’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Unquiet Dead’

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Here we are on the third episode of the Christopher Eccleston/Ninth Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘The Unquiet Dead’. And it happens to be the first ‘Doctor Who’ TV episode by Mark Gatiss. 😀 Starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose, this ‘Doctor Who’ episode takes us back to Earth’s past where we visit Cardiff in Victorian times. There are ghosts running amok in Cardiff on Christmas Eve in 1869. The Doctor and Rose must solve the ghost mystery with help from author Charles Dickens. Simon Callow guest stars as Mr. Dickens and there’s also Eve Myles who plays Gwyneth. ‘The Unquiet Dead’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

Convention Memories – ‘Cardiff Film & Comic Con 2014’

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Before I share my latest convention report on the ‘London Comic Con Spring’ from last weekend, let’s talk about another set of ‘convention memories’! It’s time to talk about the first convention I attended back in 2014 – the ‘Cardiff Film & Comic Con’! This was held at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, March 2014. This was one of the happiest conventions I attended, since it was close to home. 🙂 Continue reading →

DVD Reviews – ‘Great British Car Journeys’ – Series 1 & 2

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It’s Peter Davison’s birthday today! Happy Birthday Peter! 🙂 Continue reading →

Concert Review – ‘The Promise of Christmas’

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Back in July 2019, my parents and I saw Stuart Townend and Cambrensis in Concert at St. David’s Hall in Cardiff. Yesterday, my parents and I saw ‘The Promise of Christmas’ concert at St. David’s Hall. This helped to make me feel Christmassy. I enjoyed the carols and musical numbers being performed. 🙂 Continue reading →

Day Trip Report – ‘Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N.’ (August 2019)

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I miss the ‘Doctor Who Experience’ in Cardiff Bay. I enjoyed going to the gift shop and seeing what was inside the exhibition full of adventure and displays of costumes and monsters. Thus, I suppose it gets all made up for when I attended the latest interactive exhibit in Cardiff – the ‘Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N.’. Continue reading →

Concert Review – ‘Stuart Townend and Cambrensis in Concert’

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On Saturday the 13th of July this year, my parents and I attended ‘Stuart Townend and Cambrensis in Concert’. We had a nice time enjoying the songs and music performed by Stuart Townend, the Cambrensis Choir and Orchestra and the St. David’s Praise Choir. It felt pretty interactive for us too. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Stolen Earth’/’Journey’s End’

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It’s the epic finale to Series 4 of ‘Doctor Who’! This is ‘The Stolen Earth’/’Journey’s End’ where David Tennant’s Doctor, Donna, Rose, Martha, Captain Jack, Sarah Jane, Mickey and Jackie team up to face the Daleks with the return of Davros! This is a two-part ‘Doctor Who’ adventure I got really excited about! Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Utopia’/’The Sound of Drums’/’Last of the Time Lords’

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We’ve come to the end of Series 3 of ‘Doctor Who’ and it’s an epic three-part adventure. The Doctor reunites with John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness and the Doctor, Martha and Jack confront the menace of the Master who first returns as Sir Derek Jacobi before regenerating into John Simm. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Boom Town’

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We’ve come to the last stage of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. Today it’s ‘Boom Town’, one of my favourite episodes from the series as it’s set in Cardiff and it features the Doctor, Rose, Captain Jack and Mickey teaming up to sort out Annette Badland as Margaret Slitheen. Continue reading →