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CD Review – ‘Ravagers’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve finally made a start on checking out ‘The Ninth Doctor Adventures’ of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish. Christopher Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor in Series 1 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series in 2005. Now he’s back to play the Doctor in a number of Big Finish audios. I’m sure it’s going to be fantastic to check them out! Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Day of the Doctor’

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This is the 50th anniversary special of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘The Day of the Doctor’ by Steven Moffat. It features Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara. It also features David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, John Hurt as the War Doctor and Billie Piper as the Moment. It also features Daleks and Zygons. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Bad Wolf’/’The Parting of the Ways’

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It’s the last episode of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ and the last of the Christopher Eccleston era. The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack find themselves on the Game Station in the far future and they have to come up against a massive space fleet of Dalek in this exciting two-part adventure by Russell T. Davies. 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

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Empty Child’/’The Doctor Dances’

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Here is the first ‘Doctor Who’ story by Steven Moffat. It is a two-parter set in World War II and it features the first appearance of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness. It’s about an empty child who keeps on asking “Are you my mummy?” and is one of my favourite TV stories from the new series. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Father’s Day’

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This is the episode where we get to meet Rose’s dad, Shaun Dingwall as Pete Tyler. It’s time to travel back in time where Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose meet Pete Tyler on the day that he died. This is an emotional episode where Rose learns the consequences of time-travel. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Long Game’

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We begin the third stage of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. In this episode, the Doctor and Rose are joined by Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell who becomes a short-time companion. The trio visit Satellite 5 during the height of the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Dalek’

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Here we are on the first ‘Doctor Who’ episode I ever watched before I became a fully-fledged fan. This is ‘Dalek’ by Robert Shearman. It’s a great episode featuring a lone Dalek and starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose. This remains one of my favourite episodes of the series. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’

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Here we are on where it more or less began for me with getting into ‘Doctor Who’ in the first place. This is the first two-part story in the new series of ‘Doctor Who’ starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. This is ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ and it’s where we first meet the alien Slitheen. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Unquiet Dead’

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It’s time for ghosts in ‘Doctor Who’ as we look at the third episode of Series 1 starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. This episode is ‘The Unquiet Dead’ by Mark Gatiss. It features the Doctor and Rose visiting Victorian Cardiff and meeting Charles Dickens for Christmas. Continue reading