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

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It’s time for us to check out the second contribution made by Neil Cross in Series 7 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is the ‘Doctor Who’ episode called ‘Hide’, starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara. Our TARDIS heroes visit and investigate an old mansion in November 1974, as it seems to be haunted. The special guest stars featured in this ‘Doctor Who’ episode include Dougray Scott as Professor Alec Palmer. I’ve seen him in ‘Mission: Impossible 2’ and quite recently in ‘Ever After: A Cinderella Story’. There’s Jessica Raine as Emma Grayling. She’s well-known for playing Jenny Lee in the first three seasons of ‘Call the Midwife’ and she would go on to play Verity Lambert in ‘An Adventure In Space and Time’. I’ve also seen Jessica Raine in the 2015 TV series ‘Partners In Crime’ with David Walliams. Is ‘Hide’ a very satisfying and enjoyable episode in Series 7 of ‘Doctor Who’? Does Matt Smith’s mispronunciation of Metabellis III stop me from enjoying the episode? 😀 ‘Hide’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Cold War’

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The ‘Doctor Who’ episode that we’re checking out today is the one that features the return of the Ice Warriors (well, one of them anyway 😀 ) in the new TV series. This is ‘Cold War’ by Mark Gatiss. 🙂 ‘Cold War’ has Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara visiting a Soviet submarine in 1983 during the Cold War. It’s where the Ice Warrior called Grand Marshal Skaldak (played by Spencer Wilding and voiced by Nicholas Briggs) breaks loose and plots revenge against humanity. There are special guest stars in the episode like Liam Cunningham (who I’ve seen in the 2007 TV adaptation of ‘Northanger Abbey’) as Captain Zhukov. There’s the late David Warner (who I’ve met at conventions, seen in two ‘Star Trek’ films and heard in the Big Finish audios) as Professor Grisenko. There’s Josh O’Connor (who’s been in ‘The Durrells’ and the 2020 film ‘Emma.’) as Piotr, there’s Tobias Menzies (who’s been in the 2007 TV adaptation of ‘Persuasion’) as Lieutenant Stepashin, and there’s James Norton (well-known for playing Sidney Chambers in ‘Grantchester’) as Onegin. ‘Cold War’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Rings of Akhaten’

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In today’s ‘Doctor Who’ episode in the 60th Anniversary Marathon, Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor takes Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald on her first adventure in the TARDIS. This is ‘The Rings of Akhaten’ by Neil Cross, who makes the first of two contributions in the new TV series. The Eleventh Doctor and Clara visit the Rings of Akhaten, where several planetoids in a ring system are orbiting a larger planet. A religious festival takes place and Emilia Jones as Merry Gejelh, the young Queen of Years, is about to be sacrificed to the parasite of Akhaten. 😮 This episode also features a number of flashback scenes where the Eleventh Doctor witnesses Clara Oswald growing up and her parents raising her. Clara’s parents include Michael Dixon as her dad Dave Oswald and Nicola Sian as her mum Ellie Oswald. This is part of the story arc going on in the Clara Season in Series 7 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, where Matt Smith’s Doctor has to work out who Clara Oswald – ‘the impossible girl’ – is. ‘The Rings of Akhaten’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Bells of Saint John’

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The Clara Season in Series 7 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series has restarted with the episode ‘The Bells of Saint John’ by Steven Moffat. This is where Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor meets Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald properly in the TV series. The previous two Claras in ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ and ‘The Snowmen’ were killed off. The Doctor needs to solve the mystery of ‘the impossible girl’ whilst also having to deal with a deadly Wi-Fi that’s uploading people’s minds to it without consent. The episode also features Celia Imrie (who would later go on to be in the third and fourth ‘Nativity’ movies) as Miss Kizlet. There’s Robert Whitlock (who’s done quite a number of Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’ including ‘The Edge’, ‘Psychodrome’ and ‘One Mile Down’) as Mahler. And there’s James Greene (who played Professor Purwell in ‘The Moon Stallion’ with Sarah Sutton) as the Abbott. Richard E. Grant also makes a return appearance as the Great Intelligence in the episode. ‘The Bells of Saint John’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

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

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We’re starting on what is arguably labelled the Clara Season – the second half of Series 7 in the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is where Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor gets to meet his new companion – Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald. Jenna Coleman previously played Oswin Oswald in ‘Asylum of the Daleks’. However, it turns out Matt Smith’s Doctor doesn’t get to meet Clara quite yet in this 2012 Christmas Special. This is ‘The Snowmen’ by Steven Moffat. I’m certain that the special was inspired by ‘The Snowman’ – both the book and TV special – by Raymond Briggs. 😀 The special takes place in London in the year 1892. It also features the return of the Paternoster Gang, including Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, Catrin Stewart as Jenny Flint and Dan Starkey as Strax, who previously appeared in the Series 6 episode ‘A Good Man Goes to War’. There’s special guest star Richard E. Grant (who played one of the Doctors in ‘The Curse of Fatal Death’ and the Doctor in ‘Scream of the Shalka’) as Dr. Simeon. And there’s Ian McKellen (who played Gandalf in ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ film trilogies and Magneto in the ‘X-Men’ films) as the voice of the Great Intelligence. ‘The Snowmen’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Asylum of the Daleks’

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And welcome to Series 7 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. Here we are on Series 7 – Part 1, starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. This is what I would like to label as the Pond Season in Series 7 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. Series 7 – Part 1 depicts the five final adventures of the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory as a TARDIS trio. Will they be a satisfying final set of adventures featuring Eleven, Amy and Rory? We begin the season with ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ by Steven Moffat. This adventure features a variety of Daleks from both the classic TV series and the new TV series versions of ‘Doctor Who’. There’s also the introduction of Jenna-Louise Coleman as Oswin Oswald, whom the Doctor communicates via various intercoms throughout the adventure. Is ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ a satisfying Dalek adventure for me? Did I find it better than ‘Victory of the Daleks’ from Series 5? 😀 ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading →

New Page – ‘The Twelfth Doctor by Tim Bradley’

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Today, I’m sharing the twelfth of The Doctors pages in ‘Doctor Who by Tim Bradley’, which is ‘The Twelfth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ page. This contains links to the ‘Doctor Who’ fan-fiction stories by me featuring the Twelfth Doctor, as played by Peter Capaldi in the new TV series. So far, I’ve shared ‘The Impossible Girl Returns’, featuring Clara Oswald (played by Jenna Coleman), which is set after ‘Hell Bent’, and the stories by me featuring the Twelfth Doctor include ‘The Prime Factor’ and ‘The Saviour of the Daleks’ (Z). I’ve yet to share ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’, which will feature the Twelfth Doctor, joined by his companion Bill Potts (played by Pearl Mackie). Continue reading →

New Page – ‘The Eleventh Doctor by Tim Bradley’

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Let’s check out the eleventh of The Doctors pages in ‘Doctor Who by Tim Bradley’ that I’m sharing today, which is ‘The Eleventh Doctor by Tim Bradley’ page. This contains links to the ‘Doctor Who’ fan-fiction stories by me featuring the Eleventh Doctor, as played by Matt Smith in the new TV series. So far, the stories by me featuring the Eleventh Doctor include ‘The Prime Factor’ and ‘The Horror of Time’ (Z). I’ve yet to share ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’, which will feature the Eleventh Doctor, joined by his companions Amy Pond (played by Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (played by Arthur Darvill). Continue reading →

New Page – ‘The Tenth Doctor by Tim Bradley’

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Here we are today with me sharing the tenth of The Doctors pages in ‘Doctor Who by Tim Bradley’, which is ‘The Tenth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ page. This contains links to the ‘Doctor Who’ fan-fiction stories by me featuring the Tenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant in the new TV series. So far, the stories by me featuring the Tenth Doctor include ‘The Vexo Knights Experience’, ‘The Five Doctors at Christmas’, ‘The Popiz’, ‘The Forest of Magicians’ (Z), ‘The Prime Factor’ and ‘The Two Sarah Janes’. I’ve yet to share ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’, which will feature the Tenth Doctor, joined by his companion Donna Noble (played by Catherine Tate). Continue reading →

New Anthology Release – ‘A Sparkle of Doctors: Volume 2’

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‘A Sparkle of Doctors: Volume 2’ has arrived! And sooner than I expected. 🙂 Originally, the Divergent Wordsmiths were going to release their ‘Doctor Who’ anthology of short stories to celebrate 60 years of the TV show in two volumes. Now, it’s getting a third volume in the set. Lovely! 😀 Continue reading →