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Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #4

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Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray time again and today we take a look at the debut of Louise Jameson as Leela. The Doctor meets Leela on the jungle planet of the Sevateem and she at first believes him to be ‘the Evil One’. The Doctor has to right the wrong that he made with Xoanon! Continue reading

Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #2

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It’s time for the second story of Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray! Today, it’s ‘The Hand of Fear’…and Eldrad must live! ELDRAD MUST LIVE!!! Sorry, got carried away! This story is also Sarah Jane’s swansong. I’m still saddened I never got to meet Elisabeth Sladen at conventions. 😦 Continue reading

Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #1

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After receiving the Season 14 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker in May 2020, I get to update my reviews for this season at last! This week, I’m sharing my reviews on each of the six stories featured in Season 14, starring Tom Baker as the Doctor, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and Louise Jameson as Leela. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #4

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And now we’ve come to the fourth and final story of Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! This is one of my favourite stories with Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor and Sophie Aldred’s Ace. It’s time for ‘Survival’, the first ‘Doctor Who’ story by Rona Munro before she wrote ‘The Eaters of Light’ with Peter Capaldi. It was also sadly the last TV story to be featured in the classic series of ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #3

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Here we are on the third story in Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! It’s time for ‘The Curse of Fenric’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This is Sophie Aldred’s favourite story in ‘Doctor Who’ and I can’t deny I enjoyed the journey Ace had throughout this story. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #2

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And welcome back to Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! It’s time for the second story of the season…and unfortunately it’s my least favourite. This is ‘Ghost Light’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. I found this one to be very confusing the first time I watched it. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #1

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It’s time for another set of updated reviews on another classic ‘Doctor Who’ season on Blu-ray! This week, I’m sharing my reviews on each of the four stories featured in Season 26, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. The first story of the season is of course ‘Battlefield’! Continue reading

Week 53 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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— BRAND NEW NOVELIZATION/AUDIOBOOK REVIEW AVAILABLE TODAY!!! —

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It’s time to come to an end with this latest mini ‘Nyssa Challenge’ review season from 2019 to 2020 on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. I hope you’ve enjoyed my latest ‘Nyssa Challenge’ reviews on certain ‘Doctor Who’ stories featuring Nyssa. Today, I’ve updated my ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on ‘Terminus’! 🙂 Continue reading

Season 23 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Colin Baker on Blu-ray

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At last! I’ve updated my review on another classic ‘Doctor Who’ season on Blu-ray! That’s right! I’ve updated my review on Season 23 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Colin Baker! This is actually the 14-part epic story ‘The Trial of a Time Lord’. It contains four segments linked by the Doctor being put on trial. The season stars as Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri, Bonnie Langford as Mel, Michael Jayston as the Valeyard and Lynda Bellingham as the Inquisitor. Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘The Demon Headmaster’

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Remember the film ‘Matilda’, based on the book by Roald Dahl, where it featured our title heroine in a school run by a bullying headmistress called the Trunchbull? Well, what if there was a TV series that featured a school with an evil headmaster and a group of kids battled to thwart his pretty evil schemes? Continue reading