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Season 9 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #5

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And thus, we’ve come to the fifth and final story of Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series with Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. Let’s finish our look into the season by checking out the six-part story ‘The Time Monster’ by Robert Sloman and producer Barry Letts. As well as Jon Pertwee, the story stars Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Roger Delgado as the Master, Richard Franklin as Captain Mike Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. The story also features guest stars like Wanda Moore as Dr. Ruth Ingram, Ian Collier as Stuart Hyde, George Cormack as King Dalios, Ingrid Pitt as Queen Galleia, Donald Eccles as Krasis, Aidan Murphy as Hippias, Susan Penhaligon as Lakis and David ‘Darth Vader’ Prowse as the Minotaur. Continue reading →

Tim Bradley’s Convention Memories and Reports – 2010-2023

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To celebrate Sarah Sutton’s birthday today, I’ve put together a list of all the conventions I’ve attended over the years from 2010 to 2023, which includes ‘Doctor Who’ conventions, multi-purpose conventions and a ‘Star Trek’ convention. You can check out my ‘convention memories’ blog posts and my convention reports by clicking on the images below. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Time Monster’

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We’ve come to the end of Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. And we get to go to Atlantis…again. Um, didn’t we visit Atlantis in ‘The Underwater Menace’? 😀 Anyway, this is ‘The Time Monster’, a six-part adventure starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. Roger Delgado also makes another return as the Master in this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure. ‘The Time Monster’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. The story will soon be re-released in the Season 9 Blu-ray box set, so watch out for that. 😀 Continue reading →

Convention Memories – ‘Collectormania 22’

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Here’s another set of ‘convention memories’ for me to share on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. 🙂 It’s time to talk about ‘Collectormania 22’, a Showmasters event held in Milton Keynes. This was a two-day event from Saturday the 15th to Sunday the 16th of November 2014. I attended the Sunday only. Continue reading →

‘Star Wars’ Week – The Original Trilogy & The Holiday Special

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MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! It’s Day 3 of ‘Star Wars’ week on ‘Bradley’s Basement’ in May 2022! It’s very fitting to be sharing my reviews on the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy on ‘Star Wars’ 45th anniversary! This is where it all started before the prequels trilogy, the sequels trilogy and Disney+ shows like ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ happened. 🙂 Continue reading →

DVD Special Feature Review – ‘Empire of Dreams: The Story of the ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy’

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I’ve recently seen the ‘Empire of Dreams: The Story of the ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy’ making-of documentary on the ‘Star Wars Trilogy’ Bonus Material DVD. This is also available to watch on Disney+. I watched this after watching all eleven ‘Star Wars’ films on DVD recently. It was fun to watch! Continue reading →

‘Star Wars’ Tributes

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There have been a lot of deaths in 2020 – please keep safe. As I’m currently revisiting the ‘Star Wars’ movies and enjoying ‘The Mandalorian’ series on Disney+, it’s very sad for me to hear the news that David Prowse, the original actor who played Darth Vader in the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy and Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett in the original trilogy have passed away recently this year. Continue reading →

Week 6 – ‘Star Wars Film Review Season’

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It’s him!

Timelord007!

Yes! The ultimate ‘Star Wars’ fan! He’s followed my ‘Star Wars Film Review Season’! He wants to do a crossover review with me on ‘Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi’! But I won’t let him! Oh no! He’s not going to get to have a chance to have his say on a ‘Star Wars’ movie! Oh yes! I will see that… Continue reading →

Week 5 – ‘Star Wars Film Review Season’

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Last time in ‘Star Wars Film Review Season’!!!

Princess Leia has stolen the plans for the Death Star! The Galactic Empire chase after her! Darth Vader leads the chase! She gets captured! But we’ve ‘A New Hope’! Two droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO go down to Tatooine! They meet Luke Skywalker! They also meet Obi-Wan Kenobi – now an old man!!! Continue reading →

Week 4 – ‘Star Wars Film Review Season’

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Last time in ‘Star Wars Film Review Season’!!!

Um…Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader in ‘Revenge of the Sith’.

That’s about it really.

Let’s get on with it! Continue reading →