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

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We continue the 60th anniversary celebrations of ‘Doctor Who’ by taking a look at the second story in the classic TV series called ‘The Daleks’, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, William Russell as Ian, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara and Carole Ann Ford as Susan. Without the Daleks, ‘Doctor Who’ would never be what it is today. You can watch ‘The Daleks’ either on DVD or Britbox. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘An Unearthly Child’

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It’s 2023 and it’s the 60th anniversary year of ‘Doctor Who’! To commemorate the occasion, I’m revisiting the ‘Doctor Who’ TV stories that are available on DVD, CD (or via Audible), Blu-ray, Britbox and BBC iPlayer throughout the 365 days of 2023. They’ll be stories from the First Doctor era leading up to the latest stories, including the 60th anniversary specials under the neo-Russell T. Davies era. There will also be summaries on each season and reflections on each Doctor in the TV series. Continue reading

Cinema Experience – ‘Dr. Who and the Daleks’ and ‘Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.’

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It’s been a while since I did one of these ‘cinema experiences’ blog posts, isn’t it? The last one was on ‘Elf’ back in December 2019. Whoa! 😀 Last Sunday, I checked out the two ‘Doctor Who’ movies ‘Dr. Who and the Daleks’ and ‘Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.’, starring Peter Cushing, at the cinema. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Evil of the Daleks’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time to check out another ‘Doctor Who’ animation to fill in the gaps of missing black-and-white ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the 1960s. Today, it’s time for ‘The Evil of the Daleks’, one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Second Doctor era. It features Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and the debut of Deborah Watling as Victoria. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition’ (Doctor Who)

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As the BBC have done a Special Edition of ‘The Power of the Daleks’ on DVD and Blu-ray, I’ve done a ‘special edition’ of my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story, featuring updated thoughts and new photos. ‘The Power of the Daleks’ Special Edition on DVD and Blu-ray is now a 3-disc set and I enjoyed re-watching the story again. Continue reading

DVD Review – ‘The Enemy of the World’ (Doctor Who)

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This blog post announcement does feel rather late considering I updated my review on ‘The Enemy of the World’ based on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD release last year in May 2018. But I’ve had a chance to revisit that review and update it with some new information as well as check the photographs. Continue reading

Celebrating 55 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ #1

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It’s the 55th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ this year in 2018! I’m celebrating this November by looking into all of the Doctors in the show’s history and share a review on a particular story featuring a certain incarnation of the Doctor. This will cover the 14 widely accepted Doctors on TV and some ambiguous ones. Continue reading

‘Fury From The Deep’, ‘The Wheel In Space’ and ‘The Dominators’ with Patrick Troughton

  

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Today, I’ve posted three new ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on three stories starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor with Frazer Hines as Jamie, Deborah Watling as Victoria and Wendy Padbury as Zoe. The first two ‘Doctor Who’ stories are the last ones of Season 5 and the third story is the first one of Season 6 in the original ‘Doctor Who’ TV series during the Patrick Troughton era in the black-and-white days. Continue reading

Daleks, Vicki, the Romans and the Zarbi with William Hartnell

  

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Today I’ve posted four new reviews on four ‘Doctor Who’ TV stories, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor. They also feature William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, Carole Ann Ford as Susan and Maureen O’Brien as Vicki. These four TV stories come from Season 2. Continue reading

New ‘Doctor Who’ Timelines and Reviews for the Peter Cushing era

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By the time you’ve read this post, you’ll probably have finished seeing ‘Twice Upon A Time’ with Peter Capaldi and David Bradley. I’ll give a review on the ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special tomorrow. Continue reading