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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Invisible Enemy’

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It’s the second story of Season 15 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and we’re introduced to a new travelling companion in the TARDIS. This is ‘The Invisible Enemy’, a four-part story by Bob Baker and Dave Martin. The story introduces us to K-9, a robot dog built by Frederick Jaeger as Professor Marius. K-9 is voiced by John Leeson. Will the Fourth Doctor and Leela accept K-9 warmly in the TARDIS? ‘The Invisible Enemy’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Serpent Crest: The Hexford Invasion’

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Today, it’s the penultimate instalment of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, as we take a look at the fourth story in the ‘Serpent Crest’ saga called ‘The Hexford Invasion’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. This story also features Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Cornelius Garrett as Reverend Tonge, David Troughton as the Visitor, Nerys Hughes as Deirdre, and Joanna Tope as Tish. Who is the Visitor that David Troughton is playing in this story? Is it someone we know? 😀 Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Horror of Fang Rock’

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Welcome to Season 15 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series with Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. This is Tom Baker’s fourth season in ‘Doctor Who’ and it’s the first season under the reign of producer Graham Williams. We start off the season with a four-part story by Terrance Dicks called ‘Horror of Fang Rock’. The story takes places at a lighthouse. It also introduces us to a Rutan. The Rutans are the enemies of the Sontarans. ‘Horror of Fang Rock’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Serpent Crest: Aladdin Time’

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It’s time to check out ‘Aladdin Time’ by Paul Magrs, the third ‘Serpent Crest’ story in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. The story also features Guy Harvey as Aladdin, Sophie Ward as the Storyteller, Terrence Hardiman as the Gryphon, Andrew Sachs as the Scarf, Simon Shepherd as the Magician and Su Douglas as the Toad. Will this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure be a good take on the ‘Aladdin’ story compared to the 1992 and 2019 Disney films? 😀 Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 14 Summary

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Season 14 is Tom Baker’s third season as the Fourth Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’. It’s arguably one of his best seasons in the entire show. It’s also Philip Hinchcliffe’s final season as producer and it’s Robert Holmes’ last full season as script-editor, although he did script-edit some of the stories in Season 15. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Serpent Crest: The Broken Crown’

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We’re now on the second story of ‘Serpent Crest’, the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. It’s time for ‘The Broken Crown’ by Paul Magrs. Susan Jameson also stars as Mrs. Wibbsey in the episode. And there’s Terrence Hardiman as Reverend Dobbs, Joanna David as Mrs. Audley, Guy Harvey as Andrew, Simon Shepherd as Mr. Bewley, Charlie Mitchell as Jake, Elinor Coleman as Sally, Geoffrey Leesley as Harold and Su Douglas as the Cook. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’

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Here we are on the season finale of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 It’s time for ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, a six-part adventure by Robert Holmes and the last one to be produced by Philip Hinchcliffe. The story stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. This story also introduces Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as Professor George Litefoot. ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Serpent Crest: Tsar Wars’

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It’s time to begin the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Serpent Crest’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Today, we’re taking a look at ‘Tsar Wars’ by Paul Magrs. As well as Tom Baker, there’s Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. There’s also Michael Jayston as the Tsar, Suzy Aitchison as the Tsarina, Simon Shephard as Boolin, Sam Hoare as Lucius, and Paul Chequer, Grant Gillespie and Gabriel Vick as the Servo robots and the human rebels. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Robots of Death’

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It’s time for another one of my favourite stories from the Tom Baker era of ‘Doctor Who’. It’s the fifth story of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and it’s called ‘The Robots of Death’, a four-part adventure by Chris Boucher, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. There are also guest stars like David Collings, Pamela Salem, Brain Croucher and David Ballie. ‘The Robots of Death’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ Review – ‘Demon Quest: Sepulchre’

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We have come to the end of the second set of ‘Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’. Today, it’s time for ‘Sepulchre’, the fifth and final story of ‘Demon Quest’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. This story also features Nigel Anthony as the Host and Carole Boyd as the Old Friend. Will I find this a satisfying conclusion to ‘Demon Quest’ compared to the first four audio episodes? Continue reading →