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‘The Divergent Universe’ Review – ‘The Twilight Kingdom’

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It’s Easter Sunday today!

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We continue this year’s Easter review season by looking into the fourth story of ‘The Divergent Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ stories by Big Finish called ‘The Twilight Kingdom’ by Will Schindler. This stars Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charley and Conrad Westmaas as C’rizz with special guest star Michael Keating as Major Koth. Continue reading

‘The Divergent Universe’ Review – ‘The Natural History of Fear’

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‘The Divergent Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ stories by Big Finish continues as we look into the third story of the season called ‘The Natural History of Fear’ by Jim Mortimore, starring Paul McGann, India Fisher and Conrad Westmaas. This has to be one of the most bizarre ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories I’ve ever listened to. Does that mean I like it? Continue reading

‘The Divergent Universe’ Review – ‘The Creed of the Kromon’

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It’s Good Friday today! ‘The Divergent Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ stories by Big Finish continues as we look into the second story of the season called ‘The Creed of the Kromon’ by Philip Martin. This story has Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher as Charley meeting Conrad Westmaas as C’rizz, a brand-new companion in ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading

‘The Divergent Universe’ Review – ‘Scherzo’

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It’s Easter time again and for this year’s Easter review season, we’re going to take a look at a season of ‘Doctor Who’ audios by Big Finish set in ‘The Divergent Universe’, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher as Charley Pollard. The first story of the season is called ‘Scherzo’ by Robert Shearman. Continue reading

Book Reviews – ‘Short Trips: Companions’ (Doctor Who) UPDATED

Short Trips Companions

 –UPDATED REVIEWS ON SHORT STORIES TODAY–

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And welcome to ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from December 2021 to January 2022! We’ve had some new Big Finish audios featuring Sarah Sutton in 2021 including ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’ and ‘The War Master’ story ‘Killing Time’. I’m looking forward to sharing my thoughts on those audios as we go from the Christmas period of 2021 leading into the New Year of 2022. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘Galaxy 4’ (Doctor Who)

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Here we are again with another animation to fill in the gaps of missing black-and-white ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the 1960s. It’s time to revisit ‘Galaxy 4’, which I originally reviewed back in 2017. This story comes from the First Doctor era and it features William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O’Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven. 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 Web of Fear: Special Edition’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time to check out the Special Edition of the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘The Web of Fear’ which has recently been released on DVD and Blu-ray. The Special Edition contains a brand-new animated lost episode in ‘Episode 3’ of the story. I’ve updated my thoughts in my brand-new review of ‘The Web of Fear’, which also contains new photos. Continue reading

Before ‘Time Lord Victorious’

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Next week, the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’ will begin! Before that happens, please feel free to check out my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ stories featured in the ‘Road to the Dark Times’ Blu-ray, which I had a chance to check out over Christmas from December 2020 to January 2021. Continue reading

Radio Times Winners and Fifth Doctor Favourites with Big Finish

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People voted for their favourite Fifth Doctor main range audio stories by Big Finish in a Radio Times poll recently. I’ve reviewed these stories already, including ‘The Mutant Phase’, ‘Alien Heart’/‘Dalek Soul’, ‘The Lady of Mercia’, ‘The Peterloo Massacre’ and ‘Spare Parts’. Check out my reviews on them today. Continue reading