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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’

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And here we are on the season finale of Series 11 in the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series – Jodie Whittaker’s first season as the Thirteenth Doctor. This is ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’ by Chris Chibnall. In the episode, the Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yaz respond to a series of distress signals on the planet Ranskoor Av Kolos. It’s where they confront Samuel Oatley as Tzim-Sha/Tim Shaw, the alien Stenza warrior who last appeared in ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’. Tzim-Shaw is using the powers of the psychic alien species called the Ux to shrink the planet Earth in revenge for what happened to him in the Thirteenth Doctor’s first TV outing. The episode also features Phyllis Logan (well-known for being in ‘Downton Abbey’) as Andinio, Percelle Ascott as Delph and Mark Addy (who’s been in ‘Young Hyacinth’ and the first ‘Downton Abbey’ movie) as Captain Paltraki. Apparently, Chris Chibnall has revealed that this episode was his least favourite script in the TV series. Do I consider this a least favourite ‘Doctor Who’ episode of mine? ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘It Takes You Away’

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This is the penultimate episode in Series 11 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. We have Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yaz visiting Norway in the year 2018 in this episode. It’s time for ‘It Takes You Away’ by Ed Hime – his first contribution to the TV series. In the episode, our space-and-time travellers investigate the disappearance of a widower called Erik. They’re helped by Erik’s blind daughter named Hanne. The guest cast includes Ellie Wallwork (who would go on to appear in a Series 9 episode of ‘Call the Midwife’) as Hanne. There’s Christian Rubeck as Erik and Lisa Stokke as Trine, Erik’s wife and Hanne’s mother. There’s Kevin Eldon (who would go on to play Lance Corporal Jones in the 2019 remake of the Series 2 ‘lost episodes’ of ‘Dad’s Army’) as Ribbons. And there’s a special guest appearance of Sharon D. Clarke as Grace, Graham’s wife and Ryan’s nan. This episode has our heroes visiting another universe. It also has the Thirteenth Doctor meeting a frog. Can things get weirder than that? 😀 ‘It Takes You Away’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Demons of the Punjab’

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We’re on the sixth episode in Series 11 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series today, and it happens to be ‘Demons of the Punjab’ by Vinay Patel. This is another ‘Doctor Who’ episode that delves into our human history, as Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yaz visit the Punjab in August 1947. Yaz has asked the Doctor to take her to see her nani during her youth. The Doctor and her friends soon get caught up in the events building up to the partition of India. Could aliens be involved in the death of a man that was killed during the Doctor and her friends’ visit to the Punjab? The guest cast includes Leena Dhingra (who’s also been in ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’) as Nani Umbreen, Amita Suman as young Umbreen, Shane Zaza as Prem and Hamza Jeetooa (who later did a ‘Granchester’ episode) as Manish. There are also brief appearances of Yaz’s family at the episode’s beginning, including Shobna Gulati as Najia, Yaz’s mum; Ravin J. Ganatra as Hakim, Yaz’s dad; and Bhavnisha Parmar as Sonya, Yaz’s sister. ‘Demons of the Punjab’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’

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And welcome to the Jodie Whittaker/Thirteenth Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’! 🙂 It’s Chris Chibnall’s turn to be showrunner of ‘Doctor Who’ from 2018 to 2022. He brings in his era of the show by having the main character be played by a woman. This era has divided fan opinion, but is this an era I regard highly compared to others? Let’s start off by checking out the first episode of Series 11 of the new TV series called ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ by Chris Chibnall. Following on from the end of ‘Twice Upon a Time’, Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor crash-lands to Earth and meets up with Bradley Walsh as Graham O’Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair and Mandip Gill as Yasmin ‘Yaz’ Khan. The episode also features Sharon D. Clarke as Grace, Graham’s wife and Ryan’s gran; Samuel Oatley as the alien Stenza warrior called Tzim-Sha (or as the Doctor calls him ‘Tim Shaw’); and there’s Johnny Dixon as Karl. This ‘Doctor Who’ episode received a rating of 10.96 million viewers as well as positive reviews from critics. Does it still hold up well after all these years? ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #13

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Very timely for this to be Day 13 of the ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’ season! 😀 Before you check out today’s story, check out ‘Citation Needed’ from ‘The Target Storybook’. It provides a lead in to the season finale of Series 11 of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’ with the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #11

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We return to the TV series to take a look at Ed Hime’s first contribution to the ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘It Takes You Away’. It features the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz meeting a blind girl at her home in a Norwegian fjord. They also discover a gateway to an alternative mirror universe. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #7

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Back with the TV series and it’s time for another historical adventure with the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz. In this story, Yaz gets to discover more of her family history as she and her friends travel back in time to when the Partition of India took place in 1947. Things aren’t so pleasant when they get there. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #1

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And welcome to ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’! For the whole of March 2021, I’ll be sharing my ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on the stories featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, including Series 11 and Series 12 as well as certain novels and short stories. Let’s start off with the short story ‘Things She Thought While Falling’ from ‘Adventures in Lockdown’ and the first TV episode of the Thirteenth Doctor era called ‘The Woman Who Fell To Earth’. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’

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It’s now time for the season finale of Series 11 in ‘Doctor Who’. This is ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’ by Chris Chibnall. In the episode, the Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz come up against the return of an old enemy. Will they be able to defeat him and save the Earth from being destroyed in the process? Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘It Takes You Away’

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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

Here we are on the penultimate episode of Series 11 in ‘Doctor Who’. This is ‘It Takes You Away’ by Ed Hime. The Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz visit a Norwegian fjord where they meet a blind girl and discover a portal leading into another dimension similar to our own. Will our friends escape from this world they’re in? Continue reading