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Season 20 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #6

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We’re now on the sixth story of Season 20 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and, as it turns out, the season finale. Technically, anyway. Don’t worry. There’s still ‘The Five Doctors’ for us to check out next week. In the meantime, let’s check out this two-part story by Terence Dudley, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough. It’s Terence Dudley’s third ‘Doctor Who’ contribution as a writer and it’s the first and only one to be directed by Tony Virgo. The story also introduces Kamelion, a new robot companion for the Fifth Doctor, voiced by Gerald Flood, who also plays King John in this adventure. There’s also the return of Anthony Ainley as the Master in ‘The King’s Demons’. The story’s special guest stars include Frank Windsor, Isla Blair, Christopher Villiers and Michael J. Jackson. The story was filmed at Bodiam Castle, as it takes place in medieval England in the year 1215. Continue reading

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Degrees of Truth’

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Today, it’s time to check out the tenth story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume One’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories. I’m sharing my brand-new review on the short story called ‘Degrees of Truth’, which was originally featured as the fourth story in the ‘Short Trips’ audio anthology, based on the 1998 book version of the ‘Short Trips’ anthology. Like ‘Vigil’, ‘Degrees of Truth’ is exclusive only to audio and was never printed in any book anthology since then. The story is by David A. McIntee and is read by Nicholas Courtney. It also features the Third Doctor and the Brigadier, and it tackles the death of one of the U.N.I.T. soldiers that was killed during the events of ‘The Dæmons’. Was this story worth my attention in revisiting ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume One’? Continue reading

‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Freedom’

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In this instalment of my latest Easter review season on ‘Bradley’s Basement’, we’re checking out the seventh story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume One’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories. It’s time for ‘Freedom’ by Steve Lyons, featuring the Third Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier, Sergeant Benton, U.N.I.T. and the Master, as played by Roger Delgado. The story is read by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred. As well as the seventh story in the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume One’ collection, it’s the first story in the ‘Short Trips’ audio anthology produced by the BBC. It’s also the sixth story in the ‘Short Trips’ 1998 book collection by the BBC, which I reviewed in my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for Easter from March to April 2024.

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‘Interdimensional Rescue’ & ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’ (Doctor Who)

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Happy 61st Anniversary, ‘Doctor Who’!

If you’re in the mood for some anniversary stories, please check out the two 60th anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ stories I shared last year in 2023. The first is ‘Interdimensional Rescue’, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy and some more heroes joining them. Continue reading

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – The Time Monster’

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Just in case you missed it today, I’ve updated my review on the Target novelization/audiobook of the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘The Time Monster’ by Terrance Dicks, based on the original TV scripts by Robert Sloman and producer Barry Letts. The story features the Third Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier, Captain Mike Yates, Sergeant Benton and U.N.I.T. as they come up against the Master and the god-like Kronos. The 2023 audiobook for ‘Doctor Who – The Time Monster’ is read by Jon Culshaw. Continue reading

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

Season 9 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #1

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It’s time to revisit Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant with Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Captain Mike Yates, John Levene as Sergeant Benton and Roger Delgado as the Master. This week, I’m sharing my updated reviews on the five stories featured in Season 9, based on ‘The Collection’ Blu-ray box set that was released in March 2023. Let’s start off our look into Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series by checking out the four-part story ‘Day of the Daleks’. Continue reading

Book Reviews – ‘Short Trips’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s Good Friday today, and we’re continuing the 2024 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season by checking out the first ‘Short Trips’ anthology book of ‘Doctor Who’ published by the BBC, which was released in March 1998. There are fifteen stories in the anthology and one of them happens to feature the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. 🙂 Continue reading

Basement Update & Quick Review – Season 20 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray

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You may have noticed the inactivity that’s occurring on ‘Bradley’s Basement’ so far in January 2024. Rest assured, I haven’t been idle. I’m currently putting together my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for Easter in March and April and I’m working on ‘The Sunfire Chronicles’ set of short stories. 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