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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Four To Doomsday’

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It’s time for us to take a look at the second story of Season 19 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and the second TV story of the Peter Davison/Fifth Doctor era. It’s time for ‘Four To Doomsday’, a four-part story by Terence Dudley. In the story, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric visit the Urbankan spaceship where they meet Stratford Johns as Monarch. ‘Four To Doomsday’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Keeper of Traken’

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Here we are on my favourite story out of Season 18 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time for us to check out ‘The Keeper of Traken’, a four-part story by Johnny Byrne, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. It also introduces us to my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ companion – Sarah Sutton as Nyssa of Traken. This story also features the Melkur, voiced by Geoffrey Beevers and we’re introduced to Anthony Ainley as Tremas, Nyssa’s father. ‘The Keeper of Traken’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

Bradley’s Basement’s Strange Love – ‘The Keeper of Traken’

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Seasons 10, 12, 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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At the time of this blog post, I’m currently checking out the Season 24 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy. I’m looking forward to sharing updated reviews on ‘Time and the Rani’, ‘Paradise Towers’, ‘Delta and the Bannermen’ and ‘Dragonfire’ sometime soon on my blog. Stay tuned for news! Continue reading →

Revisiting Seasons 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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Week 1 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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— BRAND NEW NOVELIZATION/AUDIOBOOK REVIEW AVAILABLE TODAY!!! —

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And welcome to ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for 2020. This year hasn’t been kind to us with the Covid-19 pandemic going on – please keep safe. But that won’t stop me sharing my thoughts and feelings about the latest Nyssa ‘Doctor Who’ stories I’ve seen, read and heard recently. This review season will take place from the Christmas period of 2020 leading into the New Year of 2021. Most of the stories reviewed will be short story collections and Big Finish audios. Continue reading →

‘K-9 & Company’ with…K-9…and Sarah Jane on Blu-ray

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Here’s a little bonus story that’s recently been attached to the Season 18 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’! Today, it’s time to take a look at my updated review on ‘K-9 & Company’ starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 voiced by John Leeson. Yes! This was a thing in the year 1981! 😀 Continue reading →

Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #6

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Here we are on the highlight of Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray for me! Today it’s time for my updated review on ‘The Keeper of Traken’, the sixth story of the season. The story features Tom Baker as the Doctor, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric and the debut of Sarah Sutton as Nyssa of Traken. Continue reading →

Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #2

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We continue looking into Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ this week with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton and Matthew Waterhouse! Today is my review on ‘Four To Doomsday’, a four-part adventure where our TARDIS heroes meet Monarch and the Urbankans on their spaceship to Earth. Continue reading →

Week 6 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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— BRAND NEW NOVELIZATION/AUDIOBOOK REVIEW AVALIABLE TODAY!!! —

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

Today, I’ve updated my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ story, ‘Four To Doomsday’, as part of my new mini-review season of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’. This includes the TV story as well as the new novelization/audiobook by Terrance Dicks, with Matthew Waterhouse narrating the novel for audio. Continue reading →