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‘Tales From The TARDIS’ Review – ‘Doctor Who – Kinda’ (1997)

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It’s Good Friday today, and it’s time to continue our look into the ‘Tales From The TARDIS: Volume One’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories. Today, we’re checking out the 1997 abridged audiobook of the Target novelization ‘Doctor Who – Kinda’ by Terrance Dicks, read by Peter Davison. My review on the 1997 abridged audiobook has been added to my ‘Kinda’ page, which also contains a review of the TV story and on the Target novelization and the 2024 unabridged audiobook, read by Janet Fielding. The story features the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan. Continue reading →

Week 7 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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Here we are again with another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season! Earlier this year, we had a ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for the Easter period from March to April 2024. I’m very happy to be doing another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for the Christmas period from December 2024 to January 2025, and to check out the latest stories featuring Nyssa of Traken, my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ companion, as played by Sarah Sutton in the TV series and Big Finish audios. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 19 Summary

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Season 19 is my favourite season out of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It has my favourite TARDIS team, including Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. Anthony AInley also returns as the Master in two stories of the season. I always enjoy revisiting Season 19 on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. 🙂 Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Kinda’

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The third Season 19 story of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series is actually the first story of the ‘Mara Tales’ saga. Today, it’s time for us to take a look at ‘Kinda’, a four-part story by Christopher Bailey. Whilst Sarah Sutton as Nyssa is recovering in the TARDIS from the end of ‘Four To Doomsday’, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric explore the planet Deva-Loka, where they discover that all is not as it seems. ‘Kinda’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading →

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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Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #3

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It’s time for the third story of Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’! Today we look at my updated review on ‘Kinda’, the first of the ‘Mara Tales’ and a four-part adventure where the Doctor and friends visit the planet Deva-Loka where they encounter the evil snake-like Mara. Sadly Nyssa is not in this tale a lot. Continue reading →

Quick Notes – ‘The Crowded TARDIS’ & ‘Would ‘Kinda’ work with Nyssa in it?’

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Just a few quick notes on my blog. Continue reading →

New Photos and Updates on ‘Nyssa Challenge’ Reviews

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I’ve been revisiting some of my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ reviews lately and I’ve added some new photos of me meeting some of the stars of those stories from ‘Doctor Who’. These include posed photographs with the stars, as well as some signed photos by the actors of their characters featured in the stories. Continue reading →

Would ‘Kinda’ work with Nyssa in it?

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Here’s something to add to this week on ‘The Nyssa Challenge’. These are extra thoughts on how I feel about ‘Kinda’ and what I think would make it better if Sarah Sutton as Nyssa was in the story. Continue reading →