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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Horror of Fang Rock’

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Welcome to Season 15 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series with Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. This is Tom Baker’s fourth season in ‘Doctor Who’ and it’s the first season under the reign of producer Graham Williams. We start off the season with a four-part story by Terrance Dicks called ‘Horror of Fang Rock’. The story takes places at a lighthouse. It also introduces us to a Rutan. The Rutans are the enemies of the Sontarans. ‘Horror of Fang Rock’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 14 Summary

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Season 14 is Tom Baker’s third season as the Fourth Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’. It’s arguably one of his best seasons in the entire show. It’s also Philip Hinchcliffe’s final season as producer and it’s Robert Holmes’ last full season as script-editor, although he did script-edit some of the stories in Season 15. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’

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Here we are on the season finale of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 It’s time for ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, a six-part adventure by Robert Holmes and the last one to be produced by Philip Hinchcliffe. The story stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. This story also introduces Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as Professor George Litefoot. ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Robots of Death’

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It’s time for another one of my favourite stories from the Tom Baker era of ‘Doctor Who’. It’s the fifth story of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and it’s called ‘The Robots of Death’, a four-part adventure by Chris Boucher, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. There are also guest stars like David Collings, Pamela Salem, Brain Croucher and David Ballie. ‘The Robots of Death’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Face of Evil’

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In this story of Season 14 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, we’re introduced to a new companion – Louise Jameson as Leela. It’s time for ‘The Face of Evil’, a four-part adventure by Chris Boucher. The story has Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor meeting Leela on a jungle planet and they solve the mystery of the Evil One called Xoanon (who looks like Tom Baker) and the threat to the tribes of the Sevateem and the Tesh. ‘The Face of Evil’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Genesis of the Daleks’

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This is one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Tom Baker era and it was the first Fourth Doctor TV story I checked out on DVD in 2006. It’s a well-loved classic. This is ‘Genesis of the Daleks’, a six-part story starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and Ian Marter as Harry Sullivan. As well as the Daleks, this story also introduces us to their creator Davros, played by Michael Wisher. ‘Genesis of the Daleks’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

Convention Memories – ‘Valiant 2015’

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Before the Thirteenth Doctor crash-landed to Earth and met Graham, Ryan and Yaz in Sheffield in ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ in 2018, I visited Sheffield when I attended the ‘Valiant 2015’ convention run by Fantom Films. These are my ‘convention memories’ of this ‘Doctor Who’ event. 🙂

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‘The Doctor Who Cookbook’ Reviews

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It’s the 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’, so why not? 😀 To commemorate the day that I first met Sarah Sutton at the ‘Fifth Element’ event back in February 2010, I’ve decided to review ‘The Doctor Who Cookbook’ by Gary Downie, which was originally published back in 1985. This has been a treat of a ‘Doctor Who’ book to review. 🙂 Continue reading →

Convention Memories – ‘Big Finish Day 6’

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Today, I’m sharing my ‘convention memories’ of ‘Big Finish Day 6’ at the Copthorne Hotel Slough-Windsor in Slough on Sunday the 17th of January 2015, run by 10th Planet Events. I’ve attended a couple of 10th Planet Events conventions before, including ‘Project Motor Mouth 2’ and ‘Dimensions 2013’. Continue reading →

Week 55b – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Today, it’s the last day of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ 2022-23 mini-review season of ‘Doctor Who’. I hope you’ve enjoyed the latest reviews on the latest Nyssa stories I’ve shared over the Christmas period. It’s time to take a look at the ‘Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions’ box set by Big Finish, which features the episode ‘The Stuntman’ where Nyssa meets the Tenth Doctor and K-9. Continue reading →