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Week 21 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ REVISITED & UPDATED

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 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO CD AND VINYL TODAY–

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I’ve recently purchased a brand-new vinyl recorder player to play my ‘Doctor Who’ vinyls on. And because I’ve checked out the latest Big Finish audio story ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ in my current ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, I decided to revisit the Big Finish audio story ‘Spare Parts’ by Marc Platt, which has another version of the origins of the Cybermen on the planet Mondas. I regard ‘Spare Parts’ very highly and I prefer it over ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’. Not that ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ is bad or anything. Far from it! It’s just I grew up with ‘Spare Parts’ first and I feel a leaning more towards that as a Mondasian Cybermen origins story compared to ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’. Continue reading →

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

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And here we are on the fourth and final story of Season 26 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is also the last story of the Sylvester McCoy/Seventh Doctor era as well as the last story of the original 1963-1989 TV series. It’s time for ‘Survival’, a three-part adventure by Rona Munro, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This story has the Doctor taking Ace home to Perivale in the year 1989 and it also features the return of Anthony Ainley as the Master. There are also the Cheetah-People with their leader Karra, played by Lisa Bowerman (who would go on to play Bernice Summerfield in the Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’). ‘Survival’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Ghost Light’

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It’s time to talk about the second story in Season 26 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is ‘Ghost Light’, a three-part adventure by Marc Platt, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. The story takes place at a haunted mansion in Perivale called Gabriel Chase in the year 1883. There are special guest stars like Ian Hogg, Michael Cochrane, Sharon Duce, Frank Windsor, Sylvia Sims, etc. There are two viewpoints on how this story is rated. One that praises this story highly and the other that doesn’t get what the story’s about. Which viewpoint am I siding with? ‘Ghost Light’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading →

CD Review – ‘The Doll of Death’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time to conclude our look into the Third Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ during the 60th Anniversary Marathon by having a bonus review on a ‘Companion Chronicle’ adventure by Big Finish called ‘The Doll of Death’. This story was released in September 2008, and it happens to be Katy Manning’s first return to play Jo Grant in ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading →

CD Review – ‘The Beginning’ (Doctor Who)

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Here’s a brand-new bonus ‘Doctor Who’ review by me to close off the William Hartnell/First Doctor era in the 60th Anniversary Marathon on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. It’s also my first Big Finish audio review to share in 2023. It’s time for ‘The Beginning’, the first of ‘The Quadrigger Stoyn Trilogy’ of ‘Doctor Who’ audios by Big Finish. Continue reading →

Radio Times Winners and Fifth Doctor Favourites with Big Finish

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People voted for their favourite Fifth Doctor main range audio stories by Big Finish in a Radio Times poll recently. I’ve reviewed these stories already, including ‘The Mutant Phase’, ‘Alien Heart’/‘Dalek Soul’, ‘The Lady of Mercia’, ‘The Peterloo Massacre’ and ‘Spare Parts’. Check out my reviews on them today. Continue reading →

CD review – ‘The Behemoth’ (Doctor Who)

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We continue the ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventures of the Sixth Doctor, Constance and Flip by Big Finish today by looking at ‘The Behemoth’. This is a four-part adventure by Marc Platt and directed by Jamie Anderson, starring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Miranda Raison as Constance and Lisa Greenwood as Flip. Continue reading →

DVD & CD Reviews – ‘Timeslip’

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On Christmas Day, I’m sharing my reviews on ‘Timeslip’ – both the sci-fi TV series and the Big Finish audios. I’ve created a new page for ‘Timeslip’ as well as added my reviews on the four stories featured in the TV series, based on the 5-disc DVD set, and on the two Big Finish audio volumes which are available as 3-disc CD sets and downloads from the Big Finish website. Continue reading →

CD Reviews – ‘The Fourth Doctor Adventures – Series 9: Volume 1’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve done my reviews on Series 9: Volume 1 of ‘The Fourth Doctor Adventures’ by Big Finish in ‘Doctor Who’! These stories are set during ‘The E-Space Trilogy’ of ‘Doctor Who’ in Season 18 of the classic series. They have the Fourth Doctor, Romana, K-9 and Adric travelling in the pocket universe of E-Space. Continue reading →

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #4

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And now we’ve come to the fourth and final story of Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! This is one of my favourite stories with Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor and Sophie Aldred’s Ace. It’s time for ‘Survival’, the first ‘Doctor Who’ story by Rona Munro before she wrote ‘The Eaters of Light’ with Peter Capaldi. It was also sadly the last TV story to be featured in the classic series of ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading →