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Blu-ray review – ‘Fury From The Deep’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve at last seen the animation version of the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘Fury From The Deep’, which was released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2020. ‘Fury From The Deep’ is the penultimate story of Season 5 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It also features the final regular appearance of Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition’ (Doctor Who)

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As the BBC have done a Special Edition of ‘The Power of the Daleks’ on DVD and Blu-ray, I’ve done a ‘special edition’ of my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story, featuring updated thoughts and new photos. ‘The Power of the Daleks’ Special Edition on DVD and Blu-ray is now a 3-disc set and I enjoyed re-watching the story again. Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years’

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After enjoying ‘The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years’ DVD recently, it was time to delve into the Sixth Doctor era next with ‘The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years’ DVD. I was looking forward to uncovering the insights made by the people who were involved in the Sixth Doctor era on TV, both on-screen and behind-the-scenes. It was a fascinating DVD release covering a pretty turbulent TV era. Continue reading

‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ (Doctor Who) on Blu-ray

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Over Christmas 2020 and early 2021, I’ve been checking out the ‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ stories on Blu-ray. This is in preparation for me to check out the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ event that’s happening from 2020-21 with books, audios and comic tales. Continue reading

Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #1

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After receiving the Season 14 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker in May 2020, I get to update my reviews for this season at last! This week, I’m sharing my reviews on each of the six stories featured in Season 14, starring Tom Baker as the Doctor, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and Louise Jameson as Leela. Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years’

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I’m glad I got four ‘Doctors’ DVDs from the ‘Myth Makers’ series for my birthday this year from my parents. I’ve greatly enjoyed ‘The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years’, ‘The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years’ and recently ‘The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years’. I hope soon I’ll get ‘The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years’ DVD later this year and hopefully more ‘Myth Maker’ interviews on DVD. 🙂 Continue reading

DVD Review – ‘The Zero Imperative’ (P.R.O.B.E.)

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Here I am reviewing a birthday present I received back in May 2020. This is what my best mate Stephen sent me in the post for my birthday. It’s the first episode of the ‘P.R.O.B.E.’ series called ‘The Zero Imperative’, starring Caroline John as Liz Shaw. ‘P.R.O.B.E.’ is a ‘Doctor Who’ spin-off series by BBV. 🙂 Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘The Faceless Ones’ (Doctor Who)

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As we currently go through this tough period of the coronavirus – please keep safe – today, I’ve updated my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘The Faceless Ones’, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Anneke Wills as Polly, Michael Craze as Ben and Frazer Hines as Jamie. This updated review is based on the 2020 DVD/Blu-ray release featuring new animation episodes that fill in the loss of the original TV episodes that are currently missing from the BBC Archives. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #3

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Here we are on the third story in Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! It’s time for ‘The Curse of Fenric’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This is Sophie Aldred’s favourite story in ‘Doctor Who’ and I can’t deny I enjoyed the journey Ace had throughout this story. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #2

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And welcome back to Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! It’s time for the second story of the season…and unfortunately it’s my least favourite. This is ‘Ghost Light’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. I found this one to be very confusing the first time I watched it. Continue reading