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Quick DVD Review – ‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’ (Series 5)

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One of the main Christmas presents that I gave to my parents in 2025 was Series 5 of ‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’ on DVD, starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner. I’m very pleased me and my parents enjoyed checking out Series 5 on DVD recently! Continue reading

Quick DVD Reviews – ‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’

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For Christmas 2024, I gave my parents the Series 1-4 DVD collection of the BBC TV drama mystery series ‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’. It was a winner for them as well as for me. So much so that I later purchased the 2022 Christmas Special on DVD. Continue reading

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

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And welcome to the new TV series of ‘Doctor Who’, which started back in 2005! 🙂 It’s time to check out the Christopher Eccleston/Ninth Doctor era, and we’re starting off with Series 1. We’re also introduced to the Ninth Doctor’s companion: Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, and the first episode of the Ninth Doctor era is of course called ‘Rose’ by Russell T. Davies. There’s also the introduction of Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler, Rose’s mum and Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith, Rose’s boyfriend. This episode also features the dramatic return of the Autons, who were in ‘Spearhead From Space’ and ‘Terror of the Autons’ during the Jon Pertwee/Third Doctor era. ‘Rose’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon’

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I’ve reviewed ‘Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon’, the audio spin-off from new series ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish. It stars Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Shaun Dingwall and Mark Benton. I’ve enjoyed this four-episode spin-off series. It was superb to hear Rose Tyler again along with Jackie, Pete and Clive. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘Energy of the Daleks’ (Doctor Who)

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Here’s another random ‘Doctor Who’ review from my old Amazon review days on my blog. This was a Big Finish audio story recently re-released on vinyl apparently. Today, it’s time for ‘Energy of the Daleks’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. This is a brilliant tale! Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Rose’

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From June onwards, I’m doing a marathon where I share my reviews on every episode from the new series of ‘Doctor Who’. Today we start off by looking into Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. We begin with the first episode called ‘Rose’. Continue reading

Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston

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Over Christmas last year, I received an extra present from my parents. It was the Blu-ray edition of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. This was exciting for me, as I was getting into using more of Blu-ray as well as DVDs in general. Continue reading