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DVD/Blu-ray Special Features Reviews – ‘Who Wants to Live Forever?’ & ‘Finding Mark Strickson’ (Doctor Who)

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In case you missed it on Monday, I’ve updated my review on ‘Mawdryn Undead’, the third story of Season 20 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and the first story of ‘The Black Guardian Trilogy’ in the Peter Davison/Fifth Doctor era. In doing so, I’ve shared a brand-new review on the ‘Who Wants to Live Forever?’ making-of documentary on ‘Mawdryn Undead’, featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and crew, including Peter Davison, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, David Collings, script editor Eric Saward, etc. I’ve also shared a brand-new review on the ‘Finding Mark Strickson’ featurette with Mark Strickson. Continue reading

Season 20 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #3

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In the third week of our look into Season 20 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, it’s time to check out the third story of the season called ‘Mawdryn Undead’, which is also the first story of ‘The Black Guardian Trilogy’. This is a four-part story by Peter Grimwade, who previously directed ‘Full Circle’, ‘Logopolis’, ‘Kinda’ and ‘Earthshock’ and wrote ‘Time-Flight’. The story is directed by Peter Moffatt, who previously directed ‘State of Decay’ and ‘The Visitation’. ‘Mawdryn Undead’ stars Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan. The story features the return of Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, the introduction of new ‘Doctor Who’ companion Mark Strickson as Turlough, and the return of Valentine Dyall as the Black Guardian. There’s also David Collings as the titular Mawdryn. Continue reading

Basement Update – Season 20 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray & ‘Neptune Connect’

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Just a quick update for today and to let you know what’s going to be happening in the next month or so. For the past couple of months in 2025, I’ve been updating my reviews on Season 20 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV show with Peter Davison, which I’ve enjoyed. Continue reading

Basement Update & Quick Review – Season 20 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray

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You may have noticed the inactivity that’s occurring on ‘Bradley’s Basement’ so far in January 2024. Rest assured, I haven’t been idle. I’m currently putting together my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for Easter in March and April and I’m working on ‘The Sunfire Chronicles’ set of short stories. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 20 Summary

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Whilst Season 19 is my favourite season out of the Peter Davison/Fifth Doctor era, Season 20 is arguably my second favourite season. I acknowledge that Season 20 had its problems, particularly in the production values affected by industrial action, but I enjoyed this season more than Season 21. 🙂 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Mawdryn Undead’

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It’s Spring Bank Holiday Monday in May in the UK today, and it’s time for the first story of ‘The Black Guardian Trilogy’ in Season 20 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series – ‘Mawdryn Undead’. This a four-part story by Peter Grimwade, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan. As well as the return of Valentine Dyall as the Black Guardian, this story also features the return of Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier. This story also introduces us to new companion Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough. And there’s David Collings, who guest stars as the titular Mawdryn. ‘Mawdryn Undead’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. Continue reading

Week 52 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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We’ve come to the end of this latest mini-season of ‘Nyssa Challenge’ reviews by me on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. I hope you’ve enjoyed the latest ‘Nyssa Challenge’ review mini-season this time round. Today, I’ve updated my ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on the story, ‘Mawdryn Undead’ from ‘The Black Guardian Trilogy’. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who Magazine’ Review – Issue #110 with Sarah Sutton

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This is a collector’s item worth having! I’m very pleased that I purchased it from Amazon.co.uk! 🙂

As you may (or may not) know from my ‘Nyssa Challenge’ reviews, I’m a huge fan of Sarah Sutton as Nyssa of Traken in ‘Doctor Who’. Over the years, I’ve been collecting memorabilia of Sarah as Nyssa. These include photographs, rare autographs and some items related to Sarah.

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