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Blu-ray Review – ‘The Underwater Menace’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’m sharing my updated review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story ‘The Underwater Menace’. This updated review is based on the latest in a line of mostly missing black-and-white ‘Doctor Who’ TV stories from the 1960s that have been animated on DVD and Blu-ray for today. The story stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Anneke Wills as Polly Wright, Michael Craze as Ben Jackson and Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon. This story also features Joseph Fürst as the titular ‘underwater menace’ – Professor Zaroff. Continue reading

Tim Bradley’s Convention Memories and Reports – 2010-2023

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To celebrate Sarah Sutton’s birthday today, I’ve put together a list of all the conventions I’ve attended over the years from 2010 to 2023, which includes ‘Doctor Who’ conventions, multi-purpose conventions and a ‘Star Trek’ convention. You can check out my ‘convention memories’ blog posts and my convention reports by clicking on the images below. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Last Christmas’

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It’s time to check out the first ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special in the new TV series to feature Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. It’s time for ‘Last Christmas’ by Steven Moffat. This ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special was shown on Christmas Day in December 2014. It also features Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and there’s Nick Frost as Santa Claus, Father Christmas or however you want to call him. There’s a sort-of ‘Alien’ atmosphere about this ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special and there’s a lot of dreaming involved, especially when the Twelfth Doctor, Clara and a North Pole base crew are attacked by a number of Dream Crabs. As well as Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and Nick Frost, there are Santa’s two elf helpers – Dan Starkey (well-known for playing the Sontarans on TV and on audio) as Ian and Nathan McMullen as Wolf. There’s the North Pole base crew, including Faye Marsay as Shona, Natalie Gumede as Ashley, Maureen Beattie as Bellows and Michael Troughton (one of Patrick Troughton’s sons) as Professor Albert Smithe. There’s also a special guest appearance of Samuel Anderson as Danny Pink. ‘Last Christmas’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

Quick DVD Box Set Review – ‘Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’

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For Christmas 2021, I gave my Mum the complete series of ‘Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’. This is a crime drama series, featuring Patricia Routledge as the title character. Many of you will know her for playing Hyacinth Bucket in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’. It was nice to see her in this TV drama series. Continue reading

Convention Memories – ‘Dimensions 2013’

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It’s time to share some more ‘convention memories’ today as I talk about the last ‘Doctor Who’ convention I attended in 2013 – the 50th anniversary year of the TV show. In October 2013, I attended ‘Dimensions 2013’, held at the Copthorne Hotel in Newcastle, run by 10th Planet Events. 🙂 Continue reading

Christmas DVD Review – ‘The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries’

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This is what I got my Mum for Christmas in 2019. I got her the complete series of ‘The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries’ starring Diana Rigg of ‘The Avengers’ fame and Neil Dudgeon. My parents and I enjoyed this crime investigation drama series set in the 1920s. It had good old-fashioned murder mysteries. 🙂 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Last Christmas’

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It’s the first Christmas Special of the Peter Capaldi era of ‘Doctor Who’ and it’s the best one in my humble opinion. This is ‘Last Christmas’ by Steven Moffat and it stars Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara and Nick Frost as Santa Claus. Find out what happens in this mind-boggling episode! Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ CD Reviews – ‘The Queen of Time’ & ‘Lords of the Red Planet’

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I’ve added two new ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on my blog today! They are on two ‘Lost Stories’ by Big Finish featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. They are ‘The Queen of Time’ and ‘Lords of the Red Planet’, starring Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury. Both stories are from the mind of Brian Hayles and are pretty gripping stories to listen to. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who – The 10 Christmas Specials’ on Blu-ray #10

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I’ve finished ‘The 10 Christmas Specials’ of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! I’ve enjoyed this box set very much! This also contains a new bonus feature called ‘Ten Christmases’, hosted by Rufus Hound. This is where he goes on a mission to discover what makes a ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special…so special? Continue reading

Season 17-styled stories of ‘Doctor Who’

 

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Do you like the Douglas Adams era of ‘Doctor Who’?

Well, here are some reviews by me on some ‘Doctor Who’ stories in the style of Douglas Adams from Season 17. These stories are by two distinguished ‘Doctor Who’ writers – Jonathan Morris and Gareth Roberts. Both have contributed to the Douglas Adams era of the series via books and audio! Continue reading