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Week 21 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ REVISITED & UPDATED

 –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

Week 12ba – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Today, it’s time for a Genesis!

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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Tenth Planet’

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Here we are on the final TV story of the William Hartnell/First Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ and it’s the first one to feature the Cybermen. ‘The Tenth Planet’ is a four-part adventure that takes place in the South Pole in 1986. The Cybermen are from the planet Mondas, Earth’s long lost twin planet. The fourth episode of ‘The Tenth Planet’ has been animated, whilst the regeneration scene between William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton is still intact. You can watch ‘The Tenth Planet’ either on DVD or via Britbox. 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

Comic Reviews – ‘The Clockwise War’ (Doctor Who)

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We’re coming to the end of 2020! For this instalment of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ on New Year’s Eve today, I’m sharing my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ comic stories featured in the graphic novel called ‘The Clockwise War’. The story of focus is ‘Blood Invocation’ which features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan. Continue reading

Nyssa Stories Revisited!

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As we’re currently doing a repeat on ‘Junglos 4198’, the second story of ‘The Salvador Trilogy’ in ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series, I’d like to share with you some of the adventures the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa have had in their travels together before they met Billy Walker. Here are the first seven Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’ featuring the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa, starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton. Continue reading

Week 21 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO CD AND VINYL TODAY–

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Today, it’s time to travel back in time to Week 21 of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’. This was when the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa faced the Cybermen a second time in the classic Big Finish audio drama, ‘Spare Parts’. This is considered by many to be one of the best and well-loved ‘Doctor Who’ audio dramas by fans. Continue reading

Before ‘World Enough and Time’

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Tomorrow’s ‘Doctor Who’ episode on TV is set to be exciting! I’m looking forward to seeing the return of the Mondasian Cybermen as well as the return of John Simm’s Master in the season finale of Series 10. Continue reading

‘Spare Parts’ Animation Videos

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One of my favourite Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’ with the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa is ‘Spare Parts’! This is a story on the ‘genesis of the Cybermen’, as the story takes places on Mondas, the Cybermen’s home planet. My review on ‘Spare Parts’ is available to read on my blog by clicking on the link. Continue reading

Savages, War Machines, Smugglers and Cybermen with William Hartnell

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Today, I’ve posted four new ‘Doctor Who’ reviews starring William Hartnell as the Doctor. Continue reading