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Quick DVD Review – ‘The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years’

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In May 2020, I received four ‘Myth Makers’ DVD compilations for my birthday, including ‘The William Hartnell Years’, ‘The Pat Troughton Years’, ‘The Tom Baker Years’ and ‘The Sylvester McCoy Years’! Over Christmas 2020, I had four more ‘Myth Makers’ DVD compilations – ‘The Jon Pertwee Years’, ‘The Peter Davison Years’, ‘The Colin Baker Years’ and ‘The Paul McGann Years’!!! 😀 Continue reading

Week 49d – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Here we are with the only 2020 full-cast ‘Doctor Who’ audio drama CD release starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and George Watkins as Marc for this year’s ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season – ‘Thin Time’ and ‘Madquake’. Sadly, ‘The Lost Resort’ and ‘Perils and Nightmares’ didn’t get made this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic – please keep safe. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘Downward Spiral’ (Doctor Who)

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2020 is coming to an end and it’s time for another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ review. Today, we’re on the latest ‘Doctor Who’ Short Trip audio by Big Finish called ‘Downward Spiral’, read by Sarah Sutton. This story is by Alan Flanagan and it features the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. I’m very pleased I heard this Short Trip audio. Continue reading

Puffin/Audio Reviews – ‘Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve updated and extended my reviews on the Puffin e-shorts collection of ‘Doctor Who’ stories, which started as ’11 Doctors, 11 Stories’; then as ’12 Doctors, 12 Stories’; and is now ‘Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories’. This is part of the 2020-2021 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season where I’ve updated my reviews on the first twelve stories in the collection and done a new review on the thirteenth story called ‘Time Lapse’ by Naomi Alderman. Continue reading

Quick Vinyl Review – ‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’ (Doctor Who)

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Christmas 2020 was certainly a Peter Davison-filled Christmas for me! 😀 As well as watching the 2020 Christmas Special of ‘Call the Midwife’ on Christmas Day, I enjoyed listening to the ASDA-exclusive vinyl of ‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’, one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ audios. 🙂 Continue reading

DVD & CD Reviews – ‘Timeslip’

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“Merry Christmas Sarah!”

On Christmas Day, I’m sharing my reviews on ‘Timeslip’ – both the sci-fi TV series and the Big Finish audios. I’ve created a new page for ‘Timeslip’ as well as added my reviews on the four stories featured in the TV series, based on the 5-disc DVD set, and on the two Big Finish audio volumes which are available as 3-disc CD sets and downloads from the Big Finish website. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘Blood on Santa’s Claw and Other Stories’ (Doctor Who)

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The Christmas celebrations continue with my new ‘Doctor Who’ CD review on ‘Blood on Santa’s Claw and Other Stories’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. This exciting Big Finish audio CD of ‘Doctor Who’ stars Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri. It also contains four festive episodes! Continue reading

CD review – ‘The Rani Elite’ (Doctor Who)

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We continue the 57th anniversary celebrations of ‘Doctor Who’ by looking into the third and final audio adventure of the Sixth Doctor and Peri trilogy, starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant called ‘The Rani Elite’. Don’t worry! There’s another review on a Sixth Doctor/Peri audio story in December this year as well as more reviews on some Sixth Doctor audio stories in the New Year! 🙂 Continue reading

CD Review – ‘Time Apart’ (Doctor Who)

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I didn’t post this latest audio review on my blog because it’s ‘Doctor Who’s 57th anniversary. That was a coincidence, though I certainly picked the right day for it. 😀 Incidentally… Continue reading

CD review – ‘Masters of Earth’ (Doctor Who)

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Here we are on the second ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventure from the 2014 Sixth Doctor/Peri trilogy, starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. It’s time for ‘Masters of Earth’, featuring the Daleks. The story takes place during ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’, a year before the First Doctor helps to end the Dalek occupation on 22nd century Earth. Continue reading