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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’

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Here we are with an historical adventure in Series 12 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yaz. This is ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’ by Nina Metivier, who apparently was a script editor on two episodes of Series 11 in the new TV series, including ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ and ‘It Takes You Away’. In this ‘Doctor Who’ episode, the Thirteenth Doctor TARDIS team meet Goran Višnjić (who’s been in the ‘Elektra’ film with Jennifer Garner) as Nikola Tesla in 1903. Our heroes meet him on the train journey from Niagara Falls to New York, as they help him to escape from being kidnapped by the Skithra aliens (who seem to be like the Racnoss from ‘The Runaway Bride’). They’re led by Anjli Mohindra (who played Rani Chandra in ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’) as the Skithra Queen. The episode also features Robert Glenister (who’s been in ‘The Caves of Androzani’ and the BBC sitcom TV series ‘Sink or Swim’ with Peter Davison as well as ‘The Aeronauts’) as Thomas Edison. ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘It Takes You Away’

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This is the penultimate episode in Series 11 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. We have Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yaz visiting Norway in the year 2018 in this episode. It’s time for ‘It Takes You Away’ by Ed Hime – his first contribution to the TV series. In the episode, our space-and-time travellers investigate the disappearance of a widower called Erik. They’re helped by Erik’s blind daughter named Hanne. The guest cast includes Ellie Wallwork (who would go on to appear in a Series 9 episode of ‘Call the Midwife’) as Hanne. There’s Christian Rubeck as Erik and Lisa Stokke as Trine, Erik’s wife and Hanne’s mother. There’s Kevin Eldon (who would go on to play Lance Corporal Jones in the 2019 remake of the Series 2 ‘lost episodes’ of ‘Dad’s Army’) as Ribbons. And there’s a special guest appearance of Sharon D. Clarke as Grace, Graham’s wife and Ryan’s nan. This episode has our heroes visiting another universe. It also has the Thirteenth Doctor meeting a frog. Can things get weirder than that? 😀 ‘It Takes You Away’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’

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And welcome to the Jodie Whittaker/Thirteenth Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’! 🙂 It’s Chris Chibnall’s turn to be showrunner of ‘Doctor Who’ from 2018 to 2022. He brings in his era of the show by having the main character be played by a woman. This era has divided fan opinion, but is this an era I regard highly compared to others? Let’s start off by checking out the first episode of Series 11 of the new TV series called ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ by Chris Chibnall. Following on from the end of ‘Twice Upon a Time’, Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor crash-lands to Earth and meets up with Bradley Walsh as Graham O’Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair and Mandip Gill as Yasmin ‘Yaz’ Khan. The episode also features Sharon D. Clarke as Grace, Graham’s wife and Ryan’s gran; Samuel Oatley as the alien Stenza warrior called Tzim-Sha (or as the Doctor calls him ‘Tim Shaw’); and there’s Johnny Dixon as Karl. This ‘Doctor Who’ episode received a rating of 10.96 million viewers as well as positive reviews from critics. Does it still hold up well after all these years? ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #21

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Back with the TV series of ‘Doctor Who’ and we’re checking out ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’. The Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz meet Nikola Tesla and the world is under attack by scorpion-like creatures that almost resemble the Racnoss. Can the Doctor and Tesla’s alike minds work together to defeat this episode’s menace? Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #11

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We return to the TV series to take a look at Ed Hime’s first contribution to the ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘It Takes You Away’. It features the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz meeting a blind girl at her home in a Norwegian fjord. They also discover a gateway to an alternative mirror universe. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #1

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And welcome to ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’! For the whole of March 2021, I’ll be sharing my ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on the stories featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, including Series 11 and Series 12 as well as certain novels and short stories. Let’s start off with the short story ‘Things She Thought While Falling’ from ‘Adventures in Lockdown’ and the first TV episode of the Thirteenth Doctor era called ‘The Woman Who Fell To Earth’. Continue reading

Series 12 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jodie Whittaker

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In preparation for the ‘March of the Thirteenth Doctor’ review season in March 2021, I’m sharing my Blu-ray reviews on Series 12 of ‘Doctor Who’ today. Series 12 of ‘Doctor Who’ stars Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill. Have my thoughts on the season changed since first seeing it in early 2020? Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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Okay, so whilst I found ‘Orphan 55’ a mess of an episode, it was still a pretty enjoyable mess. Would things get better by the time I watched the next episode. Well, I’m happy to say…yes! Yes they did! I greatly enjoyed ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’ since it was really gripping pseudo-historical adventure. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘It Takes You Away’

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Here we are on the penultimate episode of Series 11 in ‘Doctor Who’. This is ‘It Takes You Away’ by Ed Hime. The Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz visit a Norwegian fjord where they meet a blind girl and discover a portal leading into another dimension similar to our own. Will our friends escape from this world they’re in? Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Woman Who Fell To Earth’

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It’s time to begin the Thirteenth Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jodie Whittaker! Series 11 begins with ‘The Woman Who Fell To Earth’ by Chris Chibnall. The newly regenerated female Doctor crashes onto Earth where she meets Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yasmin for the first time. Continue reading