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‘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

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘In the Forest of the Night’

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Today, we’re on the penultimate story in Series 8 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time to check out the first contribution made by Frank Cottrell-Boyce as a ‘Doctor Who’ writer in the new TV series. The episode is called ‘In the Forest of the Night’. In the episode, Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor meets up with Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and Samuel Anderson as Danny Pink, as they take several Coal Hill pupils on an overnight school trip. They discover that London has been covered in a large forest that seems to have appeared out of nowhere the previous night. Can the Doctor work out what’s going on with the trees covering the entire planet Earth in one night? This episode introduces Abigail Eames as Maebh Arden, one of the pupils who went missing and is able to hear the voices of the large forest. There’s another cameo of Michelle Gomez as the mysterious Missy in the TV series. ‘In the Forest of the Night’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Last Christmas’

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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

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’ Marathon – ‘In the Forest of the Night’

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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

This is ‘In the Forest of the Night’ where the Doctor finds the Earth covered in trees. He meets up with a little girl connected to this strange mystery as well as Clara, Danny and their school class. Will the Doctor and Clara find out what’s really going on with the forest overgrowing on Earth? Is this really a threat? 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

Series 8 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Capaldi

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With the latest news that Peter Capaldi is now leaving ‘Doctor Who’ and with Series 10 on its way next month in April, I’ve now added my DVD reviews on Series 8 on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. Series 8 is Peter Capaldi’s first season as the Twelfth Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’ and was shown in 2014. It also stars Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, the Twelfth Doctor’s companion for Series 8. Continue reading