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Convention Report – ‘Happy Who Year 2026’

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And Happy Who Year everyone! 🙂 Yes! I’ve been to the latest ‘Happy Who Year’ convention at the Lights theatre in Andover and thoroughly enjoyed it! The convention exceeded my expectations! It was so well worth going to after celebrating Christmas and the New Year! Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Curse of Fenric’

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Let’s check out the third story of Season 26 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time for ‘The Curse of Fenric’, a four-part story by Ian Briggs, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. The Doctor and Ace visit a British naval installation near Maiden’s Point on the Northumberland coast during World War II, where Ace gets to uncover more about her past. There’s also the appearance of the vampiric-like Haemovores. This story also features special guest star Nicholas Parsons as Reverend Wainwright. ‘The Curse of Fenric’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. I highly recommend checking out the movie-length Special Edition version of this story, which is on DVD and Blu-ray. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Mark of the Rani’

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The third story of Season 22 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series is a two-part 45-minute episode adventure called ‘The Mark of the Rani’ by Pip and Jane Baker. This story has Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri visiting the mining town of Killingworth in the 19th century. There, a group of rampaging miners are on the run with attacking people and destroying machinery. This happens to be the work of Kate O’Mara who makes her debut as the evil Rani. She’s joined by Anthony Ainley who returns as the equally evil Master. Can the Sixth Doctor and Peri stop the plans of the Rani and the Master in time? ‘The Mark of the Rani’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Colin Baker on Blu-ray #3

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We’re back again with another updated review on a story in Season 22 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Colin Baker. Today, it’s time to take a look at ‘The Mark of the Rani’, a story by Pip and Jane Baker, who make their first contribution to the TV series. It features Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri, Anthony Ainley as the Master and Kate O’Mara as the Rani. Continue reading

Before ‘Time Lord Victorious’

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Next week, the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’ will begin! Before that happens, please feel free to check out my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ stories featured in the ‘Road to the Dark Times’ Blu-ray, which I had a chance to check out over Christmas from December 2020 to January 2021. Continue reading

‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ (Doctor Who) on Blu-ray

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Over Christmas 2020 and early 2021, I’ve been checking out the ‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ stories on Blu-ray. This is in preparation for me to check out the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ event that’s happening from 2020-21 with books, audios and comic tales. Continue reading

Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy on Blu-ray #3

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Here we are on the third story in Season 26 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray! It’s time for ‘The Curse of Fenric’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This is Sophie Aldred’s favourite story in ‘Doctor Who’ and I can’t deny I enjoyed the journey Ace had throughout this story. Continue reading

The Rani, the Master, Sontarans, Androgums, the Borad, Davros and the Daleks with the Sixth Doctor

 

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Today I’ve posted four new DVD reviews on four ‘Doctor Who’ stories! They star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown. Continue reading

DVD review – ‘The Curse of Fenric’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve posted my review on the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘The Curse of Fenric’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. It stars Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace as well as featuring the first appearance of Fenric and the Hameovores. Continue reading