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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’

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It’s time for us to check out ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’, the first of two episodes by Chris Chibnall in Series 7 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This episode is literally about a spaceship with dinosaurs on board which our heroes discover. There’s Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. Our TARDIS trio is joined by Riann Steele as Queen Nefertiti of Egypt and Rupert Graves (who has played DI Lestrade in ‘Sherlock’) as Edwardian game hunter John Riddell. There’s also the introduction of Mark Williams (who played Maxwell Edison in the Big Finish audio story ‘The Eternal Summer’ with Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton) as Brian Williams, Rory’s dad. And there’s David Bradley (who would later play William Hartnell in ‘An Adventure In Space and Time’ and the First Doctor in ‘Twice Upon A Time’, ‘The Power of the Doctor’ and the Big Finish audios of ‘Doctor Who’) as the villainous Solomon. ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Wedding of River Song’

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Here we are on the season finale of Series 6 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This isn’t a two-part story as you would expect. The finale happens to be a single episode. 😐 This is where theoretically mostly everything that’s been going on in Series 6 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series comes together in the episode. It’s time for ‘The Wedding of River Song’ by Steven Moffat, starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams and Alex Kingston as River Song. This ‘Doctor Who’ episode also features the return of Frances Barber as Madame Kovarian, along with the Silence. There’s also the return of Simon Fisher-Becker as Dorium Maldovar, Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill, Richard Hope as Malokeh and there’s even Simon Callow as Charles Dickens. Was this is a satisfying ‘Doctor Who’ season finale for me? Were all the unanswered questions that went on in Series 6 answered in this episode? ‘The Wedding of River Song’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Hungry Earth’/’Cold Blood’

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I’ve found out that the two-part ‘Doctor Who’ story we’re revisiting today – ‘The Hungry Earth’/’Cold Blood’ by Chris Chibnall – takes place in the year 2020. Keep in mind that the two-part story was shown on BBC TV in May 2010. I’d like to assume that the story takes place in early 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic ever happened. Or it could be that the story takes place in an alternative universe where Covid-19 never happened. 😀 Anyway, let’s check out this two-part story starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, as they visit South Wales in 2020 and we have the return of the Silurians with a redesigned look compared to the classic TV series versions of them. The main Silurians featured in this story include Neve McIntosh as Alaya and Restac, Richard Hope as Malohkeh and Stephen Moore as Eldane. ‘The Hungry Earrth’/’Cold Blood’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

Quick DVD Review – ‘The Demon Headmaster’

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Remember the film ‘Matilda’, based on the book by Roald Dahl, where it featured our title heroine in a school run by a bullying headmistress called the Trunchbull? Well, what if there was a TV series that featured a school with an evil headmaster and a group of kids battled to thwart his pretty evil schemes? Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’

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This is the first contribution to Series 7 of ‘Doctor Who’ by Chris Chibnall. ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’ features the first appearance of Mark Williams as Brian, Rory’s dad who joins his son, the Doctor and Amy on an adventure to this titular spaceship with dinosaurs. David Bradley also guest stars in the story. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Wedding of River Song’

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This is the season finale of Series 6 in ‘Doctor Who’. It’s a story that should’ve been a two-parter with everything crammed in at the end. It features the return of River Song as well as the Silence. Can the Doctor stop time collapsing with the world now seemingly jumbled up with many time zones? Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Hungry Earth’/’Cold Blood’

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It’s time for another two-part story in the Matt Smith era of ‘Doctor Who’. This one is by Chris Chibnall and it features the Doctor, Amy and Rory meeting the Silurians. This marks the first ‘Doctor Who’ story to feature the return of the Silurians in the new series. They look different to their classic series counterparts. Continue reading

‘Beneath the Surface’ – ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews

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Check out my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ stories featuring the Silurians, the Sea Devils and the Myrka. These stories come from the classic series and the new series in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 2010s. There’s also a review by me on one of the ‘Doctor Who’ Silurian stories produced by Big Finish. Continue reading

Series 5 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Matt Smith

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All my DVD reviews on Series 5 of new ‘Doctor Who’ are now on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. This includes the thirteen episodes from Series 5 and it stars Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond with Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams and Alex Kingston as River Song. Continue reading

Series 7 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Matt Smith

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I’ve added all of my DVD reviews on Series 7 of ‘Doctor Who’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. This includes reviews on the thirteen episodes from Series 7, the 2011 Christmas Special called ‘The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe’ and the 2012 Christmas Special called ‘The Snowmen’. Continue reading