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Week 35 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ REVISITED & UPDATED

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 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO CD AND VINYL TODAY–

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It’s New Year’s Eve today! I’m sharing the penultimate instalment of my latest ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. Today, it’s time to revisit the ‘Doctor Who’ audio story ‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’, which I’ve recently listened to on my brand-new vinyl recorder player. I greatly enjoyed revisiting ‘Fanfare’ on vinyl. I must admit, I enjoyed it more than revisiting ‘Spare Parts’ on vinyl lately. 😮 I know ‘Spare Parts’ is highly regarded as a Big Finish audio story, especially with it featuring the Cybermen in it. However, I found ‘Fanfare’ more enjoyable, especially with it being set in the 1960s and having a Beatles-like atmosphere to it as well as starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’/’The Poison Sky’

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It’s time to check out the first two-part story in Series 4 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’/’The Poison Sky’ by Helen Raynor, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna. This two-parter also features the return of Freema Agyeman as Martha, who now works for U.N.I.T. There’s also the return of the potato-headed Sontarans in the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, including Christopher Ryan as General Staal and Dan Starkey as Commander Skorr. This story also features Jacqueline King as Sylvia, Donna’s mum and Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred, Donna’s granddad. There are guest stars like Rupert Holliday-Evans as Colonel Mace of U.N.I.T. and Ryan Sampson as Luke Rattigan. ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’/’The Poison Sky’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

Week 35 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO CD AND VINYL TODAY–

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

It’s time to revisit another one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ audios featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa in this year’s ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season for 2021-22. It’s time to revisit ‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’, which was originally released back in September 2013 to celebrate 50 years of ‘Doctor Who’. 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

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Sontaran Strategem’/’The Poison Sky’

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It’s a two-part ‘Doctor Who’ adventure today and we have the Doctor and Donna reunite with Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones; helping U.N.I.T. and facing the return of the potato-head like Sontarans. This two-part story features the first appearance of the Sontarans in new series ‘Doctor Who’ with their “Sonta-Ha!” chant. Continue reading

Series 4 of ‘Doctor Who’ with David Tennant

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All of my DVD reviews on Series 4 of new ‘Doctor Who’ are on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. This includes the 2007 Christmas Special called ‘Voyage of the Damned’ and the thirteen episodes of Series 4. The series stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. Continue reading

The 1963 Trilogy of ‘Doctor Who’

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I’ve added all my reviews on the 1963 trilogy of ‘Doctor Who’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. This was a trilogy of audio stories made in 2013 featuring Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy to celebrate 50 years of the show. All three stories are set in 1963, the year ‘Doctor Who’ was created. Continue reading

Week 42 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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It’s time for ‘The Lost Stories’ trilogy by Big Finish with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan to begin! Today on ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ this week, the TARDIS trio try to visit the planet Florana before facing ‘The Elite’! 🙂 Continue reading