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New Page – ‘The Third Doctor by Tim Bradley’

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Today, I’m sharing the third of The Doctors pages in ‘Doctor Who by Tim Bradley’, which is ‘The Third Doctor by Tim Bradley’ page. This contains links to the ‘Doctor Who’ fan-fiction stories by me featuring the Third Doctor, as played by Jon Pertwee in the classic TV series. So far, the stories by me featuring the Third Doctor include ‘The Matter of Reality’ (Z), ‘The Robots of Lonmar’ and ‘The Prime Factor’. I’ve yet to share ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’, which will feature the Third Doctor, joined by his companion Jo Grant (played by Katy Manning). Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – 2008-2010 Specials Summary

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Despite them not being an actual season (technically they’re part of Series 4), the 2008-2010 Specials of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series could be argued as being David Tennant’s fifth season of ‘Doctor Who’. This is despite him not having a regular companion accompanying him in the specials. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The End of Time’

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And here we are on the final ‘Doctor Who’ TV adventure starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. This is a two-part story called ‘The End of Time’ by Russell T. Davies, with ‘Part One’ originally shown on Christmas Day in 2009 and ‘Part Two’ originally shown on New Year’s Day in 2010. In this two-parter, David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor reunites with Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred Mott, as they team up to tackle the return of John Simm as the evil Master. This special adventure also features special guest star Timothy Dalton as Rassilon, the Lord President of the Time Lords of Gallifrey. There’s also Catherine Tate as Donna Noble and Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble. There are special guest stars like June Whitfield as Minnie Hooper, David Harewood as Joshua Naismith, Tracy Ifeacher as Abigail Naismith, Sinéad Keenan as Addams and Lawry Lewin as Rossiter. There are also special guest cameos of Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler, John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones, Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Jessica Hynes as Verity Newman, Thomas Knight as Luke Smith and Russell Tovey as Midshipman Alonso Frame in the story. ‘The End of Time’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Series 3 Summary

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Series 3 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series is the Martha Jones season in the David Tennant/Tenth Doctor era. It’s not a season that I would rate as highly as I’ve rated David Tennant’s first and third seasons, but there are some enjoyable gems featured throughout Series 3 which I’ve enjoyed a lot. 🙂 Continue reading

New Anthology Release – ‘A Sparkle of Doctors: Volume 2’

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‘A Sparkle of Doctors: Volume 2’ has arrived! And sooner than I expected. 🙂 Originally, the Divergent Wordsmiths were going to release their ‘Doctor Who’ anthology of short stories to celebrate 60 years of the TV show in two volumes. Now, it’s getting a third volume in the set. Lovely! 😀 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Utopia’/’The Sound of Drums’/’Last of the Time Lords’

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And here we are on the season finale of Series 3 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 This is a three-part story by Russell T. Davies called ‘Utopia’/’The Sound of Drums’/’Last of the Time Lords’. David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones are joined by John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, as the TARDIS takes them to the end of the universe, which is 100 trillion years in the future. There they meet Derek Jacobi as Professor Yana, who turns out to be the Master. Soon, the Master regenerates into John Simm and he becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain in Martha’s time. Can the Doctor, Martha and Jack thwart the evil machinations of the Master before the planet Earth is taken over completely. ‘Utopia’/’The Sound of Drums’/’Last of the Time Lords’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

Quick Blu-ray Review – ‘Doctor Who Am I’

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I’ve seen the latest documentary film ‘Doctor Who Am I’! 🙂 I’ve been meaning to check this out for quite some time since I got the Blu-ray for Christmas last year. This is a good place to talk about the documentary film in the Paul McGann/Eighth Doctor era of the ‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The TV Movie’

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It’s time for us to check out the Paul McGann/Eighth Doctor era, which is technically the shortest-lived ‘Doctor Who’ era ever on TV. Thankfully, Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor has had a long life in the Big Finish audios. 😀 Let’s check out ‘The TV Movie’, which was shown on UK and USA TV in May 1996. The ‘Doctor Who’ TV Movie is by Matthew Jacobs and was directed by Geoffrey Sax. As well as Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, there’s Daphne Ashbrook as Grace Holloway, Yee Jee Tso as Chang Lee and Eric Roberts as the Master. This story also features the regeneration between Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor into Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. ‘The TV Movie’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘The Two Masters’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time for us to come to a close on the Sylvester McCoy/Seventh Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ in the 60th Anniversary Marathon, as we check out the third and final story in ‘The Two Masters Trilogy’ called…‘The Two Masters’. 😀 This is part of the multi-Doctor audio trilogy that was released by Big Finish in 2016. ‘The Two Masters’ is an epic four-part audio story by John Dorney for fans to enjoy. 🙂 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 26 Summary

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Season 26 – the third and final season of the Sylvester McCoy/Seventh Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ – is a season where the show was getting to find its feet again on arguably what stories it could have told in the 1990s. This is thanks to how script editor Andrew Cartmel handled things with the stories. Continue reading