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Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – The Time Meddler’

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Just in case you missed it yesterday, I’ve read and heard the Target novelization/audiobook of the ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘The Time Meddler’ by Nigel Robinson, based on the original TV scripts by Dennis Spooner. The story features the First Doctor, Vicki and Steven and they encounter the Meddling Monk. This happens to be Steven’s first adventure in the TARDIS following ‘The Chase’. The audiobook for ‘Doctor Who – The Time Meddler’ is read by Peter Purves, who played Steven Taylor in the TV series and continues to play him in the Big Finish audios. Continue reading

Season 2 of ‘Doctor Who’ with William Hartnell on Blu-ray #9

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It’s time to check out the ninth and final story of Season 2 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘The Time Meddler’. This is a four-part story by Dennis Spooner, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O’Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as new companion Steven Taylor. In this story, our heroes visit Northumbria on the planet Earth in the year 1066. It’s a time where the Vikings are about to invade the home of the Saxons, and the Battle of Hastings is to take place in that year. But the Doctor discovers Peter Butterworth as the Meddling Monk, who’s about to tamper with the course with Earth’s history. Can our heroes uncover why the Monk is doing this? Is the Monk all he seems to be? How is it that the Doctor and the Monk know each other so well? Continue reading

‘A Sparkle of Doctors’ is COMPLETE!!!

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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As I’ve finished sharing all three episodes of ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’ on my blog, the Divergent Wordsmiths have finished sharing their three-volume anthology called ‘A Sparkle of Doctors’ to celebrate 60 years of ‘Doctor Who’. This is all before the three 60th anniversary TV specials arrive. 🙂 Continue reading

New Anthology Release – ‘A Sparkle of Doctors: Volume 1’

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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‘A Sparkle of Doctors: Volume 1’ is out! 🙂 The Divergent Wordsmiths have released their latest ‘Doctor Who’ anthology of short stories to celebrate 60 years of the TV show. ‘A Sparkle of Doctors: Volume 2’ will be released sometime soon later this year, but for now, I’m glad that Volume 1 is out. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’

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This is a big one! It’s time to check out the epic 12-part ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor and Peter Purves as Steven. You can listen to ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’ soundtrack on audio CD or Audible, and you can watch the second, fifth and tenth surviving episodes of the story in the ‘Lost In Time’ DVD collection. The story also introduces us to Nicholas Courtney (before he became the Brigadier) as Bret Vyon, and Kevin Stoney (before he became Tobias Vaughn in ‘The Invasion’) as the villainous Mavic Chen. Adrienne Hill also appears as Katarina, following her debut in ‘The Myth Makers’. It also features the introduction of Jean Marsh as Sara Kindgom. The seventh episode is a Christmas episode, would you believe? 😀 And the eighth to tenth episodes also feature the return of Peter Butterworth as the Meddling Monk. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Time Meddler’

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It’s time for the season finale of Season 2 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘The Time Meddler’. William Hartnell as the First Doctor and Maureen O’Brien as Vicki are joined by Peter Purves as Steven, as they visit the Northumbrian coast in the 11th century where Saxons and Vikings are. They also meet the Meddling Monk, who makes his debut in ‘Doctor Who’ and Peter Butterworth plays him. You can watch the four-part story either on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading

CD Reviews – ‘Dalek Universe 1’ (Doctor Who)

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At last! It’s time to check out the first box set of the ‘Dalek Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ audios, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims as Mark Seven. The box set also features Mark Gatiss as George Sheldrake, Kevin McNally as Merrick Kingdom, Gemma Whelan as the Newcomer and Nicholas Briggs as the Mechanoids. Continue reading

Comic Reviews – ‘The Tides of Time’ (Doctor Who)

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For your information, I’ve updated my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ graphic novel ‘The Tides of Time’ by giving individual pages to each of the seven stories featured in it. There will come a point where I’ll be doing more in-depth reviews on each of the ‘Doctor Who’ comic stories, including the ones adapted for audio by Big Finish starring Tom Baker and Rhianne Starbuck. I’m looking forward to that very soon. Continue reading

New Anthology Release – ‘Genesis of Terror’

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There’s a brand new ‘Fifth Doctor’ story by me available! Except this time, it’s not featured on my blog. This is a short story featured in a new anthology release called ‘Genesis of Terror’ by the Divergent Wordsmiths. I’m so excited that one of my ‘Fifth Doctor’ stories is featured in an anthology. Continue reading

Graphic Novel Review – ‘The Tides of Time’ (Doctor Who)

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As part of my adding ‘The Stockbridge Terror’ to my ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog, I’ve now added my review on the Fifth Doctor graphic novel, ‘The Tides of Time’. These feature six stories including three set in Stockbridge that occur before ‘The Stockbridge Trilogy’ with the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. Continue reading