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Week 51 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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It’s New Year’s Eve today! You’ve waited for this, and here we are! 😀 Today, I’m sharing my brand-new ‘Doctor Who’ review on the Big Finish audio adaptation of ‘Goth Opera’ by Lizbeth Myles, based on the original 1994 novel by Paul Cornell, which was released this year. I’m so happy I’ve been able to check out and do my review on the Big Finish audio adaptation of ‘Goth Opera’ for the 2024-25 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season. It’s exciting to talk about the audio version of ‘Goth Opera’, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan. Continue reading

‘Goth Opera’ to be adapted for audio by Big Finish!

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Well, it’s finally happened! ‘Goth Opera’ is going to be adapted into a Big Finish audio drama and will be released in July this year! I’m so excited by the news! I hoped something like this would happen, but didn’t think it would actually happen, especially when the ‘Novel Adaptations’ range seemed to stop. Continue reading

New ‘Cold Fusion’ Photo

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As we continue to cope with the coronavirus situation – please keep safe – here’s a little quickie to cheer people up! I saw this photo via the Big Finish Twitter account. It’s a behind-the-scenes photo featuring the cast of the ‘Doctor Who’ audio adaptation of ‘Cold Fusion’. I’ve never seen this photo before. I’m pleased I’ve seen it and I’ve recently added it to my review on the ‘Cold Fusion’ audio adaptation. Continue reading

Week 5 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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‘The Nyssa Challenge’ has returned! For the next several days this Christmas season, I’m adding my reviews on the latest Nyssa stories in ‘Doctor Who’ that were released since December 2016. These include the latest Big Finish audio dramas and the latest Short Trip audios. I hope you’ll enjoy these. Continue reading

Season 17-styled stories of ‘Doctor Who’

 

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Do you like the Douglas Adams era of ‘Doctor Who’?

Well, here are some reviews by me on some ‘Doctor Who’ stories in the style of Douglas Adams from Season 17. These stories are by two distinguished ‘Doctor Who’ writers – Jonathan Morris and Gareth Roberts. Both have contributed to the Douglas Adams era of the series via books and audio! Continue reading

Week 51 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Here we are on my favourite Fifth Doctor novel with Nyssa and Tegan in it! Today on this week of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, vampires from ‘State of Decay’ make a return and Nyssa becomes a vampire in ‘Goth Opera’! 🙂 Continue reading

Novel Adaptations with the Fourth Doctor and the Seventh Doctor

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In the wake of the latest ‘Novel Adaptations’ by Big Finish including ‘Original Sin’ and ‘Cold Fusion’, I’ve added my ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on the two volumes of ‘Novel Adaptations’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’! Continue reading

Christmas CD Reviews – ‘Doctor Who’ Novel Adaptations

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I’ve now finished listening to a bundle of ‘Doctor Who’ audios! These are the Novel Adaptations on five ‘Doctor Who’ novels published in the 1990s! I’ve enjoyed all five stories, as they have been interesting tales from the period when ‘Doctor Who’ was unloved by the BBC but loved by the fans. Continue reading

Week 46 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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“Happy Birthday Sarah!”

How fitting it is to have ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ on Sarah Sutton’s birthday today! This week, it’s time for the Doctor and Tegan to rescue Nyssa from Nephthys and the robot mummies in this sequel to ‘Pyramids of Mars’ called ‘The Sands of Time’! 🙂 Continue reading

‘Cold Fusion’ to be adapted for audio by Big Finish!

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At last! Yippee! I’m so pleased that this day has come! This is going to be so COOL!!!

‘Cold Fusion’ is now going to get adapted for audio by Big Finish! I’m so excited, as I’ve now read the book twice and I’m looking forward to listening to this story on audio with a super cast! I can now purchase ‘Cold Fusion’ and the other Seventh Doctor novel audio adaptations from Big Finish in a bundle! Continue reading