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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Resolution’

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Technically, this should be part of Series 11 in the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series, but it’s included in the Series 12 DVD and Blu-ray box sets. It’s time to check out the first New Year’s Day Special in the Jodie Whittaker/Thirteenth Doctor era, and it’s the first time that ‘Doctor Who’ does a festive special that isn’t shown on Christmas Day, since this was shown in January 2019 instead of December 2018. It’s time for ‘Resolution’ by Chris Chibnall, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O’Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair and Mandip Gill as Yasmin ‘Yaz’ Khan. This ‘Doctor Who’ New Year’s Day Special has special guest stars like Charlotte Ritchie (who’s been in ‘Call the Midwife’, recently in ‘Grantchester’ and is well-known for being in the sitcom TV series ‘Ghosts’) as Lin, Nikesh Patel (who’s been in ‘Artemis Fowl’) as Mitch and Daniel Adegboyega (who’s been in the 2021 ‘Tom & Jerry’ movie) as Aaron Sinclair, Ryan’s dad. There’s also the return of the Daleks (Well, one of them anyway – and is voiced by Nicholas Briggs) as Jodie Whittaker has her first confrontation with a metal pepper pot in the new TV series. ‘Resolution’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Empress of Mars’

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After ‘The Monks Trilogy’, we’re back to some proper standalone ‘Doctor Who’ episodes in Series 10 of the new TV series. Today in the 60th Anniversary Marathon, we’re checking out ‘Empress of Mars’ by Mark Gatiss. This features the return of the Ice Warriors. Still not sure if it’s Nicholas Briggs who’s voicing the Ice Warriors in this episode. Notable Ice Warrior characters that appear in this episode include Richard Ashton as Friday and Adele Lynch as the titular ‘Empress of Mars’ named Iraxxa. Incidentally, Adele Lynch recently played a similar character in the Ice Queen named Vextyr in the Big Finish audio story ‘Cry of the Vultriss’ with Colin Baker. The guest cast also includes Anthony Calf as Godsacre and Ferdinand Kingsley as Catchlove. There’s a nice cameo of Alpha Centauri from the ‘Peladon Tales’ of ‘Doctor Who’, and she’s voiced by Ysanne Churchman. And there’s a brief appearance of Michelle Gomez as Missy somewhere in the middle and at the episode’s end. At the time of watching this, I found ‘Empress of Mars’ a good ‘Doctor Who’ episode. Do I still regard it favourably after all these years? ‘Empress of Mars’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Lie of the Land’

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Here we are on the third and final episode of ‘The Monks Trilogy’ in Series 10 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time for ‘The Lie of the Land’ by Toby Whithouse, starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill and Matt Lucas as Nardole. There’s another appearance of Michelle Gomez as Missy, who happens to be the person that was locked in the vault that the Doctor and Nardole were protecting under St Luke’s University in Bristol. In ‘The Lie of the Land’, Bill and Nardole must find a way to rescue the Doctor after he is imprisoned, and they must end the Monks’ invasion of Earth. At the time of watching this episode on BBC TV back in June 2017, I found this to be a marked improvement over the previous two instalments of ‘The Monks Trilogy’‘Extremis’ and ‘The Pyramid at the End of the World’. How much of my thoughts have changed since then? Do I still consider ‘The Lie of the Land’ a good conclusion to the trilogy, or do I think it falls flat in the same manner as the first two episodes of the trilogy? ‘The Lie of the Land’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

March of the Thirteenth Doctor #14

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It’s the first New Year’s Day Special for ‘Doctor Who’ today! It’s time for us to take a look at ‘Resolution’, featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz. It also features a single reconnaissance Dalek that latches onto Charlotte Ritchie from ‘Call the Midwife’. Will our heroes save the day? 😀 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Resolution’

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And here we are at the end of this year’s ‘Doctor Who’ marathon! Phew! It’s been long over four months! Hope you’ve enjoyed it! 😀 Today’s final review that I’m sharing is on the 2019 New Year’s Day Special featuring Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz against a single Dalek called ‘Resolution’. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Empress of Mars’

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This ‘Doctor Who’ episode features the return of the Ice Warriors with Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. This is one of my favourite episodes from Series 10. The episode is by Mark Gatiss. It’s interesting how it features the Ice Empress and provides quite an intriguing back-story to the Ice Warriors as Martians. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Lie of the Land’

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It’s the last episode of ‘The Monks Trilogy’ in Series 10 of ‘Doctor Who’. This is ‘The Lie of the Land’ and Bill Potts has to make everything right with what she did in making a deal with the Monks to save the Doctor. Will she get the Doctor back and will Michelle Gomez as Missy agree to help this situation? Continue reading

Blu-ray Review – ‘Resolution’ (Doctor Who)

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Today I’ve added my latest Blu-ray review on the ‘Doctor Who’ TV episode called ‘Resolution’. This is the 2019 New Year’s Day Special starring Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yaz. It also has the Thirteenth Doctor’s first fight with a Dalek. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Resolution’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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It’s a New Year and we’ve started off well with an exciting ‘Doctor Who’ episode! I enjoyed the New Year’s Day Special called ‘Resolution’ by Chris Chibnall. I was pretty gripped into the episode from beginning to end as it features the Doctor and her friends against an old foe we’ve been waiting for! Continue reading