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‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: Survivors In Space’

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It’s time for us to conclude our look into ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’. Today, we finish off this BBC audio series of Fourth Doctor adventures with the fifth and final story of the ‘Serpent Crest’ saga called ‘Survivors In Space’. This story stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. There’s also Cornelius Garrett as Reverend Tonge, David Troughton as the Visitor, Nerys Hughes as Deirdre, Joanna Tope as Tish, Sam Hoare as Lucius, and Paddy Wallace as the Tsar. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: The Hexford Invasion’

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Today, it’s the penultimate instalment of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, as we take a look at the fourth story in the ‘Serpent Crest’ saga called ‘The Hexford Invasion’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. This story also features Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Cornelius Garrett as Reverend Tonge, David Troughton as the Visitor, Nerys Hughes as Deirdre, and Joanna Tope as Tish. Who is the Visitor that David Troughton is playing in this story? Is it someone we know? 😀 Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: Aladdin Time’

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It’s time to check out ‘Aladdin Time’ by Paul Magrs, the third ‘Serpent Crest’ story in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. The story also features Guy Harvey as Aladdin, Sophie Ward as the Storyteller, Terrence Hardiman as the Gryphon, Andrew Sachs as the Scarf, Simon Shepherd as the Magician and Su Douglas as the Toad. Will this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure be a good take on the ‘Aladdin’ story compared to the 1992 and 2019 Disney films? 😀 Continue reading

Disney+ Roundup – ‘The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes’, ‘Super Buddies’ & ‘Space Buddies’

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It’s that time again for another Disney+ Roundup. I’ll soon be sharing a quick review on ‘Ms. Marvel’ on my blog, but for now, let’s talk about the three latest movies I saw on Disney+. Interestingly, each of the three movies I’ve seen lately are a part of a film series that I’ve not seen every entry of yet. 😀 Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: The Broken Crown’

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We’re now on the second story of ‘Serpent Crest’, the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. It’s time for ‘The Broken Crown’ by Paul Magrs. Susan Jameson also stars as Mrs. Wibbsey in the episode. And there’s Terrence Hardiman as Reverend Dobbs, Joanna David as Mrs. Audley, Guy Harvey as Andrew, Simon Shepherd as Mr. Bewley, Charlie Mitchell as Jake, Elinor Coleman as Sally, Geoffrey Leesley as Harold and Su Douglas as the Cook. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: Tsar Wars’

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It’s time to begin the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Serpent Crest’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Today, we’re taking a look at ‘Tsar Wars’ by Paul Magrs. As well as Tom Baker, there’s Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. There’s also Michael Jayston as the Tsar, Suzy Aitchison as the Tsarina, Simon Shephard as Boolin, Sam Hoare as Lucius, and Paul Chequer, Grant Gillespie and Gabriel Vick as the Servo robots and the human rebels. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Demon Quest: Sepulchre’

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We have come to the end of the second set of ‘Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’. Today, it’s time for ‘Sepulchre’, the fifth and final story of ‘Demon Quest’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. This story also features Nigel Anthony as the Host and Carole Boyd as the Old Friend. Will I find this a satisfying conclusion to ‘Demon Quest’ compared to the first four audio episodes? Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Demon Quest: Starfall’

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And welcome to the fourth story of ‘Demon Quest’ in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’. We have ourselves  a superhero story in the audio episode called ‘Starfall’ by Paul Magrs, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. There’s also Trevor White as Buddy, Laurel Lefkow as Alice, Lorelei King as Mimsy Loyne, Rupert Holliday Evans as a cop and John Chancer as a cultist. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Demon Quest: A Shard of Ice’

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Here we are on the third story of ‘Demon Quest’ in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘A Shard of Ice’. This audio adventure stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and special guest star Samuel West as Albert Tiermann. There’s also Carole Boyd as Frau Herz, Jan Francis as the Ice Queen, Tom Lawrence as Hans and Susan Jameson who briefly appears as Mrs. Wibbsey at the story’s end. Continue reading

Movie Review – ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’

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Yesterday (Easter Tuesday, as I’d like to call it 😀 ), I saw ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ at the cinema when on a trip to town. I enjoyed checking out the latest ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ on the big screen. Whilst I’m not a huge ‘Mario’ fan, I found this a really fun-filled film experience to check out. Continue reading