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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Series 6 Summary

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For me, Series 6 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series is the weakest of the three seasons featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. Series 6 is a convoluted jigsaw puzzle of a season that has a lot of good ideas in it. It’s a shame that a lot of the good ideas were executed in a very haphazard manner. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘A Christmas Carol’

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It’s time for us to check out the first ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special that features Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. This is ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Steven Moffat, based of course on the classic 1843 novella by Charles Dickens of the same name. 😀 The Christmas Special was shown on BBC TV on Christmas Day in 2010. As well as Matt Smith, there’s Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, who are now married in the TV series. There’s Michael Gambon (who I’ve seen in the BBC’s 1999 TV production of ‘Wives & Daughters’ and is well-known for being in the ‘Harry Potter’ films) as the Scrooge-like Kazran Sardick. And there’s Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins who makes her acting debut as Abigail. There’s also Laurence Belcher as a young Kazran and Danny Horn as a grown-up Kazran. The special also has flying giant sharks in it. 😀 ‘A Christmas Carol’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘A Christmas Carol’

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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley! 

It’s time for the first ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special with Matt Smith’s Doctor. This is ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Steven Moffatt. It features special guest stars Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins in it. It also has Amy in a police woman’s uniform; Rory in a Roman Centurion’s outfit and a giant shark! 😀

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‘Doctor Who – The 10 Christmas Specials’ on Blu-ray #6

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I’m halfway through the ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Specials in this Blu-ray box set. By the way, this Blu-ray collection contains an information booklet with all the episode titles; synopsises and main credits of who’s starring and producing the episode. The text and photos are so small, you’ll need glasses. 😀 Continue reading