Week 49e – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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It’s New Year’s Eve today and at last! We have ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’, the CD box set of ‘Doctor Who’ audios by Big Finish featuring the final three adventures of the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Marc, starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and George Watkins. I’m pleased these three audio adventures were released in 2021 and that I’m able to review them for the 2021-22 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season on my blog.

Vinyl Review – ‘Echoes of Extinction’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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Happy 58th anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ and welcome everyone to the thirteenth and final instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season!

One time, I said I was going to check out and review the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series of ‘Doctor Who’ for an Easter review season. Those plans changed and here we are! For the final instalment of ‘TLV’, let’s check out ‘Echoes of Extinction’ by Alfie Shaw, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor with guest stars like Burn Gorman, Kathryn Drysdale, Paul Clayton, Mina Anwar, Inès de Clercq and Arthur Darvill.

Audio Review – ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the eleventh instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

We return to the world of Big Finish as we take a look at the third full-cast audio drama of ‘Doctor Who’ in the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. This is the third and final adventure in the Eighth Doctor trilogy of audios called ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’. The episode is by Lizzie Hopley and it features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks.

Before ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’

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I’m about to check out ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’ CD box set of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish, starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, George Watkins, Matthew Waterhouse and Nicholas Briggs. This is for the upcoming ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season I’m preparing from December 2021 to January 2022.

Audio Review – ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the seventh instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

It’s time to take a look at the second full-cast audio drama of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish in the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. This is the second Eighth Doctor audio adventure called ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’. This audio episode is by Tracy Ann Baines. It features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks.

Audio Review – ‘He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the sixth instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

At last! We get into full-cast audio drama mode as we take a look at the first Eighth Doctor audio adventure by Big Finish called ‘He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not’. This audio episode is by Carrie Thompson. It features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor who meets Brian the Ood for the first time, played by Silas Carson.

Audio Reviews – ‘Master Thief’ (TLV)/’Lesser Evils’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome everyone to the fifth instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

It’s time to get into the Big Finish audios of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series! We start off with a look into two Short Trip audios featuring the Master in ‘Doctor Who’. The first Short Trip audio is ‘Master Thief’ by Sophie Iles, featuring Roger Delgado’s Master and the second Short Trip audio is ‘Lesser Evils’ by Simon Guerrier, featuring Anthony Ainley’s Master. Both Short Trip audios are read by Jon Culshaw.

Quick Vinyl Review – ‘Time Lord Victorious – Echoes of Extinction’ (Doctor Who)

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Over my birthday weekend this year, I revisited my ASDA-exclusive vinyl edition of ‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’, starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton and enjoyed it very much. I also ventured into hearing the vinyl story ‘Echoes of Extinction’ which is part of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. 🙂

Audio Review – ‘Downward Spiral’ (Doctor Who)

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2020 is coming to an end and it’s time for another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ review. Today, we’re on the latest ‘Doctor Who’ Short Trip audio by Big Finish called ‘Downward Spiral’, read by Sarah Sutton. This story is by Alan Flanagan and it features the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. I’m very pleased I heard this Short Trip audio.

CD review – ‘Time Apart’ (Doctor Who)

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I didn’t post this latest audio review on my blog because it’s ‘Doctor Who’s 57th anniversary. That was a coincidence, though I certainly picked the right day for it. 😀 Incidentally…