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

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How fitting that on the 8th of May – my birthday as well as a Bank Holiday – we look at another one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Fourth Doctor era as well as the actual finale to Season 17 of the classic TV series. This is ‘Shada’, a six-part adventure by Douglas Adams, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana and K-9, voiced by David Brierley. This story was never shown on TV in 1979, but thankfully it has been completed with animation and was released in 2017. You can check out the feature-length 2017 film version of ‘Shada’ on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox and you can check out the exclusive six-part 2021 version of the story on Blu-ray.

TV Review – ‘The Power of the Doctor’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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At the time of this review, I’m currently halfway writing my 60th anniversary special of ‘Doctor Who’ for 2023. Hopefully from watching ‘The Power of the Doctor’, I’ve gained inspiration in writing the rest of my 60th anniversary special. I hope to share details on it as well as its title soon on my blog. 🙂

Convention Memories – ‘Pandorica 2014’

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It’s that time again for me to share another set of ‘convention memories’ as a ‘Doctor Who’ fan! 🙂 In September 2014, I attended the ‘Pandorica 2014’ convention at the Future Inn in Bristol, run by Fantom Films. I would later attend another ‘Pandorica’ convention in 2015 at the same Future Inn. 🙂

Blu-ray reviews – ‘Eve of the Daleks’ & ‘Legend of the Sea Devils’ (Doctor Who)

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There’s still some time to reflect on Jodie Whittaker’s era of ‘Doctor Who’ before we say goodbye to her. Before we see the Thirteenth Doctor’s departure in the upcoming BBC Centenary Special, let’s check out the two recent ‘Doctor Who’ specials featuring Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor that were shown in January and April this year.

CD Review – ‘Lost Warriors’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time for the third ‘Ninth Doctor Adventures’ box set of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish! It’s called ‘Lost Warriors’, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor. This is another anthology of three episodes featuring Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor where he meets the Fleshkin, Lady Macbeth and a Cyberman in ‘Metropolis’.

Before ‘The War Master: Self-Defence’

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With the seventh ‘War Master’ story by Big Finish called ‘Self-Defence’, starring Sir Derek Jacobi as the War Master and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, about to come out this month, it’s only fair that I share with you my reviews on the first six stories to be featured in ‘The War Master’ audio series from the worlds of ‘Doctor Who’.

CD Reviews – ‘Dalek Universe 2’ (Doctor Who)

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And here we are on the second box set of the ‘Dalek Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ audios, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims as Mark Seven. The box set also features Pippa Bennett-Warner as Fliss Keeley, Kevin McNally as Merrick Kingdom, Blake Ritson as Major McLinn, Nina Toussaint-White as Mariah Six and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks.

Season 17 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #6

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And we’ve come to the end of Season 17 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Tom Baker. To finish off, we’re taking a look at the lost story called ‘Shada’, which was meant to be the season finale to Season 17, but was cancelled due to strike action happening in 1979. My review on the original ‘Shada’ is based on the 2021 ‘definitive version’ of the story in the Season 17 Blu-ray box set. I’ve combined both my reviews on the 1992 VHS version and the 2017 movie version of the ‘Shada’ story for this review.

Audio Reviews – ‘The Syndicate Master Plan’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s taken me a while, but I’ve managed to complete my reviews on Series 8 of ‘The Fourth Doctor Adventures’ by Big Finish in ‘Doctor Who’ – also called ‘The Syndicate Master Plan’. This season of ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventures stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Jane Slavin as Ann Kelso and K-9, voiced by John Leeson.

TV Review – ‘Eve of the Daleks’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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Here we are in 2022 and we’re talking about the New Year Day’s Special of ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Eve of the Daleks’. I’ve been looking forward to this special episode since the last episode of ‘Flux’. I’m surprised that ‘Eve of the Daleks’ wasn’t actually released on New Year’s Eve before the end of 2021.