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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 19 Summary

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Season 19 is my favourite season out of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It has my favourite TARDIS team, including Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. Anthony AInley also returns as the Master in two stories of the season. I always enjoy revisiting Season 19 on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. 🙂 Continue reading

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

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Today, we begin the Peter Davison/Fifth Doctor era of ‘Doctor Who’ and we come to my favourite season from the classic TV series – Season 19. To start off, let’s take a look at ‘Castrovalva’, a four-part story by Christopher H. Bidmead. In the story, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor is recovering from his recent regeneration, but he has Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan to help him out. Meanwhile, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric has been captured by Anthony Ainley as the evil Master. ‘Castrovalva’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox. Continue reading

Day 6 – ‘Bradley’s Basement’s Advent Calendar 2022

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It’s Day 6 of ‘Bradley’s Basement’s Advent Calendar 2022.

It’s time to check out how the Fifth Doctor manages to solve the puzzle of Castrovalva! 🙂

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Day 5 – ‘Bradley’s Basement’s Advent Calendar 2022

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It’s Day 5 of ‘Bradley’s Basement’s Advent Calendar 2022.

Let’s see how Tegan handles being the pilot of the TARDIS in ‘Castrovalva’! 😀 Continue reading

Day 4 – ‘Bradley’s Basement’s Advent Calendar 2022

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It’s Day 4 of ‘Bradley’s Basement’s Advent Calendar 2022.

It’s time to see the Fifth Doctor put on his new clothes in ‘Castrovalva’! 🙂 Continue reading

‘Bradley’s Basement’s Advent Calendar 2022 begins tomorrow!

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Yes, it’s that time again where we celebrate the end of the year with Christmas festivities, which will start tomorrow in December. Sadly, I haven’t been able to update my Christmas wallpaper, as the one I’m using for this year’s Christmas is the one I’ve been using for 2020 and 2021, which is a shame. 😦 Continue reading

‘Bradley’s Basement’s Strange Love’ – ‘Castrovalva’

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Seasons 10, 12, 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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At the time of this blog post, I’m currently checking out the Season 24 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy. I’m looking forward to sharing updated reviews on ‘Time and the Rani’, ‘Paradise Towers’, ‘Delta and the Bannermen’ and ‘Dragonfire’ sometime soon on my blog. Stay tuned for news! Continue reading

Revisiting Seasons 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #1

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This is the classic ‘Doctor Who’ season on Blu-ray that I’ve been looking forward to the most! This was my main Christmas present for December 2018 and it’s Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’, complete on Blu-ray, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. I’m so excited about revisiting this season on Blu-ray on my blog! Continue reading