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

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Today, we check out the second story of Season 20 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. In today’s story, an old foe returns in the form of the Mara, who previously appeared in ‘Kinda’ in Season 19. Janet Fielding becomes possessed by the Mara again, and Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa have to find a way to save her as well as thwart the evil of the Mara about to be unleashed on the planet Manussa. This story features guest stars like Martin Clunes, Colette O’Neil, John Carson and Brian Miller. ‘Snakedance’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox.

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

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The third Season 19 story of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series is actually the first story of the ‘Mara Tales’ saga. Today, it’s time for us to take a look at ‘Kinda’, a four-part story by Christopher Bailey. Whilst Sarah Sutton as Nyssa is recovering in the TARDIS from the end of ‘Four To Doomsday’, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric explore the planet Deva-Loka, where they discover that all is not as it seems. ‘Kinda’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or Britbox.

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!

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

Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #3

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It’s time for the third story of Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’! Today we look at my updated review on ‘Kinda’, the first of the ‘Mara Tales’ and a four-part adventure where the Doctor and friends visit the planet Deva-Loka where they encounter the evil snake-like Mara. Sadly Nyssa is not in this tale a lot.

Week 50 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Is it Week 50 of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ already?!

The Mara returns to haunt Tegan again! This week on ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, the Doctor and Nyssa must save Tegan’s life and stop the Mara as they visit the world of Manussa in ‘Snakedance’! 🙂

Week 44 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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The ‘Lost Stories’ trilogy with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan ends today on this week of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’! The TARDIS trio visit the Archipelago of Sirius where terror begins to brew on Level 14 in ‘The Children of Seth’! 🙂

Week 7 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

   

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It’s time to face ‘the Dark Places of the Inside’! This week on ‘The Nyssa Challenge’, we visit the world of Deva-Loka where the menace of the Mara is about to begin in ‘Kinda’. 🙂