Week 51b – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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It’s time for us to check out the second of the two 2023 box set audio releases in ‘The Fifth Doctor Adventures’ range of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish in today’s instalment of the Easter 2024 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season. Let’s check out ‘In the Night’, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan. This box set contains a four-part story called ‘Pursuit of the Nightjar’ by Tim Foley and a two-part story called ‘Resistor’ by Sarah Grochala.

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’

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My absolute favourite ‘Doctor Who’ story is ‘Black Orchid’. That was the classic TV series’ way of doing a period murder mystery in the 1920s. Today, we’re looking at ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’ by Gareth Roberts, the new TV series’ way of doing a period murder mystery in the 1920s. David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble meet Fenella Woolgar (who would go on to be in ‘Call the Midwife’) as Agatha Christie at a country house. The episode also features special guest stars like Felicity Kendal (who I’ve seen in ‘The Good Life’) as Lady Eddison, Christopher Benjamin (well-known for playing Henry Gordon Jago in ‘Doctor Who’) as Colonel Hugh, Felicity Jones (who’s been in 2007’s ‘Northanger Abbey’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and ‘Rogue One’) as Robina Redmond, and Tom Goodman-Hill as Reverend Golightly. Do I think that ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’ is better than ‘Black Orchid’ or vice versa? ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer.

Movie Review – ‘Swallows and Amazons’

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It’s amazing to find that there are British films available on Disney+, including ones released by StudioCanal. As well as the two ‘Paddington’ films, there’s ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ and there’s this 2016 film adaptation of ‘Swallows and Amazons’, which I’ve seen lately.

Quick TV Series Review – ‘Call the Midwife’ (Series 11)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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From January to February 2022, I’ve been enjoying eight weeks of Series 11 of ‘Call the Midwife’! Yes, the series has gone back to eight episodes in Series 11 as opposed to seven episodes in Series 10. And this time, it was back to its January-February slot as opposed to the April-May slot in 2021. 🙂

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 – ‘Call the Midwife’, Christmas Special 2021

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It’s that time of the year again to share my thoughts on the latest Christmas Special of ‘Call the Midwife’. This year, I missed out on watching Series 10 of ‘Call the Midwife’, mainly because my parents and I were checking out the other seasons before it. But thankfully, we’re right up-to-date. 🙂

‘Call the Midwife’ – Series 10 REVIEWED

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My parents and I have completed our journey in watching the ‘Call the Midwife’ series on DVD from 2020 to 2021. We’ve recently finished Series 10 of ‘Call the Midwife’ on DVD, which was shown earlier this year on BBC One from April to May. We’re currently looking forward to seeing the 2021 Christmas Special and Series 11 next.

‘Call the Midwife’ – Series 9 REVIEWED

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Well, it took us a while, but my parents and I have finally reached the point where we can get onto watching Series 10 of ‘Call the Midwife’ on DVD. We’ve finished Series 9 on DVD and I’ve added my latest reviews on the season on my blog. I first saw Series 9 of ‘Call the Midwife’ back in early 2020. Amazing how I’m revisiting it a year later on DVD in 2021.

‘Call the Midwife’ – Series 8 REVIEWED

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My parents and I have received Series 10 of ‘Call the Midwife’ on DVD in the post this week! We’re looking forward to seeing the latest ‘Call the Midwife’ series once we get through revisiting Series 9 on DVD. In the meantime, let’s check out my latest reviews on Series 8 of ‘Call the Midwife’, which my parents and I revisited on DVD.

TV Review – ‘Call the Midwife’, Christmas Special 2020

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Well, 2020 is a year where I reviewed more ‘Call the Midwife’ episodes than usual. As well as reviewing the Series 9 episodes, I also checked out Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as well as the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and (very recently) 2016 Christmas Specials. I’m looking forward to seeing Series 6 soon!