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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Monster of Peladon’

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It’s time for us to return to Peladon, as we take a look at the second of the ‘Peladon Tales’ in ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘The Monster of Peladon’. This is a six-part adventure, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. This story also features the Ice Warriors as well as Alpha Centauri. Does ‘The Monster of Peladon’ match well to how I’ve enjoyed ‘The Curse of Peladon’? This six-part adventure can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Curse of Peladon’

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It’s time to talk about the first of the Peladon stories in ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘The Curse of Peladon’. This four-part story has Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant visiting the planet Peladon, where they encounter Ice Warriors, Alpha Centauri and David Troughton as King Peladon. 😀 ‘The Curse of Peladon’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. The story will soon be re-released in the Season 9 Blu-ray box set, so watch out for that. 😀 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Seeds of Death’

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Here’s another classic six-part ‘Doctor Who’ TV adventure from the Patrick Troughton era! 🙂 It’s time for ‘The Seeds of Death’, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe. In this adventure, the TARDIS trio confront the Ice Warriors, who attempt to invade the Earth using seed pods via the T-Mat system from Earth’s moon. ‘The Seeds of Death’ is currently available to check out on DVD and on Britbox. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Ice Warriors’

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It’s time to check out the ‘Doctor Who’ story that features the debut of one of the Doctor’s deadliest enemies. This is ‘The Ice Warriors’, a six-part story featuring ‘Doctor Who’s version of the Martians from Mars called the Ice Warriors. The story also stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. Two of the six episodes of the story have been animated for DVD. ‘The Ice Warriors’ is also available to check out on Britbox. Continue reading

CD Reviews – ‘Forty’ and ‘Forty 2’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, due to the nature of the stories featured in the two ‘Forty’ box sets of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish, I’ve decided to share my reviews on them all in one go in my current ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from 2022 to 2023. The two ‘Forty’ box sets were released this year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading

Graphic Novel Review – ‘Prisoners of Time’ (Doctor Who) UPDATED

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–UPDATED REVIEW ON GRAPHIC NOVEL TODAY–

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As it’s the 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ next year, it’s only fair to revisit a 50th anniversary special story of ‘Doctor Who’ in the form of the comic book adventure ‘Prisoners of Time’, featuring the first eleven Doctors and their companions. The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric appear in the fifth chapter of the graphic novel story called ‘In Their Nature’. Continue reading

Convention Memories – ‘Time Warp’

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It’s time to share another set of ‘convention memories’ I have. Today, it’s time to talk about the ‘Time Warp’ convention that happened from Saturday the 5th to Sunday the 6th of July 2014. This was an exciting convention weekend that occurred at the Playhouse theatre in Weston-super-Mare. Continue reading

Quick CD Box Set Review – ‘Forty’ (Doctor Who)

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To commemorate the day I first met Sarah Sutton at a ‘Doctor Who’ convention back in February 2010 (the ‘Fifth Element’ event), I’ve decided to share a quick review on the first ‘Forty’ box set by Big Finish. I’m hoping to share in-depth reviews on the two stories in the box set by the end of 2022. Continue reading

‘The Coins of Deno’

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‘The Coins of Deno’ is complete! It’s the 40th anniversary of Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’ today! To celebrate the occasion, I’m sharing my complete eight episode anthology of ‘Doctor Who’ stories, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Billy in ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Continue reading

CD review – ‘Cry of the Vultriss’ (Doctor Who)

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We come now to the 2020 trilogy of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories by Big Finish featuring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke and Lisa Greenwood as Flip Ramon. The first story of the trilogy is a four-part adventure by Darren Jones called ‘Cry of the Vultriss’ and it features the Ice Warriors. Continue reading