‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Bad Wolf’/’The Parting of the Ways’

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And thus, we’ve come to the end of Series 1 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series as well as the end of the Christopher Eccleston/Ninth Doctor era. It’s time for the two-part finale ‘Bad Wolf’/’The Parting of the Ways’ by Russell T. Davies, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness. In this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure, our heroes find themselves back aboard Satellite 5, which has now become the Game Station. They have to play deadly versions of TV game shows like ‘Big Brother’, ‘The Weakest Link’ and ‘What Not To Wear’. Can the TARDIS trio survive the games as well as the return of the Daleks who are about to attack the planet Earth in the year 200,100? ‘Bad Wolf’/’The Parting of the Ways’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer.

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Boom Town’

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Let’s check out another one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Christopher Eccleston/Ninth Doctor era. This is the penultimate story in Series 1 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘Boom Town’ by Russell T. Davies. In this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure, Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose and John Barrowman as Captain Jack visit Cardiff Bay in South Wales. They reunite with Noel Clarke as Mickey and enjoy spending some time in Cardiff Bay before they discover Annette Badland as Margaret Blaine, one of the Slitheen from ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ has returned to cause trouble. Will our bunch of heroes stop Margaret the Slitheen? ‘Boom Town’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer.

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Father’s Day’

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It’s time for an emotional ‘Doctor Who’ episode in the new TV series called ‘Father’s Day’ by Paul Cornell. This was my first discovery of Paul Cornell’s writing in ‘Doctor Who’ before checking out ‘Circular Time’ and ‘Goth Opera’, both featuring the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. In ‘Father’s Day’, Christopher Eccelston as the Ninth Doctor takes Billie Piper as Rose Tyler back in time to the day where her father, Shaun Dingwall as Pete Tyler, died in London in 1987. Rose inadvertently saves her dad’s life, causing the Reapers to be unleashed as they attempt to ‘sterilise the wound’. Does this incident damage the Doctor and Rose’s relationship? Will Pete Tyler learn the truth that Rose is his daughter. ‘Father’s Day’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer.

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

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Today, we’re checking out a ‘Doctor Who’ episode that’s very special to me. This was the one that started it all for me. I was introduced to the TV series overall; Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose; and a Dalek for the first time through this episode. It’s time for ‘Dalek’ by Robert Shearman, and I consider it one of the best ‘Doctor Who’ stories ever made in the new TV series. This episode also features the debut of Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell, who becomes a short-time companion in the TV series. There’s also Corey Johnson as Henry van Statten and Anna-Louise Plowman as Diana Goddard. The Dalek is operated is Barnaby Edwards and the Dalek voice is by Nicholas Briggs. ‘Dalek’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer.

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Bad Wolf’/’The Parting of the Ways’

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It’s the last episode of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ and the last of the Christopher Eccleston era. The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack find themselves on the Game Station in the far future and they have to come up against a massive space fleet of Dalek in this exciting two-part adventure by Russell T. Davies.

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Boom Town’

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We’ve come to the last stage of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. Today it’s ‘Boom Town’, one of my favourite episodes from the series as it’s set in Cardiff and it features the Doctor, Rose, Captain Jack and Mickey teaming up to sort out Annette Badland as Margaret Slitheen.

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Father’s Day’

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This is the episode where we get to meet Rose’s dad, Shaun Dingwall as Pete Tyler. It’s time to travel back in time where Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose meet Pete Tyler on the day that he died. This is an emotional episode where Rose learns the consequences of time-travel.

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Dalek’

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Here we are on the first ‘Doctor Who’ episode I ever watched before I became a fully-fledged fan. This is ‘Dalek’ by Robert Shearman. It’s a great episode featuring a lone Dalek and starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose. This remains one of my favourite episodes of the series.

Celebrating 55 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ #9

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We return to the TV series of ‘Doctor Who’ to celebrate the Ninth Doctor era for the show’s 55th anniversary! This was the era I started growing up with when ‘Doctor Who’ came back to TV in 2005. I love everything about this special era from the Ninth Doctor to Rose Tyler to Captain Jack Harkness, etc.

Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston

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Over Christmas last year, I received an extra present from my parents. It was the Blu-ray edition of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. This was exciting for me, as I was getting into using more of Blu-ray as well as DVDs in general.