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Convention Memories – ‘Big Finish Day 6’

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Today, I’m sharing my ‘convention memories’ of ‘Big Finish Day 6’ at the Copthorne Hotel Slough-Windsor in Slough on Sunday the 17th of January 2015, run by 10th Planet Events. I’ve attended a couple of 10th Planet Events conventions before, including ‘Project Motor Mouth 2’ and ‘Dimensions 2013’. Continue reading

Week 55b – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Today, it’s the last day of ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ 2022-23 mini-review season of ‘Doctor Who’. I hope you’ve enjoyed the latest reviews on the latest Nyssa stories I’ve shared over the Christmas period. It’s time to take a look at the ‘Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions’ box set by Big Finish, which features the episode ‘The Stuntman’ where Nyssa meets the Tenth Doctor and K-9. Continue reading

Week 33 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

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–UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO ANTHOLOGY TODAY–

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It’s New Year’s Eve today and it’s time to revisit one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ audio anthologies from Big Finish. This is ‘The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories’, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa. This audio anthology was released in December 2010. I’m very pleased to be revisiting ‘The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories’ for ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season from December 2022 to January 2023. Continue reading

Week 13 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

 

–UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO STORY TODAY–

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I…I…I…I can’t stop saying ‘I’! 😀 It’s time for us to revisit what is considered to be one of John Dorney’s best ‘Doctor Who’ stories in the audio world of Big Finish. In today’s instalment of the 2022-23 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, we revisit ‘Iterations of I’, the second story of ‘The Fifth Doctor Box Set’ by Big Finish, which was released in August 2014, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. 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

Week 4 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’ UPDATED

 –UPDATED REVIEW ON AUDIO STORY TODAY–

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It’s that time again, everyone! 🙂 It’s time for another ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, which we’re having from December 2022 to January 2023. We have the ‘Forty’ stories and the ‘Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions’ stories to check out, and there are some updated reviews on some Nyssa ‘Doctor Who’ stories I’ve already checked out on my blog. Continue reading

Convention Memories – ‘Timey-Wimey 1’

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“Happy 59th Anniversary, ‘Doctor Who’! 🙂

And yes! I’m sharing another set of convention memories to celebrate the occasion. Today, I’m sharing the time that I attended the ‘Timey-Wimey 1’ convention in Brighton in November 2014. This was to celebrate 51 years of ‘Doctor Who’, as the event took place on Sunday the 23rd of November. Continue reading

CD Review – ‘Lost Warriors’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s time for the third ‘Ninth Doctor Adventures’ box set of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish! It’s called ‘Lost Warriors’, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor. This is another anthology of three episodes featuring Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor where he meets the Fleshkin, Lady Macbeth and a Cyberman in ‘Metropolis’. Continue reading

CD review – ‘The Doomsday Contract’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve had a chance to check out one of the latest ‘Lost Stories’ of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish called ‘The Doomsday Contract’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana and K-9, voiced by John Leeson. This was an enjoyable audio adventure to check out. The story is by John Lloyd, adapted by Nev Fountain. Continue reading

‘The Divergent Universe’ review – ‘The Last’

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It’s time for the sixth story of ‘The Divergent Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories by Big Finish. The sixth story is called ‘The Last’ by Gary Hopkins and it stars Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charley and Conrad Westmaas as C’rizz. Can our travelling heroes survive the horrors of a nuclear warzone on Bortresoye? Continue reading