‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Warriors’ Gate’

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We’ve come to the end of ‘The E-Space Trilogy’, but not the end of Season 18 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time for ‘Warriors’ Gate’, a four-part adventure by Stephen Gallagher, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana, K-9, voiced by John Leeson, and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. This is quite an unusual and mind-boggling story to check out in Season 18. Does it end ‘The E-Space Trilogy’ on a satisfying conclusion? This story also features the departure of Lalla Ward as Romana and K-9 Mark II. ‘Warriors’ Gate’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox.

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

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It’s time for the second story of Season 18 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series with Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Today, it’s time for ‘Meglos’, a four-part story by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch. This story has Tom Baker’s Doctor, Lalla Ward’s Romana and K-9, voiced by John Leeson, visiting the planet Tigella, where they get tangled up in a web of trouble caused by the shapeshifting cactus called Meglos, who becomes a double of Tom Baker’s Doctor. The story also features special guest stars Bill Fraser and Jacqueline Hill (who played Barbara in the ‘Doctor Who’ TV series with William Hartnell’s First Doctor). ‘Meglos’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox.

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Pirate Planet’

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We come to one of my favourite stories in ‘The Key to Time’ season (Season 16) of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is ‘The Pirate Planet’, a four-part adventure by Douglas Adams, who is well-known for being the author of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’. This story stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Mary Tamm as Romana, and K-9, voiced by John Leeson. The TARDIS trio end up on the planet Zanak, as they try to locate the second segment of the Key to Time and they come up against Bruce Purchase as the Pirate Captain. This story inspired me to create the atmosphere for my ‘Fifth Doctor’ adventure called ‘The Space Hotel’. 😀 ‘The Pirate Planet’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox.

Audio Reviews – ‘Time Wake & Other Stories’ (Doctor Who)

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For today’s instalment of the 2022-23 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season, we’re checking out the six ‘Doctor Who’ annual stories featured in the ‘Time Wake & Other Stories’ audio collection. I’ve recently listened to the stories featured in ‘Time Wake & Other Stories’ via download on Audible. The story of interest to me is called ‘Night Flight to Nowhere’, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan. I previously reviewed ‘Night Flight to Nowhere’ in the 1983 ‘Doctor Who Annual’ back in 2019.

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’.

CD Review – ‘Old Friends’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, we take a look at the fourth and final audio story of Season 1 of ‘The Ninth Doctor Adventures’ of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor. This anthology of three audio episodes has Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor reunite with Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, meeting Sam Bishop and facing the Cybermen.

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.

Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Audiobook

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Having recently checked out the Target novelization/audiobook of ‘Meglos’, I’d like to share my reviews on the Target novelizations/audiobooks featured in Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’. I’m pleased all the audiobook versions of the Season 18 Target novelizations have been made. Hopefully the same will be done for Season 19 with the remaining novelization of ‘Kinda’ to be made as an audiobook.

Novelization/Audiobook review – ‘Doctor Who – Meglos’

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I’ve finally filled in the gap of my reviews on the Target novelizations/audiobooks of Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’. Today, I’m sharing my review on the novelization/audiobook of ‘Meglos’ by Terrance Dicks, which is based on the original TV scripts by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch. ‘Doctor Who – Meglos’ features the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9. The audiobook is read by Jon Culshaw with John Leeson as the voice of K-9.

Audio Reviews – ‘Master Thief’ (TLV)/’Lesser Evils’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome everyone to the fifth instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

It’s time to get into the Big Finish audios of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series! We start off with a look into two Short Trip audios featuring the Master in ‘Doctor Who’. The first Short Trip audio is ‘Master Thief’ by Sophie Iles, featuring Roger Delgado’s Master and the second Short Trip audio is ‘Lesser Evils’ by Simon Guerrier, featuring Anthony Ainley’s Master. Both Short Trip audios are read by Jon Culshaw.