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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

Book Review – ‘Short Trips: Transmissions’ (Doctor Who)

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–UPDATED REVIEWS ON SHORT STORIES TODAY–

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And Happy New Year everyone! 🙂 It’s the penultimate instalment of the 2022-23 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season today! Since it’s the 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ this year, let’s revisit a Short Trips book anthology by Big Finish called ‘Short Trips: Transmissions’. One of the stories in the anthology has the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa in it. 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

CD review – ‘The Gates of Hell’ (Doctor Who)

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By the time you read this, I’m currently on holiday in Amroth in West Wales. 🙂 It’s taken me a while, but I’ve been able to catch up on the ‘Out of Time’ audio trilogy by Big Finish in ‘Doctor Who’. I’ve recently reviewed the second story of the trilogy called ‘The Gates of Hell’, a multi-Doctor story starring David Tennant and Peter Davison. Continue reading

CD Reviews – ‘Dalek Universe 3’ (Doctor Who)

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It’s the end of the ‘Dalek Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ audios by Big Finish! Here’s the third ‘Dalek Universe’ box set, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Alex Kingston as River Song. The box set also features Noma Dumezweni as Rodekka, Joseph Millson as Colonel Keelan, Terry Molloy as Davros and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks. Continue reading

CD Reviews – ‘Dalek Universe 2’ (Doctor Who)

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And here we are on the second box set of the ‘Dalek Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ audios, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims as Mark Seven. The box set also features Pippa Bennett-Warner as Fliss Keeley, Kevin McNally as Merrick Kingdom, Blake Ritson as Major McLinn, Nina Toussaint-White as Mariah Six and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks. Continue reading

CD Reviews – ‘Dalek Universe 1’ (Doctor Who)

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At last! It’s time to check out the first box set of the ‘Dalek Universe’ season of ‘Doctor Who’ audios, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims as Mark Seven. The box set also features Mark Gatiss as George Sheldrake, Kevin McNally as Merrick Kingdom, Gemma Whelan as the Newcomer and Nicholas Briggs as the Mechanoids. Continue reading