‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Carnival of Monsters’

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‘Carnival of Monsters’ is the second story featured in Season 10 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It has Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant ending up on a 1920s sailing ship where they soon find themselves up against a sea monster as well as deadly Drashigs. Could they not be where they think they are? ‘Carnival of Monsters’ is a four-part story and can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox.

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

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Here’s another seven-part adventure in Season 7 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 It’s time for ‘The Ambassadors of Death’, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Caroline John as Liz Shaw and Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier. John Levene also returns as Sgt. Benton in this story. So, what happens when the Mars Probe 7 mission goes wrong in this adventure? ‘The Ambassadors of Death’ can be checked out on DVD as well as on Britbox.

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Doctor Who and the Silurians’

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It’s time for the second story of Season 7 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 Today, we’re looking at ‘Doctor Who and the Silurians’, a seven-part adventure, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Caroline John as Liz Shaw and Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier. In this story, we begin the ‘Beneath the Surface’ saga where the Third Doctor encounters the Silurians in some caves in England. ‘Doctor Who and the Silurians’ can be checked out on DVD as well as on Britbox.

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Invasion’

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Here’s another one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Patrick Troughton era! 🙂 This is ‘The Invasion’, an epic eight-part story where Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe face the Cybermen again. They also confront Kevin Stoney as the villainous Tobias Vaughn and they’re joined by Nicholas Courtney, who is promoted as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and is the leader of U.N.I.T., a new taskforce tackling alien invasions of Earth. Two missing episodes of ‘The Invasion’ have been animated for DVD. ‘The Invasion’ is currently available to check out on DVD and on Britbox.

Season 17 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #2

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We continue checking out Season 17 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Tom Baker by taking a look at the second story in the season called ‘City of Death’. This is my second favourite ‘Doctor Who’ story in the entire series (the first of course being ‘Black Orchid’). The story has Paris in 1979; Julian Glover as the villain; a cameo of John Cleese and Eleanor Bron; and an enjoyable comedy-drama plot by Douglas Adams, based on the ideas by David Fisher.

Seasons 10, 12, 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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At the time of this blog post, I’m currently checking out the Season 24 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy. I’m looking forward to sharing updated reviews on ‘Time and the Rani’, ‘Paradise Towers’, ‘Delta and the Bannermen’ and ‘Dragonfire’ sometime soon on my blog. Stay tuned for news!

Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #2

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Here we are on the second story of Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’! Today it’s time to roll up for a ‘Carnival of Monsters’, starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant. This is a four-part adventure by Robert Holmes where the Doctor and Jo are in a miniscope with some deadly Drashigs.

‘Beneath the Surface’ – ‘Doctor Who’ reviews

     

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Check out my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ stories featuring the Silurians, the Sea Devils and the Myrka. These stories come from the classic series and the new series in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 2010s. There’s also a review by me on one of the ‘Doctor Who’ Silurian stories produced by Big Finish.

Quick TV Soundtrack Review – ‘City of Death’ (Doctor Who)

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Last year, I listened to the TV soundtrack of one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories with Tom Baker – ‘The Pirate Planet’. So it was only fair that I had a listen to the TV soundtrack of another one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories with Tom Baker – ‘City of Death’. How was it? It was pretty amazing!!!

DVD and Novelization/Audiobook review – ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ (Doctor Who)

   

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I’ve added my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ story, ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. This includes my DVD review on the TV story and my review on the novelization/audiobook by Ben Aaronovitch, narrated by Terry Molloy with Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks.