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Before ‘The War Master: Self-Defence’

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With the seventh ‘War Master’ story by Big Finish called ‘Self-Defence’, starring Sir Derek Jacobi as the War Master and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, about to come out this month, it’s only fair that I share with you my reviews on the first six stories to be featured in ‘The War Master’ audio series from the worlds of ‘Doctor Who’. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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

It’s time to take a look at the second full-cast audio drama of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish in the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series. This is the second Eighth Doctor audio adventure called ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’. This audio episode is by Tracy Ann Baines. It features Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘Only the Good’ (The War Master)

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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

I’ve started reviewing ‘The War Master’ series of Big Finish audios starring Sir Derek Jacobi as the Master. I’ll be reviewing these ‘War Master’ box sets from the worlds of ‘Doctor Who’ monthly in the build-up to reviewing ‘Killing Time’, the sixth ‘War Master’ box set which features Derek Jacobi as well as Katy Manning and Sarah Sutton for my 2021-22 ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season. Continue reading

Radio Times Winners and Fifth Doctor Favourites with Big Finish

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People voted for their favourite Fifth Doctor main range audio stories by Big Finish in a Radio Times poll recently. I’ve reviewed these stories already, including ‘The Mutant Phase’, ‘Alien Heart’/‘Dalek Soul’, ‘The Lady of Mercia’, ‘The Peterloo Massacre’ and ‘Spare Parts’. Check out my reviews on them today. Continue reading

‘Call the Midwife’ – Series 7 REVIEWED

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At this point, three episodes of Series 10 of ‘Call the Midwife’ have been transmitted on BBC TV. I of course haven’t seen them yet. I’m currently watching the seasons set before Series 10. I’ve finished watching Series 7 and I’m looking forward to revisiting Series 8 and 9 before I watch Series 10 on DVD, which I’ve pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk. Continue reading

Week 67 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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It’s my birthday today! I’m so pleased that this week’s ‘Nyssa Challenge’ is on my birthday! There’ll be birthday-related post on my blog later on! Stay tuned! Continue reading

CD review – ‘The Worlds of Doctor Who’

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Today, my review of the Big Finish audio story called ‘The Worlds of Doctor Who’ is now online! This is an exciting four-episode story featuring four distinct spin-off shows of ‘Doctor Who’ in Big Finish audio. This includes ‘Jago & Litefoot’; ‘Counter-Measures’; the U.N.I.T. Vault and ‘Gallifrey’. It also features an appearance of Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor in the fourth episode of this epic four-part audio story. Continue reading