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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Planet of the Spiders’

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We’ve come to the end of Season 11 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series as well as the end of the Jon Pertwee era. Season 11 concludes in the six-part adventure called ‘Planet of the Spiders’. As well as Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, this story also features Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. There are also giant spiders featured in this story. Is one of them Shelob from ‘The Lord of the Rings’? 😀 ‘Planet of the Spiders’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Green Death’

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It’s time for Season 10 to come to an end. This is also where we say goodbye to the lovely Katy Manning as the equally lovely Jo Grant, as she makes her last regular appearance in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is ‘The Green Death’, a six-part adventure. As well as Katy Manning as Jo, there’s also Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. ‘The Green Death’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Time Monster’

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We’ve come to the end of Season 9 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. And we get to go to Atlantis…again. Um, didn’t we visit Atlantis in ‘The Underwater Menace’? 😀 Anyway, this is ‘The Time Monster’, a six-part adventure starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton. Roger Delgado also makes another return as the Master in this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure. ‘The Time Monster’ can be checked out on DVD and Britbox. The story will soon be re-released in the Season 9 Blu-ray box set, so watch out for that. 😀 Continue reading

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

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It’s time to close off Season 8 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series by taking a look at the five-part adventure ‘The Dæmons’. This happens to be a favourite ‘Doctor Who’ story among the fans. It stars Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, John Levene as Sergeant Benton and Roger Delgado as the Master. Is this one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories though? 😀 ‘The Dæmons’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

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! Continue reading

Season 8 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #5

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Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #5

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We’ve come to the end of Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’ through this ‘revisitation’ of it via Blu-ray. I’ve enjoyed re-watching Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray. I hope you have too. To finish off, we’re looking at the six-part season finale called ‘The Green Death’. It features the last TV appearance of Katy Manning as Jo Grant. Continue reading

DVD review – ‘Planet of the Spiders’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve added my ‘Doctor Who’ DVD review on ‘Planet of the Spiders’ starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. This is the season finale of Season 11 in ‘Doctor Who’ as well as being the last story of the Jon Pertwee era in the classic TV series! Continue reading

‘Myths and Legends’ – ‘Doctor Who’ DVD reviews

 

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Today, I’ve added my ‘Doctor Who’ DVD reviews on the three stories from the ‘Myths and Legends’ DVD box set. These are ‘Doctor Who’ stories based on the Greek legends and myths of our time. They’re also debatable about whether they’re considered to be very good ‘Doctor Who’ stories or not. Continue reading

DVD review – ‘The Green Death’ (Doctor Who)

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Today, I’ve posted my ‘Doctor Who’ DVD review on ‘The Green Death’ starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant. This ‘Doctor Who’ story is the one with the giant maggots in it and features the last regular appearance of Jo Grant. Continue reading