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‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: Aladdin Time’

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It’s time to check out ‘Aladdin Time’ by Paul Magrs, the third ‘Serpent Crest’ story in ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ of ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. The story also features Guy Harvey as Aladdin, Sophie Ward as the Storyteller, Terrence Hardiman as the Gryphon, Andrew Sachs as the Scarf, Simon Shepherd as the Magician and Su Douglas as the Toad. Will this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure be a good take on the ‘Aladdin’ story compared to the 1992 and 2019 Disney films? 😀 Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: The Broken Crown’

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We’re now on the second story of ‘Serpent Crest’, the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. It’s time for ‘The Broken Crown’ by Paul Magrs. Susan Jameson also stars as Mrs. Wibbsey in the episode. And there’s Terrence Hardiman as Reverend Dobbs, Joanna David as Mrs. Audley, Guy Harvey as Andrew, Simon Shepherd as Mr. Bewley, Charlie Mitchell as Jake, Elinor Coleman as Sally, Geoffrey Leesley as Harold and Su Douglas as the Cook. Continue reading

‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ review – ‘Serpent Crest: Tsar Wars’

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It’s time to begin the third and final set of ‘The Nest Cottage Chronicles’ in ‘Doctor Who’ called ‘Serpent Crest’, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Today, we’re taking a look at ‘Tsar Wars’ by Paul Magrs. As well as Tom Baker, there’s Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey. There’s also Michael Jayston as the Tsar, Suzy Aitchison as the Tsarina, Simon Shephard as Boolin, Sam Hoare as Lucius, and Paul Chequer, Grant Gillespie and Gabriel Vick as the Servo robots and the human rebels. Continue reading

Quick TV Series Review – ‘Alex Rider’ (Season 2)

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It’s taken me a while, but thankfully, I’ve been able to see all eight episodes of Season 2 of ‘Alex Rider’! I’ve enjoyed Season 2 of ‘Alex Rider’ after watching Season 1 in 2020. I admit, I took a leisurely approach to watching Season 2 compared to Season 1, since I saw that season in one week. Continue reading

Quick TV Series Review – ‘Alex Rider’ (Season 1)

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I’ve seen the new ‘Alex Rider’ web TV series on Amazon Prime Video and I thoroughly enjoyed it. My Mum and I watched the eight-episode series via our home computer for about a week. I highly recommend the series, since it’s full of action, tension, drama and thrills for you to enjoy all the way. Continue reading

DVD Reviews – ‘The Miss Marple Collection’ with Joan Hickson

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Well, Sarah Sutton said I should do more Agatha Christie stuff on my blog in the Aprils Fools sketch we did earlier this year and what good timing to post this after my ‘Doctor Who’ post on ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’. Today, I’ve added my reviews on the 12 stories featured in the BBC ‘Miss Marple’ TV series, starring Joan Hickson as the title sleuth. I’ve enjoyed watching these adaptations. Continue reading