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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Boom Town’

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Let’s check out another one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Christopher Eccleston/Ninth Doctor era. This is the penultimate story in Series 1 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series called ‘Boom Town’ by Russell T. Davies. In this ‘Doctor Who’ adventure, Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose and John Barrowman as Captain Jack visit Cardiff Bay in South Wales. They reunite with Noel Clarke as Mickey and enjoy spending some time in Cardiff Bay before they discover Annette Badland as Margaret Blaine, one of the Slitheen from ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ has returned to cause trouble. Will our bunch of heroes stop Margaret the Slitheen? ‘Boom Town’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’

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Let’s check out the first two-part story in Series 1 of the new ‘Doctor Who’ TV series as well as the Christopher Eccleston/Ninth Doctor era. It’s time for ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ by Russell T. Davies, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. It also features the return of Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler, Rose’s mum, and Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith, Rose’s boyfriend. There’s the introduction of Penelope Wilton as Harriet Jones as well as the debut of the alien Slitheen. There are special guest stars including Annette Badland as Margaret Blaine, Rupert Vansittart as General Asquith and David Verrey as Joseph Green. ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading

Before ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’

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I’m about to check out ‘The Lost Resort and Other Stories’ CD box set of ‘Doctor Who’ by Big Finish, starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, George Watkins, Matthew Waterhouse and Nicholas Briggs. This is for the upcoming ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season I’m preparing from December 2021 to January 2022. Continue reading

Week 49d – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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Here we are with the only 2020 full-cast ‘Doctor Who’ audio drama CD release starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and George Watkins as Marc for this year’s ‘Nyssa Challenge’ mini-review season – ‘Thin Time’ and ‘Madquake’. Sadly, ‘The Lost Resort’ and ‘Perils and Nightmares’ didn’t get made this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic – please keep safe. Continue reading

CD Reviews – ‘Lady Christina’: Series 1

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Good timing this came along after I saw Warren Brown in ‘Praxeus’ recently! 😀

Today I’ve added my reviews on Series 1 of ‘Lady Christina’ starring Michelle Ryan. This is a spin-off series by Big Finish featuring Lady Christina de Souza from the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘Planet of the Dead’ with David Tennant. As well as Michelle Ryan, ‘Lady Christina’ also features Warren Brown, Jacqueline King and Christopher Ryan. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Boom Town’

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We’ve come to the last stage of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. Today it’s ‘Boom Town’, one of my favourite episodes from the series as it’s set in Cardiff and it features the Doctor, Rose, Captain Jack and Mickey teaming up to sort out Annette Badland as Margaret Slitheen. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’

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Here we are on where it more or less began for me with getting into ‘Doctor Who’ in the first place. This is the first two-part story in the new series of ‘Doctor Who’ starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. This is ‘Aliens of London’/’World War Three’ and it’s where we first meet the alien Slitheen. Continue reading

CD Reviews – ‘The Tenth Doctor Chronicles’ (Doctor Who)

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I didn’t plan to listen to and review ‘The Tenth Doctor Chronicles’ by Big Finish this year. But I have and today I’ve added my reviews on the four stories featured in ‘The Tenth Doctor Chronicles’. I hope one day I will get onto listening to and reviewing ‘The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles’ by Big Finish. Continue reading

Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston

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Over Christmas last year, I received an extra present from my parents. It was the Blu-ray edition of Series 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. This was exciting for me, as I was getting into using more of Blu-ray as well as DVDs in general. Continue reading

Slitheen, a Dalek, the Jagrafess, the Reapers and the Empty Child with Christopher Eccleston

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Today, I’ve posted five new reviews on five ‘Doctor Who’ stories from Series 1 starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose. Continue reading