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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 19 Summary

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Season 19 is my favourite season out of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It has my favourite TARDIS team, including Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. Anthony AInley also returns as the Master in two stories of the season. I always enjoy revisiting Season 19 on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. 🙂 Continue reading

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

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We come to one of my favourite stories in Season 19 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. It’s time for ‘The Visitation’, a four-part story by Eric Saward, where Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric and Janet Fielding as Tegan visit England in the year 1666. They meet Michael Robbins (of ‘On the Buses’ fame) as Richard Mace, and they work together to thwart the evil plans of the reptile-like Terileptils, who have come to cause trouble with the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. ‘The Visitation’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray or 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

Revisiting Seasons 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Peter Davison on Blu-ray #4

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Here we are on the first highlight for me in Season 19 of ‘Doctor Who’! It’s time to take a look at the fourth story of Season 19 as I share my updated review on ‘The Visitiation’, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric who meet Richard Mace and some Terileptils in 17th century England. Continue reading

DVD Special Feature Review – ‘Grim Tales’ (Doctor Who)

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I’ve revisited ‘The Visitation’, one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the Peter Davison era, on DVD recently. In revisiting the story, I also re-watched the 45-minute making-of documentary of ‘The Visitation’ called ‘Grim Tales’, featuring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson. This exciting special feature is included on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD of ‘The Visitation’. Continue reading

Week 8 – ‘The Nyssa Challenge’

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This is a very special week for me in ‘The Nyssa Challenge’. The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric have an adventure in 1666 where they meet Richard Mace and face the Terileptils in ‘The Visitation’. 🙂 Continue reading