Yearly archives: 2016

Doctor Who, season 3 continues … Of the final two episodes of The Celestial Toymaker, only the final episode exists in the BBC archive.  For the other, I’m relying on the CGI recreation by Who Recons. The the live-action episode does help to lift the adventure up a peg or […]

111. The Dancing Floor, 112. The Final Test

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Doctor Who, season 3 continues … The Celestial Toymaker, is another Doctor Who story that I’ve wanted to watch for years but, with three episodes missing from the BBC archive, it’s taken until I discovered the CGI recreations by Who Recons before I’ve made the effort to watch. Based on […]

109. The Celestial Toyroom, 110. The Hall of Dolls

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Doctor Who, season 3 continues … The Ark, which is fully available as a live-action story, is fairly familiar to Doctor Who viewers by now, I’d imagine. The most intriguing thing is that now, having had Dodo’s proper introduction, we move straight to her first story – with her brash […]

105. The Steel Sky – 108. The Bomb

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Doctor Who, season 3 continues … The Massacre is another early Doctor Who adventure that doesn’t exist in the BBC archives anymore, and so I’m “watching the audio” thanks to the CGI created by the clever people at Who Recons. The CGI of this story benefits from having more sets […]

101. War of God – 103. Priest of Death

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Doctor Who, season 3 continues … Four of the remaining five episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan are missing from the BBC archive but I’m watching a modern CGI animated version of those episodes thanks to Who Recons. The adventure pretty much continues as before, but a curious thing happens […]

96. Volcano – 100. Destruction of Time

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Doctor Who, season 3 continues … This one is another CGI one recreated thanks to the clever people at Who Recons.  It’s a bit of a surreal episode and all that you’ve heard about it is correct. It’s detached from The Daleks’ Master Plan, but that’s not really an issue […]

95. The Feast of Steven

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Doctor Who, season 3 continues … The Daleks’ Master Plan is the title of an epic 12-part Doctor Who adventure featuring the first Doctor, William Hartnell.  Most of the story is no longer in the BBC archives and so I’ll be watching most episodes thanks to CGI recreations from Who […]

89. The Nightmare Begins – 94. Coronas of the Sun

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Doctor Who, season 3 continues … Finally reaching the end of The Mythmakers, I have to conclude that that it’s not one I could recommend to anyone.  The poor-to-horrible audio makes it difficult to understand, and the CGI animation struggles to convey what’s going on. The story itself didn’t keep […]

87. Death of a Spy, 88. Horse of Destruction

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