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The first CD of the Hornet’s Nest audio series arrived yesterday so I took the chance to listen to it on my iPod last night. You know the story that Terrance Dicks refused to call “State of Decay” by the name “The Wasting” for fear that critics would call it a […]

Hornet’s Nest #1 – The Stuff of Nightmares

September 4, 2009 in BBC Audios / Doctor Who / Reviews tagged BBC Audio / Doctor Who / Hornet's Nest / Richard Franklin / Tom Baker by Jonathan Rudderham

Actually, I couldn’t think of a better title to say “The Three Doctors, but not those three…”. As I’ve recently been turning some of my CD collection into iPod tracks and having stumbled across a couple of audio Doctor Who‘s that I bought some years ago but didn’t listen to, […]

The Three Doctors – reloaded!

August 27, 2009 in Big Finish Audios / Big Finish Main Range / Doctor Who / Review / Reviews tagged Big Finish / Colin Baker / Doctor Who / Maggie Stables / Nicholas Briggs / Peter Davison / Sylvester McCoy / The Sirens of Time by Jonathan Rudderham

It’s not often that I fork out on non-canon Doctor Who adventures, so this is a bit of a rarity for me. Big Finish‘s audio adventure The Mahogany Murderers sees the return of two characters from Doctor Who who, although only appearing in one adventure and only working together in […]

cc3.11 The Mahogany Murderers

June 5, 2009 in Big Finish Audios / Doctor Who / Jago & Litefoot / Reviews / The Companion Chronicles tagged Andy Lane / Big Finish / Christopher Benjamin / Henry Gordon Jago / Jago & Litefoot / Professor George Litefoot / The Companion Chronicles / The Mahogany Murderers / Trevor Baxter by Jonathan Rudderham

During its twentieth century, Earth proved to be a popular planet for the inhabitants of the universe. If it wasn’t being invaded by Daleks and Klingons, it was being attacked by Shadows and Vorlons. If it wasn’t housing a full slave ship worth of Tenctonese, it was being infiltrated by […]

A Multitude of Idols

February 18, 2009 in Other TV / Reviews / Television tagged Jared Martin / Lynda Mason Green / Martians / Michele Scarabelli / Philip Akin / Richard Chaves / The War of the Worlds by Jonathan Rudderham

In the corner of a bar, a small television set is broadcasting a basketball game. All eyes are fixed on the game save those of two men – Saint John Hawke and Mike Rivers. Saint John is preoccupied as he considers his future with the Company. He has come to […]

4.21 Malduke

February 18, 2009 in Airwolf / Reviews / Television tagged Anthony Sherwood / Barry Van Dyke / Dick Van Dyke / Geraint Wyn Davies / Malduke / Michele Scarabelli by Jonathan Rudderham

This third episode of the fourth season of Airwolf opens with a JetRanger, flown by Jo Santini (Michele Scarabelli), in the sky alongside a single-prop aeroplane flown by Saint John Hawke (Barry Van Dyke). They are testing a new Laser Digital Communication device. Saint John is to receive the signal that Jo […]

4.03 A Town for Hire

February 18, 2009 in Airwolf / Reviews / Television tagged A Town for Hire / Anne Lockhart / Anthony Sherwood / Barry Van Dyke / Geraint Wyn Davies / Michele Scarabelli by Jonathan Rudderham

The fourth season of Airwolf opens with an ambitious episode that attempts to knit together the previous three years with a new era, and new cast. It ends up being a bit of a “jack of all trades, master of none”, in which it adequately does the job it needs […]

4.01 Blackjack

February 18, 2009 in Airwolf / Reviews / Television tagged Anthony Sherwood / Barry Van Dyke / Blackjack / Geraint Wyn Davies / Jan Michael Vincent / Michele Scarabelli by Jonathan Rudderham

Die Another Day gets a bit of a rough ride from James Bond fans, and it’s easy to see why. “Too much” is the problem. This is the movie that everyone accused Moonraker of being – full of gadgets, sci-fi, and special effects. While Moonraker doesn’t warrant that accusation, Die […]

Die Another Day

June 16, 2007 in James Bond / Movies & Films / Reviews by Jonathan Rudderham

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes is based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle original story The Valley of Fear. Filmed in 1935, this movie comes three years before the last one I watched (they’re out of sequence on the DVD) but Dr Watson is played by Ian Fleming again and […]

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

June 2, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged Arthur Wontner / Ian Fleming / Lyn Harding / Sherlock Holmes / The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes / The Valley of Fear by Jonathan Rudderham

Tonight I watched another of the old black & white Sherlock Holmes movies from the 30s. This was the latest movie in the set – filmed in 1938, and it shows. Sherlock Holmes is again played by Arthur Wontner and he has really got a handle on the character by […]

Silver Blaze / Murder at the Baskervilles (1938)

May 30, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged Arthur Wontner / Ian Fleming / Lyn Harding / Murder at the Baskervilles / Sherlock Holmes / Silver Blaze / The Hound of the Baskervilles by Jonathan Rudderham

It’s 1932 and Arthur Wontner in the third of his five Sherlock Holmes movies. His earlier outings, filmed in 1931 and earlier in 1932, are not available in this DVD set that I have available. This third movie is the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic – The Sign of Four. […]

The Sign of Four (1932)

May 23, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged Arthur Wontner / Ian Hunter / Sherlock Holmes / The Sign of Four by Jonathan Rudderham

In 1933, Reginald Owen starred as Sherlock Holmes in A Study In Scarlet. This one shares little in common with the original Conan Doyle novel. The original A Study In Scarlet tells the story of Watson and Holmes meeting for the first time. It tells a terrible story of revenge, and it […]

A Study in Scarlet (1933)

May 22, 2007 in Reviews / Sherlock Holmes tagged A Study in Scarlet / Reginald Owen / Sherlock Holmes / Warburton Gamble by Jonathan Rudderham