Doctor Who

This third version of the pilot episode of Doctor Who, at just 25 minutes long, is pretty much the same as the “raw” version except that it has some scenes reshot (to avoid the banging doors), and some that may have been edited (Barbara getting her coat trapped in the […]

An Unearthly Child

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Continuing my Doctor Who marathon, I watched the shorter (23 minute) “official” broadcast version of An Unearthly Child last night.  In comparison to the previous version, it felt like it zipped along a bit quicker but I couldn’t honestly tell you where the missing 12 minutes were (although a good […]

1. An Unearthly Child

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It’s probably no great surprise that my writing of time travel related stories was inspired by other time travel related stories, including TV shows such as Doctor Who.  I’m not (quite) old enough to have watched Doctor Who from the very beginning but thanks first to VHS, and then to […]

An Unearthly Child

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A Most Excellent Match by Matt Fitton is the second story in the Big Finish audio release of Recorded Time and Other Stories. Peri is trapped in a virtual reality world of Jane Austen, where her biggest worry is which husband to pick (Darcy or the Doctor!).  The Doctor tries […]

150. Recorded Time and Other Stories

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Paradoxcide by Richard Dinnick is the second story in the Big Finish audio release of Recorded Time and Other Stories. While fixing the TARDIS, the 6th Doctor picks up a distress call which Peri recognises as being in her own voice.   They visit the lost planet of Sendos, a […]

150. Recorded Time and Other Stories

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Big Finish‘s latest TV tie-in special offer is Grand Theft Cosmos by Eddie Robson. From the title, you’d expect this to be some kind of video-game inspired spoof on “Grand Theft Auto”.  I’ve never played it, so I wouldn’t know if it’s related, but the seemingly linked title is what […]

Grand Theft Cosmos

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As I only seem to have the odd half-hour available to listen to things at present, I started listening to the Big Finish audio adventure Recorded Time and Other Stories. This is a collection of four single-episode short Doctor Who stories featuring the sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) with Peri (Nicola […]

150. Recorded Time and Other Stories

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Recently, Big Finish did a Companion Chronicles sale.  The reduction in price to £5 wasn’t a big enough reduction to entice me to buy too many of them, but I had heard many good things about one such adventure and so I stumped up the money for… Peri and The […]

Peri and the Piscon Paradox

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In Big Finish‘s audio adventure Helicon Prime, Jamie (Frazer Hines), recalls a tale in which he and the 2nd Doctor were caught up in a murder mystery on Helicon Prime but all is not quite what it seems and the Doctor appears to be distracted. The story (Jamie remembering the incident) […]

CC2.02 Helicon Prime

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I finally found the time to start listening to some Big Finish audios, and chose The Selachian Gambit last night.  This was offered for £2.99 recently in recognition of the similarly themed bank job TV episode Time Heist. The audio and the TV episode have a lot in common.  Neither […]

CC6.08 The Selachian Gambit

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Thanks to the recent Big Finish sale, I’ve been listening to the first series of Jago & Litefoot over recent evenings.  There have been 10 series of Jago & Litefoot now (each series being a box-set of four adventures, with the 10th due out in October 2015).  Sadly, at £30/£35 […]

Jago & Litefoot, series 1

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I received the physical set of The Light at the End yesterday. This is the “deluxe CD” presentation.  It consists of two parts – a solid outer sleeve and an inner hardback book.  Together they’re a little larger than a DVD case but would fit on your shelf of trade […]

The Light at The End, Deluxe CD

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