Doctor Who

Review: Doctor Who – The Middle

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

It’s Constance’s (Miranda Raison) birthday; so Flip (Lisa Greenwood) decides she needs to throw a “Wren party” for the occasion. When the Doctor (Colin Baker) takes them to the planet Formica it seems like an ideal world for the occasion, with the locals living a life of luxury. But what is the price of the freedom to do anything you want? Where are the older people & what is the mysterious Middle they keep hearing about? When people start giving the Doctor funny looks they soon find out. Continue reading →

Review: Short Trips – The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) awakes with his memory gone. Luckily he is soon told he is the squire to Sir Keeyoht of la Koura. He will follow his sire on a great quest battling dragons and seeking out the vile enchanter, the Doctor. This all sounds very familiar to Adric, but not quite right. Still, being the squire to Keeyoht with his teeth & curls feels right enough. Continue reading →

Big Finish Review – The Time War

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

Big Finish go back to the early days of the Time War with the 8th Doctor. As with a few other recent release we get to explore how the Doctor struggles to keep hold of who he is when the universe around him turns dark and bitter in the midst of war. Continue reading →

Review: Torchwood – Aliens Among Us (Part 2)

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

Torchwood return for the second of their outings set after the events of Miracle Day (check out our review of Part 1 here). This set fleshes out the characters introduced in the first boxset and the larger new Torchwood world and deepens the plot with the new Alien menace. Continue reading →

Review: B&B (2017) starring Paul McGann

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Review by Ben Gummery

B&B is a new LGBT-themed thriller from writer/director Joe Ahearne (Doctor Who) in a Hummingbird Films production; funded by Creative England, Film Cymru, and Pont Neuf Productions. The film is being distributed in the UK by Pecadillo Pictures.

‘Marc (Tom Bateman) and Fred (Sean Teale) return to bait the owner (Paul McGann) of a remote Christian B&B who they had successfully sued him for not allowing them to share a bed. Events take a deadly turn when another guest arrives, who they think might have something sinister in mind’

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Review: Doctor Who Early Adventures – The Outliers

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

Anneke Wills (Polly, narrator) and Frazer Hines (Jamie, 2nd Doctor) lead the cast of this 2nd Doctor adventure.

In the distant future on an alien planet, people are going missing, but at a rate few know as statistics are altered. Why the deception? Who is taking people? And will the Doctor and his friends be the next to be taken? Continue reading →

Review: Doctor Who – Behemoth

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

Colin Baker’s 6th Doctor is back with companions Flip (Lisa Greenwood) & Constance (Miranda Raison). Continue reading →

Review: Short Trips – A Heart on Both Sides & All Hands On Deck

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

In the latest two short adventures in this range from Big Finish the 8th Doctor in both is reunited with old companions in the shadow of the Time War. If these haven’t been released closed to each other, it’s a funny coincidence & a welcome one as these stories complement each other very well.

“A Heart On Both Sides” is read by Sarah Sutton as Nyssa. Since her work at Terminus Nyssa she has become a controller on the hospital ship Traken; which is parked close to Gallifrey in the shadow of the Time War. But the Timelords are not flavour of the month with most, even though Nyssa try’s to stay neutral. So when one of Nyssa’s staff is suspected of being a Time Lord there are questions to be answered, especially when things start going wrong on the ship. Continue reading →

Film & Comic Con Cardiff – September 2017

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Once again we attended this event as ‘Official Press’ thanks to Showmasters !!!!

Held at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena the home of South Wales geekery – during the 23rd & 24th of September 2017.

Guests that attended this weekends event included:-

Colin Baker (Doctor Who)
Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who)
Wai Ching Ho (Daredevil)
Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars)
Joseph Marcell (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
Ross O’Hennessy (Game of Thrones)

And many more!

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Review: The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Vol. 4

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Review by Doctor Squee (Host of Gallifrey Stands Podcast)

MILD SPOILERS!

Lisa Bowerman is back once again as the universe’s favourite archaeologist, Bernice Summerfield and as in Vol. 3 she is with David Warner‘s Unbound Doctor trying to save his dying universe. But now the Doctor is President of the Universe and Benny is starting to wonder if that is a good thing or not. Continue reading →