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 | THE BEST DOCTOR WHO THERE EVER WAS |
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| What: | The Trial of a Time Lord (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 2008 |
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| Rating: |  10 |
The Trial Of A Time Lord is unbeatable tv. Only some films beat this too for having all the things that make me tick on the screen. The Trial of a time lord is Doctor Who at its very very best indeed, and together with a massive array of extras make this perfect package. And as per usual, why are so many brilliant scenes cut from the trial of a time lord for goodness sake? I love the firste episode cut scene of the doc saying the matrix has not got the sum of all knowledge in it. That is a class Robert Holmes scene that should have been included. And all the mindwarp scenes are disgusting by not being on the finished edit of the story. utter treason. And Terror of the vervoids is no different either, a plethora of great scenes that should have been included.
The Mysterious Planet starts off with a great mystery and a great amount of questions (and Katryca by Joan Simms is cool, she plays the role very well indeed actually) which for once are answered in full later in episode 13 and 14. The time lords aint half a bunch of hypocritical gits arent they? But this makes for some wicked writing and great acting. The doc's knackersyard scene really cracks me up big time. This is a great visual tale too, with Drathro being the best robot ive seen on doctor who. The ending scenes with the doctor moralising with drathro are quite masterful too.
Mindwarp is really good. The wviolent elements are not actually quite as brutal as some people suggest, compared to some this is tame. But the science in this is really good and real feeling. And the shock ending with Peri taken over are some riveting scenes and some of the series finest. Colin Baker's acting is very convincing too, you think he has gone round the twist for most of this brilliant installment.
Terror Of The Vervoids is really back to basics but it does it classicly. This is a great whodunnit with plenty of mystery and great moments. And the vervoids dont look bad at all, quite a great design in fact. The casting of someone like Honor Blackman is not a waste either. She delivers a great performance as Lasky. Bonnie Langford makes her great debut too and this story actually does boast some of the best cliffhangers ever. Tartarus ending and episode 1 are two of my all time faves.
The Ultimate Foe couldnt have wrapped the story up any better than it did. A conspiracy to not just kill the doc but to kill the high council. the valeyard by Michael Jayston is a great bit of acting too. He is really sinister as the dark thoughts of our hero the Doctor. And the return of Tony Selby as Glitz is great. He brings a great deal of comic relief amidst the brilliant storyline. This is Doctor Who at its very best on screen. The new series has yet to beat this awesome peice of tv history. The title box calls this an epic, a well deserved title in my book.
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| Where have you gone, Mr. Newman?! |
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| What: | The Sensorites (TV episode audio soundtracks) |
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| By: | Huw Davies, Taunton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Sunday 28 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This story was one I recently found in my local Waterstone's, and I decided, what the hey, let's have a go. And what a good decision that was.
This story is seriously under-rated, and the first two episodes are brilliantly written and unbelievably tense. The Sensorites are great "villains", creepy and mysterious.
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| End of the world (& I feel fine) |
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| What: | City At World's End (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Trevor Smith, Nottingham, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Saturday 27 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
A really entertaining, fast paced thriller that never lets up. If only Susan had been used as well as this in the TV series it would have much better. All in all highly recommended.
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| Great story, let down by the DVD |
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| What: | The Brain of Morbius (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Huw Davies, Taunton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 26 September 2008 |
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| Rating: |  8 |
If I was rating the story alone this would get 9/10 from me, as the only problem I see with this story is the slight tackiness of the Morbius monster.
However, the DVD is a little less satisfying. The voiceover by Paul McGann on 'Getting a Head' is poor, and the CGI tour of the studios is also pretty rubbish.
I'm really not sure what kept me listening to Assassin in the Limelight, but I kept on through the whole thing. I think listening to it in four sittings (one episode each) was helpful there.
Briefly, the coolest thing about this story was Knox's TARDIS. Aside from that, the American accents were really terrible (but were they perhaps somewhat accurate?), and in turns, I wasn't sure if I was listening to a serious effort gone disasterously wrong, or intentional shlock. There's even a bit of incidental music here and there that sounds like a theremin, like this is a satire of old-time radio, which is probably what it is.
Assassin in the Limelight is really pretty bad, and leaves me with question marks over my head, but I strangely seem unable to give it less than a 4...
| What: | Four to Doomsday (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Matt Saunders, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
The first and last time I watched this was on video. However, this DVD seems to make it much fresher and I enjoyed it throughly. The incidental music is painful (like all Davison era) but once you forget that - it becomes an enjoyable tale.
| What: | Matrix (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | Heather, Northern Ireland |
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| Date: | Monday 22 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
A totally addictive novel. When I say, "I couldn't put it down," I mean I actually didn't stop reading until I was finished. With so many twists and turns in the facinating plot, and the continuation from the tv series, it makes for fantastic reading! A++++!
| What: | Salvation (BBC Past Doctor novels) |
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| By: | nick, australia |
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| Date: | Sunday 21 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
In brief, this is simply one of the very best books in the Past Doctor range- not only are the main characters spot on and developed well, the book provides so much food for thought on the nature of faith, belief, right, wrong... a very mature book and well worth the read.
This is one of the most cleaver DR.Who boooks i have ever read! It inculdes the consept of racism but in a different way (aka hatred of mechanicals (robots)). Funny, Good Cliff Hangers, brilliantly written!
MUST READ!!!MUST READ!!!MUST READ!!!MUST READ!!!
| What: | Creatures of Beauty (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Yes, the doctor is the one who caused it, but this time he doesnt realise it. Every other time he has noticed it, so thats the end of that little squabble of it forever being the doc's fault. no one is flipping perfect anyway for goodness sake! This is for the best part a great and original fresh new aproach to telling a story, back to front really...but flaming good stuff with solid performances from everyone involved. the opening scenes are actually loud and flipping scary too. well acted indeed.
| What: | The Catalyst (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Leela rules!
Great story!
Great sound score!
Great aliens!
too short!
| What: | Old Soldiers (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Nicholas Courney reads this gripping tale of wartime and ghosts. This is the perfect Doctor Who tale. SHould have been made into a full cast audio normal story with a different doctor. but this fits the third doctor time so well. the story is not pansiish and really hits home about a tough subject matter. This really is a cracker of a story.
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| the best rendition of them all... |
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| What: | Helicon Prime (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Frazer's Patrick Troughton is uncanny. Its almost spooky. There really was one point when i thbought it was Pat speaking. Man this guy knows his Troughton. And the story is good and well paced and yet again easily could mould into the season into which it is set.
| What: | Mother Russia (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
1: another marc platt tale full of his trade mark coolness
2: peter purves is back again and delivers a knockout performance as steven.
3: the sound and music score is even better than series one of the companion chronicles.
4: this is an engaging tale of old russia, dripping with atmosphere and could easily have been a missing adventure for William Hartnell.
| What: | The Beautiful People (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
1: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GREAT STORIES THAT YOU COULD LISTEN TO EVERYDAY.
2: THIS PORTRAYS ALL THE ABSURDITY AND SILLINESS OF THE TOM BAKER LAALLA WARD YEARS.
3: LALLA WARD DOES A PERFECT TOM BAKER IMPRESSION.
4: THE STORY ITSELF IS WITTY AND CLEVER AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN.
5: SOME GOOD LIGHT RELIEF AFTER THE MORE HARD HITTING STORIES IN THIS CHRONICLES FIRST SEASON.
| What: | The Blue Tooth (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Season seven was a gritty and cool series in doctor who history. And the blue tooth could oh som easily slot into that hard hitting season of doctor who. the return of the cybermen, and at last a story with the third doctor facing off against them. long overdue. Caroline John is perfect as the storyteller.
| What: | Frostfire (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
The return of Maureen Obrien as Vicki. Do i really need to say anything else? well, ok...this is one of those long line of Marc Platt great Doctor Who tales. Satisfied?
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| What i love about this first and second. |
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| What: | Fear of the Daleks (The Companion Chronicles audiobooks) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
What i like is we get new stories with old Doctors. What a fresh and cool idea. The companion chronicles series has yet to really let me down. All the eight ive heard so far have been brilliant.
Fear of the daleks is the first second doctor tale for audio, and boy does it resonate Patrick Troughton's time on Doctor Who rite to its roots. This is such a great story. I love the mad scientists, the dippy daleks and all that that made the second doctor's tenure one of the best in the shows history. Wendy Padbury reads this story brilliantly.
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| The boy is........I WILL GIVE IT AWAY! |
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| What: | The Boy That Time Forgot (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
So we dont get Matt Waterhouse, who is actually wrongly accused of not being able to act. Instead we have Andrew Sachs acting as the five hundred year old Adric in this great tale. This is why i like the big finish range so much, the styles and stories are so fresh and inventive. All new storylines bringing back people from thbe doctor's past. Sarah Sutton again reminds me of why she was such a good companion. And Peter Davison really needs no praise. He is a great doctor. Bringing back Adric was a risky idea, it had to be handled right, and thank goodness it was. Paul magrs has done it again!
| What: | The Death Collectors (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 19 September 2008 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
I think Stweart Sheargold has produced an even better tale than Red, and that was excellent enough. This really sounds like a claustrophobic adventure that could and should be on screen. Sylvester Mccoy leads a good cast in a gritty space goth opera style adventure. The dar traders are a good new monster that are bound to be back soon i expect. No complaints from me then. Katarina Olsson delivers another great performance as the computer Nancy. And Spider's Shadow is another tales of the unexpected esque story that really rounds off another great and different Doctor Who audio! Great!
