Benjamin Cook
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Writer • Journo • TV/video/podcast editor. Business enquiries:
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LIVE NOW on @BBCiPlayer! THE SEA DEVILS – our 90-minute 2025 re-cut, with new music by Lorne Balfe, fresh sound by
@markayresrws.bsky.social
, and a few surprises. 👀 Perfect Sunday-morning viewing, before its TV debut on BBC Four tonight at 7pm. 🌊😈 GO, GO, GO!!!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Doctor Who (1963–1996) - Season 9: The Sea Devils
A re-edited, feature-length version of the classic 1972 Doctor Who story that introduced audiences to the formidable aquatic species the Sea Devils.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002nct3/doctor-who-19631996-season-9-the-sea-devils
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Chris Chibnall
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For anyone wanting to get in to film/TV, I’ve put together a series of lunchtime talks from Wednesday to Sunday next week on directing, design, composing, producing & locations with fantastic guests. Free for under 25s. Do share! Part of From Page to Screen festival.
@bridportarts.bsky.social
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This might be the most Doctor Who that Doctor Who has ever Doctor Who’d.
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@benaaronovitch.bsky.social
Hi Ben, I write for Doctor Who Magazine. I’ve just sent you a DM on Instagram and Facebook. Would love to chat! Hope you don't mind me trying here too.
16 days ago
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Is it correct to say that neither “The Nightmare Begins” nor “Devil’s Planet” has been broadcast, ANYWHERE in the world, since their original UK transmission in November 1965? (CC:
@nothinglane.bsky.social
@tobyhadoke.bsky.social
@themindrobber.bsky.social
@missingepisodespod.bsky.social
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filmisfabulous!
about 1 month ago
Actor and Film United Peter Purves, actor, and star of both the recovered episodes of Doctor Who, posses with the original can in which the 16mm film was found, and Film is Fabulous! founder, John Franklin.
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EXCLUSIVE First Look! “The Nightmare Begins” and “Devil’s Planet”.
youtu.be/QvwUrJAuAHks...
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about 1 month ago
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“Oh, I gave up long ago.” Reminded of what Peter Purves said when I interviewed him for DWM last year about the chances of missing episodes being found. “I think the fans want ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’. Not a chance! I doubt it’ll EVER turn up.” 👀😅
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filmisfabulous!
about 1 month ago
Further information on the two recovered episodes of Doctor Who can be found on the Film is Fabulous! website:
filmisfabulous.org.uk/missing-doct...
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Missing Doctor Who Recovered | Film is Fabulous
The images are reproduced with the permission of the BBC Archive.
https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/missing-doctor-who-recovered/
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filmisfabulous!
about 1 month ago
Missing Doctor Who Recovered! The Film is Fabulous! team are pleased to announce the recovery of two missing episodes of Doctor Who, from the serial entitled, ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’: The Nightmare Begins (Broadcast: 13th Nov 1965) Devil’s Planet (Broadcast: 27th Nov 1965)
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Jonny Morris
about 1 month ago
FUCKING HELL GET IN
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection
The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o
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Andrew Ellard
about 1 month ago
Having such a visceral, joyous reaction to the
#DoctorWho
lost episodes news. What a feeling.
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Gary Gillatt
about 1 month ago
There’s something atavistic, almost shamanistic, about the discovery of missing episodes. The realisation that you can suddenly look into the past – hear from the dead and the lost – sends a faint, primal shiver down the spine.
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Toby Hadoke
about 1 month ago
I’m on BBC Breakfast tomorrow. About 7.50am. Fun to be had.
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“They are out there, I know it! And they’re getting closer.” 🚨 BREAKING! 🚨 Missing
#DoctorWho
episodes FOUND!! After 61 years, “The Nightmare Begins” & “Devil’s Planet” (Eps 1 & 3 of “The Daleks’ Master Plan”) are BACK, thanks to
@filmisfabulous.bsky.social
. Available on iPlayer in April!
about 1 month ago
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Five Zero Alpha to Charlo Charlo Egan, come in. Charlo Charlo Egan, this is Five Zero Alpha, can you read me?? Come in!
about 1 month ago
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Saw Peter Capaldi at the 100 Club tonight, thanks to
@biiilyedwards.bsky.social
(who shot this video). 🎸 Didn’t expect a mash-up of “All the Young Dudes”, “Don’t Look Back in Anger”, and Shakespeare’s “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” soliloquy from Macbeth to hit so hard. But it did.
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about 1 month ago
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What if
#DoctorWho’s
The War Between the Land and the Sea had been made in the 1970s? A retro-style film poster by Oliver Arkinstall-Jones (@ ArkyJono on X). for the unreleased, big-screen
#TheSeaDevils
epic! 🌊😈
about 1 month ago
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Jim Waterson
about 2 months ago
If you want to know how the British print news industry ends (which is, de facto, amazingly still what supports most newspaper websites) it's the distribution channels getting banjaxed. When you lose "TG Jones" etc even people who want a paper can't get one. That'll be the real start of the ending.
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“A genuinely impressive piece of work… the best of the classic Who edits to date.” Catching up on this month’s @DWMtweets. Belated thanks to
@evilrobotbill.bsky.social
for his kind words about “The Sea Devils” (2025) omnibus. 💙 Hey, it’s OUT NOW on The War Between DVD, Blu-ray, and Steelbook. 🌊 😈
about 2 months ago
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Doctor Who Merchandise
about 2 months ago
Out today! The War Between the Land and the Sea + many extras including the new 90-minute edit of "The Sea Devils" Blu-ray Steelbook:
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Blu-ray:
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DVD:
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#ad
Also available at Rarewaves:
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Dave Owen
2 months ago
After the success of "The Daleks" and "The War Games" it was perhaps inevitable that
@benjamincook.bsky.social
and colleagues would get round to "The Krotons in Colour".
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Abby Olcese
2 months ago
Amazing coda here.
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Graham Kibble-White
3 months ago
Design nerds, here's the new
@radiotimes.bsky.social
logo as revealed at their covers party this evening.
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Love this letter in the latest Doctor Who Magazine. James’ 10yo son has excellent taste.
3 months ago
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Hear me out. Could you ask, “Name 10 fellow players who are DEFINITELY Traitors.” 😏 Traitors can’t break the vow “to keep the identity of your fellow Traitors a secret”, so this question forces their hand: they can’t NOT lie! Meaning every name they give is guaranteed Faithful.
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3 months ago
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Scott Gray
3 months ago
Some good writerly advice from Steven Moffat, published in Doctor Who Magazine #471.
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Tom Burgess
4 months ago
In a few weeks, Tess Daly will be revealed as the Secret Traitor, and the takeover will be complete.
#TheTraitors
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“Mr Whatsit, you have received the most votes…”
#TheTraitors
3 months ago
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Well, I enjoyed the Stranger Things finale. Mostly, though, I’m grateful for the reminder that Doctor Who fans are – and I can’t believe I’m saying this – comparably sane.
4 months ago
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Paul MC Smith
4 months ago
What did I get up to in 2025? The year started and ended with charting the edits for two omnibuses on TV. First The War Games cut down to almost a third the length but now IN COLOUR!
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Doctor Who Merchandise
4 months ago
Current deal - 15% off! Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour Steelbook Blu-ray Currently only £15.16! (cheaper than the regular blu-ray edition, which is currently £16.99)
amzn.to/4qwANgi
#ad
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4 months ago
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Beatles boffins! What can you tell me about this photo of Ringo? Found in a box of ’60s things (!) in my parents’ attic. It’s from – I think? – A Hard Day’s Night, but is it a well-known shot? Or something a bit more obscure? (I’m betting
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
will know.)
4 months ago
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The single greatest piece of acting in Doctor Who history, and I profoundly regret cutting it from our 2025 “The Sea Devils” omnibus. 🌊😈 Merry Xmas, everyone.
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Philip Purser-Hallard
4 months ago
Glad to see the new edit of The Sea Devils still passes the Bechdel Test.
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The incredible Paul MC Smith has made this infographic of all the edits we made to “The Sea Devils” for its 2025 omnibus.
wonderfulbooks.co.uk/data
I am in awe (of him, not us. Although, also us)… 🧵 The rest of the thread is amazing too.
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For everyone asking whether our 2025 cut of “The Sea Devils” 🌊😈 is getting a DVD/Blu-ray/Steelbook release (yes, it is, on this)…
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4 months ago
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“The communist who turned Doctor Who into an eco-warrior.” A great article on Malcolm Hulke by
@0tralala.bsky.social
in yesterday’s Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/12/1...
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The communist who turned Doctor Who into an eco-warrior
Malcolm Hulke spent seven years writing subversive episodes for the show. Now his creatures are being re-awoken
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/12/14/communist-turned-doctor-who-eco-warrior/
4 months ago
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Iain Clark
4 months ago
It knows what it did.
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Steven Schapansky 🇨🇦
4 months ago
Warriors of the Deep, sulking in the corner.
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“The Sea Devils” (1972) and “The Underwater Menace” (1967) getting primetime BBC One promos in the space year 2025. 🫡
4 months ago
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The Chosen Chimp
4 months ago
My thoughts on the Sea Devils Re-edit.🐵🌊😈 Honourable shout out to
@benjamincook.bsky.social
and
@markayresrws.bsky.social
, who I don't mention in the vid but also worked on this mighty fine re-working of an old classic.
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Doctor Who & The Sea Devils RE-EDIT - My Thoughts
YouTube video by The Chosen Chimp
https://youtu.be/7ZZLP8lYU6c
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WhoPotterVian/Sean The Mondasian Cyberman
4 months ago
Wow, the 2025 edit of The Sea Devils is quite something:
whopotterviansmediamayhem.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/t...
#DoctorWho
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The Sea Devils (2025 Omnibus)
Does the latest edit of The Sea Devils live up to the serial’s strong reputation among the Doctor Who fan base?
https://whopotterviansmediamayhem.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/the-sea-devils-2025-omnibus/
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“They’ve gone, sir. Everything’s gone.” Nice Easter egg in
#TheWarBetweentheLandandtheSea
: Corporal Jane Hart (played by Catherine Garton) takes her name from “The Sea Devils” power couple 3rd Officer JANE Blythe (June Murphy) and Captain John HART (Edwin Richfield)! 🌊 😈
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Blogtor Who
4 months ago
REVIEW: Doctor Who: The Sea Devils - a nostalgia powered magic trick, this is The Sea Devils as you think you remember it, full of fast paced action and moments of charm. @benjamincook.bsky.social @bbcdoctorwho
#DoctorWho
#TheSeaDevils
#TheWarBetween
Full review:
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REVIEW: Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
The Sea Devils wage war upon the land for the first time, in a fresh new version of the 1972 original The opening salvo of The War Between the Land and the Sea have been fired. But really the conflict began half a century ago when Homo Aqua first stood up out of waves off the Isle of Wight. Back then, of course, humanity knew them as the Sea Devils, debuting in the story of the same name.
https://www.blogtorwho.com/review-doctor-who-the-sea-devils/
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Well, this is a pretty special way to start the week: a gorgeous email from the great Michael E Briant (director of “The Sea Devils” in 1972!), with some very kind words about last night’s omnibus edit. What a gent. I’m very aware we’re only here because of the work of people like Michael. 🙌
4 months ago
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Turn on BBC Four. RIGHT NOW! Can’t believe I’m tweeting this at 2.30am. But some Doctor Who I’ve edited is on the telly. Um, again. 🌊 😈
4 months ago
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My favourite meme of the evening. ⬇️ 😏 Thanks for watching “The Sea Devils", everyone. It’ll be on iPlayer till this time next year:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
And on TV – yes, AGAIN! – at 2.30am tonight/Monday morning, on BBC Four! Shall we knock back the scotch Pertwee-style and rewatch? 🥃
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Chrispy Windy
4 months ago
Feel a bit sorry for the sea devils, being all shot up
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