TONIGHT at XS Malarkey! We've got brilliant Nick Doody headlining, @samhickmanmusic.bsky.social plucking at our harpstrings, debuts from James O'Donoghue & Mick Tickner, and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social doing the rest. Lovely. 7.30pm Doors, 8pm show, at 53two, Manchester wegottickets.com/event/692236

I think every film should end with the main character(s) saying the name of the film in the last line like; "I guess at the end of it all, we really were Nuns on the Run" or "I've genuinely done a proper Oppenheimer here" just to tie it up nicely x

New episode out today. Celebrating a good time had during a generally under-appreciated story. Plenty of fun to be had here for fans of clay and moustaches. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Details of the next screening of the @filmisfabulous.bsky.social recovered Doctor Who episodes @tobyhadoke.bsky.social scifibulletin.com/2026/04/14/d...

The Daleks’ Master Plan is coming to Manchester. And so is Peter Purves. I’m already here but I’ll be introducing the episodes and hosting some brilliant panels giving the lowdown on their production and return. Tickets on sale soon: homemcr.org/whats-on/rec...

Done a podcast. Bit different but great fun. And I get surprised by a special guest: open.spotify.com/episode/4U14...

I interviewed Keith for Who’s Round. Nice, humble man. What a life!

Another panel from Saturday’s Riverside extravaganza featuring Paul Vanezis and Gavin Rymill and hosted by me.

But to share the experience with the legendary @purves_peter.bsky.social as well as family members of Bill Hartnell, Douggie Camfield, Adrienne Hill and Dennis Spooner made it an unique and truly unforgettable occasion! Special shout out to host extraordinary @tobyhadoke.bsky.social

We review the two recovered episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan! And I talk to @tobyhadoke.bsky.social about the wonderful Riverside Studios event!

Saturday was indeed Fabulous! The Daleks’ Master Plan looked great on the big screen and ep2 was a bump up from the iPlayer.💙 Informative and touching panels led by @tobyhadoke.bsky.social interspersed the episodes.👍🏿 Well done @filmisfabulous.bsky.social! Support their aims if you can.👏🏿 ❤️❤️➕🟦 🚀📺👏🏿

The last few weeks has been so so exciting culminating in the two recovered DMP episodes being steamed yesterday. The excitement has been made so much more fun, special and communal by being a member of. @tobyhadoke.bsky.social’s Patreon community. The content has been magnificent. Join now!

What a glorious Daleks' Master Plan day! 2 newly recovered episodes, plenty of fun #DoctorWho chat with fellow viewers on here, rounded off with 2 new commentaries from @tobyhadoke.bsky.social, going through each scene discussing what we know now, that we couldn't ascertain from the audios alone. 👍

Nice to see them let Toby Hadoke have a cameo in The Nightmare Begins

Sunday on RFS #1062, we’ll be reviewing the two newly recovered episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan! And we’ll also be talking with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social about the Riverside screening!

Oh, and I have done a new commentary for Devil’s Planet too (whilst watching the episode itself). Tim Burrows, Oliver Crocker and I reminisce about the day it was unveiled to Peter Purves, and then celebrate all of its brilliant moments: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Watch The Nightmare Begins again, but this time with a commentary recorded over the moving pictures with me, Tim Burrows and Oliver Crocker, including some background to its return: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Scholars urge BBC to rethink changes to archive access [free to read but requires a quick registration] www.timeshighereducation.com/news/scholar...

Laurie Webb, aka Mr Ollis from Doctor Who’s The Three Doctors, was one of my favourite Who people. He also delivered one of its best lines (“You’d never believe me woman: supper ready?”). Laurie died, peacefully, on Sunday, just five weeks short of his 102nd birthday. What a life: he was adorable.

@tobyhadoke.bsky.social Evening! Your pub argument with Alan Partridge is now on YouTube, should you wish to share the clip with friends. As usual there are some comments from medically-challenged individuals, who reply as if your character is real. 🙄 youtu.be/Ip7n0kceaRg

One of mine that was discovered in last week's Big Issue @bigissue.com. The new issue is out today. #DoctorWho

🎈Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza🎈 Introducing our panelists: @tobyhadoke.bsky.social Actor, writer & comedian, Toby joins our #NigelKneale panel! His book on The Quatermass Experiment was published by @tenacrebooks.bsky.social in 2025. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...

It’s Testing, Testing at 53Two tonight with Gary Delaney, Alun Cochrane, Josh Jones, Hannah Platt and Tabish Akbar. Stonking line-up for ridiculously little money. Do pop in:

We're remembering BBC special effects pioneer Bernard Wilkie, born on this day in 1920. Here he is distressing a model ship in a typically low-tech way. Bernard's memoir A Peculiar Effect on the BBC is out in April, with stories about his work on Doctor Who, Quatermass and more: tenacrebooks.co.uk

Oh no.

Hey folks. If you liked my Quatermass book you’ll love this. A beautiful new presentation of a story vital to the brilliance of many of the show we know and love. And Bernard was a great guy and engaging raconteur.

NEW VIDEO! Friday the 13th, unlucky for some... but not #DoctorWho fans! A supercut celebrating a very special day made possible by @filmisfabulous.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpfB...

Exclusive Peter Purves Interview On Wednesday, 11th March 26, Peter Purves walked into Leicester’s Phoenix Arts Cinema and Art Centre. What happened next took the great man’s breath away. Film is Fabulous! had, in fact, recovered two missing episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, in which he starred

To donate to 'Film Is Fabulous!', a charitable trust, please follow the link below filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

I’m on BBC Breakfast tomorrow. About 7.50am. Fun to be had.

A terrific chat. If snorting with laughter in public isn’t your thing, wait until you get home. It’s candid, funny, and covers way more than DW.👍🏿 John Halstead has a way with a tale and lots to tell. A lovely romp through theatrical & television anecdotes.👏🏿 🚶🏿‍♂️🎧📻 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

ARE YOU READY?! Well, brilliant @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social & Matt Sandstorm will get you ready, as PREPPERS headline XS tonight! Plus support from Zoe Cussen, @justinasesel.bsky.social, and Harry Wright, plus king of the 53two Thunderdome @tobyhadoke.bsky.social 🎟 wegottickets.com/event/686576

This John Halstead interview by @tobyhadoke.bsky.social is hugely entertaining: gossipy and camp in the best way podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

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If anyone’s got a dreary looking Sunday ahead do come to Testing, Testing at 53Two tomorrow with some super acts including @michaeljdolan.bsky.social Alex Mitchell, Hannah Platt, Harry Stachini and Danny Sutcliffe trying out new material for a teeny tiny entrance fee.

Need a little more comedy to finish off your Feb? @tobyhadoke.bsky.social is back at 53two tomorrow night with our sister show Testing Testing, where top comedians try out new material. This month's lineup includes Hannah Platt, Harry Stachini & Danny Sutcliffe www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-mjog...

I very much enjoyed this after @stephengallagher.co.uk brought it to my attention. youtube.com/watch?v=If-X...

"Quatermass is about residual humanity winning out... Everyone can identify with it" www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/qu... #Quatermass #TheQuatermassExperiment #NigelKneale #BBC #AlexandraPalace #ScienceFiction #TelevisionDrama #TobyHadoke #RudolphCartier #SpaceExploration

Are you on our mailing list? WHY NOT?! I mean, you don't have to but it's the best way to find out about guaranteed sell-out gigs before anyone else (like next week's with Joe Lycett). We send one email a week (unless I forget), and you can sign up here xsmalarkey.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

TOMORROW! Best Newcomer winner Lara Ricote brings a WIP of her new show, all the way from Amsterdam! Rob Rouse brings tales of Ron the dog, all the way from the Peaks! & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social brings the comedy glue to hold it all together, all the way from Chorlton! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

I am looking forward to the next Testing Testing comedy night at 53two. Hosted by @tobyhadoke.bsky.social , top circuit comedians try out their new material in the arches of 53two. www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-mjog...

"You're JOKING?! Not Another One" I am NOT joking, but @samlakecomedy.bsky.social is. And he's bringing us his tour show tonight! Not only that, but Rob Rouse doing new stuff, Maia Tassalini making a debut, & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social keeping it all together. Delicious. wegottickets.com/event/685193

He brought down the house with it. It was exactly what we needed that night. Go and listen to his Doctor Who podcast if you're into that, the Indefinable Magic episodes are just a joy

That Ian McKellan clip, I saw that same monologue (I think) done almost exactly a year ago by @tobyhadoke.bsky.social at the apex of the XS Malarkey comedy night he was hosting on a day when everyone was very worried about Ice, who had crossed some horrifying threshold I can't now recall.

I’ll be at the UK Ghost Story Festival on Saturday 28th February at Quad in Derby alongside a host of fantastic names over three days. I’m SO excited and hope to see a few of you there.

There seems to be a real interest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas these days: and that appetite is being catered for by the excellent @accordingtojond.bsky.social He is at the QUAD in Derby soon displaying his usual knowledge & erudition. Worth a look: www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/nodig...

Coooo! Tonight at XS, it's the return of delightful pigeon-fancier Toussaint Douglass! Not only that, but also @androjonny.bsky.social, @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social, sketch duo The Mayor and His Daughter, and our own fancy pigeon @tobyhadoke.bsky.social www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

The wonderful Sue Vale - Sue Chlopicki IRL - died last week, way way too young. Funds for her funeral are a bit short, so a GoFundMe has been set up. Posting here FAO fellow Mancs but also anybody else who saw her, knew her, was touched by her. gofund.me/2444608bb