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

I did a radio show with Sue back in about 1991 on a shortlived student radio station in Manchester, so it's sad to see this. There's a GFM set up for her funeral expenses here: www.gofundme.com/f/susan-chlo...

Toby Hadoke (@tobyhadoke.bsky.social) recounts the terrible tale of his stolen Cabana Bar, along with Hey Matthew by Karel Fialka, Kit Williams' Masquerade, La Cabina, Who Dares Wins, P.S. It's Paul Squire and a sci-fi pilot starring Duran Duran's John Taylor.. timworthington.org/2022/05/23/l...

I enjoyed making this podcast : a reaction to Tom Baker being made an MBE, it’s a look at the various Who types who been honoured so. There’ll be some names in there that’ll surprise ‘em :) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

I keep forgetting to share by cheery Doctor Who podcast on socials. I believe it’s the done thing. It’s lots of fun if you like that duet if thing. I’m giving a positive assessment of The Ark right now, aided by @markaldridge.info : podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Sad to learn yesterday that Susan Vale, an unassuming, daft, extremely likeable comedian, equally at home doing a surprise end-of-set tap dance or a killer pun, died yesterday. I’d not seen her for a while but she played @xsmalarkey.com regularly back in the day. She was a very nice, kind woman.

So that lovely TV legend Peter Purves gave me an extra episode on his podcast : here I am talking acting and comedy and very little Who, which is a refreshing change - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Learn about the origins of a sci-fi classic with The Quatermass Experiment, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's immersive history of the landmark lost TV serial, illustrated with rediscovered studio photos. Work is already underway on the next volume in the series. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

Wow. Thin Lizzy playing the Doctor Who theme music is not something I had come across before youtu.be/nbsoEcXAaiY

We're starting the year IN A DARK ROOM! Yes, amazing @robbotron.bsky.social is bringing his live-action RPG to the XS stage, plus support from Ayo Adenekan, Alex Mitchell, and Jo Owen, and, of course @tobyhadoke.bsky.social . Tuesday 6th Jan, 8pm, 53two www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Sad news: Gregory de Polnay, Dixon of Dock Green regular and the incomparable D84 in Doctor Who’s Robots of Death has died aged 82. He was a lovely man and an excellent actor and renowned drama teacher.

Time to look back at 2025 one more time. My annual Doctor Who In Memoriam is on You Tube now. Please watch, like and circulate. Oh, and please just be nice about it and Doctor Who as there are plenty of other places you can be otherwise. youtu.be/mfNDgewmlEU?...

Please listen to Absent Friends on BBC Radio 4 Extra today. Part One is 4.45pm (repeated at 0045) and Part Two is the same time tomorrow. It’s my acknowledgment of various folk from UK sci-fi, horror and fantasy who died this year. 4 Extra doesn’t do many home made productions, so do tune in!

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 24 (last one) Oh, and incidentally… (With a VERY special guest) www.patreon.com/posts/146547...

Welcome to the Hamster Book Club - the Doctor Who Book Podcast! Debate, laughter, friendship, insight…we love Doctor Who books and we hope you do too! With artwork from @devondan.bsky.social & a new theme by @jameslark.bsky.social Like & Subscribe ❤️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 23. When you need someone reliable to get you out of trouble… #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/146470...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 22 Are you hanging up your stocking on the wall…? #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/146393...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 21 You Would Make A Good Santa… #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/146325...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 20 Five days to go… #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/146260...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 19 Getting you in the mood for tomorrow x #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/146187...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar Day 18. 60 Years Ago Today! #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/146110...

Car trip North earlier and the conclusion to the epic Missing Episodes trilogy. How wonderful that speculation can be so erudite and fun. It’s a delightful game that will never tire.👏🏿 Plus the episode background information is brilliant.👍🏿 Agree or not, it’s entertaining. Give it a whirl. ❤️❤️➕🟦 🚙📻

Doctor Who Advent Calendar Day 17 She’s much more Christmassy than a computer… #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/146029...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar Day 16 Call yourself a fan…? #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/145947...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar Day 15 Here’s one I made earlier… #doctorwho www.patreon.com/posts/145679...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 14 You didn’t know when you were well off… www.patreon.com/posts/145681...

Back in May of this year, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social launched his ‘Quatermass Experiment’ book with a great interview by Abby Cook from Blue Peter. What a beautiful book and you can see how much work has gone into writing it. Thanks Toby I can see how much love you have for the TV series.

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 13 You won’t be expecting this one… www.patreon.com/posts/145531...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Dsy 12 A sad story of unfulfilled dreams… www.patreon.com/posts/145530...

If you’ve not seen any of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social’s Doctor Who advent calendar yet you’re missing a treat! So fun and varied! I suggest you get on it ASAP! Thanks Toby 🙏

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who ascent Calendar - Day 11 www.patreon.com/posts/145530...

Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day Ten

We gone ridiculously over budget at tonight’s @xsmalarkey.com just to end the year’s normal gigs on a high. (Quiz next week, then a break until New Year’s Eve). So don’t miss out on our THREE Headliners: