I'm sorry but I still refuse to believe this man is only seven

#TheWarBetween started okay, peaked in Episode 2 with a sequence that deserved more than to be in this thing, and just fell off a cliff by the end. It was RTD trying to cross Years and Years and Children of Earth and creating a pale echo of both.

I did that "Who's in my celebrity friendship group?" AI thing that's going round, and I am not happy.

Swear to god, if there's no Vlinx tonight in #TheWarBetween, I'm going to make angry videos with big yellow text in the thumbnail.

Is Love Actually deeply problematic, with many gaping story flaws? Yes. Is Love Actually also a gathering of Britain's finest actors c.2005 with some of the funniest Richard Curtis material outside of his sitcom work? Also yes.

Look, TK Maxx... If you're embarrassed to own board games, the solution isn't to buy board games that look like books so that no one will ever know. The solution is to buy better board games.

This is upsetting. Because who would be in it if the BBC decided to do something like this today? Where are the beloved, even iconic, sitcoms and sketch shows being made in 2025?

Fight defamation with defamation, I guess..?

Watching the first part of Rowan Atkinson's 'Man vs Baby'. How is this a four-part series? A man can defeat a baby. Easily. Just pick it up and throw it down a well, job done.

Just give me one scene next week with Mel, Osgood and The Vlinx, aka the Not Adult Enough for Our Super Mature Spinoff Players. Donna's daughter can do her usual thing of holding an iPad at the back of a scene, too, if you like. #TheWarBetween #RussellToveyFuckeaFysh

IS THE VLINX OKAY??? #TheWarBetween

When it comes to trans rights, the BBC has been reversing through the marketplace of ideas, smashing into fruit carts. But it's interesting that its conservative critics still regard the broadcaster as a font of pro-trans propaganda. How odd! Perhaps a few more concessions will win them over?

'member Woodland Critter Christmas? #SouthPark

it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society

This is a great example of the @gralefrit.bsky.social observation that the funniest joke is the one told between family members in the front row of a funeral.

Calling it now, at 3am on whatever day it is. The Avengers: Doomsday teaser will just be a succession of shots of all the characters we know are in the film, and a RDJ monologue over the top, with him in shot for the final line. Probably involving the word "Doom." And we'll all go "Was that it?"

TWATBLAST!

"In a way, I think we are all the Sea Devils' children."

Are we actually supposed to like Russell Tovey's character in this? Everything he's saying is correct (hello RTD mouthpiece), but... He's also a massive twat. #TheWarBetweenTheLandandtheSea

You, uh, do eventually intend to have UNIT in your UNIT spinoff, right? #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea

Is #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea really bloody quiet for anyone else? Had the volume on 8 for The Sea Devils, I've had to knock it up to 30.

Now, now - it has nothing to do with Doctor Who. It can't do, otherwise they would've said, wouldn't they? In the continuity announcement. Or with the Whoniverse logo at the start. Or with a "From the world of Doctor Who" caption. #ThisWasAlwaysThePlan

I can't believe they've redesigned #TheSeaDevils. Why wouldn't you have this on a major primetime BBC1 drama series in 2025? #DoctorWho #TheWarBetweentheLandandtheSea

That business with the sandwiches in #TheSeaDevils is weirdly cruel even for Pertwee's Doctor, isn't it? I know it's kind of played as him being oblivious, but really he's just acting like a dick. #DoctorWho

You'll... end them? I mean, I'm not saying it won't solve the problem, but it's a bit drastic.

Reminder: hate watching/listening shows up just the same in the stats 😫 (and no, I'm not saying which ones fall into this category 😉)

She did what? And they actually showed it? Maybe I need to get back into EastEnders...

Was he?? Aww, you should have said something!

A day and a half left to grab this on sale! In December, I'll be making posts some days with BTS info about the day's chapter, stuff about early drafts, snippets of Welsh history/context, etc. I'll be using the tag #AllIsBrightAdvent in case you want to either mute or join in as you read along!

When a man is tired of TARDISes, he's tired of life.

The time is right Your perfume fills my head The stars get red And oh, the night's so blue And then I go and spoil it all By saying something stupid like "You just lost the game"

The finest minds and most talented artists can’t ever seem to make green-screen footage of an actor pretending they’re outdoors look convincing. I love PLURIBUS but I saw a rooftop scene that looked barely better than this.

Weird the way the entire world went mad and only the creator of the IT Crowd was unaffected.

I just saw a Tim Vine joke book in a charity shop. I flicked it open and the first joke I saw was: George Lucas has a snotty younger brother. His name's George Mucus. I put the book back on the shelf. I like Tim, but sometimes it's possible to write too many jokes, isn't it?

@phlaimeaux.bsky.social @maxrushden.bsky.social You've probably been sent this a hundred times since the Ross Noble episode came out, but just in case you haven't, here's Michael Barrymore singing 'You'll Never Find a Nessie in the Zoo': www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_O...

Any missing Doctor Who? #Budget2025

Quentin Blake style Christmas cards, made by yours truly! Go on, make my day by being the first person to purchase my art!

For one week only, get my F/F romance advent calendar novella for 99p! Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali. One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1! books2read.com/u/bPOa0d

I just watched Suck Ear doing the whole Six-Seven thing and cringed so hard that my insides are now on the outside.

I'm starting to think we're not getting any missing episodes today, guys.

"We all change... We’re all different people all through our lives. And that’s OK, that’s good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be." Happy Doctor Who Day, everyone! Please remember that, since it falls on a Sunday this year, tomorrow is a bank holiday.

Imagine if you get to meet God and he allows you one question, which he'll answer completely truthfully... and you waste it asking whether Patrick Troughton really did die in the middle of shagging a fan (possibly in costume, depending who's telling the urban legend).

Just Sophie Aldred being iconic and reading out the quiz results...

"Technically, 1980 is still part of the 1970s, isn't it?" - Matthew Waterhouse (No.)

A woman just interrupted Beth Axford's panel at this convention to complain about Doctor Who being female. Also something about "that black man."

I just met that random old woman who appeared briefly in The Intergalactic Song Contest and Wish World! No, I've no idea either...

So I guess I'm off to Eastleigh to do Doctor Who things today, then... Do say hello if you see me!

Looking forward to seeing everyone who went to great pains to say how much they abhor political violence "of any kind" when Charlie Kirk was killed stepping forward to condemn Trump's "Punishable by death" comment in the strongest terms. Any minute now.

Folks, I really need some help. For the last 10-15 days, I've been pretty much out of action, which has put me two weeks behind on promoting my Film Stories 500 show in London next week. I'd be grateful for any help/support in getting the word out. Thank you. www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...