It's a lovely 6th Day of Christmas at my true love's house, and you are six horrible geese

The first second of eternity has finally passed. Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures’ first episode, ‘A Citizen of the Universe’, is available to read (link below).✨🔮 #DoctorWho #ClaraOswald

Planet of Evil is booooooooooringgggggggg

On the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast we learn the inside story on the exciting, ambitious new project ‘Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures’ with the brilliant @undiscoveredadv.bsky.social 🍁 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/5f2z9c98 🍁 Spotify: tinyurl.com/4vzsk84x 🍁 Podbean: tinyurl.com/t35kaz8b

Happy Doctor Who Day! Why not celebrate by joining me in the concluding part of my Descent Into Madness over RTD’s favourite number?

EVEN MORE Russell T Davies and the Number 57 A lot of blogs have been written this year about things Russell T Davies has said and done. People are asking questions such as “What is the future of the show?” and “Why has he decided to bring Billie Piper back in an unspecified role?” These questions…

Watching a very intense battle between an old bloke and a refreshments trolley man. Only one person can command control of this Crosscountry carriage aisle. Who will drop first?

My favorite comment on the FT story

NEW BLOG! In which I realise I still have more things to say about maths teachers in Doctor Who. Yes I know, there’s actually more than one!

Doctor Who and The Maths Teachers I have a question for you: do you know how many beans make five? I can hear you already shouting back at me. “It’s half-term week! School’s out! Let the teachers rest!” But I think there’s always time to learn something new. Especially when it’s about maths!…

I am contributing to Doctor Wno cancellation discourse, whether you like it or not. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...

It’s 3pm and I’m trying to work but all I can think about is what if Mary Whitehouse was alive and kicking in the year 2025. What does she think about TikTok? MrBeast? The Online Safety Act? And then she discovers there’s hot people in Doctor Who, has a heart attack, and promptly dies again.

I have started watching Succession and my favourite thing so far is how they only have enough money for one piece of music.

An unexpected new entry in the Untitled Goose Game franchise, but a welcome one nevertheless.

NEW BLOG! In which I have an oddly specific critique of In The Forest of the Night.

What would OFSTED make of Danny Pink? It’s now September, which means back-to-school time for millions of children. So I thought I’d write something with a school theme. And what better school to write about than the first one ever to feature in Doctor Who: Coal Hill School? But I’m not going to…

Short Trips fer sale! Lovely Short Trips, get yer Short Trips while they're cheap! Fill yer boots with 'em. Then strap 'em on and do a quick 5km whilst you to listen to When I Say Run, or cosy up with a dark and melancholy sci-fi fairytale, Inside Story. www.bigfinish.com/collections/...

As a mathematician and a Doctor Who fan, I adore Christopher H. Bidmead’s work on Doctor Who, which showed how maths and science can be powerful, mysterious and poetic. Castrovalva remains a personal favourite. I wish I had the chance to meet him. RIP

If you’re watching The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix today, then honestly what on earth is wrong with you? It’s Friday, come back and watch it next week instead.

Oh yeah, new blog! (Unless you’ve been following me for five years, in which case it’s a HD remake of a classic blog.)

“… Only you know the rules.” – Game Theory in The Curse of Fenric “Real mathematics has no effect on war. No-one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems very unlikely that anyone will do so for many years… But the ‘great game’ of…

So one of the key selling points of MS Excel for financial services is that when you calculate something in a spreadsheet the answer is correct…

“We’re no closer to finding out if Gemini has autism, but on the plus side, the energy it took to respond to the test did crash our servers and cause several wildfires in Los Angeles.”

What GIF pops up when you type in your name?

I don’t have a nemesis, unless I’m going along with an extremely elaborate comedy bit. Then I somehow always do.

My nam is cowe Wen somer comme And sun dos shyn And bes do homm My emale offe! Im outt off reech! Awaye I goe I hitte the beeche

Just finished watching Wednesday Season 2: Part One. It’s perfectly fine, and generally an improvement on Season One IMHO. But I’m seeing a bunch of discourse saying it’s bad because it’s “not faithful” to the source material. And regardless of whether it is, I find that argument baffling.

I've not met Jason Arnopp, but we have both written for Doctor Who Magazine at different times and I've enjoyed his work. He is now in an urgent and difficult medical crisis. Please consider donating. gofund.me/a033a3b7

Actual footage of looking on the BFI website for what’s showing today on the South Bank.

I stood no chance.

Actual footage of navigating the BFI ticket queue 😀

📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 "Free demo." Still one of my favourite game ads. xD A late release for the N64, with a Wii release I've still yet to dig into.

Farewell to the brilliant Tom Lehrer. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

“Do you have a book that’s a little Terrance Dicks, but not too much?”

Can’t believe I’m actually 30 now. Wild.

Off to see a local amateur production of Dr. Faustus. Had to sell the bottom of my trainer just to get in.

Titles revealed! Coming 26/03/26 New Target novelisations The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit Matt Jones amzn.to/3F7otRy Time of the Angels/Flesh and Stone Jenny Colgan amzn.to/3H5ehcO Aliens of London/World War Three Joseph Lidster amzn.to/42VUqFB #ad

The Target Book Club event in Westminster yesterday was fabulous - lots of excellent talks were given and I bought another load of excellent books for myself/my shelf!

On my to the Target Book Club event in Westminster. I hope my Target books stay (Anthony) dry!

Gallifrey Cabaret tonight. This tomorrow morning. Friend’s birthday karaoke later that evening. And then you will not hear from me for the next 3-5 working days.

So excited to reveal that I’ve written a new original Doctor Who audio adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda! ☄️💫 What will they find in 1833 when they discover that a star has fallen to Earth? Read by THE Michelle Asante, who played Abena in The Story & the Engine! ✨

🚨 NEW BLOG! 🚨 I keep forgetting I’ve set up the automatic posts here! Also, the trail-off at the end here is perfection.

Zoe Heriot Was a Pioneering Companion, and Here’s Why When Who fans talk about mathematicians in Doctor Who, they will inevitably mention Adric. And why wouldn’t they? He was a self-proclaimed mathematical genius, he wears a star-shaped badge for mathematical excellence, and he essentially died…

This is how Dr. Who is meant to be watched

Happy July 6 to all those who celebrate it.

Graph of British Rivers

It was at this moment I knew that I wasn’t going to win this race.