The War Between the Land and the Sea, Pertwee-style.

For Classic Pop’s 100th issue I helped compile the 100 Best Pop Albums, wrote some reviews and had a natter with the wife.

Vengeance on Varos

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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... We're on the lip of apocalypse at Psychic Paper, as we revisit Serial C. In the right order this time. For paid subscribers only, but why not become one and get access to the archive?

Watching Good Boy, coz husband and 9YO are out and I’m not allowed to watch spooky movies if they’re about. However. The smallest of our three dogs has left the room, the youngest keeps staring at the TV, and the oldest is keeping me very close company…

I’ve made a Doctor Who Figurine Annual. It’s 84 pages with features on the Malus, folk horror, official and custom figurines released in 2025. There’s a comic strip, a story featuring Sgt Benton, as well as space, science and puzzles. It’s £13 inc p&p. Email [email protected] for details!

Idea for a weeping angel story, but instead of statues of Angels they’re garden gnomes!

Gary Numan’s “Bleed” (Sulpher Mix) at the end of S04E08 of The Morning Show just woke me right up. Not sure if I’ve heard anything of his on a TV show before.

The Dalek Documentaries are back! 🚨NEW EPISODE OUT NOW🚨 The Lost Dalek of Dr. Barnardos! youtu.be/Cv6ZWjVnhM0?...

the bricks are alive at this day to testify it; therefore deny it not.

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What Doctor Who story - and James Bond film - did Terrance Dicks borrow from for the last of his Mounties trilogy? Another great long post here: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/war-...

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... New on psychic paper: How much Doctor Who do you have to have absorbed to count as a fan, and what's the most obscure Doctor Who story you can think of? For paid subscribers, but why not become one and get full access to the archive?

There’s a lot of drama in Ian’s latest curated best of the last couple of month’s new singles. And he’s reached the grand total of 50! Always worth a listen. Here’s the Apple Music version for those who might want a gander… Yay! music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...

I've had an idea... Someone told me that cos there are nearly 800 episodes of the Simpsons, it's possible to describe all other shows with a clip from a Simpsons episode. So with that in mind, I'm going to use a freezeframe/gif to describe every classic Dr Who serial 😁 1 season per day...

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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... New on psychic paper, for paid subscribers, but why not become one and get full access to the archive?

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... New on Psychic Paper: New Doctor Who, you say?

Us, reading your posts.

I’ve written about Robert Elms’ Blitz book for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/culture/book...

What colour is heaven? @edsalt.bsky.social @michaelcregan.bsky.social

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

#CeCePeniston ON: Fiiiiiiiinalllllyyyyyyyy!

These are amazing and I’m very happy to support Simon’s excellent work.

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OMG Omega!, and other learned thoughts on the novelisation Doctor Who - The Three Doctors by Terrance Dicks 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/10/doct...

Woah. Wordle 1,565 2/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I will always, consciously and deliberately, skip the Big Finish ident.

Doctor Who Brains Trust question: am I misremembering but did Dodo's Celestial Toymaker dress appear on someone performing on Top of the Pops?

I tackle some 90s - yes Oasis - but praise be to Lighthouse Family, Sabres of Paradise and our rave nation in my OMH this week: www.musicomh.com/features/spo...

We’ve started calling Doctor Who “Doctor Hoop” in our house. Living with a 9YO changes you.

In an alternate universe, Servalan and Carnell were top 80s synth-pop duo, FEDERATION. ‘Marked To Kill’ was realised by THE BRITISH STEREO COLLECTIVE. Donation from each sale to charity, in memory of Jacqueline Pearce. fairsound.com/product/fede... #Blakes7 #SciFiSynthPop #Electronica

When’s the protest about yesterday’s protest? I’d go to that.

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"Colony in Space" is the 58th pencil drawing in my "One Story, One Image" #DoctorWho art project. Here are all three versions of the aliens on Uxarieus. To fit them all in at the scale I wanted, I had to make some overlapping/superimposing decisions for this one!!

I want to see It Happened To You more than anything in my life. #MitchellAndWebbAreNotHelping

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business. It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

It is kind of extraordinary that the Labour Party are cheering on the police arresting people for... doing the same thing that their delegates were doing at their conference in 2018.

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