This is great - like a modern day version of James Burke's Connections. Starts in Luton, moves on to Flight Into Danger, James Doohan getting his big break, Sydney Newman moving to the UK and creating Doctor Who, then Zero Hour and Airplane! as the final link in the chain. More like this, please.

I am pleased to report that it's still possible within the BBC to find something interesting, think that it will interest others, and just decide to make a programme about it... (I realise that sounds flippant, but be assured this was a zero-budget production, made almost entirely on my own time)

I surely did enjoy contributing to this quirky story of TV and film history (don't call me Shirley) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Calling all writers...

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.

I am pleased to report that it's still possible within the BBC to find something interesting, think that it will interest others, and just decide to make a programme about it... (I realise that sounds flippant, but be assured this was a zero-budget production, made almost entirely on my own time)

Damn it, I'm working from 6am!

#DoctorWho Daleks' Master Plan episodes will be on iPlayer from 6am Good Friday. Read all about it in @radiotimes.bsky.social

What really happened when comic actor Bob Todd disappeared? Our Comedy Chronicles profile takes a deep-dive: www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...

I have a new documentary coming out on BBC Sounds this week, about which I am very excited! Yes, I am serious - and don't call me Shirley... (poster by @andydrewz.bsky.social)

It's extraordinary to me that I wrote a Doctor Who story, the BBC released it, and now here are some people I don't know on a podcast discussing it, making observations about it, and saying nice things about it! As you might imagine, I enjoyed listening to this very much!

Do any broadcasting history people on here have any clue what the BBC job abbreviation "A.A. East S." might possibly mean? (It's not from Norwich, so I doubt it's "Assistant Administrator, East, Sound", nice as that would be! It's also from spring 1956, so a smidge too early for Norwich anyway)

Do any broadcasting history people on here have any clue what the BBC job abbreviation "A.A. East S." might possibly mean? (It's not from Norwich, so I doubt it's "Assistant Administrator, East, Sound", nice as that would be! It's also from spring 1956, so a smidge too early for Norwich anyway)

60 years ago today the earliest surviving full edition of BBC Look East was broadcast. Not only an astonishingly rare survivor among 1960s regional news magazines, but on *VT* too! Back in 2024 I took a delve into the episode on Twitter, so I thought now seemed appropriate to repeat it here… (1/17)

60 years ago today the earliest surviving full edition of BBC Look East was broadcast. Not only an astonishingly rare survivor among 1960s regional news magazines, but on *VT* too! Back in 2024 I took a delve into the episode on Twitter, so I thought now seemed appropriate to repeat it here… (1/17)

The idea for this video has been in my head for many years. Not quite sure what that says about me, but Tom Adams DFS Supercut, I set you free... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-bO...

21 years today since #DoctorWho returned - but how did that recommission come about? My book The Long Game tells the story...

I think this may genuinely be one of my favourite endorsements of my writing it's ever received!

==The Fred Bonfield collection in the Transdiffusion archives== The station clock, aka Mitch, two distorted testcards, two Marconi/English Electric camera cards A-R used as testcards, and something in front of a background picture of Waterloo bridge(?)

Brilliant book, this

Excellent book covering a period of TV where drama changed from what I was used to into something which alienated and lost me. This book helps explain why. And itvhas Dr Who in it.

This is a great book. Don't worry about whether or not you're a Doctor Who fan, The Long Game should be in the library of anyone interested in television.

21 years today since #DoctorWho returned - but how did that recommission come about? My book The Long Game tells the story...

But will it be tossed...?

This is an enjoyable chat, and I’m looking forward to both the documentary and Paul’s forthcoming book When Saturday Came which sounds right up my alley.

My life is entirely Flight-related at the moment - thanks to Radio Free Skaro for having me on to talk about my forthcoming BBC Sounds documentary about Flight into Danger, and my new Doctor Who BBC Audiobook Star Flight!

Dr. When makes an appearance in “Sugar Jones” in issue 161 of Pink cover dated 24th April 1976 | The Best of Sugar Jones collection available here from @2000ad.bsky.social shop.treasuryofbritishcomics.com/catalogue/RC... | Pages here via Steve Flavell

Just had the notification from NHS Blood & Transplant about where my most recent donation ended up. Redhill this time - that's a new one!

The barbarians are at the doors! Cheeky gits.

Doctor Who Restoration by R3Store Film is Fabulous! have collaborated with the BBC Archives, and R3Stores Studios in London, to ensure that the two recovered episodes of Doctor Who look and sound great, when released on the BBC iPlayer. r3storestudios.com

Just stumbled across this Lawson piece where he claims Whirligig began "...the tradition of TV giving exhausted or amorous parents a lie-in on the first morning without work or school." That's a bloody long lie-in past 5pm!

Special Doctor Who Screening A special screening of the missing episode of Doctor Who recovered by Film is Fabulous! will be held at Riverside Studios on Saturday, 4th April 2026. riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/Rn-...

Statement on Doctor Who Film is Fabulous! have issued a statement to provide further clarity, greater detail, and a simpler explanation, to ensure a better understanding on the recovery of the two missing episodes of Doctor Who. filmisfabulous.org.uk/statement-on...

What a month! Last week, my very own #DoctorWho story was released by the BBC, and this week we get two episodes of Master Plan announced. If you're having a better March than I am, good luck to you!

Local Man Comments... www.edp24.co.uk/news/2593388...

Of course, if you're after some First Doctor action to tide you over until Easter, there is a brand new adventure for the original TARDIS crew released by the BBC only last week, available wherever you get your audiobooks... #DoctorWho #bandwagon #shameless

Good morning to #DoctorWho fandom...

Oh good, it wasn't a dream!

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET TO SLEEP NOW!!!!!??????

🚀 We're pleased to announce that we're releasing a new edition of A Pecular Effect on the BBC, a classic memoir by BBC special effects pioneer Bernard Wilkie, whose credits included Doctor Who, Quatermass and many more. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

Some more Star Flight updates - including chart-topping, and a credit correction for those who've read the DWM review.

Here is my highly anticipated post on the history of Calamity James. cwickham.blogspot.com/2026/03/oh-c...

The BBC’s job is to “inform, educate, and entertain”? Let’s talk about the middle word. What follows is the story of what we found in an FOI request (per the Observer) about the Corporation killing off plans to launch an online catalogue and failing to deliver ‘learning for people of all ages’. 🧵

Canon to the left of me, canon to the right of me... (A - this is a GOOD JOKE, and B - yes, I have hung onto my season two DVDs even after the blu-ray set came out, purely in anticipation of taking this photo)

Currently at number one in the Amazon #DoctorWho book chart!

On #WorldBookDay2026, it was good to finally welcome the newest member of the 'family'. (After all, audiobooks count too, right...?)

"I CAN'T STAND THE CONFUSION IN MY MIND!!" etc and so forth...

V excited to take delivery of the Doctor Who story of the year @paul-hayes.bsky.social

Just in time for publication day! I’m very proud to be the reader for this wonderful new Doctor Who audiobook, Star Flight, written by @paul-hayes.bsky.social and produced by Morrison Ellis for BBC audiobooks. It’s a proper slice of First Doctor adventure. Grab your copy now!

Publication day, and Star Flight is at No. 4 in Amazon's #DoctorWho book chart!