He looks thrilled to have his life replayed in AI

“Blimey this Urge to Love is hot stuff. We’ll never be able to show this. Get Mervyn to edit the vanilla bits into the previous episode and junk this. But run me off a copy first.”

Thought about doing something to celebrate Dr Who day but didn’t bother myself so here are some photos to prove I am in fact a “Whovian”

My important contribution to #DoctorWho Day.

Looking at the ratings for Doctor Who’s 20th Century BBC repeats and amused to see that (excluding the impact of ITV strikes) Pyramids of Mars is both the highest (13.7) and lowest (1.0) watched story of the classic run.

Handsome copy of David Rudkin’s first short story collection from Strange Attractor just dropped

Nice to see Zen out of retirement for the Amsterdam #Eurovision party

“Mum can we have beans for dinner?” “You’ll have to ask your father. I’ve told you; I’m not cooking.”

New mix of #TheBeatles Real Love dropped today. My first impression of the 2025 mix is it brings out the clarity of John’s vocal at the expense of the 1996 additions (which are what makes it a Beatles song, imo). I’d have liked more of both to be honest!

OMG The Ghoul in 4K!!

there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions

My aim in life is to enter every room like Jackie

Bloody Brigadier, if he hadn’t been so uptight we could have had 7 years of Tom like this

Jack the Russell’s Bedroom (Sickert, 1906)

Well that was 45 minutes of slog for 5 minutes of quite amusing double crossing

Looks like The Horns of Nimon, sounds like Resurrection of the Daleks. What a combination.

So @willhowells.org.uk has decided he wants to see Chris Boucher’s Weapon

Loving my new armchair

Anyone else think about how Hyacinth’s “artistic” son Sheridan is a Bucket?

I remember Eddie Robson used to make the old guard of fans weep into their Yak Butter Sandwiches when he proudly declared his first memory of Doctor Who was Pertwee… in The Five Doctors.

Knightmare Live was a fun bit of 80s nostalgia complete with authentic Treguard and Lord Fear

A lesson to all Jonathan Carleys impersonating warriors.

Blake’s 7: Shadow. Very beige. Shouldn’t they be fighting the Federation instead of playing with some shiny rocks? Do your shirt up Blake.

The idea that every Play for Today was a radical classic is very “the memory cheats”. There were hundreds of them. The BBC has probably junked more than Channel 5 will ever make.

Season 4 - you can’t tell from the B&W recordings but the Dalek Emperor had a hot pink colour scheme and Troughton’s outfit was yellow.

No money back/no guarantee

I never thought I’d see the day. Absolutely love this show. And I especially love The New Avengers that - through the 90s repeats - turned me on to Avengerland (later fuelled by the C4 Peel and King repeats and the movie). Could not be more thrilled.

Great afternoon at Riverside Studios’ New Avengers 4K launch event - the restoration is astonishing and the Q&A was very informative

Great fireworks in #Caterham including a bonfire lit by dragonfire

Borg spaceship

Thanks to AI and social media the entire world is like one of those episodes of The Avengers where a diabolical mastermind is trying to destroy Mrs Peel’s grip on reality.

The king to prince andrew

Strong SNL vibe

TFW you think. “Shit.”

OK fair dos I thought that was going to be a dull finale but it was really great #TheTraitors

Watching [Spooks] series 1. The sooner Tom’s awful millstone of a girlfriend gets offed the better. Every scene absolutely kills the momentum of the episodes.

A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a GIF

My personal theory is that Friday Night Dinner is a covert Torchwood spin off and “Yvonne Hartman” is Auntie Val’s work codename

This unremarkable country road through fields and woods is the southernmost point of London. Here I am standing at the end of the city

The hill I will die on is that Richard III definitely bumped off his nephews and the “Ricardians” have taken The Daughter of Time way too seriously. It was just a whimsy, people. (Triggered by yet another “the sainted King Richard of blessèd memory” post)

The crotch… oh dear god, the crotch

Idea for a Dr Who horror movie - it’s Saw but with the Celestial Toymaker. Rhymes include, “Lady Luck will show the way, win the game or you’ll be flayed.” and “Quick, escape the rhythmic drumming or the impaling spike will give you a bumming.”

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Watching Hammer House of Horror - The Thirteenth Reunion. I enjoy these being like macabre episodes of The Avengers with notable British character actors (Kevin Stoney! Dinah Sheridan!) being eccentric and sinister. This one also has Mrs Benni from Orphan 55

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Rogues’ gallery #DoctorWho

If you’re after a very creepy #Halloween (or should I say Samhain) listen, this one comes highly recommended #Torchwood

Red Kite hunting in the field behind the house today

Just discovered that 80s British video store horror anthology Screamtime is on Prime. It’s a scream, enjoy it!