Not often I do an actual audible gasp of amazement, but I saw this in an antique shop in Lewes just now. Sadly (for me) the owner knew it was an original, & how much it was worth. If I hadn't literally just dropped a small fortune on my wedding suit... Anyway, if you've £400 going spare...

How does Batman's mum call him for dinner? She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son.

OTD, the first day of filming on #StarTrek, ever: Cameras start rolling on "The Cage" as they shoot the scene where Dr. Boyce makes martinis for himself and Captain Pike in Pike's quarters. "Sometimes a man'll tell his bartender things he'll never tell his doctor."

One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are

Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com

"A vintage year for roundels". The Five Doctors studio footage.

"The man from Galactic..." "Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden" episode 1 (1979). #DoctorWho

It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link: www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...

“Fire extinguishers! That’s the word I was looking for fire extinguishers”

My philosophy has always been this: If you try to convince me something is shit, you’re wrong & will fail. If you try to convince me something is great, you’re right & winning at life. If we all agreed on everything life would be dull; it’s how we go about our differences that’s important.

I glanced at this half-awake and thought it was Binro the Heretic.

Why do you think the Skybase is RINGED with Solonian restaurants?

Just got back from the doctor's. The bad news is that tests have revealed I have Onomatopoeia. Naturally concerned, I asked, 'What's that?' 'I'm afraid,' he replied, looking up from his notes with a serious expression. 'It's exactly what it sounds like.'

The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥 Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.

Arthur lay in the mud and squelched at him.

The fronting for the eighty-yard-long marble-topped bar had been made by stitching together nearly twenty thousand Antarean Mosaic Lizard skins, despite the fact that the twenty thousand lizards concerned had needed them to keep their insides in.

Last Tango in Paris: You'll never put a better bit of butter up your wife.

History was gathering itself to deliver another blow.

I have to be honest, I do think that if you’re bothering to go out and see Michael Palin introducing a showing of Life of Brian, you should probably turn your phone off. It happened TWICE.

I Claudius - Hail Who? (15th November 1976). "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them".

I love Star Cops and I loved The Merfolk Murders - Tim's classic crime style Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan audio drama. So this could be right up my street.

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Tom's putting it on now.

Following the critically-acclaimed release of The Chimes, I've produced two more full-cast adaptations of Charles Dickens’ Christmas stories; THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH & THE HAUNTED MAN. Extremely proud of this. It will make your Christmas 100% more Christmassy! Order here: averageromp.com

A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.

I don't have this as a tradition. So I need to know when to do it.

Coming February 5th 2026 Doctor Who: Caught in the Web & Other Stories A further collection of tales from the Doctor Who annuals The Devil Birds of Corbo World of Ice Caught in the Web The Eye Spiders of Pergross Winter on Mesique Day of the Dragon amzn.to/47AZBNB #ad

Egrorian and Pinder (the early years)

If you didn't get a copy, there's a chance to win in the latest DWM. doctorwhomagazine.com/competitions...

@rolandbates.bsky.social Did the email come through with the ticket?

This was where I first became aware of Joe Marler, and I've adored him ever since. youtu.be/C8VRk2ViiOw?...

Me looking at your posts.

That girl bands documentary is great fun (apart from the bits that are horribly bleak), but we really need to call time on opening programmes with footage of interview subjects finding their marks, adjusting their seats and farting about with the clapperboard.

Doctor Who - Pyramids of Mars (1st November 1975). A glimpse at a possible future.

The Adventure Game (2nd November 1981). Graeme Garden falls foul of the treacherous Mole (Lesley Judd).

I’m amazed at the number and quality of folk who contributed to this podcast (a Doctor! 3 companions! Writers! Actors! Lost Episode Finders! Fans of Yore!) It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...

About a decade or so ago I bought the Crime Traveller DVD and for some reason told my disinterested mum. The next day Michael French came into her work and she told him her son had bought CT on DVD; he responded, ‘why would anyone do that?’

Just about to book for one of my favourite bands. I am going for the balcony. Fuck standing.

I am experiencing a sense of boredom so acute it borders on rage.

Well. A bit overwhelmed to read this. www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-t...

RIP classic "Doctor Who" actor Tony Adams, seen here as Elgin, a Global Chemicals employee with a conscience... "Doctor Who: The Green Death" episode 3 (1973). #DoctorWho

@rolandbates.bsky.social Hey. Do you need a ticket for Blake's 7 at the BFI? I have a spare.

The Piper regeneration is I think, in a crowded field, the single stupidest decision that has been made in Who. Either don‘t do the last minute edits and have the option of regenerating Gatwa offscreen, or just have his face glow and cut to credits.

The Doctor has stumbled on a cunning alien plan to take over the Earth. Will he be in time to defeat the deadly Kraals and their terrifying android invasion?

Alexei Sayle's Stuff (20th October 1988). "Well, we apologise for the absence of Alexei Sayle in this week's edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. We're attempting to right the problem, but in the meantime the programme will continue in Leslie Crowther only".

In one episode of the second series of Stuff, the first five minutes consisted of what appeared to be an episode of Juliet Bravo, and really the only initial clue is that Juliet Bravo was never on BBC2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmX...

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I only learned a couple of years ago that 'outwith' was just a Scottish thing and I don't think my brain has yet recovered.