Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2

Riverside Studios doing a New Avengers 4K/blu-ray launch on 9th November. I shall be making the pilgrimage riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/e...

What a cast!

Absolutely fascinating thing here.

Lovely Chris Achilleos covers!

Hadn't realised that my fall on Monday left me with a bit of a shiner, chiz

As times get weird, there's a Doctor Who audio drama from 2002 that I think about a lot called Neverland. In it the Doctor discovers that his own people, the Time Lords, used to have a method of execution called "the Oubliette of Eternity" which erases the convicted person from time completely.

My Australian The Keep box set just turned up, months after I preordered it. It is huge, and very heavy, and comes with a metal cross, and so much STUFF and oh God I love it

A lovely quote about their debt to Delia Derbyshire here...

Tripped on the pavement, by a crossing. Flat on my face. Shoe came off, hit my knee, grazed my hands, cut my forehead. Cyclist rode to a stop at the crossing... and ignored me. Lying there. On the ground. Dazed. Cyclists. The worst.

Heartbroken. RIP Stephen. Love you forever.

Reading the 2011 edition of Christopher Priest's notorious 1971 novel Fugue For A Darkening Island - near future England, boats, refugees, you get the picture - and on page 13:

Chris Bidmead. I script-edited him on Renaissance of the Daleks. He didn't disappoint. Hugely smart, of course, and testing, but also charming, flattering, and kind. His work was inspirational; so was he. I promised him I'd read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I never did. Sorry, Chris.

I have a vivid memory of seeing *this exact week's* editions at the newsstand at the Portsmouth Harbour ferry terminal, because I was bought the Star Lord issue (unusually) for the ferry journey to the Isle of Wight (I already had the 2000 AD, obv). Can I remember anything about last Thursday? No.

Someone's sent me a DM but I can't be arsed getting certified to read it, soz. :)

Awful news about Dave Taylor. I snapped him up for the Megazine, years ago. I thought his Moebius-like Mega-City 1 was one of the best ever. The Anderson Psi story Big Robots was his concept, IIRC. What a star. Vale.

"Not easily forgotten". Last performance tonight. loureviews.blog/2025/08/21/c...

The first episode I watched all the way through (I'd caught a bit of the unscheduled Sea Devils repeat the year before). The writhing thing in the solar stacks is what hooked me, I think. I hated it. But I wanted to see it again.

Three shows remaining.

London people! A certain Miranda Barnes (my "progeny", hem hem) is playing Edgar in this, at the Old Red Lion in Islington for four nights, Mon to Thurs this week. Tickets still available. It's very good. The author shows promise. camdenfringe.com/events/king-...

London people! A certain Miranda Barnes (my "progeny", hem hem) is playing Edgar in this, at the Old Red Lion in Islington for four nights, Mon to Thurs this week. Tickets still available. It's very good. The author shows promise. camdenfringe.com/events/king-...

Coming 28th August Doctor Who Magazine Special: Gothic Horror DWM celebrates the Blu-ray release of Season 13 with a special issue about the show’s classic Gothic horror episodes. Every copy includes a new & exclusive compilation CD from BBC Audiobooks www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/d...

Well, I'm in receipt of a load of wonderful, never-seen-before private BTS photos of Virtual Murder. Thanks to their respective owners, I can't WAIT to share them with you!

A Fifteenth Doctor comic strip collection of ‘The Monster Makers’, from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine, is available to preorder for an August 19 release. www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/d...

More stuff what I thought up.

The fantastic @hamishhawk.bsky.social does PSBs and Eurythmics. Marvellous. open.spotify.com/album/5fg6yH...

This Sunday, a chance to bid on some signed memorabilia from my lovely mum. All money raised will be split between The Princess Alice Hospice, who cared for my mum so brilliantly, and The Anthony Nolan Trust. Please help raise some money for two brilliant causes!

This month's issue of Dr Who Magazine 619 (@DWMtweets) features a full page article on Virtual Murder, in particular former Dr Who Jon Pertwee's role in A Torch for Silverado, with a brief review of the series. You can buy it in good newsagents or order from Panini for £7.99

So a wasp stung my neck and some wazzock spilled champers all over my jacket, but that was still the best day. Lifetime ambition fulfilled.

Unbelievably... we're on Centre.

Ooh dear. Madge really wasn't very good, was she? As a horny 15 year old I completely failed to notice.

Me: I've been working my butt off all day, let me walk away from my computer, eat lunch and take some breaths My brain 5 minutes later: omg you know that section of your article you had writer's block on, here it is, better grab that napkin and pen, it's all here, in 10 seconds it'll be gone

Lovely Kirsty. ❤️

The greatest horror film ever made in Ostend. Instant pre-order!

Cilic's bizarre ball-bounce ritual is making me want to CLAW MY OWN EYES OUT

A monster song, weirdly forgotten. My absolute favourite Fizz track, and not just because they turned into Sex Fizz for it.

Behind the scenes Survivors footage!!!!!!!

You've been watching Glastonbury, I've been watching PIL. Anger still an energy.

I've got a joke about Trial Part Fourteen, but I can only tell it with a BBC solicitor present.

Pirate treasure!

Very definitely 🤚. Barbarella, The Fly, One From the Heart, Sunset Boulevard, Carnival of Souls, WHT Baby Jane?, Diaboliques, Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General... It was like having the best cinema in the world in your living room.

I may be 5-ft-cough, but I like to be mid-range, with a full field of vision. So the answer is actually to ban everyone over 6 ft, or forcibly sterilise them. Don't let the lankies breed, and in a couple of generations the problem solves itself. A moderate, sensible solution, I think you'll agree.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Public service announcement: there's an outrageously good 2 for £16 on collectors ed blurays on Rarewaves RN, plus another 10% off with code RWJUNE10. BFI, Arrow, Indicator, Vintage Classics... tons of stuff. Fill your boots, I have. www.rarewaves.com/collections/...

The Wild Bunch, and Westerns in general. I will never, ever tire of The Wild Bunch.

Eye-wateringly expensive but I couldn't resist. I love this film so much.

70 years after I started -- well, alright, 7 -- tonight, I have finally reached the final episode of Voyager. Wish me luck, I'm going in.

NEW — Learn the titles of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS' upcoming Season 3 episodes! #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds blog.trekcore.com/2025/06/here...