'Trapped in the Sky', the first episode of Thunderbirds, was originally broadcast in selected ITV regions on this day in 1965.

Honestly, this is what a time machine should look like.

Turns out writing at book is at least 30% that bit in Bill and Ted where they keep popping back in time and tweaking things so they stuff they need is lying around in the present.

On this day in 2000 – To celebrate it’s return to BBC Television, Thunderbirds is featured on the front cover of The Radio Times with four different images available #gerryanderson #sylviaanderson #fanderson #thunderbirds

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books. p.s. I have a new book of cartoons out soon: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

King & Conqueror. Amusing myself with a script polish.

With the longer days beginning to wane, be sure to soak up every beautiful moment you can. 📷 Chester Tugwell 📍 Blackdown

There’s so much to say about Chris Bidmead’s Dr Who. Its pleasing coldness, its determination to turn maths into drama, its victory over the chaos and entropy that plagued his predecessor. Traken/Logopolis/Castrovalva are all one story, aren’t they? His Master’s Masterplan. RIP

Woke this morning to learn of Chris Bidmead’s passing. The man responsible for my break into TV, and my unwitting entry into a global family in which I’ve remained to this day. For both of which, I’m forever grateful. Vale Chris

Raising a glass to Christopher H Bidmead, who brought big ideas and magic moments to Doctor Who, and commissioned writers like Christopher Bailey, @andr3wsmith.bsky.social and @stephengallagher.co.uk. A playfully cantankerous persona never quite masked a deep intelligence and a kind, generous soul.

I went to see @benaaronovitch.bsky.social doing a highly entertaining Q&A at Hornchurch library today, and completely by chance, ended up sitting next to @kjd42.bsky.social. An afternoon of Rivers of London with added Hitchhikers.

Finished in happy Hornchurch

Bill Haley's PowerPoint presentation

M. C. Escher (1898-1972), “Puddle” (1952), woodcut in colours, on Japan paper, 32.3 x 24 cm (image).

Remembering Ron Grainer, born this day in 1922.

R.I.P. Ray Brooks.

The B7 series 2 trailer is now live with more spaceships, explosions and general tomfoolery...

Very sexy trailer for the forthcoming Blake’s 7 second series box set. Extra sexy because I’m not in it : BUT I *am* on the set, presenting a documentary and moderating four new commentaries. So happy we made all this happen: the team have done a splendid job. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhkH...

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" Dalek voice actor Roy Skelton waits for his cue to stop from a distracted director... Studio footage for "Doctor Who: The Five Doctors" (1983). #DoctorWho

Godzilla: The Series surprisingly managed to correctly predict the advent of Gen AI in 1998, and had an appropriate lesson at the end of the episode.

My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com

Inspired by @bookshelfie.bsky.social #BookSky

Woodcut of the Long Man of Wilmington by Eric Ravilious, 1925

The Doctor, by the late, great “Commando” cover artist Ian Kennedy #DoctorWho

We’re pleased to announce that we will be publishing the first full-length biography of prolific Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks, written by Simon Guerrier with the cooperation of Terrance’s family. Written by Terrance Dicks is provisionally scheduled for publication in 2026.

*Zen voice*: 📷 INFORMATION! 📷 Thrilled to share the key art I created for the upcoming special edition Blu-ray release of Blake's 7 Series 2 that has been revealed today! The team’s poured so much into this – and the art is just the start. Preorders open NOW! #Blakes7 #Bluray

Say hello to the new Liberator for Blake's 7 series 2. Made by Richard Ashton from as much reference from the original as we could get but also fully collapsible and side mounted.

Is this even slightly legal? Would, for example, a train company be entitled to introduce a stipulation saying ‘When you carry your luggage on one of our trains, you grant us the right to steal it, keep it and use its contents, and you will not be entitled to any compensation’? Get lost, WeTransfer.

People seem to be recommending Wormhole.app as an alternative to WeTransfer. It handles bigger files and - unlike WeTransfer and Dropbox - it’s fully encrypted, meaning they don’t have access to your data at any point.

Normal person: It’s a tapestry Tapestry expert: It’s an embroidery! Me, banging table: IT’S A COMIC

If you’re looking for an unflinchingly honest tale of the south west coast path, my memoir The Spectre of Lanyon Moor, in which a backpacker is torn apart by a psychic pixie from outer space who’s been trapped in Cornwall since prehistoric times, is more accurate than some of the stuff out there.

Trying to get a tan in the hot weather.

Should you fancy some audio drama on physical media - a couple of mine are included in this offer. Grab yourself a bargain!

"Stingray! Stingray!" 61 today... I made a dive–dive-dive into the show's undersea world when I spoke to Jamie, son of @gerryanderson.bsky.social last year for @radiotimes.bsky.social: www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/st...

Variations On A Theme - late eighties ambient-adjacent collection of Fairlight-heavy reconfigurations of the Doctor Who title music, proudly available on the world's first - and potentially only - Square CD. Yes, you did read that right. timworthington.org/2023/11/22/d...

‘Sussex Landscape’, Eric Ravilious, wood engraving, 1931.

Thanks to Mark for the chat and to the mighty Radio Times for two pages of book coverage :) Amazing!

With Doctor Who legends Dick Mills and Mark @markayresrws.bsky.social Ayres. Together with our respective better halves, our annual (or thereabouts) Doctor Who alumni meal was a joy from start to finish.

We are deeply disappointed that the Data Bill will not include the necessary provisions to keep creators' works safe from being used without their knowledge or permission by AI companies, despite clear and unified calls from across the creative industries. (1/3)

We have nothing to fear from our so-called robot overlords.

Turn it off. Stop using it. Turn it off. Stop. Stop. Stop. If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.

Season 2. Completed. Delivered. Approved.

I'm a great admirer of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Mayor of Casterbridge, but my favourite Thomas Hardy work was the way he'd roll up his sleeves and throw Stan and Ollie out of the saloon for non-payment of the bill.

Photographed in colour 115 years ago, I have cleaned-up this gorgeous autochrome plate by Julien Gérardin, photographed in France in 1910. It is original colour, not colourised.

Deadly Uprising is really quite good, you know. gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/t...

Victoria Wood, recipient of a BAFTA tribute back in 2005.

Finished off the entire Stingray: Deadly Uprising saga recently - what a blast! A wonderfully triumphant story that authentically expands the Stingray canon. Lots of fun individual pitstops of adventures, but everything really clicks when reading the saga in full.