Don't feel bad if your own personal 100 best books is mostly Douglas Adams, Sue Townsend, George Orwell, books about the Beatles, Kurt Vonnegut, show biz biographies of anyone vaguely famous in the 80s and that spooky book you accidentally read your kids where it turned out everyone is dead.

Mark Ayres stakes his claim as one of the best #DoctorWho music composers of all-time with the score for "The Curse of Fenric." I had the soundtrack on CD and listened to it over and over again. Simply wonderful.

ITS NOT STAYCATION IF YOU LEAVE YOUR SODDING HOUSE AND STAY SOMEWHERE ELSE! ITS A HOLIDAY

Out today! #DoctorWho Circle of Memory. Dan Starkey gives a great performance.

Out now! Doctor Who: Circle of Memory by Bob Ayres Dan Starkey reads this original adventure for the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory. “Hello, I’m the Doctor… Doctor someone… can’t remember who at the moment." CD: amzn.to/4sSTLyx Audible: amzn.to/3Qqz1R8 #ad

Good morning Thursday.

Your chances of being spied on by a pyramid in London are low but never zero.

Remembering Paul Darrow, born this day in 1941.

It’s real! #DoctorWho Circle of Memory has arrived - my first BBC Audio Original. Read by Dan Starkey, sound design by James Murray and cover by Lee Johnson. Thanks to Morrison Ellis, John Ainsworth, @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and Michael Stevens. Out on the 7th May!

Don't mess with R.S.Thomas.

The Morecambe And Wise Show Further to reports, Film is Fabulous! is delighted to confirm recovery of a missing ep of The Morecambe And Wise Show from 68. The team expects formal protocols to be agreed with BBC Archives on Tues, 28th April, at which time details of the recovery will be published

I'll be hosting this! Chris and AC have done some incredible work on the Thunderbirds tech manual and I can't wait to help share it. Join us at 7:30 pm UK time on Friday for a FAB show!

Roger Limb, Glynis Jones, Mark Ayres, and I were at the Music Producers Guild Awards last week, where we picked up the Pioneer award for the Radiophonic Workshop, past and present, alongside rolling credits of over eighty people connected with the workshop, headed by Delia Derbyshire and John Baker.

Today, we're remembering Doctor Who script editor David Whitaker, born on this day in 1928. Here he is with his wife Joan Barry. We were proud to publish @0tralala.bsky.social's intimate biography of David back in 2023 and a new printing will be released next month. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

New blog: Thunderbirds Are Go! Announcing THUNDERBIRDS: HIDDEN DANGERS - INTERNATIONAL RESCUES, a collection of all-new original short stories from @gerryanderson.bsky.social, edited by myself & Andrew "A.C." Clements, coming later this year! Read more here: jswallow.com/thunderbirds...

Thunderbirds are blasting back into brand new adventures. Thunderbirds: Hidden Dangers: BURNOUT is a four-issue comic series by Chris Thompson and Connor Flanagan that brings the question of how the Tracy family grapples with fatigue following an unstoppable barrage of dangerous rescues. Coming Soon

Milky Way over the Cuckmere meanders 🤩 Congratulations to Daniel Richards for winning the People's Choice award in our annual astrophotography competition with this impressive photo! #InternationalDarkSkiesWeek

So a lot got announced last night. So here's I few things I contributed to... Thunderbirds: Burnout, a 4 part comic series written by myself and Illustrated by the incredible @flanavision.bsky.social.

Not sure about the new Star Wars.

I feeleth in my fingers I feeleth in my toes

I see the Artemis crew came back okay.

My Easter books cartoon for @theguardian.com

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Oh, ye, thou really hast me now Thou hast me so I can't sleep at night Thou really hast me Thou really hast me Thou really hast me

For some reason this just appeared on my YouTube homepage. But who am I to fight the algorithm. youtu.be/eYf595EJAc4?...

Nerdstock at BFI Southbank today with Doctor No.5 , Tegan, Nyssa abd Who technical alumni presenting the maligned Warriors Of The Deep with updated SFX n tighter pacing. The Davison / Fielding bickering machine was turned to 11 - glorious fun @adrianspecs.bsky.social

Mark Ayres, Chris Thompson, and Pete McTighe discussed their work on editing, sound, and VFX for the special edition of 'Warriors of the Deep'. Dr Matthew Sweet talked briefly about his work on the 'In Conversation' interviews.

I had a fantastic time yesterday at the BFI screening of the 'Warriors of the Deep' Special Edition (which is a *real* improvement). Janet, Peter, Sarah and Tara Ward were all on top form. Tara's memory of the welcoming atmosphere created by Peter did *not* go down well with Janet! #DoctorWho

We urgently need some new rules in place to prevent anything like this happening again

Battle! From 'The Secret of the Samurai' (BDMust, 2020) #juliusChancer

Yesterday was a bad day for Skynet... just saying...

ICYMI: The 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie comes to 4K @markayresrws.bsky.social scifibulletin.com/2026/02/19/m...

Tom Baker and John Leeson. #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

Only 26 backers from our first stretch goal. Tom Baker IS Sir Sherlock Holmes. John Leeson is Doctor John Watson. Check out SIR SHERLOCK - The Red Letter Day by AUK Studios on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/152...

Sal Buscema's Spider-Man was off-the-scale brilliant in the 80s. Only the original Ditko version tops it in my book. #comics

Oh aye, "Squids" is it? Next up in the #DoctorWho 'Beyond War Games' listenalong is 'The Shroud' by Bob Ayres. Try pulling that one me, eh?

Great cliffhanger endings from 1960s Doctor Who, one per season: Plunger enters frame. Barbara screams! “The Monk’s got a Tardis!” “They’ve finished the statue!” “I am your servant! I am your servant!” “Why, hallo, Bruce. What are you doing here?” “It's the Time Lords! We must get away!”

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1784

Tom Baker IS Sherlock Holmes. John Leeson IS Doctor Watson. Somebody (it's me!) has written the official novelisation. Support SIR SHERLOCK from AUK Studios and... WHO knows, further games may be afoot. www.kickstarter.com/projects/152...

“I no longer feel an obligation to speak purely of peace”

"I don't know much about art, but I know what I like" ...and now I have the Botcherby shrine I didn't realise I needed until @rablackart.bsky.social saw potential and turned his amazing talents to one of my very favourite #DoctorWho stories, #TheTwoDoctors

Cover reveal! Out 7th May 2026 Doctor Who: Circle of Memory By Bob Ayres Dan Starkey reads this audio original adventure for the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory CD: amzn.to/3N9zTrT Audible: amzn.to/49zCGSs #ad

Excited to get a mention in this month's Doctor Who Magazine! Coming soon...

LIVE NOW on @BBCiPlayer! THE SEA DEVILS – our 90-minute 2025 re-cut, with new music by Lorne Balfe, fresh sound by @markayresrws.bsky.social, and a few surprises. 👀 Perfect Sunday-morning viewing, before its TV debut on BBC Four tonight at 7pm. 🌊😈 GO, GO, GO!!! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Window 7 ‘Frost’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 6 ‘Lane in Winter’ Artist: Rowland Hilder