My Mastodon Favourite Doctor Who Poll Quarter-Final Results: Tom Baker 85% v 15% Sylvester McCoy David Tennant 85% v 15% Ncuti Gatwa Peter Capaldi 58% v 42% Christopher Eccleston Matt Smith 61% v 39% Patrick Troughton

A key line in this thread, “this is not going to end well for these protagonists.”

My BBC poll on Mastodon. I thought Entertainment would come out on top. Surprised at the lack of interest in Sport. “Back in the day“ the BBC’s sports coverage was excellent. Maybe that is no longer the case.

Murder - “the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.”

Mavis Nicholson interviews Alec Guinness. Subjects covered include shyness and a fear of the dark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKSC...

11 November 1963 How to spot a Mod: back-combed hair, shortish, often combed in centre. No tie. Tab collar. Cordin-style jackets in velvet. Hipster trousers with shortish legs called “ankle swingers”. Girls wear plain jumpers or twin-sets with the skirt below the knee.

Also remembering my ancestors Kenneth Howe and Alfred Charles Bick.

On television, 11 November 1982.

Time to recycle this one… Trump went for an IQ test recently. It came back negative.

Bullies are cowards. Stand up to them.

I criticised Zack Polanski yesterday, but he’s posted some encouraging comments today.

My Mastodon Favourite Doctor Who Poll First Round Results: Christopher Eccleston 75% v 25% John Hurt David Tennant 89% v 11% Colin Baker Patrick Troughton 74% v 26% Paul McGann Jon Pertwee 49% v 51% Matt Smith

I envy future historians. They will have access to the documents and will be able to identify and discuss the traitors.

I suspect Mr Peers is correct.

10 November 1963 Scientists and engineers at the Government research station at Wallingford were baffled. The water level of their model, built to show the flow of rivers around the nuclear power station of Dungeness, kept dropping.

@gleanniucha.bsky.social @angrydigit.bsky.social My Doctor Who Companions poll. Is there anyone I should add to or remove from this list? 🤖 Alex Kingston - River Song Bernard Cribbins - Tom Campbell Bradley Walsh - Graham O’Brien

On television, 10 November 1982.

My Mastodon Favourite Doctor Who Poll First Round Results: Tom Baker 72% v 28% Jodie Whittaker Peter Davison 48% v 52% Ncuti Gatwa William Hartnell 30% v 70% Peter Capaldi Peter Cushing 38% v 62% Sylvester McCoy

Worth reading every week. Well worth reading this week 👇

A naive statement, to put it mildly. If his priory isn’t to defeat fascism, then he’s not one of the good guys.

My Doctor Who poll on Mastodon is receiving a lot of support - well over 500 votes on day one. At the conclusion of the poll, I would like to run a Doctor Who Companions poll. Please nominate your favourite Doctor Who companions, as many as you like, and I will include them in the poll.

In Search of My Axes In an era when not many people could read or write, especially women, my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was literate and well educated. Most likely, despite Jane’s education, there was no thought that she would embark upon a career - marriage and family were her future.

On television, 9 November 1982.

9 November 1963 A young married council house painter has been run out of the “town of amorous wives” by an angry husband. Said the husband, “I gave him two hours to clear out - or else!”

My ancestors John Bevan and Barbara Aubrey now have their own Wikipedia page. They were Quakers and founders of the Welsh Tract in Pennsylvania. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_...

My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll Final Results: Monty Python’s Flying Circus 56% v 44% Star Trek Doctor Who 68% v 32% Columbo The Monkees 29% v 71% Fawlty Towers The Prisoner 56% v 44% Life on Earth Thunderbirds 53% v 47% The Old Grey Whistle Test

@gleanniucha.bsky.social The Doctor Who Poll Draw Tom Baker v Jodie Whittaker Peter Davison v Ncuti Gatwa William Hartnell v Peter Capaldi Peter Cushing v Sylvester McCoy Christopher Eccleston v John Hurt David Tennant v Colin Baker Patrick Troughton v Paul McGann Jon Pertwee v Matt Smith

On television, 8 November 1982.

8 November 1963 Police swooped and seized 4,000 copies of a book that was due to be re-issued as a paperback. And Scotland Yard warned that anyone selling copies of the book will be prosecuted.

My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll Yesterday’s Results: Star Trek 76% v 24% Columbo Doctor Who 45% v 55% Monty Python’s Flying Circus The Monkees 36% v 64% Thunderbirds The Prisoner 62% v 38% The Old Grey Whistle Test Life on Earth 30% v 70% Fawlty Towers

In Search of My Axes In 1821 my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was nine years old. Her family home comprised of her father, prosperous house builder Samuel Axe, her mother Grace, her older siblings Samuel Issac and James…

On television, 7 November 1982.

7 November 1963 A suspicious wife hid under the bed in the daytime because she thought her husband was having an affair with one of her friends.

Stairway i’r Nefoedd

Indeed, this will become an iconic image.

My Postcard From the Past for the Seaside News. This one is about Doctor Who.

Interesting 👇

My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll Yesterday’s Results: Star Trek 57% v 43% Doctor Who Columbo 20% v 80% Monty Python’s Flying Circus The Monkees 45% v 55% The Prisoner Thunderbirds 58% v 42% Life on Earth The Old Grey Whistle Test 35% v 65% Fawlty Towers

Soccer in the ‘60s Football pitches in the 1960s were often mud-baths. Groundstaffs were small, pitch coverings were primitive, and under-soil heating was in its infancy. More goals were scored in the 1960s than in the modern era, on average a goal more per game.

On television, 6 November 1982.

6 November 1963 Fighting broke out between women on a council estate in Frimley where twelve housewives are said to be too amorous. The twelve are on a secret list issued to council workmen. There are demands for the women’s names to be made public.

If only he was around to sing about America now…

Sage advice.

@gleanniucha.bsky.social Can you help me out. How many actors have played Doctor Who on television and in films? PS Your latest header picture looks great 😍

Music lovers, join in the fun 👇

My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll Yesterday’s Results: Doctor Who 62% v 38% The Prisoner Star Trek 86% v 14% The Monkees Columbo 57% v 43% Life on Earth Monty Python’s Flying Circus 74% v 26% The Old Grey Whistle Test Thunderbirds 38% v 62% Fawlty Towers

5 November 1963 A storm is blowing up over reports that council workmen have been given a list of “amorous wives”. The wives in question live in Frimley and Camberley.

On television, 5 November 1982.

My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll Yesterday’s Results: Monty Python’s Flying Circus 73% v 27% Fawlty Towers Star Trek 63% v 37% The Prisoner Doctor Who 79% v 21% The Monkees Columbo 48% v 52% Thunderbirds Life on Earth 39% v 61% The Old Grey Whistle Test

Lots of political negativity on this platform. Follow bsky.app/profile/warr... for some positivity and government information. (The government should be posting this information here themselves, but that’s a separate issue).