Paul Ferry
@thatpaulferry.bsky.social
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Writer, cartoonist, podcaster, reasonable actor, questionable poet, dreadful bass player 🦆
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps: Review
I have a strong memory from my early childhood of walking down General Graham Street, the street where I grew up, daydreaming a Fantastic Four story so vividly that I was right there in the middle …
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Twelfth Doctor illustration created for Strange Skins Digital fanzine.
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Time Ram gets in touch with its inner Chibnall as we zhuzh up ’42’, promoting it from the Tennant era to Davison! Ok, so we lose Freema Agyeman, but we gain popstars a-plenty and JNT’s most inexplicable decision. Also: Beryl Reid in a sweaty vest! What’s not to love?
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10 days ago
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A new episode of The October Club Podcast is now available, in which I discuss the seminal sci-fi series Quatermass with Rupert Booth.
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13 days ago
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More artwork from the archive; pencil sketch of
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from the noughties. The guitar neck is a bit wonky but the figure is nice.
17 days ago
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Magical Mystery Tour, but with 60s/70s Doctor Who.
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23 days ago
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Is it Christmas? I'm confused.
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Time Ram becomes relentlessly grandiloquent as we examine ‘The Two Doctors’ which has now been displaced to star Jodie Whittaker and Paul McGann! Helmets Off, tongues out and don’t miss Fuzzy Mist at the end! Available in both Video and Audio formats!
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The Back Pages: Monark Starstalker
When Marvel UK republished the comic strip adaptation of the phenomenally successful film Star Wars in 1978, they did so in the manner traditional to British comics of the time; stripping the episo…
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Time Ram learns what works and what doesn't, as we translate Capaldi's 'The Woman Who Lived' into the Hartnell era! Listeners of a nervous disposition may need to turn away as we mix up man-cows with French spies and free Susan's ring. It must be the extreme old age...
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Unlimited rice pudding for all, as Time Ram takes Remembrance of the Daleks and smooshes the 12th Doctor into it, finding out why creepy schoolgirls are invisible to businessmen, and what Dalek Putey thought about his political downfall. Grab a Runcible Spoon and dig in!
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about 2 months ago
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The October Club Podcast is back! In this first episode, I'm discussing the iconic TV and Film series Twin Peaks with Steve Palace. Sit back, put your feet up and listen... but don't drink that coffee! There was a fish in the percolator. Sorry.
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Episode 3:1 – “Twin Peaks” with Steve Palace
Twin Peaks was a ground-breaking, surrealist murder mystery created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, which ran in its original television form from 1990 to 1992, before switching to Lynch’s pre…
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Time Ram cracks on with ‘Genesis of the Daleks’, now starring Jodie Whittaker and the fam! Or most of them. What are Temmosus’ parental issues? Who were Davros’ design team? Have you met Sevrin’s little friend? All this and how to liven up your sex life!
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2 months ago
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Time Ram gets a bit hot and sweaty as we take Peter Capaldi's 'Empress of Mars' and re-jig for the Colin Baker era! Join us as we explore TV Centre, pod off from Gerry Anderson and try out some man-servant-splaining. All this, plus Macra! Yes, really. Maybe.
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3 months ago
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Thunderbolts*: Review
Warning! Contains Spoilers! There’s a lot that is familiar to me about Thunderbolts*. I had a renaissance of comic book buying in the early noughties, suddenly finding myself with disposable cash a…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/09/06/thunderbolts-review/
3 months ago
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Time Ram examines comedy as we take William Hartnell’s ‘The Romans’ and re-imagine it for the David Tennant era. Dressing gowns! Dick pics! Danny Dyer! This story has it all, but don’t you find yourself wishing it had more creepy Nimons? Solved! You’re welcome.
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3 months ago
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Time Ram goes back in time as we drag Ncuti Gatwa into Eccleston’s ‘Father’s Day’. It will all end in tears as we set up Omega Deliveries, Noughties shorthand and the trouble with dial-up! Join us to answer vital questions such as: which Doctor would win in a fight?
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4 months ago
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It's Time Ram and it’s time to brave (perhaps) the first Paul McGann season climax as he and Grace take on “The Brain of Morbius”. Surely it’s time for a song and dance number? Not to mention some extra limbs. Karn will never be the same again.
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4 months ago
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It's Time Ram, the Doctor Who podcast that gives discontinuity a try with 'Deep Breath' but now starring Patrick Troughton! So we must establish who wasn't Polly's boyfriend, what you can achieve with the right hat and how to build London on 25p and a pasty.
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5 months ago
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Time Ram brings Peter Capaldi's era bang up to date with 1965's 'The Rescue'! And if that doesn't get you excited (which seems unlikely) there's also Benny Hill, dodgy magazines, Barbara's crash mat and time toilets to deal with! Now you're excited. And you should be!
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5 months ago
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Time Ram faces what cold be our biggest challenge yet as we force Patrick Troughton into ‘Rogue’ – the recent Ncuti Gatwa episode! Featuring Doctor Who’s first spin off, Bridgerton Venn-diagrams, Inspector Macra and vibrating sporrans!
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5 months ago
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Time Ram really needs to talk about Styre, as we take Tom Baker’s ‘The Sontaran Experiment’ and thrust it into the David Tennant era! Get more Chameleon as we discover Aldwych, space metal, Tim Roth, heather and Blue Peter. All together now: mickey mickey mickey mickey…
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6 months ago
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Review of the climactic episode of this series of Doctor Who now on my Universal Omnibus blog.
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6 months ago
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Review of the new Sparks album MAD! on The Universal Omnibus blog.
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Sparks – MAD! Review
In my review of Sparks’ previous album The Girl is Crying in Her Latte, I expressed the fervent hope that this was not the last we would see of the band. What kind of a fool was I to even have such…
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6 months ago
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Review of the latest Doctor Who episode on The Universal Omnibus blog.
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6 months ago
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Time Ram gets all giddy as we turn our attention to 1965’s ‘The Web Planet’ and transpose it into the Colin Baker era! Excitement or oxygen deprivation? You decide! Meanwhile, we get to enjoy an Optera soap opera, comfy spacesuits and an excess of Husperon.
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Review of the latest Doctor Who episode in The Universal Omnibus blog.
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Doctor Who – The Interstellar Song Contest: Review
Warning! Contains MAJOR Spoilers! Many, many years ago, myself and a friend who shall remain nameless had the opportunity to pitch some ideas to a company that made Doctor Who spin-off audios (not …
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7 months ago
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Review of the latest Doctor Who episode on The Universal Omnibus blog.
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Doctor Who – The Story & the Engine: Review
Warning – Contains Spoilers! Just last week, me and my friends with whom I record the Time Ram podcast were discussing how Doctor Who has become very safe in recent years, with stories adhering to …
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7 months ago
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A special Bonus Episode featuring Ben Hudson, Chris Peterssen, Melanie Clark, Barry Williams, Richard Knapper and Rin Hoshigumo in all their best bits. Plus new bits. Don't you dare call it a Clips Show!
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Episode 2:8 – “Bonus Episode II” with All of ‘Em!!
SURPRISE! Well, not that much of a surprise if you’ve been paying attention because we did one of these bonus episodes last year and it seemed to go down well, so here we are again for a gene…
https://octoberclubpodcast.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/episode-28-bonus-episode-ii-with-all-of-em/
7 months ago
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Time Ram shakes the magic 8-ball and finds a Pyramid at the End of the World, but starring Christopher Eccleston instead of Peter Capaldi. There’s Rose on steroids, fun marines and secretary general Wigner to enjoy! Plus, we must have a chat about lab safety protocols.
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A review of the latest Doctor Who episode on The Universal Omnibus blog.
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Doctor Who – Lucky Day: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! DOCTOR-LITE ALERT! DOCTOR-LITE ALERT! In my review of The Well, I commented about the layout of the episodes in this season seemed to be exactly mirroring those in its p…
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7 months ago
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Better late than never.
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Doctor Who – The Well: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! In the last series of Doctor Who, the third slot was occupied by Boom, a dark slice of hard sci-fi with futuristic soldiers, in which a companion was killed and then bro…
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7 months ago
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My review of this year's Sci-Fi Scarborough is available as usual on my blog at
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but also in an extended, enhanced audio version as part of The October Club Podcast, links at
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Enjoy!
7 months ago
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Eighth year running at the Sci-Fi Scarborough convention. Still as great as ever! 😁🤖👽👾
7 months ago
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It’s the end… and the moment hasn’t been prepared for, as Time Ram takes Sylvester McCoy’s final TV story ‘Survival’ and drags it hissing and scratching into the era of Tom Baker. Plus the Master is back, but no-one can recognise him because he’s dressed as a bush!
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Review of the latest Doctor Who episode on my blog The Universal Omnibus.
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Doctor Who – Lux: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! A lot more thought seems to have gone into the order of stories in Ncuti Gatwa’s second season than his first. Last year there was a palpable sense that Space Babies bel…
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7 months ago
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New on The Universal Omnibus blog, a look at Philip Kaufman's 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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They Get You When You Sleep! Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
It’s hard to believe that a mere 22 years divide the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake. They look so different! They could almost have been made on separate plane…
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8 months ago
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New on the Universal Omnibus, the first in a 4-part look at the various movie adaptations of Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers.
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Review of the latest Doctor Who episode on my blog The Universal Omnibus.
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Doctor Who – The Robot Revolution: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Remember the garish covers of those 1930s pulp magazines like Astounding Science Fiction, which gleefully sported an image of colourful giant robots against a sweeping f…
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Time Ram is joined by our special guest Lisa Gledhill to relicate ‘State of Decay’, from the Tom Baker era to Jodie Whittaker. Join us to learn the best name in showbiz, the technology which lasts the longest and the worst cheese ever.
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8 months ago
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Review of the new album by MB3 (Miki Berenyi Trio) on my blog, The Universal Omnibus.
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8 months ago
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There's a review of the just-released new EP by
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There's a review of the animated reconstruction of Doctor Who - The Savages on my blog.
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Doctor Who – The Savages: Review
Back in the late 1980s, when I first joined Doctor Who fandom in earnest, The Savages was one of a group of ‘invisible’ stories that also included The Myth Makers, The Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s…
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8 months ago
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I the latest episode of the October Club Podcast, I talk to author Rin Hoshigumo about her books and her distinctive writing technique.
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8 months ago
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Christopher Eccleston’s first episode ‘Rose’ was broadcast 20 years ago, but Time Ram takes it back another 30 years to 1975, as we recondition the story and adapt for Tom Baker. Join us as we discuss non-specific wars, CSO fringes and Derek Griffiths!
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8 months ago
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It’s Not Human… Yet! The Thing (2011)
Warning: Contains Spoilers! The main problem with the 2011 version of The Thing – the third movie adaptation of John W. Campbell’s 1938 short story Who Goes There? – is that it doesn’t really know …
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Man is the Warmest Place to Hide! John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
In 1976, Warner Bros acquired the rights to remake the 1951 RKO Radio Pictures production The Thing from Another World, but weren’t that excited about the project because science fiction was still …
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Keep Watching the Skies! The Thing from Another World (1951)
The August 1938 issue of the pulp magazine Astounding Science Fiction featured a short story which initially seemed unremarkable, but which has gone on to be one of the seminal works of American sc…
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9 months ago
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Time Ram massacres ‘The Keeper of Traken’, previously a T. Baker classic, but now a Hartnell one. We re-purpose the Pleasence, Fabio and Mr Pastry and explore a number of spin-off shows: Cameca – Time Stalker, The Adventures of Captain Maitland and Kassia’s Special Sauce.
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9 months ago
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Review of Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 7 now on The Universal Omnibus.
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