Paul Ferry
@thatpaulferry.bsky.social
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Writer, cartoonist, podcaster, reasonable actor, questionable poet, dreadful bass player 🦆
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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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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19 days ago
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New WordPress activity.
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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/
26 days 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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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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about 2 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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2 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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4 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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4 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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/05/30/sparks-mad-review/
4 months ago
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Review of the latest Doctor Who episode on The Universal Omnibus blog.
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4 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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4 months ago
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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 …
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/05/18/doctor-who-the-interstellar-song-contest-review/
5 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 …
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/05/15/doctor-who-the-story-the-engine-review
5 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/
5 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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/05/06/doctor-who-lucky-day-review/
5 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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/05/03/doctor-who-the-well-review/
5 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!
5 months ago
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Eighth year running at the Sci-Fi Scarborough convention. Still as great as ever! 😁🤖👽👾
5 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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/04/21/doctor-who-lux-review/
5 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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/04/17/they-get-you-when-you-sleep-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/
6 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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6 months ago
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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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/04/13/doctor-who-the-robot-revolution-review/
6 months ago
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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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6 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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6 months ago
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There's a review of the just-released new EP by
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on my blog The Universal Omnibus.
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6 months ago
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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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/04/01/doctor-who-the-savages-review/
6 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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6 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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6 months ago
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New WordPress activity.
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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 …
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/03/28/its-not-human-yet-the-thing-2011/
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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 …
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/03/25/man-is-the-warmest-place-to-hide-john-carpenters-the-thing-1982/
6 months ago
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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…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/03/21/keep-watching-the-skies-the-thing-from-another-world-1951/
6 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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7 months ago
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Review of Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 7 now on The Universal Omnibus.
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7 months ago
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Time Ram decides whether to die stupid or stand down, as we review The Zygon Invasion/Inversion, which has changed Scotsmen from Capaldi to McCoy. In the process, we discover Robert Lindsay and the Osgood conundrum. Will something nasty happen to Uxbridge?
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7 months ago
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Time Ram reviews The Doctor's Wife as made for Paul McGann in the 90s! In the process, we observe early Wirrns, CGI swirly balls, JNT's office and screaming Bovril. Could we have caught up with the Doctor's father, Ulysses? One thing's for sure: Time Lords are weird.
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8 months ago
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New on the Universal Omnibus blog today, a wincing look back at one of the biggest movie disasters in sci-fi history.
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8 months ago
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New WordPress activity - a review of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
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8 months ago
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Have we been visited by beings from another planet? Do the spirits of the long-dead past walk the Earth? Join Richard Knapper and myself as we discuss these - and many more - unexplained phenomenon in the latest episode of The October Club.
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8 months ago
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Time Ram Podcast takes on alien jungle and inconsistent Morestrans as we translate Tom Baker’s ‘Planet of Evil’ into the Sylvester McCoy era. In the process we uncover apologetic guns, unusual hospital design and cult show The Chunderbirds!
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8 months ago
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New Blog posting for fans of classic rock.
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8 months ago
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New WordPress activity.
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8 months ago
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From today to an unspecified date, I'm reading only notifications on social media and ceasing to browse.
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New WordPress activity.
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‘Airside’ by Christopher Priest: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! Christopher Priest sadly passed away almost a year ago as I write this, but I’ve only now finished reading his final novel Airside. This is not entirely due to any…
https://omnibus.home.blog/2025/01/20/airside-by-christopher-priest-review/
8 months ago
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Time Ram suffers from assegai-envy as we take Sylvester McCoy's 'Ghost Light', add a soupçon of extra companions and serve again for Jodie Whittaker! Features creepy museums, random glowing ostrich eyes and comedy Groucho Marx walks. It's time to go to Java (by boat).
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9 months ago
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Feeling a bit overstuffed after Christmas? Try going for a brisk walk for 57 minutes 27 seconds and listening to the latest episode of The October Club Podcast as you go.
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Episode 2:4 – “The Lord of the Rings” with Barry Williams
Published in three parts from 1954-1955, The Lord of the Rings is a seminal work of High Fantasy by the acclaimed author and academic J.R.R. Tolkien. A sequel to the earlier The Hobbit (1937), The …
https://octoberclubpodcast.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/episode-24-the-lord-of-the-rings-with-barry-williams/
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