Hmm… This is looking to be a great read. Let me know what you think? @dwasonline #DoctrWho #DoctorWhoFanArt www.dwasonline.co.uk/ct_annual

The current Annual from @dwasonline.bsky.social (edited by myself) is now available to buy from Lulu. Go to dwasonline.co.uk/ct_annual and choose from hardback or softback options. Use code BOOKGIFT30 to get a 30% discount on checkout. Offer available until 1st December.

My hardback copy of the @dwasonline.bsky.social Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 has arrived and mighty fine it looks too!

Read some great articles and reviews, and see lots of gorgeous artwork, in @dwasonline.bsky.social's Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 - available in print now for under £20! www.dwasonline.co.uk/ct_annual

There is currently a 15% discount on Lulu for all print books. Use the promo code GIVE15 on checkout. This is valid through to November 27. I'm guessing there might be further offers after 27/11 for Black Friday.

The Biggles film is currently being shown on Legend. Its a mess, but very, very entertaining.

Happy 62nd anniversary to Doctor Who! Almost 41 years ago, the Fifth Doctor. To celebrate the @dwasonline.bsky.social have published an appreciation of everything Fifth Doctor. Expect snakes, demons, chicken things, warriors and malus aforethought. Contents list below. Take a look!

A new version of my article on Barbara Clegg appears in this.

Happy Whoniversary! Revisit the Fifth Doctor era with the Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026, available in print now - just £17.05 hardback or £10.42 paperback (+post). Details at www.dwasonline.co.uk/ct_annual. *Please Repost rather than Like (if so inclined) to spread the word among your followers.

Doctor Who Magazine very generously provided frames from its run of Fifth Doctor strips to illustrate @paulscoones.bsky.social's commentary pieces on each one. These were, of course, in black and white as originally printed, having been scanned and cleaned for Panini's excellent graphic novel.

One small part I'm super-proud of is my (re)colorisation of frames from the classic Fifth Doctor strip 'The Tides of Time', including Dave Gibbons' stunning opening page displaying the Event Synthesizer in all its magnificence.

These included the full splash page for 'The Tides of Time', which I very much wanted to include in the Annual having adored it for nearly 44 years 👴! Yet editor @frontiervinyl.bsky.social had also commissioned a lovely painting by Tony Green representing all the strips to accompany Paul's feature.

The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 by @dwasonline.bsky.social will be available to order from their website on 23 November. The Doctor in focus for this year will be the Fifth Doctor. Hard back and soft back options will be available.

#5debutalbums8084 It's so amazing to see so much love for Emergency Third Rail Power Trip by the Rain Parade.

MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely. cstonline.net/defending-th...

Just reading that Dave Ball, Soft Cell music maestro and much more, has passed away. This is very sad news.

@nportnell.bsky.social Resident Records have Double Nickels on the Dime in stock if you are still looking for it www.resident-music.com/product/minu...

If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...

Dr Who and the Turgids.

I've got lots of artwork in this..! Lots of 5th Doctor goodness in the Celestial Toyroom 2026 Annual, available 23rd November! 😁 downthetubes.net/doctor-who-a...

More info here: downthetubes.net/doctor-who-a...

The Doctor Who Appreciation Society (DWAS) will publish the tenth in our series of Annuals on 23rd November. Like previous editions which looked at a specific Doctor’s era, the 2026 Annual will celebrate the Fifth Doctor.

News of the upcoming Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 from the @dwasonline.bsky.social

The Doctor Who Appreciation Society (DWAS) will publish the tenth Celestial Toyroom Annual on 23rd November 2025, a celebration of the Fifth Doctor, played on screen by Peter… https://downthetubes.net/doctor-who-appreciation-societys-celestial-toyroom-annual-2026-set-to-materialise-on-23d-november/

I've made a special landing page for my various book projects... alexstorer.carrd.co

We’re delighted that one of the loveliest people in the Whoniverse has agreed to join us again next May. Robert Shearman is the next confirmed guest for The Capitol Fifty Years of DWAS. To book tickets please visit: www.dwasonline.co.uk/thecapitol

It’s a wrap. In lieu of the usual type of monograph conclusion, herewith a few general thanks, notes, and a touch of gap-filling. #DoctorWho #TerrorOfTheZygons ko-fi.com/post/Terror-...

High art.

The Roxy Hotel presents Clem Burke Photographed by Chris Stein, a pop-up exhibition on view September 20, 2025–January 6, 2026, featuring intimate portraits of Blondie’s legendary drummer by his bandmate and co-founder, Chris Stein. Illustration by Mike King.

Started watching this. Not seen it since a young lad. The memory does cheat a bit. The first episode is a bumper 75 minutes, covering Logan and Jessica's escape, finding a hovercraft type vehicle in the ruins of Washington, an encounter with some human survivors in an underground bunker, another

Thorn in my Side by the Eurythmics. Sigh. The great Clem Burke looking as cool as ever... What a song. #TOTP

🎵 "It won't be easy…" 🎵 Above the Law: The Unofficial Guide to Star Cops is getting a reprint and will be available later this month. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

Sad news about Stephen Luscombe of Blancmange. They were a very classy duo and did a host of excellent songs. Sadly Stephen had to leave after Blanc Burn in 2011. Condolences to his family, friends and Neil Arthur. youtu.be/Cvb8m8Trh8c?...

We’re pleased to announce that Richard Marson’s long-awaited history of BBC Children’s TV will be published on November 17 in trade paperback and a collector’s hardback, limited to 300 copies. Order Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children’s Television now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

To celebrate Breakaway day, here are my musings about what was in the chart on that fatal day in 1990 letschangetheworldwithmusic.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/1...

Kind of cool this is announced two days before the 40th anniversary of one of Husker Du's most celebrated live shows which to date has found its way to about 20 different bootlegs - 'Lynndales Burning', 1st Ave, 28/08/85. Even better recordings on this - exciting. numerogroup.com/products/198...

Any shares of this for algorithmical purposes much-appreciated. I'd love to get these books out of my spare room & into the world before my new novel comes out. I'll sign them all & I really am happy to let people choose what they pay. (Postage to UK is £4.)

I've got two new #DoctorWho art prints for sale that showcase Seasons 1 & 2 of the Ncuti Gatwa run! Take a look! (All reposts are very appreciated!) 🙂 www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57

Sad news about Ray Brooks. What a superb actor he was. I thought he was excellent in everything he did. Big Deal was smashing tele. And he did a great album too.

August always feels a slightly melancholic time of year in the allotment. Everything is speeding up to reach harvest, as if its time is running out (which it is). Anyway, I'm pleased with the Krynoid plants this year.

I'm so excited to see that The Disintegration Loops is being re-released. The prices below are real bargains for a seminal piece of work. It does not have the dvd performance of dlp that is on the original, but still well worth getting.... www.resident-music.com/product/basi...

I have dozens of #DoctorWho art prints for sale, please take a look if that's your thing! (All reposts very appreciated!) 🙂 www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57

Husker Du, 1985... tangleofwires.substack.com/p/husker-du-...

Parts of the UK due to be hotter than some places elsewhere.

I have dozens of #DoctorWho art prints for sale! Take a look if that's your thing! (All reposts very appreciated!) 🙂 www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57

CT Annual designer wanted! 🌟

41 years ago today, I trundled along to the record shop to buy this incredible album. youtu.be/YgfylTeSCAo?...

41 years ago tonight, with a bunch of daffodils in my back pocket, I trundled along to see The Smiths at the Market Hall in Carlisle. Terrible recording, but happy memories. youtu.be/yIgnccWnaQw?...