Human Spaceflight: 27 Jan 1967. Apollo 1. At 6.31pm during a routine ground test, an electrical fault ignites a fire that quickly spreads across the spacecraft interior. Unable to escape due to the inward-opening hatch, the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffe are dead 30 seconds later.

9 years ago we went to see a screening of Tunnel of Fear, an episode from the first series of The Avengers that had just been discovered. Fingers crossed we get maybe one more one day soon!

OTD 1955 Quatermass II – The Coming The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history: “Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”

Post someone who looks great in a hat....

I've had an idea... Someone told me that cos there are nearly 800 episodes of the Simpsons, it's possible to describe all other shows with a clip from a Simpsons episode. So with that in mind, I'm going to use a freezeframe/gif to describe every classic Dr Who serial 😁 1 season per day...

Thankfully I have got the brain battery levels for some meticulously planned ramblings (plus off-the-cuff diversions of course) to be heard in the future on a new thing.🎙️🎧

The Laurent Perrier advert that led to the creation of The New Avengers

The only thing that I was disappointed to hear was Tara bashing. Her fighting style was “a brick in a handbag” one time and she became much more adapt as a fighter as the series went on. It does feel at times Linda Thorson’s biggest crime for some people is not being Diana Rigg!

This is an episode all about the collars…

It’s time for Weapon and some of Jacqueline Pearce’s finest moments. She is not at all phased by Travis’ threats. She loathes him and almost everyone else in the episode. Except for Carnell…

Pictures you can hear…

Servalan’s Rubbish Map. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3056...

The best source for information on Film is Fabulous is Film is Fabulous itself. Anything else is just likely to be hyperbole and speculation.

Based on recommendations I bought Object Z. I’d never even heard of it until the BFI announced it was coming out. More Junior A for Andromeda than Quatermass Experiment but very enjoyable and quite mature for a children’s drama

The New Avengers preview at Riverside today. They screened The Eagle's Nest and it looks pretty incredible. The restoration feature was fascinating as was the Q&A. Another very good day out!

Right… we’re in Hammersmith a good 90 minutes before the screening starts. We WILL be on time today!

Night and day down in Canary Wharf

Though next time… take more photos!

We’re down in London anyway so considering going down to Riverside tomorrow afternoon

We did miss the start of Redemption (and the space battle) but the rest of it looked superb. Star One is still one of my favourite episodes and the new look cliffhanger works brilliantly. And despite the fear mongering not a sign of AI on the screen

Great fun at the bfi!

Little trip to the BFI today for the Blake’s 7 Season B preview/launch event! Lots of faces I recognised and nice to have a chat and hello with people as well…

We’re going to be fashionably late… or just regular late sadly!

Off to London and the BFI. Current speed standard by 0 as we’re waiting on the train to arrive, slightly delayed

Oldest selfie on your phone. 23 November 2014 - just very good friends at this point! Somewhere in Solihull

Shirley Valentine is on Paramount+ - hurrah It’s the US dubbed version - bollocks!

Ready for this weekend!

The very first VHS I got. Christmas 1993 from my Aunty Betty. It’s not one 10 year old me would have picked and first viewing was challenging. But I’ve since fallen in love with this great story!

My Skystriker!! My glory!!!

And the other one done. The dawn run was more of a slog but it was worth it!

I’d like to take a moment to appreciate how Quatermass unconvincingly drinking coffee gets a dramatic musical sting…

Tunnel Vision 2025 Night Run. That was a lot of fun. And wet and muddy. And I’m doing it again at 6am!

Sometimes, yes I can be

You’ll never hear “Brendan, stop honking” in quite the same way again!

And this... on.soundcloud.com/ThPbAERljZmw...

The endgame for Callan begins… Call Me Enemy is effectively a two hander between Callan and Richmond. A game of back and forth, lies and truths. Edward Woodward and TP McKenna are excellent as the two men locked in verbal and ideological combat

I've just been reminded that 59 years ago today the first episode of The Power of the Daleks was transmitted. So here's a repost of some of my renders from that story. It's one of my favourites! Shame we can't watch it. Rendered in #Blender3D

59 years to the day since it was first shown, here is my look at the opening scene of The Power of the Daleks. Now this is very detailed but it’s one that I had a lot of fun putting together!

I love Spearhead from Space!

I love how sometimes the telesnaps were so blurred that we saw things that weren’t there. “a strange mist-like substance emanating from the Professor's mouth” Yeah, that’s just a Yeti in the background.

I put this out there ages ago. But do my ears deceive me or is there a musical difference between the VHS and first DVD release of Enemy 3?

And that’s the end of that chapter. First film was broadly fine. The second one was messy and the last one was a big improvement but too late.

Surely that Beryl “Earthshock” Reid for a lot of us?!

“Fortunately, the surviving episode is the most exciting part of the story, featuring a dramatic showdown between the Toymaker and the First Doctor” If you’re holding up the finale of The Celestial Toymaker as a highlight then it’s probably better the rest of it stays missing…

Day off on Friday and thinking what I might go off and do. I fancy a ride out on the train but no idea where to!

Me looking at your posts.

Coming soon… two recorded. More to come. Launch date to be determined!

10 miles under my belt today. That’ll do with movement for today!

For reasons I can’t explain, I’m really excited about The Paradise of Death

@davidjgp1983.bsky.social @garethbowley.bsky.social @devondan.bsky.social scale heights and depths with Plague City, Reckless Engineering and The Paradise of Death, @markdonaldson.bsky.social is tackling whores and laughs with Adventuress of Henrietta Street and The Tomorrow Windows…