Been a busy few weeks, but now I have a minute to give a rundown of Star Trek: The Original Series, having now finished it off. Expect a moderately long, mostly rambling thread.

You know what? The Daleks' Master Plan is *peak* Doctor Who.

The issue with living in a major city is now having the suspension of disbelief when watching Doctor Who shattered. That’s not London, that’s not the Thames, that’s Bristol and you’re round the corner from Za Za Bazaar.

Well, this is gay!

Very keen on War Between episode 1, sort of feel like episode 2 hit the brakes a little (but we won’t know properly how much that matters until the show is over). LOVE Tovey as Barclay, and the UNIT gang feel suddenly much more layered. I do hope some of the tertiary characters round out a bit.

Splann!

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

I now have 11 episodes left of Star Trek: The Original Series, so time for some updated thoughts -This is the most beautiful show ever made -Anyone who says Shatner can’t act should feel very very ashamed -I think that it is quite embarrassing how little the show invests in Sulu and Uhura

Petition for a Benoit Blanc movie set in the UK. They’re already using all our best actors anyway.

Happy Doctor Who Day! On the left: my first time as a Dalek operator (for the BBC’s ‘30 Years in the TARDIS’ in 1993). On the right: me, still doing it. 62 years for the show. 32 years for me.

Happy Doctor Who Day! Here is me, Christmas 2010, as smug as usual.

Sales of AI-enabled bear suspended after it gave advice on bridge-dropping sticks and where to find hives.

Finishing up my rewatch of The Hand of Fear. Quintessential comfort Who, with some familiar Blake’s 7 sites and the best final scene ever. Could’ve been a really excellent three-parter, I think

Twitter AND ChatGPT are both down. Glorious news.

Cost of abolishing university tuition fees = £17bn Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.

Watching The Goonies for the first time. I can’t believe this is a real movie - a bunch of children shouting incoherent lines over each other. I’m too old for this probably.

Six years ago today. (This is a genuine photo, it really happened)

The AI generated Coca Cola Christmas ad is so depressing

The next obvious move for James Bond is BondBoy: The Adventures of James Bond When He Was A Boy

Can’t believe Disney have pulled all their money out of Tim Davie. Here’s hoping they go back to a Director General with smaller scale stories, set mainly in Broadcasting House, and bring back some classic old baddies, like the National Viewers And Listeners Association.

Cor, that’s exceptional

OK FINE! I’ll be the next BBC Director General. Day 1: funnel the budgets into a load of new comedies, dramas & documentaries. New Play for Today / Screen One type strand, new Comedy Playhouse pilots series once or twice a year. Day 2: resign

Doctor Who: The Reality War (2025)

If anyone is bored this Saturday, here's the colours of the next Doctor Who Collection set! Start your theories now!

Very excited for Film Is Fabulous to announce the discovery of another Troughton family.

Didn't expect to see a clip from The Faceless Ones episode three on the Six O'Clock News today... RIP Pauline Collins (1940-2025)

This Specific Dalek has been played by both @nicholaspegg.bsky.social and me. We happily accept the accolade as a couple, though. Thank you, @pinknews.bsky.social. #DoctorWho

I don’t understand the John Lewis advert, and it still made me sad.

Exceptional idea for a sale

BREAKING NEWS: Sutekh The Destroyer, last of the Osirans, has endorsed Andrew Cuomo. Ask for comment, he replied: “Cuomo is my puppet - my mind is in his.”

I’ve reached Ethan Hunt on my Tom Cruise marathon. Will have to get very used to him.

Episode 3 is a nightmare. 20 minutes of filler is annoying in an 8-parter and an absolute pisstake in a 4-parter.

Diane Ladd (1935-2025) 🤍

When the world feels grim, I remind myself that I’ve lived through the time of Alan Bennett, David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Oliver Postgate, ABBA, the Goodies, Kate Bush, I Claudius, Doctor Who, David Bowie and sun-dried tomatoes, and I think good god, we’re the luckiest generation in history.

Unemployment has, as ever, crossed the line from ‘okay, I’ll get some stuff I wanted to get done done’ to ‘blimey, I want to get back to work’.

Things are going pretty badly right now, so I’ve decided the remedy is massively-premature Christmas music

"Originally it ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, with the Doctor and the Valeyard trapped in a time vent..."

No amount of rewatches can make me care about The Krotons

Huge fun here from the always splendid Toby Hadoke, who invited a whole load of us to nominate the 17 missing Doctor Who episodes we’d most like to see recovered. Whittling it down from 97 was agony, but I hope you’ll approve of my choices… and David Tennant’s, and many more besides. Get clicking!

I have now seen every David Lynch movie. Here are my thoughts. Think as little of said thoughts as I do.

I think a Friday Halloween needs a David Lynch "If you can believe it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMDY...

We’re taking bets now. Who’s gonna win? The Land or the Sea?

He’s just a guy named Andy now. That’s quite funny.

Doctor Who and The Maths Teachers I have a question for you: do you know how many beans make five? I can hear you already shouting back at me. “It’s half-term week! School’s out! Let the teachers rest!” But I think there’s always time to learn something new. Especially when it’s about maths!…

It's beginning to look like a very Taskmaster-y Christmas! 🎄 Champion of Champions 4 and a DOUBLE helping of New Year Treat - both coming soon on Channel 4.

Coming in 2026 📚💙

I cannot do Maths. Let’s make that 6% and move on with our lives.