Is it too much to hope the next #DoctorWho will uphold the show's proud traditions of foiling alien invasions with whatever bits and bobs are lying around, making ingenious escapes from perilous cliffhangers with a cheeky edit, and peeing over dusty shelves?

Just watched Final Destination Bloodlines and had this phrase lodged in my brain the entire time

Snacks for Saturday? 90s UK anime magazine Anime UK/FX would always include a cute themed recipe at the back of the mag. Ah, oishii!

When you were invited for afternoon tea but are becoming increasingly suspicious that you’re not going to be an active participant

BOOP

You what mate?

Have you heard the pitter-patter of tiny feet? A bundle of joy was hand-delivered to Voi on Wednesday, with the birth of our 80th grandcalf! Here's a sneak peek of the tiny baby, born to one of our orphaned elephants. Can you guess who the proud mother is? We'll be sharing more in our next post.

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

Born on this day, 1897, Nye Bevan, Minister of Health and Housing when Labour built 805,000 council homes between 1945-51. He believed high-quality council housing should reflect 'the living tapestry of a mixed community'.

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

This mood is just - really strong right now.

Friday

Good morning! It’s Friday November 14th 2025! Already? Crikey! (Dated this very day in 1986, just 39 years ago, 2000AD #496, with its cover by Cliff Robinson featuring Judge Dredd.) You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.

A landlord on the Today programme just described landlords as “a race of people who are being targeted”. Parasites playing as victims.

Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer

Just had a look at tomorrow’s weather

Dear Auntie You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.

The Epstein shit and the Sarajevo sniper news dropping basically at the same time cements how much wealth is THE problem. People with wealth believe they are above the law and can commit cruelty with impunity. End capitalism.

I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke history is a fucking joke lmao

Beike & Pip acting like they own the forest.

Today is the 9th anniversary of the day Maggie stole an entire pecan pie and got drunk from all the sugar. Happy Purloined Pecan Pie Day from our family to yours!

okay, but just wait until Starmer gets around Dredd retiring by pretending Kraken's Dredd, then you'll see he knows what he's doing

My wife's weird, last week she said she wouldn't mind if I had a tattoo, today she's complaining about all the bagpipers in the garden.

I know which one I'm ticking.

The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.

Ernie Bushmiller predicted social media decades before the Internet existed

the dirty book: users guide to erotic software, catalog (1982) archive.org/details/TheD...

True Tales of Dentistry

'Deus Ex' - 2000

Also, very important:

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.”

Doctor Who: Mark of the Rani (1985).

William Golding from his 1962 essay “Fables” on the intended meaning of his “Lord Of The Flies”.

THERE IS NO ESCAPE

Nov 1971: Electric Radiators ad from Electrolux «HOORAYDIATORS»

FFS, Batman

Chris Achilléos art for Typhoo's "The Amazing World of Doctor Who" promotion (1976). #DrWho #DoctorWho #scifiart #1970s

It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”

“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing

Since the Paris Agreement, five oil and gas giants have caused $5 trillion in climate damage — while UK fossil fuel tax breaks still total £2.7 billion a year. Small and medium-sized businesses want to act. Government policy must help them, not big polluters. #COP30 #ClimateJustice

If games companies don't want to pay voice actors what they could do is just not have spoken dialogue. Games did that for decades. It's fine. Just DON'T USE THE PLAGIARISM SLOP MACHINE OH MY GOD IT IS NOT HARD TO NOT USE IT YOU JUST DON'T USE IT THAT IS ALL. GAMES DO NOT ALL NEED VOICES.