Paul MC Smith
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Design, data and Doctor Who.
http://www.wonderfulbook.co.uk
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Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈
3 days ago
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!
#DoctorWho
puzzles on male companions just dropped at
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crypticwho.com
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1966: There was only one day’s filming at Oxshott sandpit. And Hartnell’s quote is not so much his view as the Doctor’s line from the episode (although the cast did reportedly have fun with their destruction…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1966: There was only one day’s filming at Oxshott sandpit. And Hartnell’s quote is not so much his view as the Doctor’s line from the episode (although the cast did reportedly have fun with their destruction…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1981: Not a very exhaustive notice for Kit Pedler, who had an impressive career beyond Doctor Who. Read Michael Seely’s biography:
www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/mich...
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1981: Not a very exhaustive notice for Kit Pedler, who had an impressive career beyond Doctor Who. Read Michael Seely’s biography:
www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/mich...
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Frank Collins
7 days ago
A powerful and very sobering piece. “Unless you are at the very top of all formal and informal hierarchies, you are not safe.” Trans erasure is just the start.
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Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈
9 days ago
Movie stars in
#DoctorWho
puzzles just dropped at
#CrypticWho
crypticwho.com
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Get Out: The Sunken Place Scene
Alt: Get Out: The Sunken Place Scene
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1964: I’m not sure, in the circumstances, that if the Doctor had left his wheel behind it would have made much of an impact on history. Edmund’s review is from Stage & Television Today…
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Richard Littler
9 days ago
'Accept cookies/confirm choices'. If you don't offer a 'reject/decline all' option from the outset, I'm not going through pages & pages of your 300 vendors selecting & deselecting as appropriate. Nor am I just going to agree to all out of resigned apathy. I simply don't use your site/app. Fuck off.
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1964: I’m not sure, in the circumstances, that if the Doctor had left his wheel behind it would have made much of an impact on history. Edmund’s review is from Stage & Television Today…
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Fancy writing about genre and cult TV? Submissions are invited for the next issue of Chromakey -- details here
thechromakeymagazine.wordpress.com/submission-g...
And the latest issue is out now:
www.lulu.com/spotlight/pe...
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1977: 'Make it for teenagers but take out the frights' – you can see why poor Graham Williams struggled. His quotes are again lifted from Doctor Who Monthly’s 1983 Winter Special…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1977: 'Make it for teenagers but take out the frights' – you can see why poor Graham Williams struggled. His quotes are again lifted from Doctor Who Monthly’s 1983 Winter Special…
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James O’Gorman
13 days ago
I spent the day writing and rewriting some code, getting it into a state that I was finally happy with. That was satisfying at the end. I don't think I could have coerced an LLM to get me the same end result nor had the same sense of satisfaction or feeling of creativity.
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: Discover all things Bessie at
doctorwhocar.co.uk
She now resides at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu (
nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/collections/...
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: Discover all things Bessie at
doctorwhocar.co.uk
She now resides at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu (
nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/collections/...
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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper
14 days ago
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TFW the TVM in 4K makes you think about The Trial of a Time Lord.
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On the Trail of a Time Lord
I was struck by many things watching the new 4k master of the 1996 Doctor Who TVM at the BFI this weekend. One is that, in exactly the same way as the Blu-...
https://buttondown.com/cooray_smith/archive/on-the-trail-of-a-time-lord/
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Bruce Nicholson
15 days ago
Currently working on a couple of bits for
@dwasonline.bsky.social
- A 1970s 'Summer Special' is 'coming soon' and a little bit further ahead the 2027 Annual will look at the David Tennant era. Copies of the 2026 Annual are still available to buy. Follow this link:
www.dwasonline.co.uk/ct_annual
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Celestial Toyroom Annual | DWAS Online
http://www.dwasonline.co.uk/ct_annual
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Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈
15 days ago
#DoctorWho
crosswords at
#CrypticWho
- a new theme every week!
crypticwho.com
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15 days ago
It most likely comes from this full-page ad for "Future Life" magazine that often appeared on the back cover of 1970s/80s issues of US SF mag, "Starlog".
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Blatant cribbing from Star Trek III (and seemingly some Star Destroyer influence)!
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1967: Anneke and Michael’s last day on the series was Saturday 8 April 1967 recording episode two of ‘The Faceless Ones’. Their brief appearance in part six was pre-filmed on Monday 13 March…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1967: Anneke and Michael’s last day on the series was Saturday 8 April 1967 recording episode two of ‘The Faceless Ones’. Their brief appearance in part six was pre-filmed on Monday 13 March…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: You can discover the full history of this Dalek prop at
www.dalek6388.co.uk/terry-nation...
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: You can discover the full history of this Dalek prop at
www.dalek6388.co.uk/terry-nation...
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1982: As we saw in February, the Doctor’s latest travelling companion is to be boy! He has in fact been “without a girl alongside” before, but not since 1966… (Article from
cuttingsarchive.org
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1982: As we saw in February, the Doctor’s latest travelling companion is to be boy! He has in fact been “without a girl alongside” before, but not since 1966… (Article from
cuttingsarchive.org
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Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈
24 days ago
#DoctorWho
TARDIS puzzles just materialised at
#CrypticWho
crypticwho.com
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Doctor Who TARDIS Spinning Effect
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1982: More foreign filming and the ever publicity aware producer knows what gets Eighties tabloid journalists’ attention… (Article from
cuttingsarchive.org
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1982: More foreign filming and the ever publicity aware producer knows what gets Eighties tabloid journalists’ attention… (Article from
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Jamie Hailstone
26 days ago
Anyone in Doctor Who land want to talk to me about the enduring popularity of the Tenth Doctor for a Dwas article?
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1978: To spare any blushes I won’t repost the pictures, but that Dalek had all its balls out and everything! As far as I can ascertain, Girl Illustrated closed in 1977 and the pics are variously dated to then or 76…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1978: To spare any blushes I won’t repost the pictures, but that Dalek had all its balls out and everything! As far as I can ascertain, Girl Illustrated closed in 1977 and the pics are variously dated to then or 76…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: The concert was for the 100th conference of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, and actually took place on the 19th…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: The concert was for the 100th conference of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, and actually took place on the 19th…
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: So far 91 novelisations had been published, the latest being ‘Doctor Who – Frontios’ by Christopher H Bidmead. A new edition of my exhaustive guide is in the works…
www.wonderfulbook.co.uk/basedon/
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1973: So far 91 novelisations had been published, the latest being ‘Doctor Who – Frontios’ by Christopher H Bidmead. A new edition of my exhaustive guide is in the works…
www.wonderfulbook.co.uk/basedon/
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Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈
about 1 month ago
EXCELLENT Cybermen puzzles now at
#CrypticWho
the
#DoctorWho
puzzle site
crypticwho.com
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1979: Filming in Paris was over four days from 30 April, with The Sun’s report appearing on Saturday 5 May… (Article from
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2026 is the 21st anniversary of Doctor Who’s revival. When the Classic Series was 21, WH Allen published The Key To Time: A Year-by-Year Record by Peter Haining, in which he “explored the history of the series through key dates in its many life-cycles”. Let’s revisit what MAY dates he picked…
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FIrst in a long line...
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📺 New Video! Gav and Rhys reveal a ghost in a newly recovered missing episode!
youtu.be/OPnvw8HOhxc?...
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How a recovered missing episode accidentally revealed a rare VFX trick (Daleks' Master Plan 1965)
YouTube video by Dalek 63•88
https://youtu.be/OPnvw8HOhxc?si=YHv_JUVKOA8dDXW1
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1978: Mary had already finished recording her first story, The Ribos Operation, at this point. A photocall with Tom Baker on the 25th led to press coverage the following day… (Article from
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1978: Mary had already finished recording her first story, The Ribos Operation, at this point. A photocall with Tom Baker on the 25th led to press coverage the following day… (Article from
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1966: This myth of The Gunfighters’ low ratings persisted in fandom for years. In fact the four-part serial averaged 6.25m viewers a week, on a par with stories of the time… (Article from
cuttingsarchive.org
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1966: This myth of The Gunfighters’ low ratings persisted in fandom for years. In fact the four-part serial averaged 6.25m viewers a week, on a par with stories of the time… (Article from
cuttingsarchive.org
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1966: The Celestial Toymaker fixation continues. Was the BBC being disingenuous? You decide… (Article from
cuttingsarchive.org
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1966: The Celestial Toymaker fixation continues. Was the BBC being disingenuous? You decide… (Article from
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1975: Hartnell died on the 23rd, with the BBC News item probably shown today. The Gunfighters clip was from the end when the TARDIS has arrived on the planet of the Savages … (Article from
cuttingsarchive.org
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The year according to Peter Haining’s ‘Doctor Who: The Key to Time’ — Today in 1975: Hartnell died on the 23rd, with the BBC News item probably shown today. The Gunfighters clip was from the end when the TARDIS has arrived on the planet of the Savages … (Article from
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