Only 44k views for this work of art is absolutely insane. It's incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAXO...

Well, bless my soul, another long, long post, this time Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders by Terrance Dicks, featuring Blackpool, Indiana Jones and Mr Toad. 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/09/doct...

Oh god.

Missed the tickets for Terror of the Zygons at the BFI. Boo. But will be piping a lament for the dead in the bar afterwards. Say hello!

Doctor Who’s Bang Bus

Among many wonders in the new Doctor Who Magazine – out today – is this smashing illustration for my back-page Randomiser ramblings from my old DWM mucker Paul Vyse. Love it!

"Doctor Who returns, only to find he's on trial..." BBC trailer for "Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord" (1986). #DoctorWho

Municipal guide cover of the day (possibly an all time great!): Croydon, 1971. Countdown typeface klaxon!

This just in: The bumming has started.

Doctor Who brains trust… K9 aside, what sophisticated but non-evil, non-corrupted, not-malfunctioning computers can you think of? Both eras welcome but post ‘05 especially. Any computers that can tell a joke?

Do people still do the Hokey Cokey?

Hyphenated monsters and the impact of the first Target novelisations on TV Doctor Who: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/08/doct... #DoctorWho

My column in DWM this issue is about World War Two. I don’t choose the topics and it’s always interesting to see where they lead.

That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio

Very much enjoying Tina Heath’s Blue Peter cast card in which the cat at the bottom (Jill?) appears to be hissing.

Perhaps Billie Piper will fund a new series of Dr Who herself just so she can get it over with and stop being asked about it.

When reporters ask if there were any clues to my breakdown, you can point to this.

Hello. I find myself with a spare ticket if anyone has last-minute FOMO. You don’t have to sit next to me. Give me a shout if you could like it!

Oh I see, twist, god I’m slow on the uptake sometimes.

One last recommend for this day of hardcore fan insanity. I shall be attempting something that no human has ever attempted before. And for good reason.

Do these photos exist in good quality anywhere? A few from the time have been used in DWM, but do the original greetings card shots still exist?

Honnêtement, j’aime le nouveau design d’Omega. Je me suis juste demandé ce que ça aurait donné si son ancienne armure était devenue avec le temps son exo-squelette ? Behold !

All these advances in AI are all very well but has anyone used it to separate Carole Ann Ford’s double-exposed home movie footage yet?

Ami.e.s whovians, le City of Death Tour 2025 aura lieu le dimanche 10 août prochain. Rendez-vous donc à 10h sur la place du centre Pompidou avec une bonne paire de chaussure de marche, des tickets de métro, de l'eau et de la crème solaire pour visiter les lieux de tournage de City of Death !

On est cités dans le Doctor Who Magazine ?!?! 😱🥰🥳 Merci beaucoup @garygillatt.bsky.social ❤️✨🔥

My random topic in Doctor Who Magazine this month is FRANCE. 🇫🇷 In which I ponder Verne, Voltaire and the eternal question: Où sont les toilettes ?

I was at an event once where following his "Banzai" appearance, we challenged Michael to drink a yard of gravy. "Produce It", he said and astonishingly, the kitchens in the pub we were in did. I sat about three feet away and watched him do it. Merely one of his many talents. He's badly missed.

Andor Characters and Their Counterparts in ‘Allo ‘Allo 1. Dedra Meero and Private Helga Geerhart.

My pitch: WHOEY

Gashapon (or Gachapon) are vending machines found all over Japan that dispense capsules containing miniature toys and other items. There are thousands of different kinds. Here’s a thread of the best ones I saw on my recent trip. 🧵

The mysterious figures in Tegan's dream in Kinda are often referred to as playing chess (and it's chess in the script), but does anyone recognise the game they are playing on screen?

It's the end. But the Moment has been prepared for.

Journo request… Might anyone happen to be chums with an expert chess player? I'd like to interview them for a Doctor Who related thing.

Get your Silver Age DWMs just £5 each on Greenwich market.

Some bonus useless facts too.

This is highly recommended! The first one was fun and fascinating. You don’t have to be a 50+ yo Target addict to enjoy it, it’s just fandom in its most unspoiled and uncynical form.

Random (insane) request: does anyone happen to have the French edition of the Meglos novelisation to hand?

Viewing a magazine on Apple News+ is a non-trivial revenue booster these days. (Much better to subscribe directly of course – but if you already do, having an extra read on Apple News+ if you're signed up can only help DWM).

This is what the internet was made for.

Amused by the copy of Guests of Madame Guillotine on iPlayer. Very ‘borrowed in a VHS from Ian at the local group’.

My dog enjoyed sniffing Uranus this morning.

A flood is caused by the rain. And Russell likes an anagram.

Ed's example of how it used to not try to be a family friendly show and was much more terrifying. Kamelion... Ready to spring.

Have just seen a great big seal in the Thames by Waterloo Bridge and it’s made my day.

The first ice cream of Spring.

I’m pleased at least to see that the AI has been trained using Terrance Dicks’ novelisation of Meglos.

French TV is so chaotic.