He pulled a card from his pocket. "Do we have..." he put up a hand to hold back the cheers, "do we have a party here from the Zansellquasure Flamarion Bridge Club from beyond the Vortvoid of Qvarne? Are they here?"

"No," said Arthur to one of the natives who had just shuffled some of the letters round in a fit of abysmal dejection, "Q scores ten you see, and it's on a triple word score, so... look, I've explained the rules to you... no no, look please, put down that jawbone... all right, we'll start again."

On the latest #DoctorWho Too Hot For TV I am joined by Liam to look at what could have been for seasons 27 and 28 and the lost story 'Alixion' from Big Finish. www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...

This is guaranteed to be a great listen!

Out now! Non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV's #DouglasAdams' #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy Will she need a Babel Fish to understand it all? Does she know where her towel is? This episode our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social listen here: anchor.fm/iddsf youtube.com/@iddsf

New episode scheduled to release at 11.59pm tonight! #HitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy #DouglasAdams #ScienceFiction

A pleasure doing this. Lovely to see my friends and meet the entirely amazing Dani for the first time. Jinantonix all round!

NEW EPISODE! This Saturday (11/10/25): non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV version of #DouglasAdams #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy for the 1st time. Our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social Don't forget to bring your #towel! #ArthurDent #Zaphod #FordPrefect #Trillian #Marvin #42

@charliefrancis.bsky.social has made a brilliant short film covering the #Tripods TV series, the @tripods40.bsky.social event, and talks with fans about their love of the show, and Chris Jones' wonderful book, 'All For Nothing?' youtu.be/ALSIxu-YqSc?...

Share an 80's TV series you love. 📺 My choice: Star Cops.

Rollerball (1975) Directed by Norman Jewison.

41 years ago, The #Tripods arrived on BBC1. To celebrate, we've great pleasure in spreading the word that film-maker Charlie Francis has a treat in store. Coming October 1st, short film 'When The Tripods Came Back' takes a fond look at the Tripods40 celebrations.

Happy (Actual) Anniversary to the #BBC TV adaptation of The #Tripods. First broadcast on Saturday 15th September 1984. Based on John Christopher/Sam Youd's original trilogy. anchor.fm/the-tripodscast

Our co-host Dani watched #Rollerball for the first time for our podcast! bsky.app/profile/idon...

59 years ago today... For the first time, the USS Enterprise appeared on the screen. It was the beginning of a long, long journey: Star Trek. 🖖

Happy 59th Anniversary of the (US TV) debut of #StarTrek, #TOS as it's also known! First-time viewer Dani gives her thoughts!

So yeah, as teased at Whooverville, I've got a Faction Paradox story coming out at some point. Watch this space. Gif is, for convoluted reasons, weirdly relevant but probably not in the way you think. (It's already written and with the publisher.)

Our co-host @selsijohn.bsky.social seen here proudly flying the IDDSF flag at Whooverville 16 yesterday!

Here on the Mean Streets of Megacity, the line between justice and death is a thin one. And unearthing the secrets of The Project will go one way or the other... John Isles & @toohot4tv.bsky.social investigate! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

The wonderful @selsijohn.bsky.social joined me for a chat where we remembered we'd had a crossover, fanzines and fan films!

call me when you have star cops bedding

Enjoy this podcast eposide covering Blake's, with what I felt was a good discussion of it strenghts and weaknesses. Was all 70's UK telly a bit slow? It didn't feel it at the time but perhaps it was! #Blakes7 #sifi

Veers off directly into the Star Cops episode.

and on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2GPFD9l... open.spotify.com/show/6WLzKIc...

Hi all, the Randomiser Podcast (and its spin off Five Rounds Rapid) have moved from Spotify - please resubscribe with the following new links for all the insightful Doctor Who chat you’ll never get: tinyurl.com/therandomise... tinyurl.com/fiveroundsra...

The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.

In-depth fan experiences and the marvellous Sheffield crossover in the middle! Novel Experiences was my first convention in ages, too. I recognised John from his own podcasts and said hello – he’s lovely (as you can hear)

OTD 1987: Star Cops – This Case to Be Opened in A Million Years Stylish directed neo-noir Brilliantly terrible holiday And the most lesbian a subtext the BBC would make in 1987. Shame about the idiot ball plot and gobsmacking national stereotypes*…

It's time for another trip to The Library of Impossible Things. This week I'm joined by the brilliant @selsijohn.bsky.social for a chat about Stone Circle, Deconstruction, fan films, conventions and a crossover in Sheffield! But what object will he bring? Find out in this week's episode!

Happy birthday to David Calder, @radiotimes.bsky.social cover star for the science-fiction drama series Star Cops in 1987, in which he played Space Police commander Nathan Spring. Photos by Allan Ballard.

One of our co-host @selsijohn.bsky.social was a guest on this episode!

I'm always happy to chat with @garethpreston.bsky.social - this was fun discussing the 80s view of the future: young people, VR goggles and CND. 'Shades' is the latest play considered on Very British Futures. tinyurl.com/3p83dutp

Star Cops reviewed in The Stage and Television Today (9th July 1987).

Star Cops previewed in the Aberdeen Press (6th July 1987).

'An Instinct for Murder', the first episode of Star Cops, was broadcast on this day in 1987.

Today is the anniversary of #StarCops debut on #BBC 2, 6th July 1987. Hear co-host Dani's views on this in our first episode. anchor.fm/idontdoscifi youtube.com/@iddsf westlakefilms.uk/idontdoscifi

Coming this week from Hamster - Strictly Come Hamster Flux, Book Club: Lux by James Goss and we return to The Invasion for episodes 5-8! @toohot4tv.bsky.social @felixfrazer.bsky.social @thepolisbox.bsky.social @michaelmills.bsky.social @jameslark.bsky.social

From w/c 4 July 1987 : David Calder appeared on the front of the Radio Times as he became a Law man in the moon. #80s

Media today

Join @whorod.bsky.social and myself as we take a look at "Play for Tomorrow", from the makers of "Play for Today". open.spotify.com/episode/70ea...

Ooh! A new episode of @garethpreston.bsky.social's podcast Very British Futures is out! I've seen some of the episodes from Play for Tomorrow, including this one, so looking forward to hearing what they made of it! westlakefilms.uk/verybritishf... youtu.be/PL6bjYn2wAw?...

Recorded in March 2025 on the latest #doctorwho Too Hot For TV I am joined by Liam to traverse the future of the show. We also look at the TV Comic strip ‘The Night Walkers’ and ‘Time Inc’  written by Eric Saward. www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...

In a break from regular Too Hot For TV programming Dylan and Jackson look at one of the ways TV schedules filled the Who shaped hole in the 90's. www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...

On the latest #DoctorWho Too Hot For TV I am joined by @devondan.bsky.social to talk about the seventh Doctor stories 'Robophobia' and 'Pureblood'. www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...

If you get the chance, you can listen to our podcast episode about #StarCops here: anchor.fm/idontdoscifi youtube.com/@iddsf westlakefilms.uk/idontdoscifi

@matthewvernon3.bsky.social it was great seeing you and your Dad as #StarCops today.

Our co-host @selsijohn.bsky.social will be at #BigfinishDay tomorrow. Look out for him, he may (or may not) be wearing the below T-shirt. (Just noticed we need to update the social media details on the shirt to replace Twitter/X!)

If you see this, quote with a show with an awesome theme song 🎶

A reminder that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social, @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social, @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and myself will be doing a live tweetalong to The Stone Tape for this broadcast. All welcome. Just use the hashtag #stonetapelive