I once interviewed a Kroton (operator, not voice actor) and though this was a very long time ago I think he said he’d also been in a Benny Hill.

Several Technix, bald men in black clothing, from The Daleks' Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins.

Several hairy, beardy, desperate men on the planet Desperus, in The Daleks' Master Plan: Devil's Planet.

Mavic Chen, from The Daleks' Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins, a man with prominent white eyebrows.

A djidi-djidi or willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys), a small, furious, black and white bird with prominent white eyebrows. (Photo from Wikipedia.)

Socio-trichology of the space year 4000 in #DoctorWho The Daleks' Master Plan:

- surveillance state functionaries: fully bald

- lumpenproletarians trapped within the carceral system: hairy and beardy

- galactic traitor: the eyebrows of a Willie Wagtail

Screen from the recently rediscovered 1965 Doctor Who episode Devil's Planet, with William Hartnell as the Doctor and Peter Purves as Steven having the conversation quoted in the post.

The cover of the medical journal Emergency Medicine [Aotearoa/Australia], volume 30: issue 2, from April 2018. The cover is blank white with no artwork, just the words "Doing nothing". A short day for the cover designer.

"So for the moment, we do nothing. And by doing nothing, we do everything. Do I make myself clear?"

"Come off it, Doctor. What's that supposed to mean?"

#FOAMed #EmergencyMedicine #DeliberateClinicalInertia

I fixed the issue on my end by deleting the cookies for the Film is Fabuloius website, then reloading the site and found the payment link then appeared.

Just one of many possible ways to express gratitude for their ongoing important work!

I listened to Secret Bedfordshire: Flight into Danger today in Canberra. Very nicely done. Thanks for making it accessible in this way for a wider audience!

Tom Baker as the villainous space cactus Meglos.

"But cactic power isn't strong enough to kill anyone!"

A partially damaged black and white photo of five people seated on grass with trees behind. To the left of the picture, an unidentified woman with light curly hair. Reclining next to her, costume designer Orry-Kelly. Next along, an unidentified womanw ith dark wavy hair. Next to her, actor Cary Grant. Next to him, a woman wearing a dark hat.

A #filmsky question for Classic Hollywood historians. My great-grandmother's cousin, costume designer Orry-Kelly, had an on/off relationship with Cary Grant. Very rarely pictured together, here they are outside with three women. The photo is undated, I think 1940s? Any suggestions who the women are?

Jon Blum went up on stage at the recent Sirens of Audio Louise Jameson event in Parramatta, seemingly to promote a crowdfunder for his forthcoming werewolf podcast, but was soon reminiscing about his BBV audio The I Scream. The world of the I clearly still one in which he feels creatively invested.

Well done to @filmisfabulous.bsky.social for this recovery!

I would very much like to make a donation to Film is Fabulous but the link on their website isn’t working right now… I’ll check later. #DoctorWho #filmsky

Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.

That happiness that only comes about once per decade is here again…

With the bonus joy that this time there could be comparison videos of inane, evil slopconstructions versus the original episodes!

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It's WORLD BOOK DAY, so here's a 10% off voucher for any Black, Silver or Gold Archive (or any other book on the Obverse website, actually).

WBD2026

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Pepperpot Team report the French version of #TWBTLATS has been recorded, suggesting Disney+ will release it soon…but also the usual translation team who've brought #DoctorWho to the French audience were dumped without being informed.

Disney trying to cut its losses? Je ne suis pas d'Accord avec ça.

We have the beginnings of a Starter Pack (thanks to @emma.best for the suggestion!)

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Screen from The Lenny Henry Show series two, episode five (1985) showing the Doctor (Lenny Henry) telling Peri (Jadie Rivas), "Thanks, I feel better now!"

Thanks, I feel better now!

Screen from The Lenny Henry Show series two, episode five (1985) depicting a UB standing in front of the TARDIS and asking, "Oi, oi, oi, what about me?"

Screen from Pierrot le fou (1965) showing Anna Karina as Marianne and Jean-Paul Belmondo as Ferdinand. Marianne is waring a green jacket and green cap over her brown hair. Ferdinand is wearing a grey hat and holding an open bande-dessinée. They are both looking to their right and Ferdinand is saying, "Allons-y, Alonso".

Screen from Doctor Who : Voyage of the Damned (2007) showing David Tennant as the Doctor at the wheel of the Titanic, facing towards Midshipman Alonso Frame, to whom he is saying "Allons-y, Alonso!" The picture is captioned "Let's go, Daddy-O!"

Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou (1965) has a couple of uses of the phrase "Allons-y, Alonso!" Turns out this is a mid-twentieth century rhyming idiom like "See you later, alligator" or "Let's go, Daddy-O!"

The influence of Godard and the Nouvelle Vague on Russell T Davies remains an open question.

In a screen from The Muppet Show (2026), the Beautiful Day Monster, a grey muppet with blue nose and lips, appears unimpressed.

Screen from Doctor Who (1996), showing Paul McGann as the Doctor and Daphne Ashbrook as Dr Grace Holloway, both smiling and looking in the same direction.

I get that all taxonomies, like the neurodivergences that produce them, are compromised attempts to order a chaotic world, but when the latest episode of The Muppet Show isn't listed on Serializd, and yet is listed on Letterboxd…

"I love humans, always seeing things that aren't there in patterns."

Stoke Air Ambulance 'breached code' over non-existent aircraft Stoke Air Ambulance falsely suggests it operates a functional air ambulance service.

I've worked for a few aeromedical retrieval services. The nature of the work being similar to firefighters waiting at the station house for a fire, often retrieval clinicians experience downtime.

Just imagine the downtime at Stoke Air Ambulance, which has no helicopter!

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Surely it's only a matter of time before Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who: The Audio Adaptations Vol. 1…

Screen from One Way Passage (1932, directed by Tay Garnett) with Aline MacMahon as Betty and Frank McHugh as Skippy, looking out a window at the film's doomed protagonist. Betty is telling Skippy, "It's just a ghost."

Getting complimented in the final week of my current job…

The Warner Archive Collection blu-ray of Edge of Darkness.

Screen from Edge of Darkness (1943) showing Walter Huston as Dr Martin Stensgard facing Ann Sheridan as his daughter Karen Stensgard, who is telling him, "Someone has to fight the Nazis."

Edge of Darkness (1943, directed by Lewis Milestone).

For some reason, it felt like the right time to watch a film about the people of an Arctic country fighting back against fascist occupiers…

Gowns by Orry-Kelly.

Screen from I Thank You (1941) with singer Charles Forsythe performing alongside Arthur Askey.

At the end of the 1941 film I Thank You, Charlie Forsythe sings "Let's Get Hold of Hitler" in front of an engaged and enthusiastic audience of Londoners sheltering from the blitz.

But if I posted a clip here, I'd likely get banned from re-entry to the United States… and from bluesky for incitement.

This is a great place to start. Casablanca came out in 1942. When they filmed this, they did not know how the war would end.

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Colin Jeavons as the Atlantean fish-person-creating surgeon Damon in a telesnap from Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace episode two.

“What do you mean they just… they just kiss! That’s all it takes? Was my whole career for nothing? Did I go to underwater medical school for nothing? Just a snog! No xenotransplantation surgery? Not even a big hypodermic needle? Ah. All right. There’s still a hypodermic needle, at least.”

#TWBTLATS

Screen from Pluribus (2025) season one episode seven. In big close up in the right foreground is a bunny. In the background, Carol Sturka is seated in a golf buggy.

Screen from Doctor Who : Mission to the Unknown (2019 remake) with two deadly and spiny Varga Plants.

I do wonder what the people who say "nothing happens" in Pluribus would like to have happen that isn't.

Take this week's episode … #spoilers Carol bathes in a hot spring. Carol has a nice meal in a restaurant. A man gets stung by a Varga Plant from the planet Skaro. Carol plays golf. That's plenty.

The Sea Devils IN COLOUR!

A veganised version of Sylvia Noble's tuna madras from Doctor Who: The Star Beast (2023).

I tried the #DoctorWho tuna madras recipe, though for tuna I substituted jackfruit seasoned with kelp salt 🌱. I enjoyed it, as I like all the ingredients, though I did just make it the once.

Congratulations to these young actors on their casting… in a download-only release.

My First Question is: as Big Finish moves more and more towards ephemerality, when Miles Taylor and Jasmine Bayes go to events, what do #DoctorWho fans ask them to sign?

Perhaps, just like Rob Shearman cogently observed that a 3 second smile and a hello is not much of a basis on which to imagine new stories, that sense of foreshortened future has made fans uncomfortable enough to avoid the subject? “What was your favourite facial expression? Bewilderment or wonder?”

I was in the audience for a Q&A with Billie Piper earlier this week. Astonishingly, no one asked about her appearance in the most recent episode. No vetting of questions or restrictions on what could or couldn't be asked. It just simply never came up.