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Simon Guerrier

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Writer and producer. Out now: David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television, a biography of the first story editor of Doctor Who. Currently working on a biography of Terrance Dicks. www.simonguerrier.com

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Jason M. @drwhonovels.bsky.social · 2h

The best part of Harlan Ellison's Doctor Who essay is that Pinnacle Books censored one line and one line only of Harlan's submitted draft dated Nov. 1, 1978. A dig at Anita Bryant at the height of her pernicious political influence in the States.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

1975: Harlan Ellison visits Michael Moorcock in London. The Englishman sits Ellison in front of the TV when Dr Who comes on & insists Ellison “be quiet & just watch”. By the late 1970s,Ellison is such a fan of Dr Who that he’s taunting US scifi fans with declarations of its superiority over US fare.

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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2h

Yes please.

Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve written several books involving research at WAC. The changes are already affecting my current book; I was not able to see a number of existing files while there over the summer.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8h

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

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Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 8h

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

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Vaseem Khan @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social · 21h

So... QUANTUM OF MENACE is the @thetimes thriller Book of the Month. Huzzah! ... The first mystery featuring Q from the Bond franchise sees Q back in his small hometown investigating the death of a childhood friend. Preorder now, people: geni.us/quantumofmen...

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Nick Abadzis @nickabadzis.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing the title and presenting the cover of mine and Angela Watson’s forthcoming book, #MyBelovedOther
#comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky

More info and links:

www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...

The cover to My Beloved Other by and copyright (c) Nick Abadzis and Angela Watson. It shows two hands forming a “heart” symbol. The hand on the left is Angela’s (who is Black), the hand on the right is mine (which is white. Sort of Greek, actually, but please read the book to find out more about that.) All rights reserved under protection of EU copyright laws.

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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 1d

Feather boa suggests the latter

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 1d

My BFI Classic on The Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night is available to preorder now. Here’s the story behind it. I love the cover - inspired by the film poster and a key theme in the book: the power of television in transmitting the Beatles to the world. samiraahmed.blog/why-i-wrote-...

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens (in the days before video) because they wanted to capture a historical moment, or at least something that meant something to them.

1950s/60s? shot of a TV screen. Female presenter

1950s/60s shot of a TV screen. Unknown guitarists

Blurry pink shot of a TV screen. Women in evening dress

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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 1d

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 2d

3 key members and trustees of the Film is Fabulous! team joined Tim of the 'Missing Episodes Podcast'

Film collector John Franklin, De Montfort University’s Prof Justin Smith & Sue Malden, renowned former Head of Broadcast Archives at BBC
YouTube Link
youtu.be/CK02j_Mi6iE?...

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 2d

Unexpected rabbit hole today is discovering that "Phwoar!" was first recorded by the dictionary in 1976, and 1972's Carry On Matron may be its first film appearance.

I thought I'd found an earlier 60s TV use, but it seems "Phwoar!" is firmly a 70s phenomenon.

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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, that’s very upsetting to hear.

Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

I’d like to add this to my post. Could I use please your photo, with credit?

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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

Look at that! And it shows the book cover cropped the artwork!

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lawrence jones @lawrentian.bsky.social · 6d

Just been made aware that the new documentary The Librarians is available for free on BBC iPlayer for the next 12 mths. It investigates what librarians in the US are going through right now as they unite to combat book banning & defend free speech. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Storyville - The Librarians

A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

Caught *on*. What was that about well-chosen words?

Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve corrected an error about Benton’s credit in Robot and added an extra bit about another phrase from the book that caught in - one in reference to Silurians.

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Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 2d

Had the pleasure of meeting Diane Keaton, and she was 100% Diane Keaton / Annie Hall.

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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you.

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Oh no! My copy is in a right old state.

Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 2d

Oh! I’ll correct that. I’ve not yet worked out the difference between a warrant officer and regimental sergeant major.

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