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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 21h

I could (genuinally) do a whole piece on how the first Doctors stint is about Britian coming to terms with loss of empire and finding it's place in the world again. (With 2 being an actual rejection of Edwardian norms).

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 1d

Newman got the idea of regenerating after seeing his niece on an Etch a Sketch. He made a deal with the makers; every doctor regeneration has been to sublimely boost sales of the toy. During the 90s the company paid Toy Story to feature the product. Since New Who Eatch hasn't been in the sequels.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 1d

The reason the Doctor keeps fighting for the universe is because Ian stopped him killing the unconscious Za in An Unearthly Child. The Doctor realised that a primitive like Ian had a stronger moral compas than he did, abs was ashamed. It's also why the Dictor feels such an affinity for Earth.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 2d

I see only Terry Coldwell remains from the original group.

I guess the others didn't want to Stay Now.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 3d

Zoom in of Berliners saying 'mixed fruit filling'.

A black and white photo of Kennith Williams smirking.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 5d

Some are born to hummus, some achieve hummus, and some have hummus thrust upon them.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 5d

Fair play to @almurray.bsky.social here. I'm a bit of a Paddington fan myself, but inverting that adorable character for comedy purposes is obviously a legitimate gag.

www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/10...

Spitting Image shows what it thinks of the Paddington writ : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

Spitting Image shows what it thinks of the Paddington writ - New sketch responds to lawsuit

www.chortle.co.uk

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 6d

Comedians who will do a gig for Amnesty International and then in their same lifetime comedy-wash Saudi Arabia are contemptible. Of course I'm not surprised by some, others I am utterly disgusted by. I'm not angry, I'm disappointed. Fuck that, I'm angry and disappointed alongside Saudi women.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not saying putting the boardgame away propperly at the end is the best bit, but I'm not *not* saying that either.

Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 8d

To be a boardgamer is to know that, for most games you enjoy, you'll often spend a quarter of the cost again on hundreds of bits of clear plastic.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 9d

The prolapse. 🤚

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 10d

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 11d

People trying to understand my autocorrects be like...

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 11d

#ThingsIJustSawOnline

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 11d

I don't know where this revisionism has come from about the suffragettes - people saying "if the suffragettes were around today, they'd be considered terrorists."

The suffragettes were arrested and tortured, sexually assaulted and beaten by the state. They *were* considered terrorists!

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 12d

Me, having ordered something and receiving an email saying it's being delivered by Evri.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 15d

Following on from @simonpegg.bsky.social:

'We come to pee, shoot to kill.'

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 15d

#ThingsIJustSawOnline #StarTrek

Trekker Things •
12h •

These weren't nearly as pleasant-smelling as the Six Million Dollar man urinal cakes. Spock's scent was similar to the Incredible Hulk's though, and that was a good one.
I used to love to pee on those.

(The picture is a package for Star Trek Urinal Cakes. To boldly go, &c. &c.)

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 19d

We all rock up like this.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 22d

I hope the rapture happens tomorrow. That way, everyone will look silly.

Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 27d

The Starmer's and Trump's looking up at the sky.

The lead characters from the cartoon series Willy Fog in a hot air balloon basket.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · 29d

Had a great weekend hanging out with a load of second world war hardware. Getting involved with the We Have Ways of Making You Talk community, started by @almurray.bsky.social and Jane's Holland, is one of the best choices I've made.

Me, in a hat, looking smug, leaning on a Sherman tank.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 15

For the record.

My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.

I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · Sep 15

An image i found online of a guy pulling a silly face while wearing spring glasses.

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · Sep 15

Share your favourite cover versions

youtu.be/St8FtbzH_JE?...

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · Sep 13

You too, chum!

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Paul Regan @paulregan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Well said.

One can find a person's views loathsome, their actions reprehensible, and despise pretty much everything they stand for, but still believe *killing* them is unconscionable.