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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 2h

One of my favourite novels
The guys were very welcoming (sorry I was a bit croaky with lurgy)
Featuring:
Death by beard
Literal deep dive
The ethics of blowing up planets vs shooting Davros in the face
But where’s a good alternative way to start Doctor Who – The New Adventures?
My 3 belated choices…

Doctor Who: Too Broad & Too Deep Podcast @2broad2deeppod.bsky.social · 8d

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨

Come down to Project Eden, as @alexwilcock.bsky.social joins us to explore Lucifer Rising! 🌅

Is it more Twin Peaks than Poirot in Space? And is this the 1st multi-master story?

Have a listen to our thoughts below 👇

toobroadtoodeeppod.podbean.com/e/lucifer-ri...

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Old UK Print Ads 70s/80s/90s @oldukprintads7890s.bsky.social · 2h

Oct 1981: Philips 22" Teletext Colour TV ad from Visionhire

(+ITT 14" Colour Portable)

«Visionhire. Extra teletext value. That's the Visionhire difference»

This is an advertisement for television rental services. It highlights the benefits of renting Teletext TVs and smaller colour portable TVs. It also focuses on customer service with guarantees on the quality of rental services.

Visionhire. Extra teletext value. That's the Visionhire difference

Only £11.95† per month.
Philips 22" TELETEXT Colour TV.
Features include: infra-red, full remote
control; latest Mullard Hi-Bright tube.
Teletext information on its own or
superimposed; Rich Burma teak real wood veneer
cabinet with matching stand; British design and manufacture.
You've seen it on your TV screen, you've read
about it in your newspapers, TELETEXT is tomorrow's
technology today. It is the only new Colour TV to offer
the following combination of advantages.
With Ceefax I & II and Orbit, a choice of effectively
6 channels instead of the usual 3.
Only 3 months advance rental instead of the usual 6.
Full remote control in for the price.
Teletext offers extra viewing value. But only Visionhire offers
extra Teletext value. Highly competitive rental rates start from as little
as £11.95 per month on leading Teletext brands like Philips and Pye.
That's Visionhire Value.
If you choose to rent the ITT colour portable at the same time as
Teletext you make a saving of £24 in a full year because our normal rental
of £7.95 per month is reduced to only £5.95. If you pay a year's rental in
advance, the saving on Teletext and portable combined is £41.40 p.a. That's
Visionhire Double Value.
Only £5.95† per month.
If you rent an ITT colour portable at the same time as a
Teletext set. Features include: 14" screen size; light weight
with easy-carry handle; illuminated channel change;
headphone and audio tape socket; compatible with all
video recorder systems; cream cabinet.
The Visionhire difference
* No rental increase guaranteed for at least 2 years.
* Reducing rental offers on most tariffs when you
continue to rent the same set.
* Extra discounts if you choose to pay...

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John Isles @selsijohn.bsky.social · 1h

Amazing. I love that Japanese cover! Isn't it a bit pricey these days?

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Mummified Matt 🎃👻💀 @mattsawyer.bsky.social · 2h

I must not collect every edition

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Katy @theblueulysses.bsky.social · 8h

Today's heart-warming FAFO news story
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...

'I was snitched on for putting up 150 British flags and lost my teaching job'

Shaun Remmer, 49, says he has been left 'devastated'

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 5h

TERRAHAWKS (1983): Gerry Anderson's 80s puppet show was bonkers at the best of times, but the episode where Zelda's daughter, Cy-Star, 'gives birth' to the hermaphrodite It-Star, is next level.

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SteamTeam @stamteam.bsky.social · 5h

The wait is finally over! Ronnie the Mole is back! Check out the first episode of our new series on YouTube!

In Pigeon Post, Cliff is replaced on his mail round by a speedy, but cocky pigeon called Perry! Postal chaos ensues!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oawp...

Pigeon Post - Ronnie the Mole Adventures

YouTube video by Ronnie the Mole

www.youtube.com

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 5h

Astonishingly enough, the 11.30 to midnight portion of the first ever Tonight Show with Steve Allen (27/9/54) not only survives, but is up on YouTube. A genuine, thrilling piece of television history, this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW4G...

First Tonight Show 9/27/54

YouTube video by Anthony DiFlorio

www.youtube.com

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Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · 5h

I'm seeing this poster making the rounds and it's being identified as an unused Star Trek V poster by Drew Struzan. I disagree. It's a little cropped, but the bottom right shows Drew's signature and you can make out "91" which would mean this is an unused Star Trek VI concept. More in alt text.

Unused Star Trek VI poster by Drew Struzan. Lower right has his signature and what looks like a "91." He dated his "Hook" concept posters the same way, and that was also a December 1991 release. Star Trek VI also has an exploding planet, which Star Trek V does not have.

Star Trek VI was the first Trek feature film not to have a one-sheet illustrated by Bob Peak. The final was by John Alvin. It makes sense then that Paramount was searching for alternatives.

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Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 5h

Feeling Willey

United States, Census, 1940

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Jim Allenby @frakturedboy.bsky.social · 4d

We're back with a sensitive, powerful, and thought-provoking episode of Doctor Who. This time, we're tackling the topic of mental health. Rod Brown joins Jeff and me as we delve into some difficult but important conversations.

@whorod.bsky.social
@jeffgoddard.bsky.social

anchor.fm/drwho-whats-...

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 4h

Ncuti Gatwa has shared his thanks for his BAFTA Scotland Awards nomination in a heartfelt message following his exit from #DoctorWho.

Read more: www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

Ncuti Gatwa reacts to "incredible" Doctor Who award nomination after departing series

Gatwa departed the show in May.

www.radiotimes.com

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Dr Darren R Flower @drdarrenrflower.bsky.social · Jul 22

Peter Elson

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Dr Darren R Flower @drdarrenrflower.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Elson

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Dr Darren R Flower @drdarrenrflower.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Elson

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2000AD Randomizer @2000adrandom.bsky.social · 5h

Carlos Ezquerra

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Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 6h

Ford Prefect had checked his Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic at less and less frequent intervals, and had exhibited less and less annoyance at its continued silence. He was beginning to think he liked it here.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 6h

“I went and visited the set last year, and out of all the movies that I’ve worked on in my entire life — even Barbie — it was [the biggest]. It was massive. I think we took over two or three sound stages. This was on eight back lots… [Characters] walking around that are eight-feet tall.”

Mattel Studios Boss Robbie Brenner Talks ‘Masters of the Universe,’ ‘Polly Pocket’ and ‘Magic 8 Ball’ at MIPCOM: “‘Barbie’ Blew the Doors Open for Us”

"There's enthusiasm for taking such a bold swing with 'Barbie' and being rewarded for it," she told THR about the company’s slate at MIPCOM Cannes.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 6h

The late, great artist Drew Struzan created an iconic poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Incredibly, it was conceived and painted in a matter of hours…
filmstories.co.uk/features/the...

The Thing | The story behind Drew Struzan's iconic poster

Artist Drew Struzan created an iconic poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Incredibly, it was conceived and painted in a matter of hours…

filmstories.co.uk

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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 16h

OTD 2070, 4.30am: A fleet of Cyberman space ships lands on the Moon
Doctor Who and the Cybermen was the first book I ever bought, aged 5, and I still love it.
5 great reasons to read it, if you’re coming to it much later (or, today, 45 years early):
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/five...

Doctor Who and the Cybermen by Gerry Davis, cover by Chris Achilleos – the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and a Cyberman (cyborg revenant with handled helmet) surrounded by thrilling fizzing energy, the Moon behind them

Audiobook of Doctor Who and the Cybermen by Gerry Davis, read by Anneke Wills with Cybermen voices by Nick Briggs, cover by Chris Achilleos – the Doctor and a Cyberman surrounded by thrilling fizzing energy, the Moon behind them

From the Prologue to Doctor Who and the Cybermen on my phone, a Space Book of the Year 2025:
“Their small fleet of Cyberman space ships landed on the Moon at exactly 4.30 a.m. on October 15th in the year 2070. Nobody at the nearby lunar base or those manning sky-probes at watching stations on the blue planet saw them—so effective were the Cyberman screening devices.
“The huge silver monsters that had once been men had achieved their first objective…”

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John Isles @selsijohn.bsky.social · 6h

This was the first New Adventure I read. Bernice has been one of my favourite companions ever since!

Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 10h

OTD 1992: #DoctorWho Love and War
A terrific Paul Cornell novel, a landmark New Adventure, and introducing – Surprise! – Professor Bernice Summerfield
She’s still going strong on Big Finish with fabulous @lisabowerman.bsky.social (including, much later, a marvellous adaptation of this very story)

Doctor Who: The New Adventures – Love and War by Paul Cornell, cover by Lee Sullivan: Professor Bernice Summerfield versus the bollock monsters!

Doctor Who: The Novel Adaptations – Love and War (by Paul Cornell, adapted by Jacqueline Rayner, cover by the lovely Andy Lambert @and-e-roo.bsky.social‬) Big Finish audio play: Professor Bernice Summerfield (Lisa Bowerman), the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred), and a spreading Hoothi monster before the arch of Heaven

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Doctor Who: Too Broad & Too Deep Podcast @2broad2deeppod.bsky.social · 8d

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨

Come down to Project Eden, as @alexwilcock.bsky.social joins us to explore Lucifer Rising! 🌅

Is it more Twin Peaks than Poirot in Space? And is this the 1st multi-master story?

Have a listen to our thoughts below 👇

toobroadtoodeeppod.podbean.com/e/lucifer-ri...

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 1d

When Disney secured the Indiana Jones Adventure ride license from Lucasfilm, they didn’t have permission to use Harrison Ford’s likeness for the poster art. Drew Struzan called Harrison Ford and directly asked him. Ford permitted Struzan because he inherently trusted him.

Page 52 of “Poster Art of the Disney Parks.”

Two poster concepts for the Indiana Jones Adventure ride.

"When Disney licensed Lucasfilm for the Indiana Jones ride, it did not secure the rights to Harrison Ford's likeness. So, when it came to the poster, my take on it was, Gee, if I painted Indiana Jones and don't put Harrison's likeness on it, I'll look like a fool; like I couldn't do it. So I got his phone number and called him up to ask for his permission. He had just the gentlest Indy voice you ever heard. I told him the situation and his response was,
'If you're painting it then you go right ahead.’”
—Drew Struzan, poster artist

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John Isles @selsijohn.bsky.social · 6h

Wednesday.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩

Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.

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