Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
@alexwilcock.bsky.social
Married to Richard, he/him, gay, Doctor Who fan, still European, Liberal Democrat, mostly ill, burnt-out firebrand (but gets by online with the odd spark).
We were, I should say, fascinated by the debate of ideas (and will probably watch all the rest)
But the entire spectrum of brown, then the guest philosopher fighting not to corpse at the entire spectrum of brown, just made us laugh.
But the entire spectrum of brown, then the guest philosopher fighting not to corpse at the entire spectrum of brown, just made us laugh.
BBC Four and now iPlayer has Bryan Magee’s The Great Philosophers
The first on Plato startled us because we’d assumed it was a 1970s series from its almost entirely white men yet almost wholly—
Brown.
Sofa, walls, carpets, clothes.
Surprise! 1987 yet no pastels.
Episode 2 made us crack up…
1/3
The first on Plato startled us because we’d assumed it was a 1970s series from its almost entirely white men yet almost wholly—
Brown.
Sofa, walls, carpets, clothes.
Surprise! 1987 yet no pastels.
Episode 2 made us crack up…
1/3
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We were, I should say, fascinated by the debate of ideas (and will probably watch all the rest)
But the entire spectrum of brown, then the guest philosopher fighting not to corpse at the entire spectrum of brown, just made us laugh.
But the entire spectrum of brown, then the guest philosopher fighting not to corpse at the entire spectrum of brown, just made us laugh.
I often catch sight of the Shard looking cool at sunset, with a brilliant red sun directly on top of the dark tower for the full Barad-dûr effect
But say what you like about Sauron, he puts a big Christmas Tree up.
But say what you like about Sauron, he puts a big Christmas Tree up.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I often catch sight of the Shard looking cool at sunset, with a brilliant red sun directly on top of the dark tower for the full Barad-dûr effect
But say what you like about Sauron, he puts a big Christmas Tree up.
But say what you like about Sauron, he puts a big Christmas Tree up.
One with great stories from the guests, bits where I strongly agreed (guest character seen positively, if that’s not a contradiction) and where I even more vehemently disagreed (send the handshaken writer choice to the advice bench! I have a list), which is just what I need on a walk to go faster.
For the evening crew
‼️ NEW EP OUT ‼️
Join the incomparable @jeffgoddard.bsky.social & @philnewmandsign.bsky.social as we take on The Three Doctors, Revenge of the Cybermen, Extremis & Lucky Day!
There’s praise and kickings galore, but which episodes will triumph?
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‼️ NEW EP OUT ‼️
Join the incomparable @jeffgoddard.bsky.social & @philnewmandsign.bsky.social as we take on The Three Doctors, Revenge of the Cybermen, Extremis & Lucky Day!
There’s praise and kickings galore, but which episodes will triumph?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
39. Hands-on-hips swagger
Podcast Episode · Nostalgia Tours · 28/11/2025 · 1h 30m
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November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
One with great stories from the guests, bits where I strongly agreed (guest character seen positively, if that’s not a contradiction) and where I even more vehemently disagreed (send the handshaken writer choice to the advice bench! I have a list), which is just what I need on a walk to go faster.
BBC Four and now iPlayer has Bryan Magee’s The Great Philosophers
The first on Plato startled us because we’d assumed it was a 1970s series from its almost entirely white men yet almost wholly—
Brown.
Sofa, walls, carpets, clothes.
Surprise! 1987 yet no pastels.
Episode 2 made us crack up…
1/3
The first on Plato startled us because we’d assumed it was a 1970s series from its almost entirely white men yet almost wholly—
Brown.
Sofa, walls, carpets, clothes.
Surprise! 1987 yet no pastels.
Episode 2 made us crack up…
1/3
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
BBC Four and now iPlayer has Bryan Magee’s The Great Philosophers
The first on Plato startled us because we’d assumed it was a 1970s series from its almost entirely white men yet almost wholly—
Brown.
Sofa, walls, carpets, clothes.
Surprise! 1987 yet no pastels.
Episode 2 made us crack up…
1/3
The first on Plato startled us because we’d assumed it was a 1970s series from its almost entirely white men yet almost wholly—
Brown.
Sofa, walls, carpets, clothes.
Surprise! 1987 yet no pastels.
Episode 2 made us crack up…
1/3
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.
OTD 2015: #DoctorWho Heaven Sent
I should say something meaningful, but…
Going round and round and round and round and round and round and pointlessly suffering reps of the same physical effort for ever:
Heaven Sent is Doctor Who’s allegory for going to the gym.
I should say something meaningful, but…
Going round and round and round and round and round and round and pointlessly suffering reps of the same physical effort for ever:
Heaven Sent is Doctor Who’s allegory for going to the gym.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
OTD 2015: #DoctorWho Heaven Sent
I should say something meaningful, but…
Going round and round and round and round and round and round and pointlessly suffering reps of the same physical effort for ever:
Heaven Sent is Doctor Who’s allegory for going to the gym.
I should say something meaningful, but…
Going round and round and round and round and round and round and pointlessly suffering reps of the same physical effort for ever:
Heaven Sent is Doctor Who’s allegory for going to the gym.
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
Another £1k sent to AKT from pin badge sales.
[over £46k in total]
24% or young homeless people are LGBTQ+ and AKT offers dedicated and informed support. So valuable, especially in winter.
🥰Thanks for continued support 🥰
AKT: www.akt.org.uk
Pin badges: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Recent purchases:
[over £46k in total]
24% or young homeless people are LGBTQ+ and AKT offers dedicated and informed support. So valuable, especially in winter.
🥰Thanks for continued support 🥰
AKT: www.akt.org.uk
Pin badges: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Recent purchases:
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Another £1k sent to AKT from pin badge sales.
[over £46k in total]
24% or young homeless people are LGBTQ+ and AKT offers dedicated and informed support. So valuable, especially in winter.
🥰Thanks for continued support 🥰
AKT: www.akt.org.uk
Pin badges: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Recent purchases:
[over £46k in total]
24% or young homeless people are LGBTQ+ and AKT offers dedicated and informed support. So valuable, especially in winter.
🥰Thanks for continued support 🥰
AKT: www.akt.org.uk
Pin badges: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Recent purchases:
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
Introduce yourself (probably a bit late for that) with five concerts you’ve seen
Tom Robinson
Gerry Rafferty
Deborah Harry
Erasure
James
Tom Robinson
Gerry Rafferty
Deborah Harry
Erasure
James
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen.
Amy MacDonald
Carter USM
Melrose Quartet
Pet Shop Boys
Pulp
Amy MacDonald
Carter USM
Melrose Quartet
Pet Shop Boys
Pulp
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Steeleye Span
Spirit of the West
Sex Pistols
Billy Bragg
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Steeleye Span
Spirit of the West
Sex Pistols
Billy Bragg
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Introduce yourself (probably a bit late for that) with five concerts you’ve seen
Tom Robinson
Gerry Rafferty
Deborah Harry
Erasure
James
Tom Robinson
Gerry Rafferty
Deborah Harry
Erasure
James
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
60 years ago today the BBC screened Nigel Kneale’s second adaptation of 1984. Lost for many years it was returned to the archives a few years ago. And it materialised on YouTube over the summer.
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
1984 by George Orwell & Nigel Kneale - starring David Buck and Jane Merrow (1965)
YouTube video by Lordess Tommy Camerom
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
60 years ago today the BBC screened Nigel Kneale’s second adaptation of 1984. Lost for many years it was returned to the archives a few years ago. And it materialised on YouTube over the summer.
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
OTD 1976: #DoctorWho Pyramids of Mars Omnibus
With a month and a half between The Deadly Assassin and the new series, they extended DW’s most Gothic Horror season with two thematically ideal Dark Religion repeats
I remember watching petrified from the stairs…
With a month and a half between The Deadly Assassin and the new series, they extended DW’s most Gothic Horror season with two thematically ideal Dark Religion repeats
I remember watching petrified from the stairs…
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
OTD 1976: #DoctorWho Pyramids of Mars Omnibus
With a month and a half between The Deadly Assassin and the new series, they extended DW’s most Gothic Horror season with two thematically ideal Dark Religion repeats
I remember watching petrified from the stairs…
With a month and a half between The Deadly Assassin and the new series, they extended DW’s most Gothic Horror season with two thematically ideal Dark Religion repeats
I remember watching petrified from the stairs…
The Beatles horrifyingly imprinted into the walls, and fools think they can make use of the recording medium!
All I can say is, steer clear of the stairs.
[The perfect The Stowe Tape pun ruined by this being a fortnight *before* Jane Asher met Paul McCartney, so she was unlikely to be there]
All I can say is, steer clear of the stairs.
[The perfect The Stowe Tape pun ruined by this being a fortnight *before* Jane Asher met Paul McCartney, so she was unlikely to be there]
Beatle-y alert: @britishlibrary.bsky.social are hosting a special anniversary event to play the Stowe Tape with the student who made it, Mark Lewisohn and more special guests. I'll be hosting. April 4th 2026. Tickets here: events.bl.uk/events/the-b...
The Beatles at Stowe School | British Library
On 4 April 1963, The Beatles played a unique live concert at Stowe school in Buckinghamshire, having accepted a booking by one of the pupils.Present on the
events.bl.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Beatles horrifyingly imprinted into the walls, and fools think they can make use of the recording medium!
All I can say is, steer clear of the stairs.
[The perfect The Stowe Tape pun ruined by this being a fortnight *before* Jane Asher met Paul McCartney, so she was unlikely to be there]
All I can say is, steer clear of the stairs.
[The perfect The Stowe Tape pun ruined by this being a fortnight *before* Jane Asher met Paul McCartney, so she was unlikely to be there]
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
Allow me to introduce ANARCHY RULES.
It's a space opera. And a spy thriller. And an adventure with monsters.
It's been described as “seven superheroes gone wrong”.
It’s about parallel worlds and time travel and conspiracies and artificial intelligence and the God of the End of the World.
It's a space opera. And a spy thriller. And an adventure with monsters.
It's been described as “seven superheroes gone wrong”.
It’s about parallel worlds and time travel and conspiracies and artificial intelligence and the God of the End of the World.
Anarchy Rules
The idea of a story + a story of ideas.
anarchy-rules.ghost.io
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Allow me to introduce ANARCHY RULES.
It's a space opera. And a spy thriller. And an adventure with monsters.
It's been described as “seven superheroes gone wrong”.
It’s about parallel worlds and time travel and conspiracies and artificial intelligence and the God of the End of the World.
It's a space opera. And a spy thriller. And an adventure with monsters.
It's been described as “seven superheroes gone wrong”.
It’s about parallel worlds and time travel and conspiracies and artificial intelligence and the God of the End of the World.
OTD 19 years apart: Two terrific releases bookend* George Harrison’s solo career
1970: All Things Must Pass arguably his best LP
1989: Cheer Down arguably his best single
*Technically the bookends are Wonderwall and Brainwashed, but this pair have a striking symmetry for first and last.
1970: All Things Must Pass arguably his best LP
1989: Cheer Down arguably his best single
*Technically the bookends are Wonderwall and Brainwashed, but this pair have a striking symmetry for first and last.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
OTD 19 years apart: Two terrific releases bookend* George Harrison’s solo career
1970: All Things Must Pass arguably his best LP
1989: Cheer Down arguably his best single
*Technically the bookends are Wonderwall and Brainwashed, but this pair have a striking symmetry for first and last.
1970: All Things Must Pass arguably his best LP
1989: Cheer Down arguably his best single
*Technically the bookends are Wonderwall and Brainwashed, but this pair have a striking symmetry for first and last.
Strawberry Fields Forever
…today. Probably. But many days and many flavours.
Here Comes the Sun
Paperback Writer
I Am the Walrus
Eleanor Rigby
It’s All Too Much…
…today. Probably. But many days and many flavours.
Here Comes the Sun
Paperback Writer
I Am the Walrus
Eleanor Rigby
It’s All Too Much…
Name your fav song by The Beatles.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Strawberry Fields Forever
…today. Probably. But many days and many flavours.
Here Comes the Sun
Paperback Writer
I Am the Walrus
Eleanor Rigby
It’s All Too Much…
…today. Probably. But many days and many flavours.
Here Comes the Sun
Paperback Writer
I Am the Walrus
Eleanor Rigby
It’s All Too Much…
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social 🧡
Gay MP perfectly explains why EHRC’s ‘shocking’ guidance on single-sex spaces is ‘unworkable’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764164402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764164402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social 🧡
OTD 1976 The New Avengers – Target!
Assassination as art installation
A village isn’t what it seems…
And *still* isn’t what it seems, even for those who think they know!
Perhaps The New Avengers’ most iconic episode
(and similar flavour to Doctor Who – The Android Invasion same week, a year earlier)
Assassination as art installation
A village isn’t what it seems…
And *still* isn’t what it seems, even for those who think they know!
Perhaps The New Avengers’ most iconic episode
(and similar flavour to Doctor Who – The Android Invasion same week, a year earlier)
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
OTD 1976 The New Avengers – Target!
Assassination as art installation
A village isn’t what it seems…
And *still* isn’t what it seems, even for those who think they know!
Perhaps The New Avengers’ most iconic episode
(and similar flavour to Doctor Who – The Android Invasion same week, a year earlier)
Assassination as art installation
A village isn’t what it seems…
And *still* isn’t what it seems, even for those who think they know!
Perhaps The New Avengers’ most iconic episode
(and similar flavour to Doctor Who – The Android Invasion same week, a year earlier)
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
The New Avengers is available to buy to download on Apple for £12.99 per series and it says they’re the 4K versions
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The New Avengers is available to buy to download on Apple for £12.99 per series and it says they’re the 4K versions
I started this year rewatching the BBC Television Gormenghast for the first time in many moons…
Out walking tonight with an older radio version by Brian Sibley before it evaporates from Sounds.
It’s hard not to imagine this Steerpike in a wingéd jockstrap of the period.
Out walking tonight with an older radio version by Brian Sibley before it evaporates from Sounds.
It’s hard not to imagine this Steerpike in a wingéd jockstrap of the period.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I started this year rewatching the BBC Television Gormenghast for the first time in many moons…
Out walking tonight with an older radio version by Brian Sibley before it evaporates from Sounds.
It’s hard not to imagine this Steerpike in a wingéd jockstrap of the period.
Out walking tonight with an older radio version by Brian Sibley before it evaporates from Sounds.
It’s hard not to imagine this Steerpike in a wingéd jockstrap of the period.
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
I forgot I'd written this one and actually laughed at my own joke at the end.
“Although I’d been told I was just in remission, I really thought I was cured after they did that godawful adaptation of Death on the Nile where they gave Poirot’s moustache its own backstory. I didn’t even want to re-read the book to point out all the ways they’d ruined it.”
Autistic woman experiencing flare up of chronic special interest
An autistic woman is experiencing a severe episode of a debilitating long-term special interest, sources have revealed. Megan Aldrich, 47, has lived with a life-altering obsession with the detective…
thedailytism.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I forgot I'd written this one and actually laughed at my own joke at the end.
Reposted by Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
Would you like a jelly baby?
Well, there’s a sugar tax on that now…
Well, there’s a sugar tax on that now…
‘Doctor Who was never political until [moving target of the last couple of years]!’
So, the Budget…
OTD 1977: The Sun Makers
Prices rise, taxes grind, the wealthy in power laugh at poor citizens and even the cost of dying is too high.
Just a humorous little story. Nothing serious. Nothing political.
So, the Budget…
OTD 1977: The Sun Makers
Prices rise, taxes grind, the wealthy in power laugh at poor citizens and even the cost of dying is too high.
Just a humorous little story. Nothing serious. Nothing political.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Would you like a jelly baby?
Well, there’s a sugar tax on that now…
Well, there’s a sugar tax on that now…
‘Doctor Who was never political until [moving target of the last couple of years]!’
So, the Budget…
OTD 1977: The Sun Makers
Prices rise, taxes grind, the wealthy in power laugh at poor citizens and even the cost of dying is too high.
Just a humorous little story. Nothing serious. Nothing political.
So, the Budget…
OTD 1977: The Sun Makers
Prices rise, taxes grind, the wealthy in power laugh at poor citizens and even the cost of dying is too high.
Just a humorous little story. Nothing serious. Nothing political.
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‘Doctor Who was never political until [moving target of the last couple of years]!’
So, the Budget…
OTD 1977: The Sun Makers
Prices rise, taxes grind, the wealthy in power laugh at poor citizens and even the cost of dying is too high.
Just a humorous little story. Nothing serious. Nothing political.
So, the Budget…
OTD 1977: The Sun Makers
Prices rise, taxes grind, the wealthy in power laugh at poor citizens and even the cost of dying is too high.
Just a humorous little story. Nothing serious. Nothing political.
OTD 2018: #DoctorWho The Witchfinders
Life is righteous when you’re a 17th Century landowner: you have a big wig; the King will visit you; you can get any woman who disturbs you drowned as a witch.
You’ve only two things to fear.
It’s in the trees. It’s coming.
And the Doctor.
Life is righteous when you’re a 17th Century landowner: you have a big wig; the King will visit you; you can get any woman who disturbs you drowned as a witch.
You’ve only two things to fear.
It’s in the trees. It’s coming.
And the Doctor.
![The Doctor [witch!] (Jodie Whittaker) wields her magic wand, flanked by Yasmin Khan [witch!] (Mandip Gill, with axe) and Willa Twiston [witch!] (with local knowledge of the spooky woods)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5oxmmejbvv3tieufrfrdurjs/bafkreie65bqbuda7m5kiducvyl2qtzwfhwpejxj6qzvv62vthmvjzijmsy@jpeg)
![Becka Savage [definitely not a witch!] (Siobhan Finneran) with a tight corset and tighter lips](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5oxmmejbvv3tieufrfrdurjs/bafkreihikvma6dubgvcqwho36nkphlvefwx7vc35vd4qbocuwy47j2tvny@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
OTD 2018: #DoctorWho The Witchfinders
Life is righteous when you’re a 17th Century landowner: you have a big wig; the King will visit you; you can get any woman who disturbs you drowned as a witch.
You’ve only two things to fear.
It’s in the trees. It’s coming.
And the Doctor.
Life is righteous when you’re a 17th Century landowner: you have a big wig; the King will visit you; you can get any woman who disturbs you drowned as a witch.
You’ve only two things to fear.
It’s in the trees. It’s coming.
And the Doctor.
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In essence: juries are important for what decisions they prevent others from making.
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In essence: juries are important for what decisions they prevent others from making.
OTD 1978: The Androids of Tara
or the Time Lord Frivolous
(he’s on A Mission From God, but has a day off)
David Fisher’s witty script brought to life by Tom Baker, Villainous Peter Jeffrey, K9, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm and Mary Tamm!
The most fun story of a hugely fun #DoctorWho season.
or the Time Lord Frivolous
(he’s on A Mission From God, but has a day off)
David Fisher’s witty script brought to life by Tom Baker, Villainous Peter Jeffrey, K9, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm and Mary Tamm!
The most fun story of a hugely fun #DoctorWho season.
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
OTD 1978: The Androids of Tara
or the Time Lord Frivolous
(he’s on A Mission From God, but has a day off)
David Fisher’s witty script brought to life by Tom Baker, Villainous Peter Jeffrey, K9, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm and Mary Tamm!
The most fun story of a hugely fun #DoctorWho season.
or the Time Lord Frivolous
(he’s on A Mission From God, but has a day off)
David Fisher’s witty script brought to life by Tom Baker, Villainous Peter Jeffrey, K9, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm, Mary Tamm and Mary Tamm!
The most fun story of a hugely fun #DoctorWho season.