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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1h

The 8th in particular, freed from an ongoing TV series and any obligations arising, was amazing. No comic strip panel has ever hit me emotionally as much as Izzy saying ‘I’d like to go home now.’

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2h

Fake fan! Fake fan! 😂

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 7h

The fact that episodes are/were missing has made the experience of classic Who pre-1975 so much more interesting than if it was all there for us to enjoy. Doesn't mean I don't wish it was all there, of course, but the fact we can get excited about a three second censor clip, well...

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 20h

Human Spaceflight: 01 Apr 1966. NASA announces its largest group of new astronauts yet, with a further 19 swelling the ranks. Dubbed 'the Original Nineteen', roughly half of these new astronauts would fly on Apollo, with the others being involved in Skylab or the shuttle.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Human Spaceflight: 16 Mar 1966. NASA's first real 'near miss' in space as astronauts Dave Scott and Neil Armstrong (yes, that Neil Armstrong) fly the Gemini 8 mission, which nearly becomes a disaster due to a malfunction while the spacecraft was out of contact with the ground stations.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

They splashed down in the pacific, tired but otherwise unharmed. Both astronauts had begun to experience tunnel vision by the time the situation was under control. A few seconds longer and they might have blacked out, and that would have been a disaster. Gemini 8, the first 'near miss' in space.

Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Realising the problem was with the orbital and attitude manoeuvring thrusters on the rear of the spacecraft, Armstrong shut them down and used the re-entry control system on the nose to stabilise that spacecraft. That meant an immediate termination of the mission per flight rules, so they came home.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Believing the problem was with the Agena (which controllers had expressed some concern about earlier) they undocked, but this only made the problem worse. The Gemini began tumbling and rolling, reaching speeds of almost 1 revolution a second!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

A few hours after launch, Gemini 8 made history by carrying out the first ever docking between two spacecraft, its nose sliding neatly into the docking collar and locking in place. The two craft were now joined. And that's when the trouble started. Soon after docking the craft began to roll....

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

A few hours later Gemini 8 itself lifted off and went into orbit, immediately beginning the manoeuvres necessary to rendezvous and dock with the Agena.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

The plan was to rendezvous and dock with an Agena target vehicle (the original plan for Gemini 6 that had to be changed when the Agena blew up during luanch). The Agena lifted off first and was tracked successfully to its intended orbit.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Human Spaceflight: 16 Mar 1966. NASA's first real 'near miss' in space as astronauts Dave Scott and Neil Armstrong (yes, that Neil Armstrong) fly the Gemini 8 mission, which nearly becomes a disaster due to a malfunction while the spacecraft was out of contact with the ground stations.

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Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 1d

A repost for the evening crowd. Still can't believe it's the 100th!

Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 2d

✨New episode!✨

Special guest Joe Ford @docoho44.bsky.social joins us for our 🌟100th episode🌟 to talk about a fond memory from his childhood, Thundercats Ho! The Movie. Action, adventure, padding and dreadful cliffhangers! What more could you want?!

open.spotify.com/episode/3LXP...

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

As I understand it they presented it as a simulation in the movie because they weren't sure it was quite convincing enough to be presented as a thing that happened in the actual story.

Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

The Genesis bit is just a simulation in the movie, yes, but nowhere was it claimed it was the first use of CGI effects to portray an actual event, just that it's the first use of CGI effects in a movie full stop. As far as I know, that's still true regardless of how it's presented in the narrative.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

I shouted at a Star Trek YouTube video just the other day when they talked about the Genesis effect demo being the first use of CGI effects in a movie but said it was in the ‘first movie’ in 1984! It was 1982 and the movie is literally called ‘Star Trek II’!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think he’d have a leg to stand on if he tried given that it is now well-known that he hoarded sone missing episodes himself. He only admitted to having a complete version of The Time Meddler part 1 when the BBC announced their intention to repeat it in 1992…

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

I am still gobsmacked when the stars of the latest series of Who talk about working on it for months when the seasons are so short. An episode a week (or the equivalent) was the norm once upon a time.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

The ‘quickness’ is amazing. A 25 minute episode of Doctor Who shot in 75 minutes of studio time! A turnaround so rapid that first episodes of serials could be confidently broadcast before the final episodes had even been recorded! Now it’s months of shooting days for a handful of episodes.

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Daniel Rawnsley @danielrawnsley.bsky.social · 2d

HUGE congratulations to Jason on reaching 100 episodes!!! 🥳

Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 2d

✨New episode!✨

Special guest Joe Ford @docoho44.bsky.social joins us for our 🌟100th episode🌟 to talk about a fond memory from his childhood, Thundercats Ho! The Movie. Action, adventure, padding and dreadful cliffhangers! What more could you want?!

open.spotify.com/episode/3LXP...

open.spotify.com

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Joe Ford @docoho44.bsky.social · 2d

The things I do for my friends!

THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

(Mum-Ra is the best villain of all time!)

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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 2d

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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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

Wow! 100 episodes! Had to be @docoho44.bsky.social to mark this milestone, since he was the one who got me into the podcasting lark in the first place! Enjoy!

Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 2d

✨New episode!✨

Special guest Joe Ford @docoho44.bsky.social joins us for our 🌟100th episode🌟 to talk about a fond memory from his childhood, Thundercats Ho! The Movie. Action, adventure, padding and dreadful cliffhangers! What more could you want?!

open.spotify.com/episode/3LXP...

open.spotify.com

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

The plane struck the roof of the factor. Nobody else was injured. The backup crew, Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan, are moved into prime crew position for Gemini 9, and subsequent crew assignments are shifted up one place, which will have a significant effect for at least one astronaut...

Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

Human Spaceflight: 28 Feb 1966. The Gemini programme is dealt a sad blow when astronauts Charlie Bassett and Elliot See, the prime crew for Gemini 9, are killed while trying to land their T-38 jet in poor visibility conditions at the McDonnell plant where their spacecraft is under construction.

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