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andrew allen

@mygrayne.bsky.social

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Writer, director, actor, creative coach, list maker. Credits include ONE WOMAN ALIEN, YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER, FOUR PLAY, THE CITY OF DR MOREAU, THE HAUNTING OF GABRIEL CHASE https://linktr.ee/andrewallen

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andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 16h

It occurs to me that if time travel existed, there’s a non zero chance that video footage of major historical events would be - and always were - actually ai generated fakes

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 18h

Have you not bought your Moleskine 2026 yet?

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 18h

I honestly feel like one of the finest job in television today is to be on the editing team on The Traitors.

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 18h

It’s not remotely the journalists fault, but strong Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan energy on BBC News tonight

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 22h

I mean fine. Somewhat counterintuitively, I’d stick another three episodes on it (in which almost nothing happens), and film it 3 years earlier in black and white. Then I’d genuinely love it more

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 1d

Always weird to me that one of the lead characters in Timeslip was called Frank Skinner

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 1d

I get irritated by it *in the moment* but the good thing about a show that’s ongoing for nearly 70 years is that most lore is irrelevant to even ongoing viewers. Right now, nobody’s caring about Timeless Children or a Serpent infected UNIT.

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 1d

See also Matt’s final story, which is essentially an entire *season* (and arguably Matt’s entire tenure) wrapped into a single episode

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andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 1d

I know what you mean, but I kinda like that the Masters’ squabble is so unimportant and petty that it gets pushed to the edges of / threatens to trip up the narrative of the main plot. Like, it’s not important enough to get its own story, and the Ms will never understand that?

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andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 1d

I do like WE&T mainly for Capaldi & Mackie (and anything with Missy is worth time), although it’s telling that the arguably most interesting Cybermen of over 50 years harkens back to the Sixties.

Earthshock? I don’t have the same love as everyone else, but I’m not gonna dismiss a well prepared meal

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andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 1d

*takes a breath*

There hasn’t been an interesting cyberman story since 1968

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andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favourite things about Only Murders In The Building, and certainly something I didn’t anticipate going in, is how much of it is a love letter to the stage and live theatre.

andrew allen @mygrayne.bsky.social · 2d

I’m fascinated by how simple and unfussy the current campaign for Burberry with Olivia Coleman is. No whizzbangs, no punchlines, almost no plot.

I think it might be genius.