Paul Dykes
@paulodykes.bsky.social
Photographer, nerd and fan of old films. Creator of #GhostMonuments police box photos. Doctor Who obsessive, it goes without saying.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
Went for a stroll on Ambersham Common, West Sussex, on Saturday – aka Tulloch Moor. It was pretty misty, so the Skarasen must've been out for a stroll too. #DoctorWho
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Went for a stroll on Ambersham Common, West Sussex, on Saturday – aka Tulloch Moor. It was pretty misty, so the Skarasen must've been out for a stroll too. #DoctorWho
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happy slightly belated 22nd birthday to one of the best movies ever made
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November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
happy slightly belated 22nd birthday to one of the best movies ever made
I really enjoyed @andreworton.bsky.social’s erudite Black Archive on Castrovalva, one of the stories I have my earliest memories of watching. Many fascinating insights on television production, ontology, rationalism vs empiricism, recursion, and why Bidmead’s hard science fiction was pure fantasy.
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I really enjoyed @andreworton.bsky.social’s erudite Black Archive on Castrovalva, one of the stories I have my earliest memories of watching. Many fascinating insights on television production, ontology, rationalism vs empiricism, recursion, and why Bidmead’s hard science fiction was pure fantasy.
Watching ‘Lover Come Back’, a romantic screwball comedy in which Rock Hudson keeps his true identity secret from Doris Day and is referred to as ‘Superman’ by some envious onlookers. And then there’s a romantic supper with the New York skyline beyond a leafy balcony.
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Watching ‘Lover Come Back’, a romantic screwball comedy in which Rock Hudson keeps his true identity secret from Doris Day and is referred to as ‘Superman’ by some envious onlookers. And then there’s a romantic supper with the New York skyline beyond a leafy balcony.
Whenever I watch Letter to Brezhnev, I have the added joy of thinking, “That’s the hotel I stayed in when I went to my first Dr Who convention.” 😁 flickr.com/photos/11725...
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Whenever I watch Letter to Brezhnev, I have the added joy of thinking, “That’s the hotel I stayed in when I went to my first Dr Who convention.” 😁 flickr.com/photos/11725...
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My TV Crime Penguin Postcard series is now available as a choose-your-own quintet. Get your bunch of fives here: colemandesign.co.uk/tv-crime-pen...
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My TV Crime Penguin Postcard series is now available as a choose-your-own quintet. Get your bunch of fives here: colemandesign.co.uk/tv-crime-pen...
Just spotted this front door on a road near where I live 😊.
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just spotted this front door on a road near where I live 😊.
I’m reading the Black Archive on Logopolis. If you do too and were unaware, the police box scenes were actually filmed a good 10-15 miles to the southwest at Gerrards Cross.
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m reading the Black Archive on Logopolis. If you do too and were unaware, the police box scenes were actually filmed a good 10-15 miles to the southwest at Gerrards Cross.
Very much enjoyed watching 'The Thief' (1952) this week, an exciting Cold War thriller with Ray Milland in the lead and not a word of dialogue in its 86 minutes.
The regeneration scene was a surprise, though.
The regeneration scene was a surprise, though.
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Very much enjoyed watching 'The Thief' (1952) this week, an exciting Cold War thriller with Ray Milland in the lead and not a word of dialogue in its 86 minutes.
The regeneration scene was a surprise, though.
The regeneration scene was a surprise, though.
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I find myself with some availability at the end of the year, and into the next. If you want to have a chat about any upcoming #graphicdesign projects, please drop me a line and we'll go from there! Here's a glimpse of the kind of things I do…
www.colemandesign.co.uk
www.colemandesign.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I find myself with some availability at the end of the year, and into the next. If you want to have a chat about any upcoming #graphicdesign projects, please drop me a line and we'll go from there! Here's a glimpse of the kind of things I do…
www.colemandesign.co.uk
www.colemandesign.co.uk
What a lovely and moving documentary about Ian Marter on the S13 box set. It was a bit of a thrill to learn that he grew up on Madeline Road, SE20. For 15 years until 2022, I lived a stone's throw to the south-west across the railway line, on Maberley Road. It's also exciting to know that...
October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What a lovely and moving documentary about Ian Marter on the S13 box set. It was a bit of a thrill to learn that he grew up on Madeline Road, SE20. For 15 years until 2022, I lived a stone's throw to the south-west across the railway line, on Maberley Road. It's also exciting to know that...
Hurray! The gift to all humanity has arrived.
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hurray! The gift to all humanity has arrived.
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Oh no. Sometimes the obituaries just seem to come in like waves. Generations pass, I suppose. The water gets closer.
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Oh no. Sometimes the obituaries just seem to come in like waves. Generations pass, I suppose. The water gets closer.
Do I want to be a hero, @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social? Well, yes. So, after rewatching Biggles for the first time in over thirty years, I popped over to www.reelstreets.com/films/biggles/ 😊
September 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Do I want to be a hero, @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social? Well, yes. So, after rewatching Biggles for the first time in over thirty years, I popped over to www.reelstreets.com/films/biggles/ 😊
Really enjoyed the screening of Terror of the Zygons at the BFI today, including a couple of special video messages from Tom Baker! #DoctorWho
September 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Really enjoyed the screening of Terror of the Zygons at the BFI today, including a couple of special video messages from Tom Baker! #DoctorWho
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I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
An Italian sign for which there’s no British equivalent: Don’t lean on the Heras fencing like you’re Arthur Fonzarelli.
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An Italian sign for which there’s no British equivalent: Don’t lean on the Heras fencing like you’re Arthur Fonzarelli.
On my hols in Italy. Found traces of a Time Lord presence in medieval Perugia.
September 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On my hols in Italy. Found traces of a Time Lord presence in medieval Perugia.
Founder of the Hilton.
September 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Founder of the Hilton.
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On this day in 1982, the final episode of Sapphire & Steel was broadcast.
August 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
On this day in 1982, the final episode of Sapphire & Steel was broadcast.
We’re working our way through All Creatures Great and Small. It was exciting to see Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton share a scene in the episode ‘Hair of the Dog’, broadcast on 19 Jan 1980 😊.
August 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We’re working our way through All Creatures Great and Small. It was exciting to see Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton share a scene in the episode ‘Hair of the Dog’, broadcast on 19 Jan 1980 😊.
AW 2025 is going to be a repeat of AW 1981, if Octobre Éditions is anything to go by.
August 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
AW 2025 is going to be a repeat of AW 1981, if Octobre Éditions is anything to go by.
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Watched Ken Loach’s ‘Poor Cow’ (1967) tonight and spotted this little glimpse of Dalekmania.
August 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Watched Ken Loach’s ‘Poor Cow’ (1967) tonight and spotted this little glimpse of Dalekmania.
Watched Ken Loach’s ‘Poor Cow’ (1967) tonight and spotted this little glimpse of Dalekmania.
August 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Watched Ken Loach’s ‘Poor Cow’ (1967) tonight and spotted this little glimpse of Dalekmania.