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Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 1h

“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 · 1h

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 · 11h

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 · 1h

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 · 5h

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 · 22h

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 · 1h

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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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 12d

WHITSTABLE VERY DISAPPOINTING.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 5h

Adam Scovell’s piece on Out of the Unknown.

Quotes some berk.

'The first time sci-fi was presented as serious drama': The forgotten 1960s show that was the original Black Mirror

Sixty years ago, anthology series Out of the Unknown premiered on the BBC. It served up serious, one-off sci-fi dramas exploring our relationship with technology, among other things.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 6h

The BBC's magic blanket licence would have allowed them to do this (for broadcast in the UK only presumably)
youtu.be/nm_vzH4bkr8?...

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Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 9h

"Marvin," he said, "just get this elevator to go up will you? We've got to get to Zarniwoop." "Why?" asked Marvin dolefully. "I don't know," said Zaphod, "but when I find him, he'd better have a very good reason for me wanting to see him."

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 1d

The new episode of Telefantasy Time Jump is out now and free wherever you get your podcasts or at the link! @lizbethmyles.bsky.social and I watch 1962's Fireball XL-5 and Out of This World! www.patreon.com/posts/141187...

Telefantasy Time Jump #10: Fireball XL5/Out of This World (1962) | Telefantasy Time Jump

www.patreon.com

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 21h

"Help me....!" THE FLY (1958) is coming your way at 11:35pm #TPTVsubtitles

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Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 21h

"I was then shot at for a while and blown up. In fact I have been blown up ridiculously often, shot at, insulted, regularly disintegrated, deprived of tea, and recently I crashed into a swamp and had to spend five years in a damp cave."

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John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 21h

Oh god, someone's going to see this and start using it to mean 'shopping holiday', aren't they?

#CallMyBluff

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Scotty @whocolour.bsky.social · 2d

I love behind the scenes photos like this. What a beauty!

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Attack of the Giant Retro Monsters 🔞 @monstersattack.bsky.social · 1d

"...a world of berserk, 70-foot Giantesses."

"THE INCUBI of PARALLEL X" by Theodore Sturgeon c/o "Planet Stories" (September 1951). #giantess #scifiart #Sizesky

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Attack of the Giant Retro Monsters 🔞 @monstersattack.bsky.social · 1d

Promotional shot for "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954).
#horror #horrorfam #1950s #creaturefeature

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ʝɛც @50poundnote.com · 21h

I did the gnome in 2017. It’s the most effort I ever put into a costume, and I still get mileage out of it.

Dressed as a gnome smoking my pipe and standing on a staircase made of railroad ties

Dressed as a gnome smoking my pipe and standing on a foggy hillside

Dressed as a gnome using a natural wood cane to walk down a hill

A forced perspective shot making me look very tiny

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Scotty @whocolour.bsky.social · 2d

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 21h

oh

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 22h

"YOU WANT ME TO ARSE THE PARLOUR MAID?!"

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Joe Ford @docoho44.bsky.social · 21h

Are you a fan of The X-Files? The (X) Hamster Files could be just what you are looking for. Celebrating the successes and tolerating the failures of the series! @ioanmorris.bsky.social @nathanbottomley.com @iainmartin1.bsky.social @jackcoyer.bsky.social

a man and a woman are looking at each other in a dark room .

ALT: a man and a woman are looking at each other in a dark room .

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