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Steven Flanagan
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Lives in NE England. Posts mostly about comics, Doctor Who, other old TV and films and random stuff.
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Steven Flanagan @stoverfandango.bsky.social · Oct 1
Hello, I'm Steven Flanagan, an ageing Englishman likely to post about #comics, #DoctorWho, and other old TV and film, as well as any other trivial stuff that seems interesting, useful or amusing.
I draw a bit and do some image editing.
Drawing mashing up The Quatermass Experiment for its 70th anniversary and Sooty for his 75th. Fake advert for Sky Ray lollies featuring the actor and actress booked for the 1960s Doctor Who ad (only he appeared in the end product) and a Dalek. Short comic strip written and drawn for the Paper Jam Comics Collective anthology "You Need a Holiday ... and That" Mash up of Aladdin Sane and the first Doctor Who (David Bowie and William Hartnell shared a birthday).
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Have blocked 4 bots today, all called Yuri.
Apologies to any real people called Yuri who I might block by reflex in the near future.
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Just a week now until the start of a series that fans of colour grading are sure to love.
#DoctorWho
#TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea
#WuBbLeS
A promotional image for Wubbles, showing Barclay (Russell Tovey), in a teal T-shirt, standing against an orange fiery backdrop, extending a hand towards Salt (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), an amphibian with teal-coloured skin with orange highlight, standing against a teal watery backdrop. The text has been edited to read: BBC THE WAR BETWEEN THE ORANGE AND THE TEAL.
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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This 1948 newspaper headline is grounds for another UNIT retcon.
#DoctorWho
#MyrnaLoy

(It was actually UNESCO.)
Newspaper clipping. The headline is: "Myrna Loy Is UN Unit Adviser." A photo of Loy is labelled "Myrna Loy - On US delegation."
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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I've now seen The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, the 2006 short from which this film was developed. Same writers, director, male leads, but the extra 19 years has not only made them more skilful, but has allowed The Ballad to add themes of loss and connection that deepen it.
stoverfandango.bsky.social Steven Flanagan @stoverfandango.bsky.social · 6d
JW The Ballad of Wallis Island, so now I'm feeling all warm, in a melancholy sort of way.
Poster for The Ballad of Wallis Island, with a photo of Tom Basden, Tim Key, Carey Mulligan and a small boat.
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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I bring Sutekh's gift of fez-wearing, dancing pantomime camels to all humanity.
Legs and Co dancer in ancient Egyptian-styled stage costume with pantomime camel.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#totp
Screenshot of Guardian article headlined "Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?" Screen capture of the Cardigans performing on Top of the Pops.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Nina Persson's hair courtesy of Front Axial Projection. #totp
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Christmas on the BBC
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Festive self-flagellation at the BBC: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Traitors, distractions, inertia, manipulation … it’s all on the schedule this Christmas
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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We're bad at selling comics. Did you know we have an online shop? paperjamcomics.bigcartel.com. This Black Friday, you can get 0% - yes, that's right, a whopping ZERO PERCENT - off all purchases.

AND download our old comics absolutely FREE!* paperjamcc.itch.io

*also available at all other times
Paper Jam Comics Collective
The Paper Jam Comics Collective, not for profit comic love and creation. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne
paperjamcomics.bigcartel.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
stoverfandango.bsky.social
So, has anyone seen the new extended version of The Beatles Anthology TV series yet?
Black and white photograph by PETER LINDBERGH of ULLI STEINMEIER, LYNNE KOESTER, CINDY CRAWFORD AND LINDA EVANGELISTA, 1989. They are wearing Beatle wigs, with suits and ties.
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC news headline. Beneath an aerial photo of the Ness of Brodgar, the headline and subhead read: "Archaeologists make ' extraordinary discovery' in Orkney - but won't say what it is. "Archaelogists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find." A passage from the article, reading: The scientific study produced an unexpected discovery which the team describe as "totally dissimilar to anything else we've uncovered". The only clue from the excavation team is that Ness is "a site that can be seen to be defined by straight lines and rectangular forms, from the architecture down to the art". Screen capture from Doctor Who: Fugitive of [sic] the Judoon, showing the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) uncovering a buried Tardis. We see her hands brushing soil away from the Police Public Call Box sign.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Lares et Penates.
A framed shaped like the Tardis Police Box, inside which are shelves divided into compartments. In each compartment (except two empty ones) is a statuette of a different Doctor Who.
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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New! A little promo for the return of the Doctor Who Literature Podcast - with a special guest presenter!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Mg...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents the Dr Who Literature Podcast
YouTube video by Doctor Who Literature
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Another thought that occurred to me during the apparently mandatory dramatic reconstructions in this documentary is that there is a cohort of actors now who have had to reinvent the skills of silent movie acting - but accompanied by voiceover and orchestral stabs, rather than a cinema organist.
durotrigesdig.bsky.social Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 5d
Why was everyone in *Civilisations: Rise and Fall* dressed like they were in a 1950s Hollywood epic?

Stilicho looked like Richard Burton in *The Robe* with muscled cuirass and pointless wrist guards rather than in long sleeved tunic and big chonky brooch

Who was the historical advisor on this? 😱😱
An actor pretending to be a Roman general of the late 4th century AD wearing armour, red cloak and two swords of a much earlier period plus wrist bands which no one outside of a Hollywood movie ever wore Actor Richard Burton in the film The Robe, wearing a muscled cuirass and wrist bands, relaxes on a block of marble Stilicho, a late Roman general as depicted on an ivory panel wearing long sleeved tunic, big brooch, long sword at his belt and a spear in his right hand
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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🎶 In the ocean
The mighty ocean ... 🎶
Screen capture from the BBC's Christmas programmes website, showing the programme name "Titanic Sinks Tonight" and a picture of several people sitting in a lifeboat looking at RMS Titanic.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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BBC TV Christmas programming: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
There's, ooooh, about 3 hours of programmes I'd like to watch here, 2hrs 20 mins of which is a new series of Shaun the Sheep (also: Mandy; Ghost Story for Christmas).
BBC Christmas 2025 TV and iPlayer line-up offers a whole host of magical moments to entertain all the family over the festive fortnight
The unmissable line-up will bring people together this Christmas in a way that only the BBC can
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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This has always been the default image in my head of what dragons look like.
colinsmith.bsky.social Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 6d
“Conversation with Smaug”, by JRR Tolkien, for 1937’s “The Hobbit”.

I’ve no idea what state of mind Tolkien was in when he painted it. But every time I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it a lot, I get the impression that he was having a really great time. It’s so zestful, in its details & as a whole.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
stoverfandango.bsky.social
Nothing but the classiest for my home town.
(By the way, Lady Godiva is not played by Dennis Price, John McCallum or Stanley Holloway.)
Poster for the film "Lady Godiva Rides Again". It shows a woman wearing only an enormous blonde wig riding a white horse, and lines of women in bathing costumes. The headline cast members are Dennis Price, John McCallum and Stanley Holloway. The film is also billed as "Featuring dozens of international beauty queens and famous artists' models!" Tag lines are: "The Comedy Side of a Bathing Beauty Contest!" "It's Spicy!" "It's Daring!" "It's Titillating!" "Girls!" "Girls!" "Girls!" "Girls!"
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Totter’s Lane, 1963.
Happy Doctor Who Day !
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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JW The Ballad of Wallis Island, so now I'm feeling all warm, in a melancholy sort of way.
Poster for The Ballad of Wallis Island, with a photo of Tom Basden, Tim Key, Carey Mulligan and a small boat.
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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From Billy to Billie.
paulhanley.bsky.social Paul Hanley @paulhanley.bsky.social · 7d
Sometimes genius, sometimes cringe.
Always wonderful and gloriously bonkers.
The journey continues...
Happy Birthday, Doctor!
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Deleted scenes for Season 2 (2025) are up on the BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel. Just not the ones we all really wanted to see, that's all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyGS...
DELETED SCENES from Season 2 | Doctor Who
YouTube video by Doctor Who
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Another announcement of interest from the other place: Doctor Who Series 2 (2025) scripts up at www.bbc.co.uk/writers/scri...
Screen capture of a post by BBC Writers on another platform. There is a promotional image of Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) and the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) in front of a purple and blue planet. The text of the post reads: "Happy Doctor Who Day!❤️❤️ To celebrate, you can now read all of the scripts for series 2 in our Script Library as well as the 2024 Christmas Special 'Joy To The World'! As always a massive thank you to Russell T Davies for sharing these wonderful scripts as well as Sharma Angel-Walfall, Juno Dawson, Inua Ellams, Pete McTighe, and Steven Moffat ✍️ We hope that reading these scripts is, quite simply, an absolute JOY!"
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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paulhanley.bsky.social
Sometimes genius, sometimes cringe.
Always wonderful and gloriously bonkers.
The journey continues...
Happy Birthday, Doctor!
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Uncannily, a few months after @teamsmithy.bsky.social posted this drawing, we got confirmation from Jodie Whittaker.
Screen capture of a Radio Times headline from 7 October 2025: "Doctor Who icon Jodie Whittaker discusses exciting new role: 'Suranne Jones is a swan and I'm a feral chicken.'" There is a photograph of Whittaker and Jones in Frauds.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM