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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper
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Ex-poster. Freelance Writer. Highgate Dad. Bit Desi. Uxorious. Tired.

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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... New on Psychic Paper: New Doctor Who, you say?
"Look to the future now, it's only just beguuuuuu-un."
The announcement of a 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special less than a week after I wrote this led to considerable joy in this household and I’m sure many...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... New on Psychic Paper: New Doctor Who, you say?
"Look to the future now, it's only just beguuuuuu-un."
The announcement of a 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special less than a week after I wrote this led to considerable joy in this household and I’m sure many...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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I am contributing to Doctor Wno cancellation discourse, whether you like it or not. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...
1990
“It’s all just a little bit of history repeatin’.” “1990 was the brainchild of Wilfred Greatorex, and conceived as literally ‘1984 plus six’; a series that...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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I am contributing to Doctor Wno cancellation discourse, whether you like it or not. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...
1990
“It’s all just a little bit of history repeatin’.” “1990 was the brainchild of Wilfred Greatorex, and conceived as literally ‘1984 plus six’; a series that...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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For paid subscribers, but with a taste and a link to a free piece and the chance to opt in. Can't say fairer than that.
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The Mind Robber
“It's too bad that all these things can only happen in my dreams. Only in dreams. In beautiful dreams.” In 1990 BBC Video really accelerated their Doctor Who...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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For paid subscribers, but with a taste and a link to a free piece and the chance to opt in. Can't say fairer than that.
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The Mind Robber
“It's too bad that all these things can only happen in my dreams. Only in dreams. In beautiful dreams.” In 1990 BBC Video really accelerated their Doctor Who...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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For paid subscribers, but with a taste and the option to opt in, it‘s Planet of Fire over @ psychic paper. buttondown.com/cooray_smith... (There are also links to unpaywalled pieces further up this feed.)
Planet of Fire
“Fire! I want you to burn!” I wound up with a VHS copy of most of Planet of Fire in early 1990. It was an unlikely choice for only the sixth story I had even...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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For subscribers only, but with a taste and two links to free pieces contained within it, it's turn and face the Genesis of the Daleks, over at Psychic Paper.

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Genesis of the Daleks
“It’s time to start all over, make a new beginning.” As I’ve said before here, sometimes the most celebrated Doctor Who stories are both the hardest and the...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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- and for those of you who prefer writing not about Doctor Who and which you don't have to pay for, I've done a guest column over at the legendary and long running twinpeaksblog. twinpeaksblog.com/2025/09/08/r...
Recap from BFI Screening of 'Twin Peaks' Pilot with Kyle MacLachlan
Recap from the BFI Southbank screening of the "Twin Peaks" pilot with Kyle MacLachlan held on Sunday June 15, 2025.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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For subscribers only, but with a taste and two links to free pieces contained within it, it's turn and face the Genesis of the Daleks, over at Psychic Paper.

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Genesis of the Daleks
“It’s time to start all over, make a new beginning.” As I’ve said before here, sometimes the most celebrated Doctor Who stories are both the hardest and the...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... At Psychic Paper, Esrever ni Emit buttondown.com/cooray_smith...
ESREVER NI EMIT
“But is tomorrow yesterday? Or has it been and gone today? I wish someone would say.” George Kaufman and Moss Hart’s 1934 play Merrily We Roll Along is the...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... Time in Reverse at Psychic Paper
“But is tomorrow yesterday? Or has it been and gone today? I wish someone would say.”
In the July 1994 cover dated issue of Doctor Who Classic Comics1 Marvel UK reprinted Time in Reverse, as the untitled story originally run in TV Comic in...
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August 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Journey’s End
“You’re my number one, I’d do anything for you.” Only a handful of Doctor Who episodes have reached #1 in the television charts for the week they were first...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Boom Town
"Boom boom boom boom, I’m gonna shoot you right down, right off your feet. Take you home with me. Put you in my house.” Anniversaries so often fly by once...
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August 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM