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I'M GETTING PUBLISHED!
Not one but TWO plays for your enjoyment: "It Walks Around The House At Night" & "Jurassic", Feb 2026. The oddest double-volume ever, ghosts and dinos mushed together.
Pre-ordering would mean a lot! Support your local nerdy playwright! www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/it-walks-aro...
Not one but TWO plays for your enjoyment: "It Walks Around The House At Night" & "Jurassic", Feb 2026. The oddest double-volume ever, ghosts and dinos mushed together.
Pre-ordering would mean a lot! Support your local nerdy playwright! www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/it-walks-aro...
It Walks Around the House at Night & Jurassic
It Walks Around the House at Night & Jurassic - Two Plays; Two new plays from an award-winning playwright.
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I'M GETTING PUBLISHED!
Not one but TWO plays for your enjoyment: "It Walks Around The House At Night" & "Jurassic", Feb 2026. The oddest double-volume ever, ghosts and dinos mushed together.
Pre-ordering would mean a lot! Support your local nerdy playwright! www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/it-walks-aro...
Not one but TWO plays for your enjoyment: "It Walks Around The House At Night" & "Jurassic", Feb 2026. The oddest double-volume ever, ghosts and dinos mushed together.
Pre-ordering would mean a lot! Support your local nerdy playwright! www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/it-walks-aro...
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Fake news, fossils and written by #bruntwoodprize winning, Tim Foley - Jurassic opens at ours in just one week.
So here's a little trailer to whet your appetites...
Tue 18 - Sat 29 Nov 🦕
sohotheatre.com/events/juras...
So here's a little trailer to whet your appetites...
Tue 18 - Sat 29 Nov 🦕
sohotheatre.com/events/juras...
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Fake news, fossils and written by #bruntwoodprize winning, Tim Foley - Jurassic opens at ours in just one week.
So here's a little trailer to whet your appetites...
Tue 18 - Sat 29 Nov 🦕
sohotheatre.com/events/juras...
So here's a little trailer to whet your appetites...
Tue 18 - Sat 29 Nov 🦕
sohotheatre.com/events/juras...
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Reminder: Here's what Nigel Farage tried to take away from you this week...
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reminder: Here's what Nigel Farage tried to take away from you this week...
Tess AND Claudia? Nooooo! #StrictlyBombshell
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Tess AND Claudia? Nooooo! #StrictlyBombshell
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AMAZING picture in the new @bigfinish.bsky.social Vortex! 😍
Steve, if you're reading this, I'm impressed by both your head for heights and your taste in Doctor Who!
@finishedzine.bsky.social
Steve, if you're reading this, I'm impressed by both your head for heights and your taste in Doctor Who!
@finishedzine.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
AMAZING picture in the new @bigfinish.bsky.social Vortex! 😍
Steve, if you're reading this, I'm impressed by both your head for heights and your taste in Doctor Who!
@finishedzine.bsky.social
Steve, if you're reading this, I'm impressed by both your head for heights and your taste in Doctor Who!
@finishedzine.bsky.social
Thirteen weeks to Christmas Day
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thirteen weeks to Christmas Day
In the 1980s I was walking down a corridor in TV Centre when a make up artist ran after me shouting ‘Your ears!!! I must have them for my production!’ She took me off to a room where she did moulds of them, and they were used for all the creatures in The Chronicles of Narnia.
The Chronicles of Narnia [Blu-ray]: Amazon.co.uk: Richard Dempsey, Sophie Cook, Richard Dempsey, Sophie Cook
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September 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In the 1980s I was walking down a corridor in TV Centre when a make up artist ran after me shouting ‘Your ears!!! I must have them for my production!’ She took me off to a room where she did moulds of them, and they were used for all the creatures in The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Only a few days to go until my new painting exhibition opens on 1 September. 22 original paintings inspired by a hundred years of science fiction cinema. Here's one based on a 1970s classic. Do please come along if you can - if not, don't forget to access the virtual exhibition. Please share. Ta!
August 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Only a few days to go until my new painting exhibition opens on 1 September. 22 original paintings inspired by a hundred years of science fiction cinema. Here's one based on a 1970s classic. Do please come along if you can - if not, don't forget to access the virtual exhibition. Please share. Ta!
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UNIT assembled! Join Ken Bentley, Matt Fitton, James Joyce and Tracy Wiles for a panel discussion in this fab podcast.
UNIT: A Big Finish Panel - Artron Energy
Ken Bentley, Matt Fitton, James Joyce and Tracy Wiles join us for a very special panel episode discussing all things related to Big Finish's UNIT series.
www.buzzsprout.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
UNIT assembled! Join Ken Bentley, Matt Fitton, James Joyce and Tracy Wiles for a panel discussion in this fab podcast.
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My new painting exhibition - BRAVE NEW WORLDS - opens in just over a week. It’s a celebration of a century of science fiction films. Do please come along if you’re in the area - and tell your friends and family. For those who can’t make it in person, the whole exhibition will be viewable online too.
August 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My new painting exhibition - BRAVE NEW WORLDS - opens in just over a week. It’s a celebration of a century of science fiction films. Do please come along if you’re in the area - and tell your friends and family. For those who can’t make it in person, the whole exhibition will be viewable online too.
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As the Trump administration begins the process of banning same-sex marriage and dismantling queer rights in the US, I’m reminded of this cartoon.
August 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
As the Trump administration begins the process of banning same-sex marriage and dismantling queer rights in the US, I’m reminded of this cartoon.
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That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio
August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio
Ooh Alien: Earth is really, really, really blooming brilliant.
August 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ooh Alien: Earth is really, really, really blooming brilliant.
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BRAND-NEW TRAILER KLAXON! 📢 Click https://bgfn.sh/lastasp to hear the Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Brigadier, Cleopatra and... something I've forgotten... 卌 | |||| | 卌 |||| | 卌
August 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
BRAND-NEW TRAILER KLAXON! 📢 Click https://bgfn.sh/lastasp to hear the Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Brigadier, Cleopatra and... something I've forgotten... 卌 | |||| | 卌 |||| | 卌
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This Sunday, a chance to bid on some signed memorabilia from my lovely mum. All money raised will be split between The Princess Alice Hospice, who cared for my mum so brilliantly, and The Anthony Nolan Trust. Please help raise some money for two brilliant causes!
At Projections In Time: The Keeper of Traken on Sunday, we are pleased to confirm we will be auctioning a selection of personally signed memorabilia by the much missed, Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw alongside Jon Pertwee's Doctor.
August 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This Sunday, a chance to bid on some signed memorabilia from my lovely mum. All money raised will be split between The Princess Alice Hospice, who cared for my mum so brilliantly, and The Anthony Nolan Trust. Please help raise some money for two brilliant causes!
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Coming in August...
River Song v Henry VIII
A four hour pseudo-historical epic...
from @bigfinish.bsky.social , written by me.
#DoctorWho
And, as I'm a huge #baldursgate3 #bg3 fan, I'm delighted we've got Andrew Wincott (Raphael) in the cast, as Thomas Cromwell! Trailer below...
River Song v Henry VIII
A four hour pseudo-historical epic...
from @bigfinish.bsky.social , written by me.
#DoctorWho
And, as I'm a huge #baldursgate3 #bg3 fan, I'm delighted we've got Andrew Wincott (Raphael) in the cast, as Thomas Cromwell! Trailer below...
SOUND ON! 🔈🔉🔊 River Song v Henry VIII coming in August 2025. Click bgfn.sh/henryviii to pre-order as a download to own and collector's edition CD.
July 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Coming in August...
River Song v Henry VIII
A four hour pseudo-historical epic...
from @bigfinish.bsky.social , written by me.
#DoctorWho
And, as I'm a huge #baldursgate3 #bg3 fan, I'm delighted we've got Andrew Wincott (Raphael) in the cast, as Thomas Cromwell! Trailer below...
River Song v Henry VIII
A four hour pseudo-historical epic...
from @bigfinish.bsky.social , written by me.
#DoctorWho
And, as I'm a huge #baldursgate3 #bg3 fan, I'm delighted we've got Andrew Wincott (Raphael) in the cast, as Thomas Cromwell! Trailer below...
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Coming as I do from a BBC comedy background, I have a shitload of suggestions for how to make great television programmes more cheaply (such as not budgeting them at $10m+ per episode) none of which anyone is interested in.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
Netflix boss Ted Sarandos says they used generative AI for the first time to cut costs on their sci-fi show 'The Eternaut'
"AI represents an incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better — not just cheaper"
"AI represents an incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better — not just cheaper"
July 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Coming as I do from a BBC comedy background, I have a shitload of suggestions for how to make great television programmes more cheaply (such as not budgeting them at $10m+ per episode) none of which anyone is interested in.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
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OUT NOW! It's a spore war for the Third Doctor, Liz and the Brig. 🦠 Click https://bgfn.sh/dwtmm to listen to Doctor Who: The Mirror Matter, a feature-length audio novel written by Kate Orman and performed by Jon Culshaw.
July 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
OUT NOW! It's a spore war for the Third Doctor, Liz and the Brig. 🦠 Click https://bgfn.sh/dwtmm to listen to Doctor Who: The Mirror Matter, a feature-length audio novel written by Kate Orman and performed by Jon Culshaw.
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STOP! ✋ LOOK! 👀 LISTEN! 👂 #DoctorWho: The Mirror Matter is a brand-new Third Doctor audio novel due for release in July. Click bgfn.sh/dwtmm to hear more, check out the cover and pre-order.
soundcloud.com/big-finish/d...
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Doctor Who: The Mirror Matter (Trailer)
FIND OUT MORE AT THE BIG FINISH WEBSITE:
The Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier investigate the alien “spores
soundcloud.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
STOP! ✋ LOOK! 👀 LISTEN! 👂 #DoctorWho: The Mirror Matter is a brand-new Third Doctor audio novel due for release in July. Click bgfn.sh/dwtmm to hear more, check out the cover and pre-order.
soundcloud.com/big-finish/d...
soundcloud.com/big-finish/d...
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I've been hearing so much how amazing the Hooklight audios are so I finally checked them out.
Believe the hype, its one big amazing adventure. It may even be up there amongst the other best 5th Doctor audios. Highly recommended 😁👍 #DoctorWho @bigfinish.bsky.social @verbatimfoley.bsky.social
Believe the hype, its one big amazing adventure. It may even be up there amongst the other best 5th Doctor audios. Highly recommended 😁👍 #DoctorWho @bigfinish.bsky.social @verbatimfoley.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I've been hearing so much how amazing the Hooklight audios are so I finally checked them out.
Believe the hype, its one big amazing adventure. It may even be up there amongst the other best 5th Doctor audios. Highly recommended 😁👍 #DoctorWho @bigfinish.bsky.social @verbatimfoley.bsky.social
Believe the hype, its one big amazing adventure. It may even be up there amongst the other best 5th Doctor audios. Highly recommended 😁👍 #DoctorWho @bigfinish.bsky.social @verbatimfoley.bsky.social
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"Affirmative, Master! Sale prices detected!" John Leeson audiobooks and dramas - half price selected titles, here: https://bgfn.sh/john25
Offers end no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 08 June 2025.
Offers end no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 08 June 2025.
June 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Affirmative, Master! Sale prices detected!" John Leeson audiobooks and dramas - half price selected titles, here: https://bgfn.sh/john25
Offers end no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 08 June 2025.
Offers end no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 08 June 2025.
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AVAILABLE NOW! 🗣️🎙️👂 A brand-new full-cast audio drama box set. Click https://bgfn.sh/DW4D14B to listen now to Doctor Who: The Ruins of Kaerula.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and John Leeson, with Jon Culshaw as the Brigadier.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and John Leeson, with Jon Culshaw as the Brigadier.
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
AVAILABLE NOW! 🗣️🎙️👂 A brand-new full-cast audio drama box set. Click https://bgfn.sh/DW4D14B to listen now to Doctor Who: The Ruins of Kaerula.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and John Leeson, with Jon Culshaw as the Brigadier.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and John Leeson, with Jon Culshaw as the Brigadier.
I’ve popped down memory lane for Tom’s website
Tom Baker has a lovely new website. He's redecorated, and we like it! @dr999.bsky.social has contributed a favourite memory here.
Big Finish
I remember that it all began with smoked salmon… On 6 April 2011, Tom kindly invited me and Big Finish executive producer Nick Briggs to his home for lunch. The meeting was to discuss Tom potentially recording some stories as the Fourth Doctor for Big Finish, and this was our chance to pitch to hi...
www.tombakerofficial.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I’ve popped down memory lane for Tom’s website
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The Fifth Doctor range from @bigfinish.bsky.social keeps on giving. After modern masterpieces of the likes of Forty 2 and Merfolk Murders, @verbatimfoley.bsky.social delivers his most ambitious project yet and the landing is as smooth as it could be. Genuinely bravo. 👏
May 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Fifth Doctor range from @bigfinish.bsky.social keeps on giving. After modern masterpieces of the likes of Forty 2 and Merfolk Murders, @verbatimfoley.bsky.social delivers his most ambitious project yet and the landing is as smooth as it could be. Genuinely bravo. 👏
How did we come to be in a world where people use phones hands free in public as walkie talkies? No public space, no peaceful area, is free from it.
May 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How did we come to be in a world where people use phones hands free in public as walkie talkies? No public space, no peaceful area, is free from it.