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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes, Toast-IE looks like another reluctant TARDIS traveller, very classic Who! The BBC's brief only specified a few key things, otherwise only really mentioning foes and villains amongst returning elements to include in pitches. Plus, it's not like K-9 has had the best track-record with spin-offs...

We are commissioning a new animated Doctor Who series for CBeebies. This interpretation of Doctor Who should be appropriate for the CBeebies audience. We are keen to retain the following attributes. The Doctor:-
- is hugely intelligent, especially with scientific knowledge
- is aspirational for our audience
- travels through time and space saving individuals, civilisations, and planets
- is an alien with two hearts from the planet Gallifrey
- has a strong moral compass
- avoids physical combat, relying on intelligence, humour, and diplomacy to resolve conflicts
- has a TARDIS and a Sonic Screwdriver which should feature in the series

The Doctor will attract a range of friendly and relatable companions who join in on the adventures and provide additional points of view as they collectively solve problems.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the cbeebies animated doctor who looks cute. love that they're doing a spin on familiar elements taken in new directions without being weighed down by continuity. it's for preschoolers with no attachment to or knowledge of who, let their imaginations run wild and free. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Promo image from Doctor Who: TARDIS Crew, a cartoonish boy with blue hair holding a sonic screwdriver is with a girl with pink hair and a robot running from Daleks, the TARDIS in the background. There's an angry girl in Dalek-like dress.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

feeling bad in the brain this week, but replaying the ps1 version of spyro 2: gateway to glimmer and realising most of the levels are still ingrained in my muscle memory is kind of like having naturally-occurring serotonin.

A TV with the pause menu from Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer on it, with a potted vine next to the screen.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

now why the hell is google attributing targeted sponsored advertising for a transphobic children's book to Booktopia? I was relieved to see that they don't actually stock that title, but I've contacted them to let them know google is charging them to push hate in their name regardless.

Screenshot of Google search results for 'abebooks' – under Sponsored Results it shows featured products, the first being a picture book titled "Transgenderism is a Mental Disorder".

Screenshot of Booktopia's website with a search for "Transgenderism is a Mental Disorder" returning the following results: we couldn't find any results for 'transgenderism is a mental disorder' in Books. Sorry we couldn't find any matches for this search, please check your filters and try again.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

delighted to discover that he not only signs headshots of himself as hitler, but a thoughtful fan/scalper decided to tastefully censor the ebay listing selling their copy

screenshot of an ebay listing titled "Doctor Who Autograph: ALBERT WELLING (Let's K*ll H*tler) Signed Photo" – someone has edited the photo to blur the swastikas and his moustache

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

was just reminded hitler is a character in doctor who and had the sudden thought wondering if the actor does conventions, and you'll be thrilled to know he does and the posters look totally normal

A poster for Arcadia convention with a bunch of headshots of characters from the show, including Hitler.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

was hashtag living in the moment so the only photos i took today were to show people where to find us when we arrived, lmao. but it was a lovely day spent with friends. and we somehow came home with more food than we left with.

a park on a sunny day, with a picnic blanket and some bags laid out near a tree

screenshot of a classic Nathan Fielder tweet: "Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They're all just out of frame, laughing too." accompanied by a photo of him clearly alone

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i did, however, get a brief video of some of the hundreds of flying foxes screeching and flying about, which was our walking soundtrack for half an hour

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

it's fascinating, because he's aware enough of that being a likely response to mention in the original interview that thatcher (at least) is a paid actor using facial replacement, but there's no way any of that breaks through the "he admitted to using ai" narrative he's unleashed

Indiewire article screenshot: “Sadly, it’s not going to matter what you or I think,” he said. “What matters is what 20-year-olds think about it and what they’re going to decide to do about it. So it’s good we express an opinion. The elders should, and it’s important to fight to make sure it doesn’t replace jobs. So we had an actor playing Thatcher for that whole sequence. We paid an actor and then just replaced the head. So we never tried to replace anyone. AI now works with visual effects. But it’s hard, isn’t it? Because for every Chris Nolan, there are thousands of filmmakers who can’t raise money. What are they going to do? How are they going to tell their stories? Maybe they won’t.”

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

it's fun learning that there's a non-zero number of people who have probably had this exact fantasy

Google search result screenshot: "Piers Morgan is attractive to almost HALF of women - but only when they are drunk"

Google search result screenshot: "Piers Morgan bears Jeremy Clarkson to be named UK's sexiest man"

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

bf took me to karaoke and omakase for my birthday last night, he's very cute and sweet 🥰

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

there's a video. if we go missing, start with her. (but we're cute)

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

person at table over from us at inner west pub came over to say they accidentally got some photos of bf and me over the shoulder of the people they're with, but when they shared the photos they are exclusively framed on just us...

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

but since the (likely) autism diagnosis i'm reading about links to hypermobility, and suddenly lots of things are clicking (like my joints). maybe the pain becoming more and more frequent isn't just because i'm in my thirties. and here i thought my bendy thumb was fairly unique!

a photo of my hand held up in front of a wall

my hand in the same position, with the thumb bent back 90 degrees and fingers angled backwards slightly

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

yes, i've resurrected mine from years ago! i was awful at using it, but we'll see how it goes this time.

a pill divider with some windows open showing pills inside, divided into a green AM and purple PM

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

anyone heard of this thing called "outside"? it's wild.

smiling hairy bearded person with glasses standing in a sunny park looking upwards

smiling hairy bearded person with glasses standing in a sunny park looking at the camera

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

got an actual adhd diagnosis today

Screenshot of a quote tweet from 2022. The original tweet: "we don't talk enough about how stressful Halloween costumes are for the ADHD community"
The quote: "Omg you people cant do anything"

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"Chiitan liked this" oh, i'm sure

Japanese otter mascot Chiitan is dancing on a pole

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

saw a new therapist today which is always An Experience™ but at one point she asked me to visualise a place that made me feel calm and it was only when she asked me to describe it out loud that I realised I'd panicked and visualised the meadow on Naboo where Anakin and Padmé have a picnic

four panel "For the better, right?" meme format showing Anakin and Padmé sitting in an idyllic meadow in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Been sick so comfort TV this week (rewatching The Comeback and Happy Endings) but La Bola Negra was a highlight last week. Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close have memorable but brief roles, alongside queer men separated by time. Beautifully poetic and epic. With bear sex. boxd.it/kNI17 #LastFourWatched

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

bath time – much needed after a week of feeling unwell.

Selfie of a hairy bearded man wearing glasses, showing all bare hairy chest, sitting in a bath.

A bathroom lit by candles, the bath filling with water and bubbles.

The same scene, now showing a laptop perched on a closed toilet seat.

A clearer POV shot of the laptop with Game Changer on screen, a foot visible in the bubbles of the bath.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

missed closing night (and a few others I was keen to see, including Minotaur and The Man I Love) due to a cold, but I had a wonderful Sydney Film Festival. Saw some incredible films, and have an even longer list of others to see after chatting with people about what they saw. Cinema! boxd.it/kNI17

Screenshot of a Letterboxd list, showing the first twelve ranked entries:
1) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
2) The World of Love
3) La Bola Negra (The Black Ball)
4) Leviticus
5) Maddie's Secret
6) Jim Queen
7) Rose
8) Nitrate Kisses
9) Barbara Forever
10) On the Road (En el Camino)
11) No Good Men
12) Time and Tide

Screenshot of a Letterboxd list, showing the next thirteen ranked entries:
13) The Invite
14) They Dream
15) Tangles
16) The Seoul Guardians
17) Animol
18) At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te'kmujue'katik)
19) Coward
20) The Mutation
21) I Want Your Sex
22) Silenced
23) Erupcja
24) Árru
25) Sheep in the Box

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

incredibly humbled by getting this notification while responding to a DM from @apeascends.bsky.social asking me about Doctor Who. it really made me feel seen in a "(derogatory)" way

Screenshot of a Bluesky error message: "Message is too long (8258/1000)"

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

lord give me the confidence of the straight man who interrupted a group of four queers casually discussing a gay movie we'd just seen to tell us how much it reminded him of portrait of a lady on fire. i'm so excited for him to see his third queer film, it's going to blow his fucking mind.

screenshot of a tweet from @afeqidof2asps: "Guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie: Getting a lot of 'Boss Baby' vibes from this..."

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

it's the most wonderful time of the year (sydney film festival) (you can see what i've been watching on letterboxd) boxd.it/kNI17

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

cold weather + laundry day = a terrifying insight into just how much bigger i am than @trev93.bsky.social

a handsome bald man on a beard smiles while sitting on a sofa. he's wearing a pair of my sweatpants so big they cover his arms.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

briefly thought I bled rainbows in the night, til I discovered I'd somehow slept on an open bag of m&ms

a bed sheet stained with splotches of red, yellow, green, orange, blue and brown food colouring

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

gummy and naked tv time kinda night

a bearded, hairy shirtless man lies on a sofa

a bearded, hairy shirtless man lies on a sofa doing a peace sign with his hand

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

in hyde park, a bushtail possum ran past us and clambered up a tree. passerby: what is that? me: it's a possum. passerby: what? me: a possum! passerby: (beat) it's a nice cat.

a bushtail possum perches on a tree branch

a bushtail possum sits in a tree clasping something in its paws, whatever it's eating

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

this is just yassified bradley walsh

Bradley Walsh, a British white man in a suit, known for hosting The Chase

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

new mirror new haircut new apartment ... and a newly discovered grey streak in the fringe to join the sides and chest hairs

a mirror selfie of a shirtless, hairy bespectacled bearded white person smiling at the phone camera.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

everyone please meet fatigué, an incredible gift from a friend. she's named for my favourite french word to hear while suppressing the urge to say, "same." (it's pronounced fatty-gay)

a lit lamp in the shape of a fat cat sitting on its hind legs

an unlit lamp in the shape of a fat cat sitting on its hind legs

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

What if the one thing standing between you and your future was the ghost of who you used to be? Sydney, don't miss your chance to experience Homebodies on the big screen, in this special Trans Day of Visibility community screening! Tickets just $12: queerscreen.org.au/sessions/hom...

Poster for Homebodies, featuring three people standing in a body of water – but the one on the left (portrayed by Jazi Hall) doesn't have a reflection. The other two are portrayed by Claudia Karvan and Luke Wiltshire.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Dulcie, Eddie, Cath and Abby are back! A new case and supporting cast means plenty of mystery and hijinks, trading chilly Tassie for sticky, humid NT. Feels just as fresh, funny and queer as series one, with writing, directing and performances firing on all cylinders. Can't wait to watch the rest.

Cinema screen with the marketing imagery for Deadloch: "Welcome to the Australian Premiere of Deadloch season 2, streaming March 20 on Prime globally."

Some of the cast and creatives from Deadloch stand in front of the cinema screen doing a Q&A, from left to right: Luke Hemsworth, Alicia Gardiner, Madeleine Sami, Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan and Nikki Britton

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

revisiting the third Sly Racoon game and i totally forgot it includes a wildly racist mystical Aboriginal "guru" character who speaks in a made up gibberish language, teaches Murray to be peaceful, how to use "Dreamtime magic" then sends him on a "walkabout" to discover himself.

cartoon image of a purple koala and a pink hippo – the hippo is wearing a vaguely "tribal" outfit with a leaf headpiece and white body paint meant to invoke Aboriginal body paint.

a cartoon image of a purple koala holding a "mystical" stick in one hand, with white face paint meant to invoke Aboriginal body paint. he's wearing a bandana and loincloth.

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

parents have foxtel, and oh to be a fly on the wall when someone pitched doing a section on the home page to mark Chinese new year, and they settled on a selection of films and shows about horses, none of them Chinese, rather than Chinese cinema. (don't worry, it's zebra and donkey inclusive)

photo of a screen showing a tv platform menu with a "Chine New Year | Year of the Horse" section populated with posters for films about horses

photo of a screen showing a tv platform menu with a "Chine New Year | Year of the Horse" section populated with posters for films about horses, including "Pure Grit", "Black Beauty" and "Secretariat"

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Andrew @howqueer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

all your favourites are back! meryl, anne hathaway, emily blunt, catherine tate as perpetually offended closeted gay man

Catherine Tate in prosthetics to look like a bald man wearing a suit. Stanley Tucci in the Devil Wears Prada 2 poster looks remarkably similar.

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