John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Don't really understand football, but surely Man City fans see the blue mist? 021
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 18/09/20269yo: Can I have a drink of water? 46yo*: SHUT UP! I'M WATCHING TOP OF THE POPS *who is me #TOTP 020
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: The Alan Partridge lookalike Martin Brennan will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran 0184
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026DJ Kat once prounonced Kirkby Lonsdale as it spelled. Locals drop the second 'k' and say 'Kirby'. At the time I was annoyed, but I now realise I was being unfair. It was remarkable enough that DJ Kat could speak English fluently and cope with the demands of presenting a live TV show. 040
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 22/08/2026post a picture that should be a difficult second album cover 010
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 07/08/2026If you see this reply with a picture that illustrates what it's like living in the UK 030
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Before I was diagnosed with colitis, I told a GP I was having to run to the toilet on a hourly basis. She asked, "Have you tried not going?" 010
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Nina Simone's take on The Bee Gee's 'To Love Somebody' is the greatest cover version of all time, made even more astonishing by the fact that she just throws it away. 021
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Not liking the vibe of this proposed Blake's 7 reboot. 010
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This train graffiti I saw on my afternoon commute certainly jolted me out of my bourgeois complacency. 0172
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 27/07/2026B-i-ll-oddie* sad news about Bill Oddie isn't it? *Actually a pun from The Goodies 020
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Ray - the man afflicted permanently sarcastic tone of voice 020
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"Looks like some sort of opening ceremony for a major sporting event" *sniffs the air* "Early 21st Century, probably" *takes another sniff* "Hmm - mid 2020s maybe. What do you think Camilla? "Everyone is looking at us" "Better give them a wave, then, show we're friendly" 041
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Happy New Prime Minister Day to all who celebrate! Seems to come around so quickly these days. 030
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Being a father is hard work and often exhausting. However, I do not expect anything in return, and nor should I. So, you can imagine how overwhelmed I felt when the 11yo presented me with this hand made card today. The awe and respect they hold me in makes it all the sacrifices worthwhile. 070
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Christmas 1987. I thought we'd have to take it back to the rental shop after Boxing Day. 010
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Me on hearing RTD had not even written a script for the not happening Doctor Who Christmas special 050
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This is, in fact, a 1930 photo of two of England's greatest cricketers, Herbert Sutcliffe (aged 36, left) and Jack Hobbs (48). Jack's wife Ada is in the middle. Both opening batters, they had very modest upbringings; Jack grew up in near poverty, and Herbert was orphaned at 9. 000
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Pick a Bond villian from the pictures you already have on your phone 020
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Had to say goodbye SpiderCat today. It was very sudden, but she had a good 17 years. She spent her last day on Earth sunbathing in the garden, eating grass, complaining about the food in her bowls and living her best life. 260
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Same for public libraries innit. "Dear Sir, thank you for kind offer of a 1973 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. Sadly, we we can not accept this donation, and not just because volume IV is missing, etc... " 020
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Re: Strictly. Could have been Barrowman's. Remember chaps, never get it out in public, or indeed at all - even if you're explicitly asked to do so. 130
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 01/05/2026. @theunthanks.bsky.social were their usual splendid selves at Lancaster Grand tonight. An amazing mesmerisng show. 020
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 28/04/2026"...and they were all wearing eyepatches" 021
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A Liz Shaw figure is all very good but when am I going to get my S19 Adric, Nyssa and Tegan set? When Character Options? WHEN? 030
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Happy 75th birthday to Peter Davison, my favourite Doctor Who! Mr Davison kindly signed this 44 year old battered and bruised issue of DWM at an event a couple of years ago that my Dad bought for me when I was just under 2yo in January 1982. 191
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I haven't watched Doctor Who yet, for some reason I have decided the best time to enjoy them is tomorrow, i.e. Saturday teatime. In other news, I am an idiot. 010
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I live in the same place as Eddie, though at the other end of town, where it was YELLOW bin and food recycling. This suggests that the town has been partitioned, probably by postcode for waste management reasons, making sure the system doesn't become overloaded with one type of recycling. 110
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Denis Lill plays two different characters in Doctor Who - Dr Fendelman in "Image of the Fendahl" and Sir George in "The Awakening". In both roles he gets to say the word 'mankind'. Makes you think doesn't it? 010
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Can't talk. Doctor Who-ing www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comLost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collectionThe Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester. 081
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I didn't know about Allister Heath until today but I've had hours of fun by simply typing 'Your Mum' into the headline generator thingy. 011
John Mark Frankland @jmfrankland.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Me, today, at the Borthwick Institute at the as part of a fact finding work trip to see the various collections held by the archive. This is me working very hard indeed as I consult a draft copy of the 1983 Doctor Who adventure The Five Doctors which forms part of the Terrance Dicks collection. 2314
